Becoming a Science Writer
My journey from scientist to science writer could help others make the same transition. The more, the merrier!
Category: Science Writing
A Video from the Field
Here’s a short video I made aboard R/V Agulhas II in 2017 for submission to the Obama Fellowship.
How Beer Gets Sour
**This was written as a class assignment for Science Writing I at UC Extension. Explain how something works. 250 words maximum. Bob Ross, while painting his famous landscapes, often says “there Read More …
Type 1 Diabetes Doesn’t Stop These Scientists
Maintaining control of Type 1 Diabetes is necessary for scientists working in remote environments. Two of the Co-Chief Scientists on the GEOTRACES research cruise I recently participated in are type-1 Read More …
Cultural Oceanography
I didn’t put too much thought into it before I left – being outnumbered as one of only a few Americans onboard an Australian ship. In my seven-year oceanographic career Read More …
I, For One, Welcome Our New Float Overlords
Have you ever had to train your replacement at work? Or even just an intern or younger employee who you couldn’t help but think was going to make you obsolete? Read More …
How to stay alive, in 5 easy lessons
As this is my first official oceanography-themed post, here’s a little background. Since 2009, I have made a living working as a marine chemist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). Read More …
poetry at sea
My Sunset Wisps of clouds trailing in every direction as if gusts of wind fancied themselves artists and my sky their canvas The usual colors interrupted by the green you Read More …
South Pacific Update #2
Here is the next installment of the email updates I sent out to friends and family while on my research cruise in the South Pacific. Unfortunately I never did write Read More …
It’s a new year
Wow, haven’t posted anything in a long time though I have been writing. The remainder of 2009 was indeed a year of a lot of changes and a lot of Read More …