In the past two decades, I’ve been on a winding path through different corners of the scientific research and applied-science worlds. While researching malaria transmission biology in a lab at the Harvard School of Public Health, I worked with and learned from fellow researchers and clinicians in infectious disease, immunology, and public health, as well as industry drug development professionals. I’ve also worked in plant breeding labs and contributed to field-based research in agricultural science. As a scientific writer and consultant, I’ve worked with professionals in science-based industries including biotech, pharmaceuticals, testing laboratories, and agriculture.

During my undergraduate studies in Plant Sciences at Cornell University, I discovered Cornell’s historical science libraries. Ever since, I’ve been reading historical primary sources in agricultural science, medicine, chemistry, and herbalism. From both my hands-on science experiences and my historical reading, I’ve become fascinated with how understanding ancient, non-Western, and “outsider” perspectives on medicine and nature can change our understanding of the current state of science.

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Education
PhD Chemical Biology, Harvard University, April 2015. Dissertation research on malaria transmission; the Marti Lab, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health.
BS Plant Science, Cornell University, January 2008.

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