Hi, I’m Ari!

I tell stories about science.

I am a science journalist, audio producer, and essayist based in Little Rock, Arkansas. I’m currently an assistant editor on the physical sciences desk at Chemical & Engineering News. When I’m not writing, I’m birding.

Featured Work

Trumpeter Swans Rebound in Arkansas

BirdNote Daily

Here’s the chemistry behind marijuana’s skunky scent

Science News

Why Arkansas’s best duck hunting woods are drowning

Arkansas Nonprofit News Network

Organic Chemistry Taught Me to Fully Inhabit My Mixed Identities

Catapult

As featured on NPR’s Short Wave

Why is it so hard to investigate the rare side effects of COVID vaccines?

Nature

Listen: Stories of Migration

BirdNote Daily

Black scientist network celebrates successes — but calls for more support

Nature

What are chemical signs of life beyond Earth?

Chemical & Engineering News

Ainissa Ramirez discusses how society and technology interact

Chemical & Engineering News

Ultrablack skin camouflages deep sea fish

Chemical & Engineering News

Neanderthal-like ‘mini-brains’ created in lab with CRISPR

Nature

The decline of hunting in California

The Mercury News

Oh, snap! Hear the big noise tiny shrimp make in the ocean

KQED Science

Canta y no llores: A phone call with Abuelito

KSQD Public Radio

The birds, the bees, and spiraling family trees

UC Santa Cruz Science Notes