i write News stories, press releases and feature articles for MIT and several other institutions.
I worked for more than 17 years, and as Institute Writer for the last seven, at the MIT News Office, which publishes MIT News, the world’s most-read university news site.
I have covered energy, climate change, fusion, materials science, civil and environmental engineering, and many other fields, as well as major institutional priorities such as the institute’s action plan for climate change and its partnership with Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
I contnue to write regularly for MIT on a freelance basis.
One of my stories, in January 2023, on a new analysis of Roman concrete, is the most-read story in the history of MIT News, with well over 600,000 unique readers.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106
https://www.mbl.edu/news/how-many-ways-can-octopus-flex-its-supple-arms-now-we-know
How Many Ways Can an Octopus Flex its Supple Arms? Now We Know.
https://www.mbl.edu/news/after-fury-hurricanes-can-leave-lasting-mark-deep-ocean
After the fury: hurricanes can leave a lasting mark on the deep ocean
https://www.mbl.edu/news/mbl-team-finds-novel-vehicle-antibiotic-resistance
MBL team finds novel vehicle for antibiotic resistance
the Harvard University Center on the Environment newsletter
* Northeastern University’s alumni magazine.
Coverage of Harvard Climate Action Week 2025:
Nobel laureate urges urgent climate policy U-turn - The Salata Institute
Biotech bids to bend the climate curve - The Salata Institute
Coverage of Harvard Climate Action Week 2024:
https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/a-decades-long-ecological-experiment-runs-in-harvard-forest/
https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/thawing-permafrost-what-does-it-mean-and-what-can-be-done/