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RESUME
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Technical Writing & Editing:  Deep line editor for more than 400 STEM research journal articles (1st- and 2nd-round acceptance rates: 62.8% and 85.4%, respectively)
  • Grant Writing & Investment Proposals: Sole or collaborative author on 7 successful proposals (totaling more than $2.7M) to federal agencies, venture capital, and private foundations
  • Regulatory Compliance: Deep line editing on 8 competitively awarded licensing applications
  • Project Management: Demonstrated experience leading teams to define realistic project goals, budgets, timelines, and deliverables; anticipate barriers to success; and problem-solve to achieve targeted outcomes
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
MS               2021   Science Communication and Public Engagement, University of Edinburgh, with Distinction (High Honors)
BA                2008    Interdisciplinary Studies in the Field, University of California, Berkeley, High Honors
 
Certificate   2020    Fundamentals of Statistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Online (MITx)  
Certificate   2020    Probability – The Science of Uncertainty and Data, MITx, Professor John Tsitsiklis
Certificate   2019    Professional Technical Communicator, Society for Technical Communication
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Technical Writing & Editing 
  • Deep fluency in advanced English grammar and Global English style guidelines for human and machine translation
  • Conversational fluency in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics
    • Statistics and probability, including linear algebra and matrix notation
    • 2 years of calculus, especially for engineering and finance applications
    • Biomedical nomenclature: Regular copy editor for Journal of Clinical Investigations
  • Deep line editor for more than 400 STEM research articles published by journals including Science and Nature (1st- and 2nd-round acceptance rates: 62.8% and 85.4%, respectively)
  • Reviewer response letters: Never lost a re-submission when authors adopted my edits on both the manuscript and response letter
  • Regulatory compliance: Deep line editing on 8 competitively awarded licensing applications
  • Graphics preparation: Infographics, flow charts, schematics, histograms, photography, etc.
  • Plain language: Translations of complex technical content for general audiences
    • Instructional material & user documentation
      • Copy editor of white papers and web-based instructional content for MathWorks, Inc.
      • Worked on a team of editors for a developmental nuclear reactor’s safety manual
    • Media: Wrote web articles, interactive quizzes, and social media posts as an intern for the Roslin Institute, home of Dolly the cloned sheep
  • Outreach: Wrote a game-based presentation on microplastics for grade levels 6 and higher
  • Subject matter expert (SME) interviews and coaching
  • Content management: Database development and maintenance
 
Grant Writing & Investment Proposals
  • Sole author on 5 successful grant proposals (totaling $525,000) to corporate and foundation sponsors for arts or environmental non-profit organizations
  • Original writing and/or deep line editing on 2 successful federal proposals in less than 8 months at UMaine:
    • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program: $1,514,211
    • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER (first-round submission): $671,920
  • Investment proposals: Wrote and delivered presentations to secure venture capital for cavitation research and technology transfer (research ongoing to date)
  • Funding research & prospecting: Grants.gov, Foundation Center, BIG Online, Pivot, and news media
 
Project Management & Interpersonal Skills
  • Managed multi-investigator/multi-sector proposal development on 2 pending federal grant proposals:
    • NSF Major Research Instrumentation
    • National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant
  • Event Planning: Supported event-based fundraising for The Yosemite Fund by securing in-kind donations, coordinating with presenters, and organizing volunteers, vendors, and publicity
  • Contract Stage Manager for regional theater companies
  • Collaboration & time management: Regularly work on multi-disciplinary teams with remote coworkers and meet overlapping deadlines across time zones (references attest to team player attitude)
  • Problem-solving: Creativity, adaptability, and conflict resolution via dialogue and/or consensus-building
  • Exercising discretion: Strict observance of confidentiality and intellectual property protocols

Ensuring Confidentiality

  • Strict confidentiality standards protect your intellectual property.
  • Secure FTP available.
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