Books
Fifteen-year-old Kristin Magnuson has grown up as a half-worlder, one of the politer names people call you when your mother is from another planet.
Just as she starts to find her place as a youth ambassador, she finds herself at the center of a deadly interstellar conspiracy that makes her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
What do goblins, zombie viruses, inept magicians, and alien-invasion survivors have in common? They all make wonderful story elements for teaching about real science.
Science Fictioned takes ideas from cutting-edge, scientific research papers and turns them into science fiction and fantasy stories. Learning science has never been this fun.
Podcasts
My Cousin Jane is my podcast about the life and works of Jane Austen. Rather than explore the “literary themes and ethos of Jane Austen”, we explore what you might think of as the behind-the-scenes featurettes, or special bonus features of Austen’s books.
Everyday Einstein was a science eduction podcast I used to write and host for Macmillan’s Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.
Research Papers
- Ensembl Genomes 2016: more genomes, more complexity.
Kersey, Paul; et al. – Nucl. Acids Res. (04 January 2016) 44 (D1): D574-D580 - Ensembl Genomes 2013: Scaling up access to genome-wide data.
Kersey, Paul; et al. – Nucl. Acids Res. (1 January 2014) 42 (D1): D546-D552 - Using Interpolation to Estimate System Uncertainty in Gene Expression Experiments.
Falin LJ, Tyler BM (2011) – PLoS ONE 6(7): e22071. - PhD Dissertation: Systems Uncertainty in Systems Biology & Gene Function Prediction
Falin LJ, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, 2011
University Courses
- Machine Learning and Data Mining
BYU-Idaho, CSE-450 - Game Design Patterns and Game Development
SVU, CSC-352 - Software Engineering & Software Project Management
SVU, CSC-313 - Database Systems
SVU, CSC-350 - Theory of Computation
SVU, CSC-240 - Authoring for the Web
SVU, CSC-223 - Advanced Authoring for the Web
SVU, CSC-210 - Programming Fundamentals
SVU, CSC-213
Popular Science
TOR.com
From 2012 to 2013, I wrote a number of articles for TOR.com that explore the overlap between science fiction and science fact.
- The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Tin
TOR.com, May 2012 - The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Copper
TOR.com, May 2012 - The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Zinc and Brass
TOR.com, May 2012 - The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Pewter
TOR.com, June 2012 - The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Iron and Steel
TOR.com, June 2012 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and the Science of Scale
TOR.com, Aug 2012 - The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 1
TOR.com, Dec 2012 - The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 2
TOR.com, Jan 2013 - The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 3
TOR.com, Jan 2013 - The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 4
TOR.com, Jan 2013 - The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 5
TOR.com, Feb 2013 - The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 6
TOR.com, Feb 2013 - The Science of Future Past: Dune Part 1
TOR.com, Jul 2013 - The Science of Future Past: Dune Part 2
TOR.com, Aug 2013 - The Science of Future Past: Dune Part 3
TOR.com, Aug 2013
Scientific American
For about two years, I was the writer and host of a science education podcast published by Macmillan called Everyday Einstein (since rebranded as Ask Science).
The podcast was regularly in the top 10 K-12 educational podcasts on what is now Apple Podcasts. Podchaser contains a list of all of the episodes I wrote and hosted.
Transcripts of some episodes were featured in Scientific American:
- Why Do Apples Turn Brown?
Scientific American, Sep 2012 - What is a Neural Network?
Scientific American, Nov 2012 - Why Are Weather Forecasts Often Wrong?
Scientific American, Jan 2013 - What’s a Capacitor?
Scientific American, Mar 2013 - What Is “Supersonic”?
Scientific American, Jul 2013 - Correlation vs. Causation
Scientific American, Oct 2013 - What Is Gluten?
Scientific American, Oct 2013 - Should You Worry about the Ebola Outbreak?
Scientific American, Nov 2014 - Can Turmeric Prevent or Cure Disease?
Scientific American, Mar 2015
Other Published Articles
- The Crazy and Wonderful State of Web Development
Medium, Oct 2016 (This article is also included in the list of readings for CompSci 290 at Duke University) - How I Used Video Gaming Research to Get Healthy
Elemental, Aug 2019 - Three Questions Every Writer Has To Answer To Be Successful
The Writing Cooperative, Aug 2019