Although scientists are necessarily writers, I punctuate my usual journal articles with the occasional free form piece. Here’s a sampler:

This essay is a window into what motivates me as a scientist–why I do what I do, and how I actively cultivate wonder in the natural word, both to inspire others and sustain my own hope.

And here’s a fictional piece, a stand-alone piece reworked from a chapter in a novel that’s almost finished, which was runner up in the EJ Brady short story competition…