Joy R. Drohan
jdrohan@nasw.org
(814) 238-8070

Printer-Friendly

My Resume

Drohan resume.pdf

Joy R. Drohan
Eco-Write, LLC: Environmental and Life Science Writing and Editing
E-mail: jdrohan@nasw.org
http://www.eco-write.com
Phone: (814) 238-8070
State College, PA

Select freelance clients

Select projects

• Research and write Cooperative Extension bulletins on water resource issues related to Marcellus shale gas extraction.
• Wrote feature article about invasive stink bugs for Penn State Ag Science Magazine (in press).
• Wrote science briefs summarizing wildfire research for the federal Joint Fire Science Program.
• Wrote article about undergraduate science research for Wesley College; published in CUR Quarterly.
• Wrote successful competitive grant proposal for youth watershed education program (funded for $240,000).
• Wrote grant proposal for National Science Foundation to support traveling soils exhibit ($1.6 million).
• Edited historic furnishings reports, emergency operations plans, and collection management plans for National Park Service.
• Researched, wrote, and oversaw production of web-based case study series on smart growth strategies.
• Copyedited books about ecological restoration, groundwater issues, ecotourism, invasive species, soils, food microbiology, viruses and other pathogens, and clinical laboratory management, among others.
• Edited draft articles for scientific refereed journals.
  

Blue Ribbon Award for Publications-American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
National Association of Science Writers Travel Fellowship
___________________________________________________________________________________________

Member

National Association of Science Writers
Editorial Freelancers Association

Education

M.S. Environmental Pollution Control, 1994
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

B.S. Biology, environmental science concentration, 1992