Science communication

I’m passionate about communicating science in an easy-to-understand manner in both my scientific publications and shorter articles. If you’re looking for my peer-reviewed, scientific publications, you can find them at this link. Below are shorter articles that I have written either alone or with coauthors to communicate science in a fun way.

China Environment Forum, The Wilson Center

If you watched Finding Nemo (who hasn’t?), you may remember Nemo’s home in the beautiful pink sea anemone with its tentacles waving around. These tentacles are able to sting and eat fish, crabs, and sometimes even birds.

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Policy in the Pandemic, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

Marine plastic pollution is widely acknowledged as a global problem that requires cooperation from a wide range of groups: governments, producers, consumers, and researchers. By virtue of their core regulatory powers, governments play a primary role in solving this problem.

International Knowledge Hub Against Plastic Pollution

Highlights

  • 291 plastic pollution policies were compiled in a free, open-access inventory in 2020, and since then updated to include a total of 571 policies

  • National and subnational policies most frequently banned macroplastics and bags

  • International policies most frequently featured plans for future action

  • Plastic bag policies were most commonly studied for effectiveness

  • Policies on every level infrequently targeted microplastics or tire wear particles