Hire Dr. Carolyn Beans
Environmental Sciences Expert

Summary

I am a D.C.-based, freelance science writer and editor specializing in ecology, evolution, and biomedicine. I earned a B.A. in English from Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Virginia. My graduate research explored the ecological and evolutionary effects of an invasive plant on a closely related native species.

Subject Matter Expertise

• Environmental Sciences
• Biomedicine
• Conservation Biology
• Evolution
• Ecology
• Botany

Services

• Writing
• Editing
• Literature search

Work Experience

• Science Writer and Editor

  Freelance

  March 2016 - March 2016

• Science Writer and Editor (Contractor)

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH

  May 2014 - February 2016

Education

• Ph.D. Biology

  University of Virginia

  August 2009 - May 2014

• Ph.D. (Biology)

  University of Virginia

  August 2009 - May 2014

• B.A. (English)

  Pennsylvania State University

  August 2000 - May 2004

• B.A. English

  Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College

  August 2000 - May 2004

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE
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• {"ProfilePublicationId":8865,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Beans_2014,doi = {10.1002/ece3.978},url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.978},year = 2014,month = {feb},publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},volume = {4},number = {6},pages = {862--875},author = {Carolyn M. Beans},title = {The case for character displacement in plants},journal = {Ecol Evol}}","JournalTitle":"Ecol Evol","Title":"The case for character displacement in plants","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1002/ece3.978","Date":"2014-02-00","Url":"","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":34431,"ProfilePublicationId":8865,"ContributorName":"Carolyn M. Beans","CountributorRole":"author"}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":8866,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Beans_2014,doi = {10.3732/ajb.1400385},url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1400385},year = 2014,month = {dec},publisher = {Botanical Society of America},volume = {102},number = {1},pages = {50--57},author = {C. M. Beans and D. A. Roach},title = {An invasive plant alters pollinator-mediated phenotypic selection on a native congener},journal = {American Journal of Botany}}","JournalTitle":"American Journal of Botany","Title":"An invasive plant alters pollinator-mediated phenotypic selection on a native congener","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.3732/ajb.1400385","Date":"2014-00-00","Url":"","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":34433,"ProfilePublicationId":8866,"ContributorName":"D. A. Roach","CountributorRole":"author"},{"PublicationContributorId":34432,"ProfilePublicationId":8866,"ContributorName":"C. M. Beans","CountributorRole":"author"}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":8867,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Beans_2013,doi = {10.1038/nj7454-397a},url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nj7454-397a},year = 2013,month = {jun},publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},volume = {498},number = {7454},pages = {397--397},author = {Carolyn Beans},title = {Roadside science},journal = {njobs}}","JournalTitle":"njobs","Title":"Roadside science","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1038/nj7454-397a","Date":"2013-06-00","Url":"","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":34434,"ProfilePublicationId":8867,"ContributorName":"Carolyn Beans","CountributorRole":"author"}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":8868,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Goodrich_2013,doi = {10.1111/jeb.12065},url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12065},year = 2013,month = {jan},publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},volume = {26},number = {3},pages = {499--508},author = {S. H. Goodrich and C. M. Beans and D. A. Roach},title = { Environmental conditions during early life determine the consequences of inbreeding in Agrostemma githago (Caryophyllaceae) },journal = {Journal of Evolutionary Biology}}","JournalTitle":"J. Evol. Biol.","Title":"Environmental conditions during early life determine the consequences of inbreeding in Agrostemma githago (Caryophyllaceae)","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1111/jeb.12065","Date":"2013-01-08","Url":"","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":34437,"ProfilePublicationId":8868,"ContributorName":"D. A. Roach","CountributorRole":"author"},{"PublicationContributorId":34436,"ProfilePublicationId":8868,"ContributorName":"C. M. Beans","CountributorRole":"author"},{"PublicationContributorId":34435,"ProfilePublicationId":8868,"ContributorName":"S. H. Goodrich","CountributorRole":"author"}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":8869,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Beans_2013,doi = {10.1038/nj7479-321a},url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nj7479-321a},year = 2013,month = {dec},publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},volume = {504},number = {7479},pages = {321--321},author = {Carolyn Beans},title = {A faulty hypothesis},journal = {njobs}}","JournalTitle":"njobs","Title":"A faulty hypothesis","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1038/nj7479-321a","Date":"2013-00-00","Url":"","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":34438,"ProfilePublicationId":8869,"ContributorName":"Carolyn Beans","CountributorRole":"author"}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":8870,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Beans_2012,doi = {10.1007/s10530-012-0214-0},url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-012-0214-0},year = 2012,month = {apr},publisher = {Springer Science $\\mathplus$ Business Media},volume = {14},number = {10},pages = {2067--2078},author = {Carolyn M. Beans and Francis F. Kilkenny and Laura F. Galloway},title = {Climate suitability and human influences combined explain the range expansion of an invasive horticultural plant},journal = {Biol Invasions}}","JournalTitle":"Biol Invasions","Title":"Climate suitability and human influences combined explain the range expansion of an invasive horticultural plant","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1007/s10530-012-0214-0","Date":"2012-04-10","Url":"","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":34441,"ProfilePublicationId":8870,"ContributorName":"Laura F. Galloway","CountributorRole":"author"},{"PublicationContributorId":34440,"ProfilePublicationId":8870,"ContributorName":"Francis F. Kilkenny","CountributorRole":"author"},{"PublicationContributorId":34439,"ProfilePublicationId":8870,"ContributorName":"Carolyn M. Beans","CountributorRole":"author"}]}