Bio

Editing:  Edit scientific, medical and legal manuscripts for clients.  Served as editor of the “Legal Commentary and Update” Section of the Gene Therapy Newsletter.

Professional Experience: Freelance Writer and Editor [2002-Present], Patent Attorney (specializing in biotech and medical inventions), and Assistant Professor of Biochemistry.

Education: Certificate in Forensics (University of Washington at Seattle), J.D. (University of Kentucky College of Law), Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego).

General Writing: As a professional writer, wrote more than 400 pieces in the areas of science, medicine, agbiotech, law, business and history.

Course Writing: Wrote a 12-lesson, college-level, survey course in forensic science for Education To Go, a division of Cengage Learning. “Forensic Science for Writers” launched in early 2005 and ran for seven years.

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.