About the Author

Biography

At age 22, Gwendolyn Geiger is a published molecular biology researcher with a degree in Biochemistry. After growing up on a farm in Texas, she thought that she would pursue English or writing as a career, but made a split decision in her senior year in high school to apply to various science programs across the country.

In the past four years as an undergraduate at the University of Denver, she has been conducting research on the microbiome of freshwater sponges found in alpine lakes in Colorado. She has been awarded over $12,500 in grant funding for this thesis research, and found her research passion in marine biochemistry while studying abroad in Australia. She is currently working in the freshwater sponge lab at the University of Denver and plans to continue working here after graduation. She has accepted a graduate position for a master's degree in Cell and Molecular Biology in the Nichols lab at DU. Future plans include continuing research in a PhD program in two years to pursue her goal of being a career researcher and university professor.

All the while, she has been taking writing and English classes to pursue her other passion for writing in hopes of strengthening her creative and scientific writing. In her free time, she loves to listen to music, paint, and read. This website is a space for her to share her creative, personal, and scientific writing throughout her undergraduate education. She has included works from writing and scientific classes as well as her thesis and research.

This is How I Work

Location: Denver, Colorado, US

Current Gig: Biochemistry Research Technician, Aspiring Writer, Painter

One word that best describes how you work: Obsessively

Current mobile device:

Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Current computer:

Dell XPS with Snapdragon X Elite Core, with a side of a Samsung tablet

What apps, software, or tools can’t you live without?

Spotify

What’s your workspace setup like?

Dual monitor for my bad eyes and an extra keyboard and mouse for my bad wrists. Messy.

What’s your best time-saving shortcut or life hack?

Procrastinate, and then the work gets done faster

What’s your favorite to-do list manager?
I use too many, and I think that's how things actually get done. Task managers in use include but are not limited to: post-its, physical planner, digital planner, Outlook calendar, and Notes app

When doing research, are there any tools that you find to be indispensable?

The library, Google, Caffeine

What do you write with?

For science, I use Microsoft Office, and for Writing and creative work, I use Google Drive.

What everyday thing are you better at than everyone else?

Procrastinating or Sudoku

What do you listen to while you work?

I love listening to music and collecting it. I listen to everything, and I collect physical media like CDs and records. I love my record player, but when I’m writing, I have to listen to specific music without words or silence. When I research, I can listen to everything and anything– usually loud.

What are you currently reading?

Dancer by Colin McCann

Do you use an e-reader or do you prefer paper books?

both

What’s your sleep routine like?

I’m not naturally an early riser. When I have things to like recently, I’ve been waking up at 6:30 am.

Fill in the blank: I’d love to see _________ answer these same questions.

V.E. Schwab

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

Only focus on things that you can control

Is there anything else you want to add about your writing life?

I try to integrate my life with my work when I write because that’s not something I’m able to do with research. Unfortunately, it’s concise, logical, and to the point, and that’s why I love it.

Interview questions from Lifehacker.com

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