I am currently a freelance reporter for the Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin. I wrote short news articles on identifying defects in crystals using neural networks, nanoparticles that can be programmed to form exotic 3D cages, and improvements in new battery technology.

In the past, I have also contributed to American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Today. For a short time, I was the Physics and Astronomy Editor for Science Borealis, a Canadian science blog. I started out on the Berkeley Science Review design team, contributing illustrations for both magazine and blog articles. I also wrote one story on recycling in San Francisco.

Here are some of my selected works. Please scroll down for the full list.

MRS Bulletin

• Nano Focus: DNA-coated nanoparticles programmed to assemble into clathrates
• Energy focus: Ultrathin protecting layer enhances lithium-sulfur battery stability
• Neural network identifies lattice defects in electron microscope images of 2D materials
• Study sets record for largest molecular simulation on a quantum computer
• Titanium dioxide metalens controls visible light

Full List (updated March 18, 2020)

• 3D-printed elastocaloric NiTi nanocomposite alloy shows high fatigue resistance
• Tunable terahertz laser uses quantum cascade laser-pumped molecular gas
• Carbon nanotube induces 1D electron waveguide in graphene
• Photoemission spectroscopy reveals complex character of buckyball thin film
• Simulations predict high thermoelectric efficiency in topological insulator nanostructures
• Nanodiamonds with defect centers formed using a doped carbon aerogel
• X-ray free electron laser captures surprising relaxation dynamics in bismuth
• A new spin on epitaxy
• Electric fields create mobile hot spots in heated alkali silicate glasses
• CoCrFeNi increases strength at cryogenic temperatures
• 2D hexagonal-BN serves as a high-transmittance alignment layer in liquid crystal cells
• New calculations suggest ways to improve efficiency of Si solar cells
• Bottom-up synthesis yields new single-atomic-layer vanadium disulfide phase
• Dielectric constant of nanoconfined water measured
• Selective laser melting 3D prints an Al alloy with superior performance
• Mesoscale computations correlate Li-ion battery performance to inactive material morphology
• Metasurface-augmented gradient index lens focuses three colors to same point
• Titanium dioxide metalens controls visible light
• Friction from initial failures allows microlattices to retain their performance
• Neural network identifies lattice defects in electron microscope images of 2D materials
• Solvent exchange drives magnetite nanoparticles onto silica-gold nanorods
• Synthesis replicates camouflaging-brochosome particle structure
• Nano Focus: Applied voltage controls reversible mirror of gold plasmonic nanoparticles
• Shattering the myth of fast-flowing medieval glass
• Read-write device fabricated on a topological insulator
• Study sets record for largest molecular simulation on a quantum computer
• X-ray scattering captures nanoparticle growth and superlattice formation in situ
• 2D electrocatalytic MOF sets efficiency record for water splitting
• Scientists directly measure electron-phonon coupling in a superconductor
• Energy Focus: Operando XRD captures soluble polysulfide intermediates in lithium-sulfur batteries
• Energy focus: Ultrathin protecting layer enhances lithium-sulfur battery stability
• Adjusting chemical disorder stabilizes multiferroic magnetic spirals at higher temperatures
• NMR confirms strong spin orbit interactions drive magnetic quantum phase transition

ASBMB Today

• Sphingolipid metabolism protects kidneys from cisplatin
• Obesity affects even ‘good’ cholesterol in teen boys at risk for type 2 diabetes
• Schlebach wins Tabor award for protein-folding work (profile)
• ‘Astonishing advances’ in ribosome research earn Korostelev recognition (profile)

Berkeley Science Review

• Getting to 100% (feature)
• “Nuclear energy” and “innovation” in the same sentence? (blog)
• magazine infographics for Change we must believe in
• blog infographics for Hot streak: how rising temperatures are skewing some animals’ sex ratios and Fluoride in drinking water: friend and foe

Science Borealis

• Bringing bodies together: Solar eclipse generates excitement for science
• Bringing quantum mechanics to the Canadian public
• blog infographics for Could space travel hold the key to saving earth?

Professional Development

• Developed editorial skills at the Build Your Scientific and Technical Writing Skills workshop (February 2019)