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
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)
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Upcoming in 2025:
Book review: Still as Bright by Christopher Cokinos

Book review: Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark by Sarafina El-Badry Nancy (February 2024)

Feature: Derrick's Mission to Mars (February 2022)

Book review: The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack (October 2021)

Feature: Resurrecting a Classic Refractor (April 2021)

Book review: The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque (April 2021)

Focal Point column: Lunar Influence (August 2020)

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

​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

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

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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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

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


​...and more links coming soon
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Photography and video portfolio coming soon.