I am a freelance science journalist. I write about archaeology, biology, and ethics; chair panels at science festivals; and run workshops that train scientists to communicate more effectively. I teach in the Department of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, where I specialise in graduate writing.
I have written for Science, Nature, Science Careers, BBC News, New Scientist, BBC Focus Magazine, and BBC Wildlife, and have produced radio programmes for the BBC and CBC. I previously worked as a broadcast journalist at the BBC in London and as a reporter for Science.
As an educator, I provide writing instruction and support, professional development training, and mental health and wellness support for graduate students. I have also chaired panels at numerous science festivals and, over the last decade, trained hundreds of scientists at dozens of universities and institutes to communicate more effectively.
I grew up in Bristol and Montreal, studied biology in Yorkshire, and earned a PhD in Edinburgh, where I studied the diseases of fruit flies. I am a member of the writing tribe “Literature or Chickens” with fellow journalists Niki Wilson, Jennifer Holland, Regina Nuzzo and Katie Mast.
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