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

My Resume

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Park Service
U.S. Forest Service
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Grand Canyon Association
Island Press
ETI Professionals, Inc.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Public Lands Institute, UNLV
University of Maryland
The Conservation Fund

Agronomic Science Foundation
Shepherd College
American Technion Society
Innovative Technologies, Inc.
Penn State University
Wesley College
Carnegie Institution
Geological Society of America
Natural Resource, Agriculture, and
Engineering Service
American Society for Microbiology
NATO

Selected projects

Write science briefs summarizing wildfire research for the federal Joint Fire Science Program.
Conduct interviews and write article about undergraduate research experiences at a private college.
Research and write Cooperative Extension bulletins on water resource issues related to Marcellus shale gas extraction.
Wrote successful competitive grant proposal for youth watershed education program (funded for $240,000).
Researched and wrote case statement for college sciences fund-raising campaign.
Wrote grant proposal for National Science Foundation to support traveling soils exhibit ($1.6 million).
Edited emergency operations plans and historic furnishings reports for National Park Service.
Researched, wrote, and oversaw production of 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.

Awards
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
Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA