A Scicurious CV

In which Sci can boast about herself.

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Professional Honors

• Semifinalist in the 3 Quarks Daily 2010 Prize in Science:
• 46 posts featured in the New York Times/ScienceBlogs link exchange
• Winner of the PLoS ONE Blog Pick of the Month for December, 2009.  “Zicam and your Nose”
• 13 posts featured in the Editor’s Selections for Researchblogging.org
  • “Bulimia and the Vasovagal reflex” 
  • “The incredible healing mouse” 
  • “Dopamine and Obesity: the D2 Receptor”
• Selected Official Blogger for the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2009.
• Guest Editor of The Open Laboratory: The Best of Science Blogging 2009 Blogging Anthology.
• Winner of PLoS ONE 2^nd Anniversary Synchroblogging contest
• Featured in The Open Laboratory: Best Science Blogging 2008 Blogging Anthology.  “Uber Coca, by Sigmund Freud”
• Featured in The Open Laboratory: Best Science Blogging 2009 Blogging Anthology. “Addiction and the Opponent-Process Theory”
• Nominated for Eureka’s Top 30 Science Blogs at the Times Online.
• Winner of Research Blogging’s Blog of the Year Awards: Neuroscience category, 2009.

Publications

• Featured in The Open Laboratory: Best Science Blogging 2008 Blogging Anthology.  “Uber Coca, by Sigmund Freud”
• Featured in The Open Laboratory: Best Science Blogging 2009 Blogging Anthology. “Addiction and the Opponent-Process Theory”
• Guest editor: The Open Laboratory: The Best of Science Blogging 2009 Blogging Anthology.

Invited Oral Presentations

• Panelist ScienceOnline ’09: Web and the History of Science, presented with SkullsintheStars and Brian Switek.

Blog Carnivals and Features:

• Featured “Blog of the Week” at the Charlotte Observer, April 5, 2010.
• 46 posts featured in the New York Times/ScienceBlogs link exchange

Selected Features in the New York Times Link Exchange

• “Anorexia, Dopamine, and Experimental Confounds” 
• “Dopamine and Obesity: The Food Addiction?”
• “Sleep Deprivation Gives me the Chills”
• “Immunization for addiction: the cocaine vaccine” 

14 posts featured in the Encephalon Blog Carnival

11 posts featured in the Giant’s Shoulders History of Science Blog Carnival

2 posts featured in the Praxis Blog Carnival

3 posts featured in the Tangled Bank Blog Carnival

4 posts featured in the Scientia Pro Publica Blog Carnival