Science Writing
My work has been published by Scientific American, Fermilab, Symmetry Magazine, the American Mathematical Society, ecoRI News, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Washington University in St. Louis, the Association of Science Communicators, and the Early Career Climate Network.
Featured
The 1918 Flu Faded in Our Collective Memory; We Might ‘Forget’ the Coronavirus, Too
Scientific American
8-13-2020
Courts, Commissions, and Consultations: How Mathematicians Are Working to End Gerrymandering
Notices of the American Mathematical Society
3-10-2022
Bird, Tree, and Me: Resolutions for the Climate Crisis
University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Sustainability
10-23-2023
University of Wisconsin–Madison (2023–2025)
Extension Forestry & Wildlife Program
- The Changing Climate and Invasive Plants
- Managing Invasive Plants
- Invasive Plants
- Southern Wisconsin Woodland Stewards Urged to Check for Invasive Stiltgrass
- Beyond Timber: Growing and Gathering in Your Woods
- The Changing Climate and Wisconsin’s Forests
- Blog posts about maple syrup production
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
- Forestry Bulletin #10: Wisconsin Forest Carbon Programs (coauthor)
- Forestry Bulletin #9: Forest Carbon Accounting (coauthor)
- Forestry Bulletin #8: Forest Carbon Markets (coauthor)
- Forestry Bulletin #7: Forest Carbon Overview (coauthor)
Office of Sustainability
- Bird, Tree, and Me: Resolutions for the Climate Crisis (writing contest winner)
ecoRI News (2023)
American Mathematical Society (2021–2023)
Notices of the AMS
- The World of YouTube Math Communication (PDF) (Nov 2022 issue)
- From Barth Sextics to Minimal Surfaces: Printing Mathematics in 3 Dimensions (PDF) (May 2022 issue)
- Courts, Commissions, and Consultations: How Mathematicians Are Working to End Gerrymandering (PDF) (Apr 2022 issue)
- One Teen’s Journey from Local Math Club to Professional Publication (PDF) (Mar 2022 issue)
- Putting the People in Science: Beginning My Career as a Science Communicator (PDF) (Jan 2021 issue)
Mathematical Moments (English and Spanish)
- Keeping the Lights On
- Driving Up Air Pollution
- Deblurring Images
- Exploring Thermodynamics with Billiards
- Pinpointing How Genes Interact
- Securing Data in the Quantum Era
- Taking the “Temperature” of Languages
Math in the Media Digests (writer and editor)
Fermilab / Symmetry Magazine (2020–2021)
Press releases
- Dark Energy Survey releases most precise look at the universe’s evolution
- First results from Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics
Symmetry Magazine news stories
- Which neutrino is the heaviest?
- The status of supersymmetry
- High school teachers, meet particle physics
- Physics at tiniest scale could explain ‘impossible’ black holes
- #BlackInPhysics week to build community, increase visibility
- Defining the next decade of US particle physics
Fermilab news stories
- Coffea speeds up particle physics data analysis
- Next-generation particle beam cooling experiment under way at Fermilab accelerator
- One minute with Kate Sienkiewicz, LBNF Near Site Conventional Facilities project manager
- Ultrapure copper for an ultrasensitive dark matter detector
- Pinning down the ampere with a supersensitive particle detector
- If Betelgeuse goes boom: How DUNE would respond to a nearby supernova
- One minute with Bryan Ramson, neutrino physicist
Scientific American (2020–2021)
Print feature story
- The 1918 Flu Faded in Our Collective Memory: We Might ‘Forget’ the Coronavirus, Too (Nov 2020 issue)
Online news stories
- Social Media Restrictions Cannot Keep Up with Hidden Codes and Symbols
- Humans Are All More Closely Related Than We Commonly Think
- Light Pollution from Coastal Cities Reaches Seafloor
- The 1918 Flu Faded in Our Collective Memory: We Might ‘Forget’ the Coronavirus, Too (feature, Nov 2020 issue)
- Claims of ‘Ocean’ inside Ceres May Not Hold Water
- How Do Scientists Determine the Ages of Human Ancestors, Fossilized Dinosaurs and Other Organisms?
- How to Evaluate COVID-19 News without Freaking Out
- One Mystery of Stonehenge’s Origins Has Finally Been Solved
- For Sustainable Oyster Harvesting, Look to Native Americans’ Historical Practices
- Comet NEOWISE Could Be Spectacular: Here’s How to See It
- Stingers Have Achieved Optimal Pointiness, Physicists Show
- Astronomers May Have Glimpsed Light from Merging Black Holes
- How Long Do Neutrons Live? Space Probe Could Put Debate to Rest
- Thousands of Tons of Microplastics Are Falling from the Sky
“Advances” stories and book reviews
- Tiny Robots Could Clean Up Microplastic Pollution (Sept 2021 issue)
- In Case You Missed It (Nov 2020 issue)
- New Pen-and-Ink Method Draws Health Sensors Directly on Skin (Nov 2020 issue)
- The Surprising Origins of Chemotherapy and Other New Science Books (Oct 2020 issue)
- In Case You Missed It (Oct 2020 issue)
- Rapid Heat-Stress Test Identifies Resilient Corals (Oct 2020 issue)
- The Sanctuary of Trees, How to Argue with a Racist and Other New Books (Sept 2020 issue)
- In Case You Missed It (Sept 2020 issue)
- Algorithm Aids Search for Those Lost at Sea (Sept 2020 issue)
Washington University in St. Louis (2019–2022)
The Ampersand news stories
- What big data reveals about modern-day segregation
- Catching gerrymanderers in the act
- With on-campus lab work halted, researchers forge ahead
- Seeking solace in nature while under quarantine
- Theoretical physics and the ‘grey areas’ of biology
- Arts & Sciences students, alumni among finalists for Skandalaris award
- ‘Wide-reaching and diverse’: Math student Noah Kontur details his work at NASA
- A day in the lab
- Student delegates gear up for Madrid climate conference
- Making campus safe for feathered friends
The Source press release
Association of Science Communicators (2022–2024)
Newsletters (writer and editor)
- November/December 2024 newsletter
- October 2024 newsletter
- September 2024 newsletter
- August 2024 newsletter
- July 2024 newsletter
- June 2024 newsletter
- Spring 2024 newsletter
- Winter 2023 newsletter
- Fall 2023 newsletter
- Summer 2023 newsletter
- Spring 2023 newsletter
- Winter 2022 newsletter
- Fall 2022 newsletter
- Summer 2022 newsletter
Blog posts
- Connecting Research and Practice: SciComm Lexicon
- Connecting Research and Practice: How People Think About Risks
- Connecting Research and Practice: Colors in Data Visualizations
- Connecting Research and Practice: Where to Find Scicomm Research
- Connecting Research and Practice: How to Handle Misinformation
- Connecting Research and Practice: Strategic Science Communication
- Connecting Research and Practice: Framing Climate Change as a Health Issue
- Volunteer Spotlight: Tamara Poles, ASC Accessibility Director
- Volunteer Spotlight: Amy Nippert, ASC Blog Editor
- Volunteer Spotlight: Bre Kelsey, ASC Program Director
- Volunteer Spotlight: Sky Hatter, ASC Marketing & Communications Director
- Volunteer Spotlight: Amanda Pluntze, ASC Course Coordinator
- Audience, Empathy, and Messenger: My Takeaways from SciTalk ’22
- This Is Our Community: My Experience at SciTalk ’22
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