Hi! I'm a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial leader, creative director, and science journalist exploring how people understand complex ideas.

As the founding Director of Video at Quanta Magazine, I built the publication's video operation from the ground up, developing its editorial standards, storytelling methodology, production systems, and long-term strategy. My work combines journalism, narrative, visual design, and learning principles to translate high-level science into experiences that are both intellectually rigorous and widely accessible. Today, Quanta's YouTube channel reaches more than 1.2 million subscribers and 85 million lifetime views.

I'm particularly interested in the intersection of explanation, creativity, and technology: how editorial judgment, creative craft, design, and AI can work together to help people build durable mental models of the world's most difficult ideas.

For more on my approach to explanatory storytelling, watch my talk at the Santa Fe Institute.

Previously, I was a journalist at The Atlantic, a writer, film critic, and editor at IndieWire and No Film School, and a creative executive developing independent feature films.

Selected Videos

When Physics Fails:
The Problem of Space-Time

The Riemann Hypothesis, Explained

How the James Webb Telescope Will Transform the Cosmos

Towards a Grand Unified Theory
of Mathematics

A ‘Wormhole’ in Google’s
Quantum Computer

The Standard Model of
Particle Physics

“YouTube’s Science, Wrapped.”

I created Quanta’s Biggest Breakthroughs, an annual series that explores major advances in fundamental science by pairing deep reporting with cinematic video storytelling. Each episode focuses on a single discovery or theoretical advance, working closely with the researchers involved to explain what was discovered, why it matters, and how the idea works. The series uses narrative structure, animation, and intuitive visuals to make complex concepts accessible without oversimplifying the science.

Since it launched in 2020, the series has amassed more than 23 million views.