My name is Nancy McGuire. I live in Albuquerque, NM, in the southwestern U.S.
For about ten years after I got my Ph.D. in chemistry, I worked as a laboratory researcher.
These days, I write about science, engineering, and computing for:
- specialists
- scientific and technical nonspecialists
- readers with little formal science education but a great interest in all things scientific
I help scientists and engineers get their message across to their intended audiences using
- substantive and development editing
- cross-media content adaptation
- graphics and images
I have covered topics from perovskites to policy to proteins to petabyte computing.
I’m really good at:
- Materials science
- Chemistry
- Geosciences
- Optics, diffraction, and spectroscopy
I have experience working with several media forms:
- magazines (print, online)
- websites (content, organization)
- newsletters (print, e-mail)
- academic and professional journals
- conference exhibits and presentations
Credentials:
- Education: Ph.D. in Chemistry (solid-state/physical specialization)
- Experience: corporate communications, public affairs, trade publications, laboratory research
Professional affiliations:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Geophysical Union
- National Association of Science Writers
- Southwest Science Writers Association