Published Work

25 years after Karen Wetterhahn died of dimethylmercury poisoning, her influence persists (Chemical & Engineering News)
Long after Wetterhahn’s tragic accident, friends, family, and colleagues remember the impacts she had on them and on chemistry.

Who pays when a graduate student gets hurt? (Chemical & Engineering News)
PhD student Shiva Dastjerdi collected a paycheck from Boston University. But when an acid spill sent her to the ER, she found out she didn’t have the same rights to compensation as other employees.

Podcast: The chemist who helped save Apollo 13 (Chemical & Engineering News)

The Science of Sticky Rubber (Climbing)
Vibram, Five Ten and other rock shoe companies guard the recipes for their rubber compounds as closely as Coca-Cola. This is how they make them stick.

Cod Makes a Comeback—in Canada (Hakai)
The Gulf of Maine cod fishery is collapsing catastrophically. A few hundred miles north, Canadian cod are thriving. Here’s why.

How a Company Famous for Mason Jars Could Help Get Us to Mars (Slate)
Your favorite jar maker also built the Hubble Telescope. And parts for fighter jets.

Engineering Climate Change Resilience into New York Subways  (Eos)
New York City hopes it can protect critical infrastructure from the next big storm.