Neural pathways of a mouse brain
Activities, Awards, and other Goings-On

Communicating Research to the Public (Presenter)
March 21, 2011: Topics in Conservation Biology, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University

Helping Visitors Navigate Data: Science on a Sphere Showcase (Presenter)
October 4, 2010: Association of Science and Technology Centers annual meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii

Communicating Research to the Public (Workshop Developer)
March 19, June 29, and August 19, 2010: CUNY Science Now Graduate Teaching Fellows, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

January 8, 2009: Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD

March 31, 2008: Popsci.com

March 10, 2008: The New York Academy of Sciences/Science Communication Consortium/NYU Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, New York, NY

October 25–26, 2007: The Envisioning Science Program at the Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard University, Boston, MA

2006–2011: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

National Association of Science Writers (Member / AAAS Annual Meeting Mentor)
2006–2011


Awards with Collaborators

EDPRESS/Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Awards
– 2008: Science Instruction category—AMNH Science Bulletins website (Writer)
– 2007: Professional Development category—AMNH Science Bulletins website (Writer)

2007: Award of Excellence, AMNH Science Bulletins website (Writer)

2007: Best Use of New Media, Website for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Our Oceans, Ourselves" (Writer)

2006: Nominee, General Education and Learning Resources, Web interactives for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Sloan Digital Sky Survey" (Writer)

2006: Finalist, MultiMedia, Websites for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Lemurs of Madagascar" and "Sloan Digital Sky Survey" (Writer)

National Science Foundation/Science magazine Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge
2005: Finalist, Web interactives for AMNH Science Bulletins' "Gravity: Making Waves" (Writer/Producer)


Personal Awards

– 1998: Feature Article (YA)—"Stalking the Giant Squid," Science World
– 1997: How-to Feature—"Show Off Your Genes," SuperScience
             Feature Article—"Story of A Strike," SuperScience
– 1996: Series—"On Your Own," SuperScience
Diffusion spectrum image: Van Wedeen, Harvard University/Mass General Hospital
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