About Me

As more businesses pivot towards climate-conscious policy, I step in to fill the role of civic-science liaison. I work to connect climate scientists and non-scientific businesses to ensure accurate translation of critical information. I enjoy working on a team to produce creative solutions to complex problems.



I also love breaking down science concepts and drawing them. My goal is to create graphics that do justice both artistically and mathematically to exciting science.

I arrived at this mission after informally drawing science for myself as I pursued my undergraduate and graduate degrees. I earned a double B.S. in astrophysics and physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009), and an M.S. in astrophysics from Michigan State University (2012).

After graduate school I spent four years as a telescope operator for Kitt Peak National Observatory, where I facilitated the gathering of observational data for dozens of astronomy research collaborations. In 2016, I returned to science education, working at the University of Arizona as a science editor and instructional designer; my projects there include development (with Professor Chris Impey) of an online astrobiology course called Astrobiology: Exploring Other Worlds, available on Coursera.

I founded Zofostro Science in 2019, after I won an educational grant to produce a comprehensive high school course on climate change, Teaching Today to Save Tomorrow, that is now available for instructors to download and use, free of charge.

 

Preparing for my grad level optics class, careful consideration and study helped me boil down the entire final to two concepts: the wave-particle duality of light and thermodynamics.