Sam Anderson

Website: http://justkeychemistry.tumblr.com/
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Professional Experience

I use my PhD in Chemistry and experience communicating with scientific and non-scientific audiences to disseminate science. I've edited ELL technical manuscripts, written for Scientific American, and designed science outreach activities for general audiences.

Expertise

Copy Editor
Entry Level
Writer
1 Year
Technical Writer
1 Year

Specialty

Science
6 Years
Technology
Entry Level
Education
Entry Level

Industries


Academia Other
5 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Scientific American Guest Blog (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

American Journal Editors (6-10)

Technical Skills

ELL language editing, writing, organic and materials chemistry

Computer Skills

Office, Chemdraw

References

-Dr. Wei You, UNC Chapel Hill -Dr. Denise Young, Morehead Planetarium & Science Center

Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Showcase

General

Why It's Okay to Teach Wrong Ideas in Physics
(Scientific American Guest Blogs 5/31/2016)
The story of how Niels Bohr got the structure of the atom wrong, and how that was corrected, tells us a lot about how science works
What Are Crystals Made Of?
((self) 9/20/2015)
Crystals are all around us, even in unexpected places. What makes a scientist call something a crystal, and why are they so special?
Why is the Periodic Table Everywhere?
((self) 10/23/2015)
The periodic table is ubiquitous, but why did it, and not something else, become the flag around which all things nerdy and geeky congregate?