I'm a senior technology reporter at BuzzFeed News, based in San Francisco. I write about science, health and technology, a sprawling beat that spans how technology (such as "big data," mobile devices, social media and tech giants like Google and Apple) is changing, improving and intersecting with health care, wearables and the so-called Internet of Things, medicine, genetics, biology, R&D and agriculture.
I moved to BuzzFeed in early 2015 from the San Francisco Chronicle, where I wrote about biotechnology, digital health and public/environmental health in the Bay Area. I previously reported on development and land use in San Francisco for the paper. I joined the staff in 2011 after reporting for The Albany Times Union, The Washington Post, Inside Higher Ed, The Virginian-Pilot and the Pasadena Star-News. I hail from the Los Angeles area, studied literature at UC Berkeley and now live in San Francisco.