Published experiences, reusable components, and production tools—organized by what I contributed
An article link only shows the finished page. This index makes the work behind it easier to understand by separating the published format, the tasks I handled, and the interface components or patterns involved. Filters can be combined, so a hiring manager can look specifically for interaction design, data visualization, responsive production, or a particular kind of reader experience.
Credits remain attached to every entry. C&EN publishing is collaborative, and this page is intended to make my contribution clearer—not to collapse reporting, editing, art direction, design, and development into a single role.
Showing all 83 published projects
A four-stage scrolling explainer follows hard-to-recycle plastics through pretreatment, pyrolysis, upgrading, and conversion into new chemical feedstocks.
By Leigh Krietsch Boerner; scrollytelling graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
Two coordinated charts separate the rapid growth of artificial-intelligence patents overall from the later rise of AI-related chemistry applications.
By Justin Krieger, special to C&EN; graphics credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A five-day visual notebook that turns meeting photography and short field reports into a paced, chronological experience rather than a conventional article gallery.
By Sara Cottle; digital experience credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A hands-on flavor builder invites readers to combine three compounds, then scores the blend and visualizes its smoky, phenolic, roasted, and woody profile.
By Matt Blois; interactive experience credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
An interactive guide to the research, industry, funding, and start-up ecosystems that shape where chemistry careers can grow.
By Rowan Walrath and Shea Murphy.
A comparative energy-density graphic explains why iron powder can compete with familiar fuels by separating mass-based and volume-based performance.
By Prachi Patel; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A focused data graphic gives readers historical context for a recent rise in fatal chemical accidents and makes a complicated federal reporting record easier to interpret.
Reported by Jeff Johnson; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A seven-chart visual system compares research and patent activity, reaction methods, applications, companies, countries, and universities without losing the thread of the story.
By Michael McCoy; charts credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A multi-series chart compares classical and quantum simulations of magnetization, marking the point where classical models cease to match quantum predictions.
By Ananya Palivela; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A responsive scrolling reference presents 13 molecular structures with targets, disease areas, clinical phases, and related reporting while keeping a dense scientific roster easy to scan.
By Bethany Halford and Brianna Barbu; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A compact responsive results table compares year-over-year sales and earnings across 11 major chemical companies, using directional cues and mobile labels to keep large percentage changes readable.
By Alexander Tullo; data table credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
Two responsive time-series graphics place Bangladesh’s rising pesticide use beside the long-term growth in agricultural output, supporting a nuanced public-health investigation.
By Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, special to C&EN; graphics credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A stacked investment chart shows how US support shifted across batteries, critical minerals, and other clean technologies through two administrations.
By Matt Blois; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A decade-plus interactive database lets readers search, filter, and compare the world’s largest chemical companies by year, financial metric, sector, region, and company while surfacing changes in rank and market concentration.
By Alexander Tullo; interactive data experience credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A space-focused scrollytelling feature shows how closed-loop materials, recycling, and resource constraints change the design of long-duration lunar habitats.
By Brianna Barbu; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
An interactive solar-system journey combines planetary imagery, comparative chemistry, and progressive navigation to show what makes Earth chemically distinctive.
By Fionna Samuels; collaborative C&EN interactive production.
A custom space-exploration hub connects reporting on propulsion, planetary chemistry, food, and sustainable habitats through a cohesive visual system and topic navigation.
Collaborative C&EN special package.
A compact supply-chain graphic shows where mining, refining, metal production, and magnet manufacturing are concentrated, helping readers see the geopolitical challenge at a glance.
By Stefan Lovgren, special to C&EN; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A scrolling biochemical explainer follows the conversion of carbohydrates into glycogen and ATP, connecting molecular processes to athletic performance.
By Bethany Halford; scrollytelling graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A reader-friendly survey graphic compares the detergent formats people use and highlights the gap between consumer habits and what appears on store shelves.
By Craig Bettenhausen; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A visual explainer walks through the feedback loop between robotics, experiments, data, and machine learning that powers an autonomous laboratory.
By Aayushi Pratap; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A seven-chart patent package moves from field-wide growth to therapeutic areas, molecular modifications, delivery strategies, companies, and universities.
By Michael McCoy; charts credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A stepped infographic compares two ionic-adsorption-clay mining routes and helps readers follow how rare-earth material moves from clay deposits toward magnet production.
By Matt Blois; interactive infographic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A responsive legislative table distills seven major permitting bills into sponsors, policy effects, dates, and current status without forcing readers through dense congressional records.
By Alex Music, special to C&EN; table credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A seven-step scrolling explainer introduces molecular geometry and chirality through coordinated 3D illustrations, concise text, and screen-reader descriptions.
By Rachel Brazil, special to C&EN; scrollytelling graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A custom full-width infographic traces how sulfuric acid is made, maps disrupted trade routes, and connects shortages to fertilizer, mining, batteries, and other industries.
By Matt Blois; custom infographic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A multi-profile annual package that combines maps, cohort statistics, illustrations, and twelve scientist stories within one consistent reader journey.
Collaborative C&EN package; Shea Murphy credited as a web producer.
A responsive comparison table organizes spatial-biology platforms by measurement type, scale, resolution, and data output so readers can evaluate a fast-moving technical landscape.
By Laurel Oldach; comparison table credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A coordinated set of charts and a proportional block graphic helps readers follow decades of patent activity across countries, institutions, and technology classes.
By Jason Lye, special to C&EN; graphics credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A scroll-driven process story follows the casting and finishing of enormous telescope mirrors, matching each manufacturing stage to detailed photography.
By Fionna Samuels; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Marcia Lysakowski Brott and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A four-stage scrolling explainer makes a complex analytical workflow understandable, moving from controlled sample collection and preparation through instrument analysis and quality control.
By Alex Scott; scrollytelling graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A focused data graphic turns a large collection of paper-mill advertisements into a clear comparison of publishers named in fraudulent authorship offers.
By Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A historical bar chart shows how notices for newly commercialized chemicals changed before and after the 2016 TSCA amendments.
By Joe Beeton, special to C&EN; data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
Two responsive graphics compare fellowship awards across fields and make the chemistry subdiscipline breakdown legible despite many small categories.
By Krystal Vasquez; graphics credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
Comparative graphics translate abstract greenhouse-gas measurements into familiar driving distances and reveal how anesthetic emissions vary around the world.
By Prachi Patel; graphics credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A map grounds a long-form investigation in place by connecting Louisiana communities, industrial facilities, and air-monitoring locations along the Mississippi River corridor.
By Priyanka Runwal; map credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by George Barany and Irene Cesa; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
An accessible nine-step data story compares annual and forward-funded NIH grants, showing how payment timing can reduce the number of new projects supported by the same budget.
By Laura Dattaro, special to C&EN; scrolling data graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A reusable first-disclosures experience pairs drug structures with concise development context, adapting a large technical collection for continuous reading on desktop and mobile.
By Brianna Barbu; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A scrolling explainer makes the FAIR indirect-cost model concrete by progressively revealing how university research expenses are categorized and reimbursed.
By Krystal Vasquez; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Marcia Lysakowski Brott and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A seven-stage workflow clarifies the years-long path from preliminary sponsor meetings and clinical trials through regulatory review, approval, and commercial launch.
By Laurel Oldach; FDA vaccine approval workflow credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A timed or endless recall game with persistent personal bests and a leaderboard, designed to make all 118 elements feel inviting rather than intimidating.
By Shea Murphy.
A three-stage explainer shows how industrial thermal batteries charge, store renewable energy as heat, and discharge it for chemical-plant operations.
By Craig Bettenhausen; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by George Barany and Irene Cesa; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A coordinated scrolling guide and card system helps readers compare seven skin-care acids, what each one does, and where ingredient claims require context.
By Craig Bettenhausen; collaborative C&EN interactive production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Christopher Adams and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Irene Cesa and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A coordinated annual outlook gives readers a consistent route through regional and sector reporting while keeping a large multi-author package coherent across screen sizes.
Collaborative C&EN package; Shea Murphy credited as UX designer.
An interactive analysis of compensation, employment, geography, and demographics that turns a dense member survey into an approachable visual narrative.
By Delger Erdenesanaa and Shea Murphy; graphics credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A globe-led scrollytelling experience compares five major markets where semaglutide patents are expiring, pairing each country with population, obesity, and diabetes context.
By Aayushi Pratap; collaborative C&EN data visualization.
A responsive scrolling explainer shows how dissolved ions lower water’s freezing point and why different deicing salts stop working at different temperatures.
By Fionna Samuels; collaborative C&EN data presentation.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Irene Cesa and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A multi-round reader voting experience that turns C&EN's Chemistry in Pictures finalists into an evolving tournament.
By Manny I. Fox Morone and Shea Murphy.
A visual scrolling sequence breaks quantum-computing concepts into paced steps, combining technical explanation with motion and responsive illustrations.
By Elizabeth Walsh; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Marcia Lysakowski Brott and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
An annual package brings ten company profiles into a shared reader journey with clear profile navigation and a consistent responsive presentation.
Collaborative C&EN package; Shea Murphy credited as UX designer.
A full-screen narrative follows a reporter through a human challenge trial, synchronizing first-person reporting with imagery while retaining a complete linear mobile reading path.
By Max Barnhart; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A four-stage explainer traces where artificial intelligence enters the drug-development pipeline, from target discovery and molecule design through manufacturing and clinical trials.
By Aayushi Pratap; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling and data production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by George Barany and Michael Hanko; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
An accessible multi-story package brings together profiles of disabled chemists, a guest editor’s perspective, and a large multidisciplinary production team.
Collaborative C&EN package; Shea Murphy credited as UX designer.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Charles M. Deber and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A structured scrolling presentation turns 13 clinical-candidate disclosures into a consistent visual sequence of molecular structures and essential development details.
By Brianna Barbu and Bethany Halford; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Daniel Bodily and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A multi-story package gives wildfire reporting a unified visual identity and clear pathways among science, community, and adaptation stories.
By Prachi Patel, Priyanka Runwal, and Fionna Samuels; collaborative C&EN package production.
A seven-step responsive workflow clarifies where the FDA enters drug development and how small molecules and biological products follow related approval paths.
By Laurel Oldach; workflow graphic credited to Shea Murphy/C&EN.
A long-form visual investigation revisits Bhopal through coordinated reporting, photography, maps, and scrolling story moments designed for a difficult, human-centered narrative.
By Priyanka Runwal; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A year-end scrolling collection gives distinct scientific discoveries a shared rhythm and visual framework without flattening their individual stories.
By Prachi Patel; collaborative C&EN year-end feature production.
A forward-looking year-end feature moves readers through emerging research and industry topics with a consistent responsive storytelling system.
By Mitch Jacoby; collaborative C&EN year-end feature production.
A visual approvals package combines scrolling editorial context with a structured drug reference, making a high-volume annual data set easier to browse and compare.
By Sarah Braner and Bethany Halford; collaborative C&EN interactive production.
A year-in-pharma sequence turns major events into a paced visual recap with reusable navigation and responsive story states.
By Laura Howes; collaborative C&EN year-end feature production.
A visual journey through Icelandic lava tunnels uses layered imagery and scroll-driven transitions to connect geological evidence with the island’s volcanic history.
By Craig Bettenhausen; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Bec Roldan; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
A multilingual Trailblazers package brings together profiles and perspectives on Latin American science through a coordinated, responsive reader experience.
By Alán Aspuru-Guzik, special to C&EN; Shea Murphy credited as UX designer.
A responsive visual narrative combines reporting, illustrations, and progressive reveals to explain the scientific and structural barriers surrounding sickle cell care in India.
By Priyanka Runwal; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
Scrolling story sections and a focused data graphic connect a decade of scientific evidence with the continuing human consequences of Flint’s water crisis.
By Priyanka Runwal; collaborative C&EN visual feature production.
Long-form feature production combining scientific imagery, explanatory graphics, pull quotes, captions, and paywall-aware responsive layouts.
Reported by Laurel Oldach; collaborative C&EN editorial production.
A two-part scrolling treatment pairs reporting and place-based imagery to help readers understand a community one year after the train derailment.
By Priyanka Runwal; collaborative C&EN scrollytelling production.
A multimedia package organizes reader-submitted laboratory stories through a video-led introduction, categorized photo narratives, and an overlay index.
Collaborative C&EN package; Shea Murphy and Kay Youn credited as UI/UX designers.
A responsive chemistry crossword uses a shared interactive engine with adaptive cell sizing, keyboard-friendly clue navigation, progress controls, and a layout that remains playable on small screens.
Puzzle by Christopher Adams, Barb Goldenberg, and George Barany; interactive crossword production for C&EN.
Redesign and migration support helped preserve and refine an existing searchable PFAS reference experience as C&EN moved older interactive work into its newer presentation system.
Original reporting by Cheryl Hogue; Shea Murphy contributed later redesign, migration, and front-end fixes alongside Tchad Blair and Nader Heidari.
Scope: Later redesign support—not original package creation.
Not every UX project ends in a public article. These internal systems reduce repetitive production work, make complex publishing tasks easier to review, and give editors safer recovery paths when the CMS behaves unexpectedly. Sensitive hosts, credentials, and operational permissions are intentionally omitted.
A persistent Chrome and Firefox workspace that recognizes C&EN authoring contexts and keeps common production actions available without taking control away from the editor.
Status: Signed cross-browser release, version 3.0.3
A structured helper that converts linked editorial planning documents into reviewable homepage slates for daily and weekend launches.
Status: Production module in the released browser extension
A focused repair tool for editor overlays that drift after content-frame reloads, authoring changes, structure updates, or viewport changes.
Status: Production module in the released browser extension
A command-line workflow that turns a self-contained Svelte export into the separate HTML, CSS, JavaScript, metadata, and import files required by the newsroom CMS.
Status: Documented reusable converter
A family of small converters that adapts article markup, data exports, Illustrator output, crossword clues, and other editorial inputs to C&EN’s web-component conventions.
Status: Reusable script collection
Small, composable DOM helpers keep full-width custom stories readable inside the native article shell and let developers test locked and unlocked presentation states without changing authorization.
Status: Documented reusable helper set
A source-conscious Python pipeline collects public Nobel nomination records and official laureate data into analysis-ready datasets while retaining provenance and known limitations.
Status: Resumable documented pipeline
A Wikidata-backed pipeline builds and audits the chemist knowledge base behind a category-intersection game while preserving manual review for ambiguous historical claims.
Status: Repeatable scraper with human review
A shared operating model connects writers, editors, production editors, art, and web staff from initial data handoff through component review, responsive QA, and publication.
Status: Documented operating model
A narrowly scoped recovery flow restores access when malformed custom markup makes an authoring page unresponsive, allowing the broken component to be removed before normal assets are restored.
Status: Tested recovery procedure
A shared collection of scrollytelling, chart, map, quiz, table, timeline, and utility patterns gives custom stories a consistent foundation inside the publishing environment.
Status: Production-adjacent library with live implementation examples
A set of data builders and scrapers keeps recurring chemistry games maintainable by converting public archives, spreadsheets, and structured sources into reviewable game-ready assets.
Status: Repeatable production tooling with human review
A context-aware Slack reminder service supports daily homepage planning while suppressing unnecessary notifications when the team has already updated or completed the work.
Status: Deployment-ready Node application
A portable batch workflow turns embedded image metadata into structured review files for caption, credit, and production work without requiring editors to inspect photographs one at a time.
Status: Documented cross-platform operations tool
A modernized interface turns more than a century of Nobel nomination records into a searchable, filterable research experience while making differences between legacy-edited and newly sourced records explicit.
Status: AEM-ready rebuild with review-gated data updates
A drawing challenge pairs a responsive canvas interaction with a repeatable asset pipeline so editors can select new molecular structures without rebuilding the game each week.
Status: Production-adjacent game with reusable weekly data tooling
The main case study explains how these articles, components, and tools fit together inside a collaborative newsroom.