SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
- Content curation
- Through my PhD training, I have refined my critical thinking skills and gained facility with translating jargon-heavy science into easy-to-understand information for a curious audience through podcasts commissioned by and published on University websites (http://weill.ucsf.edu/podcasts). See http://www.brcafoundation.org/podcasts or http://www.ctoradio.org for samples of work.
- Leadership
- Experience leading teams to produce high-quality podcasts on a monthly basis featuring curated interviews of leading scientists (ctoradio.org). Other skills include organizing and motivating large groups, as well as training and encouraging individuals to realize their own creative potential.
- Education
- Through the Science Education Partnership, I gained extensive teaching and communication skills. I developed engaging, age-appropriate science lesson plans for grades 2,4, and 7.
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
- Software
- Hindenburg Journalist
- Audacity
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Lightroom
- Other
- Comprehensive understanding of copyright and fair use laws
- Comfort with the use of handheld recording devices
- Understanding of sound theory
- Soft interviewing skills
- Photography (see below)
- Social Media
- Built the social media following for the BRCA Foundation (@brcafndn)
- I curate social media platforms for the Science Policy Group at UCSF (@SPGatUCSF) and for Carry the One Radio (@ctoradio)
- Managed web-hosting for carrytheoneradio.org
SCIENCE
- Molecular Biology
- PCR for sub-cloning and genotyping purposes
- ddPCR for copy number variation assays
- InFusion cloning
- CRISPR and shRNA for genetic functional analysis
- Biochemistry
- Western Blot
- IP and Co-IP
- Immunohistochemistry
- Electrophysiology
- Patch clamping (Voltage/ Current) in organotypic cultures of rodent hippocampi
- Cell culture
- Rodent primary neuronal cultures
- Rodent organotypic neuronal cultures
- human iPSCs and neurospheres
PHOTOGRAPHY SAMPLE
Engagement shoot 1
Coconut chocolate
Downpour in Owens Valley
Hike in California
A pinch of poison
Engagement shoot 2
Engagement shoot 2
Engagement shoot 1
Here be dragons
Engagement shoot 1
Engagement shoot 1
Hike in California
Engagement shoot 2
Engagement shoot 2
Engagement shoot 2
Spuds on fire
Engagement shoot 1
Engagement shoot 1
Engagement shoot 1
Engagement shoot 1
Engagement shoot 2
Hike in California
Engagement shoot 2
California coast
Engagement shoot 2
Engagement shoot 2
