Co-founder, Learning Unlimited
Brought the Splash model to Cornell: college students teaching day-long programs for high schoolers on anything they're passionate about.
Projects
Convergent Research, 2025
An interactive, searchable map of fundamental R&D gaps across science and technology. Downloadable dataset and API for researchers, funders, and policymakers identifying where focused research organizations could have the highest impact.
Convergent Research, 2025
Newsletter and blog covering science funding, focused research organizations, and institutional innovation.
Convergent Research, 2025
Led communications strategy, website redesign, and brand development for Convergent Research.
Ginkgo Bioworks, 2021
Supported communications for Ginkgo's public listing via SPAC merger. One of the largest biotech IPOs in history.
Senior Editor, 2023-2025
Editorial magazine exploring synthetic biology. Participated in Equity, Futures, Scale, and Networks issues.
Ginkgo Bioworks, 2022-2024
Annual conference celebrating synthetic biology. Performances, panels, developer talks, and product demonstrations.
Ginkgo Bioworks, 2020-2025
Comms and policy support for global biosecurity infrastructure. 15M+ samples, H5N1 and mpox response.
Podcast, 2024
Six-episode podcast on Tom Knight, Ginkgo co-founder and synbio pioneer. Executive produced with Christina Agapakis.
Ginkgo Bioworks, 2020-2025
First public company with Class B super-voting shares for all employees. Governance power stays with current workers.
Nature as Stakeholder
Ginkgo Bioworks, 2021
Project with Ethical Compass to experiment with nature as a corporate stakeholder.
Weekly Bioworker
Internal Podcast, 2022
Weekly internal podcast for Ginkgo Bioworks. Editor and executive producer.
Host Organization, 2024
Hosted Duke graduate students for summer projects on synthetic biology governance and how mission/ownership structures shape company growth.
Concentric
Ginkgo Bioworks, 2020-2021
School-based COVID testing infrastructure reaching ~1/3 of all US teachers and students at peak.
Workshop Leader
Workshop leader at ComSciCon (Communicating Science Conference), a series of workshops organized by graduate students for graduate students to improve science communication skills.
Advisory
Advised on the AAAS Annual Meeting virtual poster and presentation system.
Advisory and consulting engagements.
Giving Multiplier
Communications Consultant, 2025
Communications consulting for Giving Multiplier, a nonprofit that helps donors maximize their charitable impact through matched giving.
Empathable
Advisor, 2022-2025
Science communication advisor to Empathable, helping organizations build teams that people want to be a part of.
Neurofuturama
Yak Collective, Spring 2020
Guest expert on a consulting engagement with Venkatesh Rao and the Yak Collective for a leading neurotechnology company. The project brought together fifteen contributors to explore potential futures for the technology.
Templeton Foundation, 2018-present
A collaboration with James Ryerson (NYT senior editor) and scientists David DeSteno and Lisa Feldman Barrett to help academics write for public audiences. Funded through 2026 by the Templeton Foundation.
I've supported dozens of workshops, run the alumni community, and recorded, produced, and edited the video series and podcast. 200+ alumni have written and recorded over 1,000 pieces of content, with hundreds of pieces placed in outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and NPR.
Website: Home · Workshop · Publications · Team · Apply
Next workshop: June 5-6, 2026. Applications due March 1, 2026.
YouTube, 2020
Short videos with NYT editors on the craft of writing for public audiences.
Simplecast, 2020
Conversations with writers about craft, process, and connecting research to readers.
Executive Director, 2018-2023
Annual conference and festival for producers and listeners of educational audio. Hosted by Ministry of Ideas at Harvard Divinity School.
Multi-year programming bringing together academics, journalists, and audio producers to explore the intersection of scholarship and podcasting. Workshops on craft, panels on the state of the medium, and networking for researchers entering audio.
Human Practices & Sponsorship Co-lead, 2014-2015
Part of Cornell's gold-medalling iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machines) synthetic biology team. Worked on bacterial heavy metal sequestration project, leading the Human Practices component and structuring fundraising and outreach.
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2016
TA for "Culture, Language & Thought," an upper-division anthropology course taught at Auburn Correctional Facility.
Editorial Writer, Jan-Sept 2015
Worked with the Editorial Writers Board to draft CDS editorials.
Talks, panels, guest lectures, and presentations.
2025
Weary Symposium: The Science to Impact Symposium
2024
ENGW 3307 Science Writing (guest lecture)
Equity Compensation & Employee Ownership
2023
Sustainability Summit
NeuroComm Affinity Group
2021
Cutting edge innovations: DeepTech startups
Science, Technology, and Society (guest lecture)
2020
Impact Media course (guest lecture)
Trauma, Narratives, Institutions: Transdisciplinary Dialogues
Live Q&A: How Emotions are Made, #SciComm, & more
PsyClub Research Panel
Science and Us panel
Boston City Council debate
2019
Testimony on Bill H.1538/S.1385
What Audio Affords (poster)
Sound Education 2019
2018
So, You're Going to Talk to a Journalist About Your Research
Sound Education 2018