[2][1] After graduation in 1996, he worked at the Public Interest Research Group on a campaign reform initiative and at the Center for Inquiry in Buffalo.

These experiences motivated him to enroll in graduate studies to explore the relationship between politics, the media and public communications, which he did in 1999.

His minor at Dartmouth was in Environment Studies and he eventually settled upon climate change as a special area of interest.

[2][4][5][1] His regular column appears in Issues in Science Technology magazine and he is a contributor to Scientific American.

[8] With co-author Declan Fahy, he is preparing a book on the influence on the public of some intellectuals, such as Laurie Garrett and Malcolm Gladwell.