Science Writing Portfolio — Chiungwei Huang

Physical Sciences, Chemistry, and Engineering

• Communities take the lead in monitoring air, which may be threatened by algae blooms - News & Observer (Aug 11, 2022)

• Astrophysicist ‘AstroKatie’ Mack shares what she sees in the James Webb telescope photo - News & Observer (Jul 15, 2022) * Front-page feature

• NC State computer model shows where EV charging stations should be — and can be - News & Observer (Jun 29, 2022)

• Algae blooms may add to air pollution, a greater threat than previously thought - News & Observer (Jul 13, 2022) * Front-page feature

• UNC researchers have developed a molecule that could get medicines to market faster - News & Observer (Jul 2, 2022)

• Shaping static electricity - National Association of Science Writers (Sep 22, 2020)

• Bringing Computational Tools to Young Scientists - Energy Frontier Research Center (Fall, 2018)

Health and Medical

Press Releases

• Education level, social media skills linked to cancer fatalism - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Jul 30, 2024)

• Fibromyalgia, IBS patients linked to multiple-drug intolerance - UT Southwestern Medical Center (May 25, 2024)

• Gut microbiome offers clues to disparities in rectal cancer - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Mar 25, 2024)

• Ethnic minorities face higher risk of liver transplant failure - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Mar 12, 2024)

• Activating cerebellum shows promise for neurocognitive therapy - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Jan 11, 2024)

• Immunotherapy effective on young children’s peanut allergies - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Nov 07, 2023)

News

• Blood stem cells without a donor - Drug Discovery News (Jul 18, 2023)

• From ‘Tiger King’ to Tiger Rescue: Rare big cats find new home in NC sanctuary - News & Observer (Aug 10, 2022) * Front-page feature

• How can we act on the waves of COVID counts and future pathogens? Wastewater can tell - News & Observer (Aug 8, 2022) * Front-page feature

• NC cancer charity adds a van to provide medical transportation for kids and families - News & Observer (Jul 13, 2022)

• At CDC, she stood up to Trump on COVID. Now she’ll lead UNC’s public health school - News & Observer (Jun 30, 2022)

• Legionnaires’ disease appears in Wake Forest - News & Observer (Jun 8, 2022)

• These Black farmers provide more than healthy food - North Carolina Health News (Aug 20, 2021)

• Anxiety without a pause: Parents reflect on pandemic schooling - News & Observer (Jul 12, 2021) * won 1st place as a team in education reporting

  • was republished by Greensboro News & Record (Jul 25, 2021)

Feature

• ‘The impact of science’: Duke researcher helps develop vaccines and young minds (Aug13, 2022) * Front-page feature

• A chemist with cystic fibrosis relies on the very science he’s advancing (Sep 10, 2021)

• Spotlight on Collaborating: An Early Career Scientist's View with Aaron Taggart - Energy Frontier Research Center (Summer, 2019)

Policy

• Scientists need money to pursue research. But taking money is not without risk - News & Observer (Nov 9, 2022)

• More money to science and health studies, thanks to COVID-19 - North Carolina Health News (Aug 23, 2021)

Essay

• Science inspirations to your earbuds - Materials Connect (July 2, 2019)

• Science communication drives away my graduate anxiety - The Pipettepen (Aug 14, 2018)

Explainers

• The laureate prize hidden in your electronic gadgets - The Pipettepen (Apr 18, 2020)

• Learning to appreciate the new power: machine learning - Materials Connect (Aug 25, 2019)

• Chemists shine a new light on safer pigments, by accident - The Pipettepen (Aug 5, 2019)

• Gaining insights into nanowires with help from infrared - Chembites (Nov 21, 2018)

• Like It or Not, Your Internet Trail is Inevitable - The Pipettepen (Oct 25, 2017)

• Nanotechnology in Your Sunscreen: Doing More Harm than Good? - The Pipettepen (Aug 14, 2017)

Translation

• 科學寫作是值得又有意義的職業，只是它來的比我想像的久 - The Xylom

• 有時，往前進的方法是回到原點 - The Xylom

Personal Features

Podcasts

• 母體力學 Niche Career | Feb 2023【女博的故事】雙寶媽+ 科普作家 + 材料科學家，女生可以Have It All

• Her STEM Story Podcast | Dec 2020 Episode 126: How to Balance Your PhD Life

IG & Youtube Lives

• On the Scene: Journalism, Science, and Media | Dec 2023 National Science Policy Network

• Path2PhD | Mar 2021 Path2PhD

• The STEM Garden | Aug 2020 Q&A session recording

Blog

• 台灣女科技人電子報 | Jun 2022 美國化學品製造公司：科學家的一日 : “A day in the life” for Taiwan Women in Science and Technology e-press

• Mothers in Science | Mar 2021 Science Mom Journey

• Women Doing Science | Feb 2021 Instagram Feature

• SciComm For Everyone | Mar 2020 Women in STEM: Chiung-Wei