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I'm a 2004 graduate of the UC Santa Cruz Science Writing program, and once I'd paid my dues with several internships, ever since I've been living the peripatetic freelance lifestyle. In one of my few brushes with fame, Noam Chomsky asked me, "So, are you making a living at that?" I'm happy to report that, yes, I am. Although it's less glamorous than it probably sounds, the chase after jobs, stories, and a girlfriend (now my wife) tore me away from San Francisco to work at a physics lab in Geneva, Switzerland, spend two springs and a summer in Cambridge, England, and a short month in Berlin, Germany. Now, since July 2008, I live in Karachi, Pakistan, where my wife started a company called SaafWater. Most people seem to think we're crazy to move here, but people are incredibly nice and Karachi is a surprisingly liveable city. During college, I discovered I have a savant-like ability to write backwards and upside-down, even in cursive. I still haven't found a use for this, but I did get to show it off at the Ig Nobel Prize talks at MIT. I like writing about nearly any area of science, but physics has a special place in my heart since I'm still trying to justify those four years spent on grueling calculations for my bachelor's degree several years back. Lately, my main obsession has been climate change, but I also write about materials science, evolutionary biology, and Antarctica, mostly for National Geographic News, New Scientist, and Science. My card is over there on the right, if you want to contact me. (Click on it to see a larger version.) In case you're curious for more info, here's a bare-bones CV:
EDUCATION Graduate Certificate in Science Writing
JOURNALISM WORK Freelancer for National Geographic News, New Scientist, Science and other publications (September 2005 – present)
JOURNALISM INTERNSHIPS Science Magazine (February – August 2005)
LAB WORK University of California, San Francisco
OTHER JOBS Powell's Books, the "City of Books" in Portland, Oregon |
