Diego Arenas Email & Phone Number

Chevy Chase Village, MD, US

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

• Execute all production aspects of Speaking of Science, the podcast showcasing the diversity of biomedical research taking place at the NIH
• Book guests, conduct background research and generate questions in preparation for interviews with scientists
• Host and record interviews, guiding conversations to make scientists’ work accessible to a general audience
• Complete post-production work, including audio editing, procuring music and sound effects, and audio mixing
• Write program script, often experimenting with the form and style of the show
• Promote podcast through social media channels and create accompanying images and videos

Boston, Massachusetts

• Worked with senior producers to film six episodes of Parentalogic, a short-form digital series about the science of parenting
• Booked locations, coordinated logistics, prepared call sheets and provided additional support on film shoots
• Organized digital media and assisted in editing the final cuts of the episodes
• Conceived and created original animations and procured supplemental visual material to help illustrate key concepts and ideas
• Other duties included: conducting research, fact-checking, operating second camera on shoots

Boston, Massachusetts

• Arranged interviews, generated questions, and edited two radio pieces; one (10 minutes) with the author of How to Give Up Plastic (set to air in the fall of 2019) and the other (9 minutes) with an official from.
• Researched and wrote an original story (2 minutes) on the development of a cheaper, more effective method for producing opioid overdose medications (set to air in the fall of 2019)

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Prepared concept documents detailing biotechnology research and innovations at MIT in support of the team curating future exhibitions

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created and edited interactive assessment items covering the physical and life sciences for grades 3-12 based on the performance expectations set out by the Next Generation Science Standards
• Coordinated the design and implementation of associated graphics, animations and/or simulations for each item
• Facilitated numerous committee meetings in multiple states as teachers either evaluated deliverable items or developed ideas for new items
• Learned the company’s proprietary software to code the scoring logic for each assessment item

Silver Spring, MD

• Collaborated with post-doc to develop a bioluminescent imaging technique for detecting viral loads of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infected live mice
• Used the bioluminescent technique to evaluate the efficacy of potential therapeutics and vaccines against RSV
• Purified recombinant surface proteins of several RSV and flu virus strains and tested them as potential vaccine candidates
• Wrote monthly technical reports of experimental results for internal communications in the lab
• Managed inventory of laboratory supplies

Ithaca, New York Area

• Prepared for weekly meetings with professional and student staff members in which we discussed residents’ needs in an effort to improve their overall well-being and sense of community
• Managed budgeting and logistical constraints to plan and execute a variety of large-scale programs and small-scale study breaks to engage over 300 first-year students in the residence hall
• Awarded a National Residence Hall Honorary “Educational Program of the Month Award” in April 2014 for submitting written summary of visit to Syracuse’s Museum of Science and Technology where Townhouse residents were.

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

• Independently executed experiments, compiled results, and drew conclusions to write honors thesis Work towards Crystallizing the C-terminal Domain of the ATP-gated P2X7 Receptor
• Edited thesis based on the careful evaluation and feedback from Cornell faculty committee
• Showcased thesis to peers and faculty during the Biology Honors Poster Session in May 2014
• Awarded a Cornell University Summer Biology Research Internship in May 2013
• Presented results regarding the expression and biochemical characterization of 14 subcloned constructs to the general public and Cornell faculty at the Summer Institute for Life Sciences Symposium in August 2013

Jupiter, FL

• Synthesized modularly-assembled peptide ligands for the purpose of targeting toxic tandem RNA repeats responsible for myotonic muscular dystrophy
• Aided in institute’s community outreach by communicating research results to the general public, fellow interns and Scripps faculty in a poster competition and received Honorable Mention

Master Of Science - Ms, Science Writing

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biological Sciences, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Kawate Laboratory, Townhouse Residence Hall, Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble