Reporting news and enterprise stories about the chemical sciences for both print and web deadlines, with a focus on organic, materials, and sustainable chemistry 
Finding and pitching science stories that perform well with C&EN’s global audience, including 3 of the top 10 most viewed stories published on the website between July and September 2025
Collaborating across desks with science, policy and business journalists in the US and Europe
Maintaining a robust and diverse source network of researchers
Coordinating with C&EN’s designers and web team to devise compelling visuals and multimedia to accompany stories
Editing freelance contributions to C&EN’s Greening Chemistry opinion column
Co-curating C&EN’s Chemistry in Pictures photo blog and choosing winners for monthly and annual photography contests

Guided error-free print and digital production for 2–3 feature stories and 3–4 news pages every week
Compiled, copyedited, and formatted 3 weekly newsletters with over 200,000 subscribers
Liaised between C&EN's editorial and creative teams to meet weekly production deadlines
Analyzed story performance data to inform recommendations about what content to promote and how

Identified, pitched and reported news and features for Discover’s website and print magazine
Wrote general-audience stories about a variety of science topics, including planetary science, air quality, and psychology

Reported web features for Symmetry magazine
Wrote press releases and news items for Fermilab’s website
Developed scripts for Fermilab's Even Bananas video series in collaboration with multimedia editors and subject-matter experts
Covered both new scientific advances and stories about the human impact of physics research while highlighting diverse voices in physics

Pitched and wrote articles on timely topics such as COVID-19 tests and lab sustainability practices
Bylines in Discover, Chemistry World, Graduate and Postdoctoral Chemist, Lab Manager, and more

Facilitated 5 sections of undergraduate introductory Organic Chemistry I discussion (fall 2017)

Coached two sections of undergraduate students through introductory Organic Chemistry II lab experiments and lesson plans per term (winter 2018, winter 2020)

Provided instructional support for graduate-level Physical Organic Chemistry (fall 2018)

Spearheaded the McNeil group’s efforts towards organic materials as charge carriers for flow batteries

Wrote and edited grant applications and research proposals for project funding

Delivered quarterly project updates and presentations for collaborators and funding agencies

Presented research posters at two internal symposia and an external DOE research hub meeting

Investigated the corrosion resistance of polyolefin coatings on a metal substrate.

Collaborated on efforts to stabilize the pH of dispersion-based commercial carpet coatings.

Co-authored internal reports detailing corrosion test results and pH stability work.

Developed an analytical method for titrating boron trihalides using N,N-dimethylaniline.

Synthesized and electrochemically characterized carbazole monomers for cation radical polymerization.

Wrote and published a communication detailing work on the titration project, as well as semester research summaries and a final comprehensive report.

Presented research posters at 4 external conferences—including a regional and a national ACS meeting—and 3 internal symposia.