Cover science on national and international basis reporting to New York headquarters. Write enterprise and breaking science stories, responsible for coverage of three science journals. Cover climate change, disasters, BP oil spill, NASA, NOAA, astronomy, Earth sciences, archeology, psychology, meteorology, physics, science policy, science ethics, basic research and putting latest science news in larger context. Numerous awards, some big.
Have flown in zero-gravity, wrecked my old newspaper office with a wrecking ball, and tried out for the Florida Marlins. Co-author of three out-of-print books on Hurricane Andrew, hurricane survival guide, and popular science.
Adjunct professor at NYU's DC campus.