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Manage and support publicity efforts for forthcoming reports in the Science family of journals, including Science Advances, Science Robotics, Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling and Science Immunology. Help to boost the visibility of select papers through multimedia, social media, press events and teleconferences. Respond to media inquiries regarding upcoming journal papers, as well as Science editorial policies and procedures. Liaise with authors and institutional press officers to ensure optimal results from media outreach efforts. Oversee the logistics and planning of the AAAS Annual Meeting newsroom and help to develop scientific news briefings.

Conduct media outreach and science communications activities for the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (CMNS). Duties include writing press releases, web articles, and magazine features; pitching stories to local, regional, and national journalists; and training and advising faculty members on effective communications skills and strategies. Also serve as producer for college's video production efforts.

Responsible for managing all aspects of outreach and communications for the US participants in a major international scientific research program: the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), funded by the National Science Foundation. Serve as writer, editor, director and strategist for both day-to-day and long-term communications efforts.

An integral member of a small team working to support the communications efforts of high-profile marine ecologists, oceanographers, and fisheries scientists. Duties included direct communication methods, such as press releases and fact sheets, as well as indirect support through training and advisement.

As a writer for a private scientific research institution, covered a variety of science topics including materials science, high-pressure physics, geophysics, astronomy, biochemistry, developmental biology, ecology and plant biology.

Graduate Certificate, Science Writing

Master Of Science (M.S.), Marine Biology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biology