Selected Science Writing

Energy & Environment

Once seen as fleeting, a new solar tech proves its lasting powerPrinceton Engineering researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a 30-year lifespan. The new device is the first of its kind to rival the performance of silicon-based solar cells. A pioneering new test method will help industry develop consumer-friendly products.

Princeton Engineering - New platform speeds up effort to turn crops into fuelResearchers led by José Avalos have developed a new platform for breaking down cellulose, the world's most abundant organic compound, and simultaneously fermenting it for use in biofuel production.

Biotechnology & Health

Humble lizards offer new possibilities for artificial lungsA new study from Princeton University shows how the brown anole lizard solves one of nature’s most complex problems — breathing — with elegant simplicity, providing new inspiration for engineers designing advanced biotechnologies.

Our COVID-19 vaccines would not exist without this unsung Princeton technologyFor 20 years, Robert Prud’homme and his research team have fine-tuned a deceptively simple box that has revolutionized drug manufacturing, enabling everything from mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines to tuberculosis drugs.

Theory of bubbles lifts cell biology into a new, more quantitative era
Princeton University, Sep. 2021

Researchers invent world's smallest biomechanical linkage
Princeton University, Aug. 2021

AI tool gives doctors a new look at the lungs in treating COVID-19
Princeton University, Mar. 2020

Graduate student researcher hits the lights on cells’ development
Princeton University, Dec. 2019

Speed limit on DNA-making sets pace for life’s first steps
Princeton University, Mar. 2019

Physics & Quantum Science

Princeton Engineering - Ultra-pure semiconductor opens new frontier in the study of electronsPrinceton researchers created the world's purest sample of gallium arsenide and have used it to explore intriguing questions in physics.

Princeton Engineering - A new spin on atoms gives scientists a closer look at quantum weirdnessA team of Princeton researchers, led by Jeff Thompson, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, have developed a new way to control and measure atoms that are so close together no optical lens can distinguish them.

Strange quasi-particles reveal new magnetic behavior, verify nearly century-old prediction
Princeton University, Nov. 2020

Researchers simplify tiny structures’ construction drip by drip
Princeton University, Nov. 2018

Features & Reviews

Princeton and Intel join to create a more inclusive research-career pipeline
Princeton University, Oct. 2021

Borders and Exile: On the Recent Translation of Yuri Herrera’s First Novel, “Kingdom Cons”
Los Angeles Review of Books, Aug. 2017

Razor-Thin Boundaries: A Review of “Homesick for Another World” by Ottessa Moshfegh
Los Angeles Review of Books, Jun. 2017

Multimedia

The mixer than enabled mRNA vaccines

Video | Princeton University | 2022
Producer

Princeton Imaging and Analysis Center

Video | Princeton University | 2021
Producer

Alliance for Boys and Men of Color

Multimedia feature | Frontline Solutions | 2014
Writer

Whatever It Takes

Feature length documentary | PBS Independent Lens | 2010
Co-producer

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