About Me

I work as an editor and writer specializing in narrative design, content strategy, and healthcare. My previous clients include The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, Mayo Clinic, the University of Colorado Medical School, Red Cube Pictures, and Cephalofair games.

I hold a Master of Fine Arts from Purdue University in Creative Writing (fiction) and a BA in English from the University of Colorado-Denver.

I can be reached at andrew.j.nellis[at]gmail.com

Science and Medical Writing

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering —PME

Short- and long-form copy covering research and education

• Chicago’s quantum experts host a night of science and super-heroics with screening and discussion of Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

• To predict environmental changes, researchers create a new generation of wireless sensor networks

• UChicago's Engineering Design capstone connects students with industry partners to kickstart their career

• Researchers at UChicago ‘speed up evolution’ to treat cancer

• Students from across the country drive new immunology, sustainability research during 2022 REU program

• The quantum internet, explained

• Unconventional water sources may be the key to powering America’s lithium energy demands

• Investing in the promise of immunotherapy

• Speak so the industry listens: PME’s science communication course preps students and postdocs for the private sector

• The green frontier: pioneering sustainability research at Pritzker Molecular Engineering

• How Jun Huang seeks the cure for cancer at the molecular level

• To build the quantum internet, Tian Zhong teaches atoms how to remember

• PME students host a night of science and engineering for Pilsen community

• To meet lithium demand, Chong Liu looks to the ocean

• Introducing new bio- and immunoengineering specialty for master’s students

• Pritzker Molecular Engineering celebrates 10 years of molecular innovation

• PME commissions original painting to commemorate 10-year anniversary

• Chibueze Amanchukwu receives ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship

• UChicago awarded $1.9 million NIH grant to train immunoengineers

• A summer of molecular engineering: PME’s 2021 REU program

University of Colorado Medical School—PSCCM

Short- and long-form copy covering clinical research

• A New Approach to Alcohol Misuse Disorder in ICU Patients

• New Hope for Burnout Syndrome in the ICU

• Press Release—Cannabis vs. Cigarette Smoke

• Press Release—ICU Burnout Syndrome

Mayo Clinic—Center for Regenerative Medicine

Web content for regenerative medicine and center events

• From Hypothesis to Bedside

• Repairing Mitochondrial Disease

• Regenerative Medicine to Repair Larynx

• New Lung Restoration Center

Frosthaven
Writer

Frosthaven is the followup to the critically acclaimed tabletop game Gloomhaven by Cephalofair Games. For this project I acted as a lead writer, working primarily on the campaign book. I worked closely with the game’s creator, Isaac Childres, during each step to ensure the final product was faithful to his original vision.

Sycamore Review
Fiction Editor

Sycamore Review is the literary journal based at Purdue University. As fiction editor, I was responsible for selecting stories for each issue and coordinating with the editorial staff. In addition to my duties as fiction editor, I also helped with proofreading, distribution, and communication.

Copper Nickel
Assistant Editor

Copper Nickel is the literary journal produced by the University of Colorado-Denver and staffed by its undergraduate and graduate staff. I had the opportunity to work as an Assistant Editor for Copper Nickel under the guidance of Wayne Miller. The assistant editors helped read slush and proofread the final copy.

Short Film “The Herd”
Screenwriter

“The Herd” is a short film about the importance of family dinners. The screenplay won the 2015 Nantucket Film Festival’s Tony Cox competition under the title “More Cowbell,” and the film was later produced by Red Cube Pictures.
It was covered by Io9 in 2018.