Writing
Selected Works
Clearing a road to recovery after the Loma Fire
Published Works
Popular Mechanics
LIGO Catches A Cosmic Battle Between Two Neutron Stars, Popular Mechanics, 9 January, 2020
How To Make Homemade Dry Ice, Popular Mechanics, 5 January, 2020
The Most Powerful Space Moments of the 2010s, Popular Mechanics, 26 December, 2019
How This Researcher Invented an Entirely New—and Entirely Badass—Field of Science, Popular Mechanics, 20 December, 2019
Why the White Island Volcano Eruption Was So Dangerous, Popular Mechanics, 11 December, 2019
The 16 Scientific Moments That Defined 2019, Popular Mechanics, 2 December, 2019
That Time a Couple Bought an Iconic Bond Car for $100—Then Sold It to Elon Musk for $1 Million, Popular Mechanics, 2 December, 2019
The Internet Thinks These Things Are Aliens. The Truth Is Much More Sinister, Popular Mechanics, 14 November, 2019
Small Yet Mighty Mercury Still Holds Many Mysteries, Popular Mechanics, 9 November, 2019
The Sun: The Life-Giving Magnet in the Sky, Popular Mechanics, 3 November, 2019
The Internet Wouldn't Be the Same Without These 11 Women, Popular Mechanics, 29 October, 2019
Everything You Need to Know About NASA's New Spacesuits, Popular Mechanics, 16 October, 2019
7 Indigenous Pioneers You Need to Know, Popular Mechanics, 14 October, 2019
Alexei Leonov, the First Man to Walk In Space, Has Died, Popular Mechanics, 11 October, 2019
An Exclusive Image of the Interstellar Comet That Stunned Astronomers, Popular Mechanics, 19 September, 2019
This Tech Could Completely Change How We Predict Volcanic Eruptions, Popular Mechanics, 16 September, 2019
Why Is It So Damn Hard to Land on the Moon?, Popular Mechanics, 10 September, 2019
India Loses Contact With Lander On Final Descent, Popular Mechanics, 6 September, 2019
The 7 Amazing Discoveries That Won the 2020 Breakthrough Prize, Popular Mechanics, 5 September, 2019
What is Methane, Anyway?, Popular Mechanics, 29 August, 2019
Cool New Robot Can Grab Squishy Fish Without Hurting Them, Popular Mechanics, 28 August, 2019
This 747 Is Fighting Fires in the Amazon, Popular Mechanics, 28 August, 2019
Scientific American
Science News Briefs from All Over, Scientific American, 2 December, 2019
Science News Briefs from All Over the World, Scientific American, 1 November, 2019
Top News Stories from Around the World, Scientific American, 5 October, 2019
Tiny Paintings Draw Color From Microscopic Cracks, Scientific American, 30 September, 2019
Science News Briefs from Around the World, Scientific American, 29 September, 2019
Poison Frog Fathers Ferry Their Tadpoles Great Distances, Scientific American, 4 September, 2019
Top News Stories from Around the World, Scientific American, 31 August, 2019
California's Mount Shasta Loses a Historical Eruption, Scientific American, 20 August, 2019
The Brain in Images: Top Entries in the Art of Neuroscience, Scientific American, 29 July, 2019
Alarming Sonar Results Show Glaciers May Be Melting Faster Than We Expected, Scientific American, 26 July 2019
Bird Embryos Vibrate to Warn One Another of Danger before They Hatch, Scientific American, 22 July 2019
Q&A: Shuttle Astronaut Mike Massimino on the Legacy of Apollo 11, Scientific American, 19 July 2019
The Bitter Truth: Scientists Sequence the Almond Genome, Scientific American, 13 June 2019
What's It Like to Be Queer in STEM?, Scientific American's Voices Blog, 20 April 2018
NASA
10 years ago, Hubble's Final Servicing Mission Made It Better Than Ever, NASA.gov/Hubble, 11 May 2019
Our Years with Piers, NASA.gov/Goddard, 02 April 2019
Hubble Tracks the Lifecycle of Giant Storms on Neptune, NASA.gov, 25 March 2019
Nature
Severe wildfires spark population boom in fungi and bacteria, Nature, 16 January 2019 (Syndicated by Scientific American)
Science News
Five explosive things the 2018 eruption taught us about Kilauea, Science News, 29 January 2019
Bennu and Ryugu look like spinning tops and scientists want to know why, Science News, 18 December 2018
Here’s what was surprising about Kilauea’s 3-month-long eruption, Science News, 11 December 2018
Baboons survive 6 months after getting a pig heart transplant, Science News, 5 December 2018
An acid found in soil may make a disease killing deer less infectious, Science News, 30 November 2018
A new algorithm could help protect planes from damaging volcanic ash, Science News, 27 November 2018
Cactus spine shapes determine how they stab victims, Science News, 27 November 2018
Sound-absorbent wings and fur help some moths evade bats, Science News, 14 November 2018
Car tires and brake pads produce harmful microplastics, Science News, 12 November 2018
These tiny, crackly bubbles are a new type of volcanic ash, Science News, 9 November 2018
Hubble has been busy since coming back online, Science News, 2 November 2018
Neandertal teeth reveal the earliest known signs of lead exposure, Science News, 2 November 2018
People in the Pacific Northwest smoked tobacco long before Europeans showed up, Science News, 29 October 2018
Liverwort plants contain a painkiller similar to the one in marijuana, Science News, 24 October 2018
Plants engineered to always be on alert don’t grow well, Science News, 22 October 2018
More tornadoes are popping up east of the Mississippi, Science News, 17 October 2018
Add beer to the list of foods threatened by climate change, Science News, 14 October 2018
Self-driving cars see better with cameras that mimic mantis shrimp vision, Science News, 11 October 2018
These light-loving bacteria may survive surprisingly deep underground, Science News, 9 October 2018
Spiky ice spires may stud the equator of Jupiter’s moon Europa, Science News, 8 October 2018
Giraffes inherit their spots from their mothers, Science News, 2 October 2018 (Syndicated by The Washington Post)
Tracking how rainfall morphs Earth’s surface could help forecast flooding, Science News, 2 October 2018
A new species of high-altitude hummingbird may already be in trouble, Science News, 26 September 2018
Inside Science News Service
Perovski-what? Nine Nobel Prize Predictions, Inside Science News Service, 27 September 2018
Can Science Solve a Music Industry Mystery?, Inside Science News Service, 12 September 2018
Mauna Kea’s Observatories Brace for Hurricane Lane, Inside Science News Service, 23 August 2018
Conquering Chemical Weapons with Enzymes, Inside Science News Service, 21 August 2018
Helium 150 Years After Its Discovery, Inside Science News Service, 17 August 2018
Models Map City Residents’ Aversion to Pollution, Inside Science News Service, 15 August 2018
For a Struggling Seed, the First 48 Hours Can be Tough, Inside Science News Service, 02 August 2018
BRIEF: Better Living Through Tide Pools, Inside Science News Service, 18 July 2018
BRIEF: Thanks to Wildfires, Some Streams Are Flowing More Smoothly, Inside Science News Service, 13 July 2018
Updating Maps Swiftly After Natural Disasters, Inside Science News Service, 6 July 2018
UCSC Science Notes
A revered raptor's return, UCSC Science Notes, August 2018
The Mercury News
Bay Area data scientist launching environmental storytelling app with access to global satellite images, The San Jose Mercury News, 14 June 2018
VIDEO: From pumpkins to cannabis? Half Moon Bay debates future of family farms, The San Jose Mercury News, 28 May 2018 (Article by Lisa Krieger)
Clearing a road to recovery after the Loma Fire, The San Jose Mercury News, 23 May 2018
VIDEO: Monarch butterfly autopsies reveal potential predators, The San Jose Mercury News, 7 May 2018
Nasa flying laboratory seeks to understand atmosphere, The San Jose Mercury News, 25 April 2018
Low-carb versus low-fat diet — which one is better?, The San Jose Mercury News, 22 February 2018
Electricity-generating tinted windows reveal a sustainable future, The San Jose Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2018
Teaching old birds new tweets can reveal more about human genetic traits, The San Jose Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2018
Record temperatures set to cool this weekend, The San Jose Mercury News, 09 Feb. 2018
Super, blue and a smidgen of eclipse, The San Jose Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2018
They're back! Bald eagle pair returns to nest at Bay Area elementary school, The San Jose Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2018
World Conference of Science Journalists Student Newsroom
The Monterey Herald
Salinas schoolkids catch the curl, The Monterey Herald, 10 Dec. 2017
MPC students plan tax proposal protest, The Monterey Herald, 06 Dec. 2017
Monterey County backyard burning season on hold, The Monterey Herald, 05 Dec. 2017
Experts say 134 aftershocks in Monterey County after 4.6 quake are no reason to panic, The Monterey Herald, 24 Nov. 2017
The Case of the 'Zombie' Butterflies, The Monterey Herald, 20 Nov. 2017
Monterey Bay Half Marathon: Family Supports Special Needs Athlete, The Monterey Herald, 10 Nov. 2017
Seaside Veteran Reflects on his 43 Years of Service, The Monterey Herald, 09 Nov. 2017
Monterey Joins the Movement Against Plastic Straws, The Monterey Herald, 01 Nov. 2017
Citizen Scientists at Elkhorn Slough Aid in Sea Otter Research, The Monterey Herald, 28 Oct. 2017
Group Led by Carmel Valley Man Sheds Basic Needs to Raise Awareness, Money, The Monterey Herald, 21 Oct. 2017
Residents from Monterey Neighborhood Not Happy About Cell Phone Towers, The Monterey Herald, 11 Oct. 2017
Monterey County Officials Show Support for Immigrants, The Monterey Herald, 10 Oct. 2017
Science Today
The Arctic Report Card, Science Today, 20 Dec. 2016
Defending the Home Planet, Science Today, 16 Dec. 2016
Volcanism in the Age of Early Man, Science Today, 2 Nov. 2016
Mineral Mondays: Native Elements, Science Today, 26 Sep. 2016
Mineral Mondays: Oxides and Hydroxides, Science Today, 19 Sep. 2016
Mineral Mondays: Silicates, Science Today, 12 Sep. 2016
Volcanic Predictors, Science Today, 1 Aug. 2016
New Type of Meteorite from Asteroid Collision, Science Today, 5 July 2016