Tell us about yourself and what professional experience you have had so far. As a writer for Quanta, I cover research at the bleeding edge of physics and occasionally dip my toes in mathematics, computer science, and other fields. (Statistics plays into all of these, of course.) I love my job because it allows me to spend my days learning. I was born in London, England, and grew up going back and forth between there and the podunk town of Blanco, Texas. From a young age, I was shaped by those opposites, while also balancing seemingly opposing loves of science and literature. I planned to be a physicist; I studied physics at Tufts and started in on a PhD at Berkeley. But, eventually my writerly side protested and I left the program to pursue science writing. I started up a blog and began freelancing while also tutoring college physics students [so I could] earn extra cash. My clips helped me land an internship in New York, which led to my first staff job, which led to my second. I now live with my wife and two cats in Brooklyn. I'm enjoying city life, but-always seeking a balance of opposites-also longing for that big Texas sky.
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