I am a freelance writer based in Tel Aviv, Israel. My main focus is on science writing, but I also write about travel and food. I hold two bachelor's of science degrees from MIT, one in neuroscience and the other in writing. I am a member of the Israeli Association of Science Communicators.

Read more about my science writing.

For recent samples of my other writing, check out my article about Yiddish in Israel, or my article about the Bronstein twins, two scientists who have revolutionized facial recognition technology. (Both pieces appear in the Spring 2010 issue of 18 magazine.) Some of my recent food and event reviews are available onTelAvivCity.com.

My work has been published in print (Glimpse, Budget Travel, A Stingray Bit My Nipple: True Stories from Real Travelers, It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, Mir Afishu) and online (WGBH Lab, hotels.vc, Glimpse Online). Check out the blog I maintained for the WGBH Lab on documentary filmmaking and some of the travel pieces I wrote for Hotels.vc (London, Top Ten Adventures).

While at MIT, I won various awards for my writing, including First Place, 2004 Robert A. Boit Essay Prize (In the Shade of the Killing Field Trees)First Place, 2005 Robert A. Boit Manuscript Prize (Ad(Ventures): Essays on Travel) Second Place, 2007 Austin Kelly III Essay Prize (In the Shade of the Killing Field Trees) Second Place, 2007 DeWitt Wallace Prize for Science Writing for the Public (From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Profile of a Salesman) First Place, 2007 Robert A. Boit Essay Prize (Lights Out, New York).