i am a research scientist and writer living in the midcoast of maine. i have a bs and ms in biotechnology; both from northeastern university.

my research focuses on suppressing tumor growth by amplifying the cellular debris signals of cell fragments, investigating the various mechanisms of resistance, and the evolutionary dynamics of cancer.

in a past life, i was a journalist. you may have read me in good magazine, point magazine, gawker, the kernel, huffpost, deadspin, and other places on the interworld.