Bio

I recently stepped away from my role as Media Officer for Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), closing a two-decade career (with a walkabout in-between).

At NSF, I collaborated with scientists and engineers, reporters, industry partners, and other federal agencies to break news about research and inspire public engagement.

That meant exploring nearly every field of research-–from quantum computing to paleontology, from particle physics to cancer treatment-–through press briefings and public outreach, social media and feature content, oversight of video and animation products, and training and guidance for experts and policymakers.

During that time, I helped drive several of NSF’s largest outreach efforts, from the 2024 discovery of a technique to render skin transparent with Yellow #5, to the global 2019 announcement of the first image of a black hole, to the monitoring of the Liberty Bell when it relocated to its new home in 2006.

During my career in science communications, I also held positions at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the U.S. Department of Energy, was founding editor of the Expert Voices Op-Ed and features platform for Space.com / LiveScience.com, and wrote extensively in freelance and contract roles.

Prior to all of that, my education was rooted in science and the arts, studying meteorites at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (earning an M.S. in Geology in 2000), and double-majoring in music and geology at the College of William and Mary (earning a B.S. in Geology in 1998).