Hi, I’m Sarah!

I’m a science writer, scientific editor, and wearer of many other marketing- and communications-related hats.

I have a B.A. in English and a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harding University, and I did my Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology at Emory University, where I trained in Tamara Caspary's lab. My dissertation focus was the intersection of Sonic Hedgehog signaling, cilia, cerebellar cancer, and a regulatory GTPase called Arl13b.

Having always loved science and words, I spent the last year and a half of grad school working part-time as a science writer for the Genetics Society of America, writing for their blog, Genes to Genomes. After coming on board full time, I spent close to a decade working for the Society and the GSA Journals, GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.

My role in a lean, mission-driven organization gave me a breadth of experience, and I completed work in scholarly publishing (including policy and strategy development), communications (including social media management and developmental & copy editing), conference and event programming, marketing and promotion (including content creation), and data analysis. My experiences in academia made me certain that there is a more vibrant, inclusive, and equitable scientific enterprise out there. I was grateful to work in partnership with the Personal Genetics Education Project (PGED) and the Reclaiming STEM Institute on ways to realize that future through a (now cancelled) NSF BIO-LEAPS funded project called CC-BRIDGE.

I live in Atlanta with my husband (an airline pilot who loves to cook), son (a six-year-old who inherited her personality—for better or for worse), and two cats. I also own Sarah Bay Photography, LLC, which specializes in lifestyle, portrait, product, and brand photography.