About Me
I help researchers to obtain grants and fellowships at Georgia Tech's Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection. My job title is Head of Grant Writing and Trainee Development. My main focus is on improving science writing skills of grad students and postdocs through workshops and individual coaching on various communication projects (proposals, papers, posters, job applications, talks, outreach, etc). I also help organize and write multi-lab collaborative grants. Finally, I advocate for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in science. See my page on the CMDI site here.
My scientific training is in plant evolutionary ecology, with a dash of microbiology. Throughout my research career, I showed a talent for obtaining fellowships and grants. Not coincidentally, I also have a background in science outreach and journalism (particularly podcasting), where I practiced identifying the meat of a story and writing clearly, skills that come in handy for grant-writing. In both my scientist and journalist roles, I've always loved mentoring and training students, and I especially seek opportunities to contribute to professional development of scientists from groups that have been systematically excluded from STEM careers.
I am delighted that my job is a unique blend of my skills and interests, where I get to engage with a variety of big scientific questions, help junior scientists of all backgrounds to succeed and grow in their careers, and practice the art of effective and efficient science communication.
After work, when I'm not running after my kids you can find me drinking tea, listening to podcasts, hiking, biking to work, doing yoga, knitting, reading the New Yorker and very little else, singing karaoke, cooking and baking far too elaborately for the amount of time I have, and struggling with German grammar.
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My scientific training is in plant evolutionary ecology, with a dash of microbiology. Throughout my research career, I showed a talent for obtaining fellowships and grants. Not coincidentally, I also have a background in science outreach and journalism (particularly podcasting), where I practiced identifying the meat of a story and writing clearly, skills that come in handy for grant-writing. In both my scientist and journalist roles, I've always loved mentoring and training students, and I especially seek opportunities to contribute to professional development of scientists from groups that have been systematically excluded from STEM careers.
I am delighted that my job is a unique blend of my skills and interests, where I get to engage with a variety of big scientific questions, help junior scientists of all backgrounds to succeed and grow in their careers, and practice the art of effective and efficient science communication.
After work, when I'm not running after my kids you can find me drinking tea, listening to podcasts, hiking, biking to work, doing yoga, knitting, reading the New Yorker and very little else, singing karaoke, cooking and baking far too elaborately for the amount of time I have, and struggling with German grammar.
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Website last updated: Jan 6, 2022
Website last updated: Jan 6, 2022
