Don Monroe
Overview
After my Ph.D. and more than twenty years of physics and technology
research, since 2003 I have been a freelance science writer, covering a wide
range of topics including biology, physics, and technology.
Education
2003-2004
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New York University, New York, NY
Science and Environmental Reporting Program
Master’s Degree in Journalism
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1980-1985
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. Physics.
Research on amorphous semiconductors
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1976-1980
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
B.S. Physics
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Employment History
2004-present
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Freelance writer (details below)
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2004-2006
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Guest Lecturer, Science, Health, and Environmental
Reporting Program, New York
University
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2004
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Editorial Intern at ScientificAmerican.com
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2004
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Intern at Physical
Review Focus
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2003-2004
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Consultant, Bell
Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
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2001-2003
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Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Agere Systems
Integrated circuit reliability, integrated optics
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1995-2001
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Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, Lucent
Technologies
Gate oxides, novel transistors, and reliability
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1984-1995
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Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Labs
Low-temperature physics, superconductors, optical fibers, Silicon-Germanium
heterostructures
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Writing Experience
[For a continually updated list and writing samples, please look under
"Clips" at http://www.DonMonroe.info .]
- Communications of the
Association of Computing Machinery (CACM): Computing stories and
related science topics
- Cancer Target Discovery and
Development (CTD2): Stories highlighting research from this
cancer genetics network (a project of the National Cancer Institute)
- New York Academy of Sciences
(NYAS): Dozens of meeting summaries for a wide range of symposia, mostly
in biology
- Materials Research Society:
next-day talk summaries of materials-science talks for online meeting
reports.
- National Research Council:
meeting report on the future of the HAARP facility
- Physics: Focus:
(formerly Physical Review Focus): Journalistic stories on American
Physical Society (APS) journal articles for curious nonspecialists
- Physics: Synopses: short
summaries of APS journal articles
- Alexandria Summit: comprehensive report
on talks and panel discussion related to precision cancer medicine at the
2011 Oncology Summit
- Systems Biology Verification
(sbv) IMPROVER: Summaries for the organization
meetings of a large scientific project to proactively assess human health
and toxicology related to potential products.
- Science: A molecular
evolution story for the news section of this eminent journal
- Scientific American:
News items for a general audience with a scientific bent
- PLoS
Biology: Synopses and a feature story for this biology journal
- Technology Review:
News for this magazine on future technology published by MIT
- The Santa Fe Institute:
Meeting summaries and stories for the SFI Bulletin
- SciDAC
review: Describing projects in large-scale scientific computing at
the U.S. Department of Energy
- The Scientist: News
and a feature for this life sciences magazine
- Other clients include: Cold
Spring Harbor Labs, The Rockefeller University, The University of
Illinois, Drug Discovery and Development, AMDeC,
ASCR Discovery and Columbia University
Editorial
Experience
- 2010-present: Science Editor
for occasional issues of the Materials Research Society Bulletin
- 2007: Assistant to the Editor
of Physical Review Focus
- 2006-2007: Editing of SPIE
Newsroom articles for Form and Content Media
- 1999-2003: Founding member of
the Editorial board, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability
Service Activities
- 2015: American Institute of
Physics Science Communication Award selection committee for articles.
- 2007-2008: American Institute
of Physics Science Writing Award selection committee for works written by
scientists
- 2006-2014: Jobs webmaster for
the Science Writers in New York
Software Skills
- Expert in Microsoft Word,
PowerPoint, and Excel
- Confident in HTML, FrontPage,
and Dreamweaver
- Comfortable with Photoshop,
WordPress
- Competent with C++, Java, perl, LaTeX
Technical
Publications, Patents
- Author or coauthor of more
than seventy-five technical publications in peer-reviewed journals and
conferences proceedings.
- Five U.S. patents on novel
transistors and optical fiber reliability
Societies and
Awards
- 2007 Winner of the Science
Writing Award in Acoustics for Journalists from the Acoustical Society of
America
- Merck Science Journalism
Student Award 2004
- Member of the National
Association of Science Writers
- Member of New England Science
Writers
- Fellow of the American
Physical Society (lapsed)
- Senior Member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (lapsed)
Unique Experience
Member of the five-person committee appointed to investigate the possibility
of scientific misconduct by J. Hendrik Schön, 2002.