I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design.

​My writing for The Conversation has appeared in Scientific American, Fast Company, Salon and more than 30 other online outlets. As a columnist and special advisor for SynBioBeta, I cover the cultural and economic forces shaping synthetic biology.

This summer, I’ll be reporting on the progress and process of science at the Philadelphia Inquirer​ as an AAAS Mass Media fellow.