Microscope & Meter

Diana Zeiger ’01, biochemistry is an editor and writer for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. She is also a published poet. UMBC Magazine asked her to reflect on the areas in which her two passions overlap. A poet and a scientist walk into a bar. Sounds like the setup for a terrible joke, doesn’t it? I can tell you, however, that they’d actually have a lot in common. Exploring these commonalities has been at the center of my professional life. I took a bachelor’s degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University, where my main interest was poetry.… Continue Reading Microscope & Meter