Experience

Knowledge Futures Group

• India
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acquisition/Production Editor

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  My goal with Knowledge Futures (KF) is to connect the ideas and platforms of individuals, organizations, and communities together in order to change publishing practices and create better dialogue within the (scholarly) publishing ecosystem. I help produce and collect content and conversations amongst researchers, technologists, policy makers, and artists to innovate sustainable digital infrastructure that supports open scholarship at large. My goal with Knowledge Futures (KF) is to connect the ideas and platforms of individuals, organizations, and communities together in order to change publishing practices and create better dialogue within the (scholarly) publishing ecosystem. I help produce and collect content and conversations amongst researchers, technologists, policy makers, and artists to innovate sustainable digital infrastructure that supports open scholarship at large.



Annotated Science

• Freelance Writer

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  Combining narrative with scientific critique, this blog increasingly features creative non-fiction-esque pieces integrating different disciplines and ideas. Combining narrative with scientific critique, this blog increasingly features creative non-fiction-esque pieces integrating different disciplines and ideas.



New York Structural Biology Center

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Feb 2021 - Apr 2021

  I worked closely with researchers and microscopists at NYSBC to create monthly newsletters highlighting the technological updates and scientific stories shaping structural biology. I worked closely with researchers and microscopists at NYSBC to create monthly newsletters highlighting the technological updates and scientific stories shaping structural biology.



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2020

  Chemical Biology, Ph.D. Characterizing chemical modifications to microtubules implicated in cancer using biochemistry, light microscopy, and cryo-EM (Drs Michael Cianfrocco and Kristen Verhey). Chemical Biology, Ph.D. Characterizing chemical modifications to microtubules implicated in cancer using biochemistry, light microscopy, and cryo-EM (Drs Michael Cianfrocco and Kristen Verhey).



MiSciWriters

• Editor In Chief

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2020

  MiSciWriters is a graduate student organization that trains fellow graduate students in science writing. As EIC, I coordinate editorial teams for each article, maintain the blog calendar, copy-edit pieces for final approval, and in general direct the organization to best facilitate training of science writing and editing. Additionally, I am the EIC of MiSciWriter's print magazine, EquilibriUM. MiSciWriters is a graduate student organization that trains fellow graduate students in science writing. As EIC, I coordinate editorial teams for each article, maintain the blog calendar, copy-edit pieces for final approval, and in general direct the organization to best facilitate training of science writing and editing. Additionally, I am the EIC of MiSciWriter's print magazine, EquilibriUM.



eLife journal

• Newspaper Publishing

• Freelance Writer

  • Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

  Write eLife digest articles that appear before papers as a laymen's summary. Write eLife digest articles that appear before papers as a laymen's summary.



The MIT Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Knowledge Future Groups Intern

  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  Produced open-access (OA) content, ranging from books to journals to conferences, on PubPub - a publishing platform that aims to change the process of knowledge creation and curation. Also planned strategies to evolve peer review and OA infrastructure to promote best research and publishing practices. Produced open-access (OA) content, ranging from books to journals to conferences, on PubPub - a publishing platform that aims to change the process of knowledge creation and curation. Also planned strategies to evolve peer review and OA infrastructure to promote best research and publishing practices.



ComSciCon-Michigan

• ComSciCon Michigan Organizer

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2019

  I chaired the inaugural ComSciCon-Michigan workshop (2018) which aimed to train and empower graduate students to communicate their research effectively to broad audiences in our local midwestern communities. I designed the speakers and themes, and raised the funding through sponsorships with a team of other graduate students from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The following year (2019), I continued to be on the fundraising team and volunteered as an expert editor for… Show more I chaired the inaugural ComSciCon-Michigan workshop (2018) which aimed to train and empower graduate students to communicate their research effectively to broad audiences in our local midwestern communities. I designed the speakers and themes, and raised the funding through sponsorships with a team of other graduate students from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The following year (2019), I continued to be on the fundraising team and volunteered as an expert editor for the write-a-thon session. Show less I chaired the inaugural ComSciCon-Michigan workshop (2018) which aimed to train and empower graduate students to communicate their research effectively to broad audiences in our local midwestern communities. I designed the speakers and themes, and raised the funding through sponsorships with a team of other graduate students from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The following year (2019), I continued to be on the fundraising team and volunteered as an expert editor for… Show more I chaired the inaugural ComSciCon-Michigan workshop (2018) which aimed to train and empower graduate students to communicate their research effectively to broad audiences in our local midwestern communities. I designed the speakers and themes, and raised the funding through sponsorships with a team of other graduate students from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The following year (2019), I continued to be on the fundraising team and volunteered as an expert editor for the write-a-thon session. Show less



American Institute of Physics

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

  Wrote press releases and articles for the American Institute of Physics's Scilights blog by working with corresponding authors of recent publications. Wrote press releases and articles for the American Institute of Physics's Scilights blog by working with corresponding authors of recent publications.



Physics Department, RIT

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • May 2014 - Jun 2016

  Biochemistry, BS and Mathematics & Physics Minors. Capstone: Structure-function relationship of the extracellular matrix using computational biophysics (under Dr. Moumita Das). Biochemistry, BS and Mathematics & Physics Minors. Capstone: Structure-function relationship of the extracellular matrix using computational biophysics (under Dr. Moumita Das).



LA Program

• Business Consulting and Services

• Learning Assistant

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Undergraduate LAs facilitate small-group and classroom interactions to create positive learning environments. This position included attending a pedagogy course, having an active role in grading and prep work for each lecture, as well as presenting material for a class. Undergraduate LAs facilitate small-group and classroom interactions to create positive learning environments. This position included attending a pedagogy course, having an active role in grading and prep work for each lecture, as well as presenting material for a class.