Writing Background
Articles: Professional writer with experience in magazine, newsletter, business and Internet writing. Wrote more than 350 pieces in the areas of science, law, business and history, which appeared in publications, such as the Biotechnology Law Report, Nature Biotechnology, Modern Drug Discovery, The Scientist, Forensic Magazine, Genomics & Proteomics, Gene Therapy Newsletter, Information Systems for Biotechnology News Report, Today's Science, Journal of BioLaw & Business, PharmaTechnology Magazine, Regulatory Affairs Focus, Forensic Nurse Magazine, the Food and Drug Law Journal and Что Нового: в науке и технике, the Russian counterpart of Popular Science. Published 39 scientific articles, including reports of original research, review articles and book chapters. Complete lists of publications are available upon request. Business Writing: Wrote and edited a wide range of business and legal documents. Drafted over 90 patent applications on inventions, such as small therapeutic molecules, therapeutic proteins and nucleic acid molecules, methods of treatment, recombinant antibodies, recombinant bacteria and recombinant viruses.
Course Writing: Wrote a 12-lesson, college-level, survey course in forensic science for Education To Go, a division of Thomson Learning. Forensic Science for Writers launched in early 2005.
Internet Publishing: Designed and maintained three websites: the Biotech Law Web Server (April 1995-August 1996), the Biotech Law Web Server: Madison Office (December 1996-August 1997) and Biotech Law News (June 2001-December 2001).
Editing: Edit scientific, medical and legal manuscripts for clients. Served as editor of the "Legal Commentary and Update" Section of the Gene Therapy Newsletter (1995-1996).
Professional Experience
Freelance Writer and Editor [2002-Present]Patent Attorney (in law firms and in-house) [1992-2002]
Assistant Professor - Biochemistry Department University of Kentucky School of Medicine [1986-1989]
Education
University of Kentucky College of Law (Lexington, KY)* J.D.
University of California (San Diego, CA)
* Ph.D. (Pharmacology/Physiology)
California State University (Fullerton, CA)
* M.A. (Biology)
* B.A. (Biology)
University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
* Certificate in Forensics
Affiliations
American Chemical SocietyAmerican Society of Journalists and Authors
National Association of Science Writers
National Science Teachers Association
