WRITING, EDITING, STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO PRODUCTION

My written work has been published widely around the world. I began writing about Olympic sports, especially long-distance running and elite marathoning, in 1999 for the running journal Marathon & Beyond. From there, I began covering elite athletics at the Boston Marathon in April 2000 as a contributor to Runner's World. ​After returning to academic science as a second career, I expanded my work to include science journalism. Here are some of my favorite pieces.

SCIENCE

FRED HUTCH CANCER CENTER
Fred Hutch research shines at national oncology conference (December 6, 2024)
New initiative bolsters Washington State life sciences (November 13, 2024)
BRCA1/2: Why men should be screened for the "breast cancer gene" (July 25, 2024)
Sniffing Out New Discoveries (April 25, 2024)

SKY & TELESCOPE
(Print only, PDF links below where available)
Feature article: Astrochemistry's newest discoveries (Upcoming in July 2025)
Book review: Infinite Cosmos: Visions from the James Webb Space Telescope (May 2025)
Book review: Still as Bright by Christopher Cokinos (February 2025)
Book review: Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark by Sarafina El-Badry Nancy (February 2024)
Feature article: Derrick's Mission to Mars (February 2022)
Book review: The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack (October 2021)
Feature article: Resurrecting a Classic Refractor (April 2021)
Book review: The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque (April 2021)
Focal Point column: Lunar Influence (August 2020)

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Press release: 'Low-sugar' vaccine can provide broad immunity against coronavirus variants (March 25, 2025) 
Press release: Walk like a...gecko? Animal footpads inspire a polymer that sticks to ice (January 30, 2025)

IMMUNOLOGY & CELL BIOLOGY
Essay: Failure to launch? Or a thirty-year career detour?  (October 2023)

​WOMEN IN CELL BIOLOGY
(Print only)
Essay: Motivational Interviewing for Mentoring Success

SPORTS

THE NEW YORK TIMES
World Athletics Championships:
​Out of Track's Doping Scandal, Redemption and Progress 

Olympics - Beijing 2008:
Global Sports Forum, December 2007
​Global Sports Forum, January 2008
​Global Sports Forum, August 2008
Global Sports Forum, December 2008

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 
Feature article: "The Chinese Athlete," July 28, 2008 issue
2008 Summer Olympics coverage from Beijing, China (online)

RUNBLOGRUN
(FORMERLY AMERICAN TRACK &FIELD)
​Coverage of the 2003 (Paris), 2005 (Helsinki), 2007 (Osaka), and 2013 (Moscow) World Athletics Championships

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Essay: Teaching and Learning in China: UC Berkeley grad on the job of a lifetime
​Essay: Use Shoulder Pads, Not Nipple Shields  (My take on the 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction and women's sports)

HEALTH & FITNESS

RUNNER'S WORLD
Weight Loss by the Numbers
Slay Your Setbacks 
Take It Inside
4 Ultimate Treadmill Workouts 
4 Workouts in 40 Minutes

BOOKS
Fit by Nature (co-author), The Mountaineers Books

Build Your Wellness Playbook
Self-published guide for keynote audiences and workshop participants

More article links, photography and video portfolio coming soon.