PolyDoc Careers Seminar: Science Journalism

The PolyDoc Careers Seminar aims to expose students and postdoctoral researchers to a variety of jobs for which a science or engineering degree is highly valuable. Speakers provide personal perspective about their work, which would not be accessible otherwise, and questions are highly encouraged. The EPFL community at bachelor, master, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels are all equally encouraged to attend.

Zoom link: https://go.epfl.ch/sciencejournalism

Speaker 1 – Hillary Sanctuary, PhD (Mediacom, EPFL)

Hillary Sanctuary has a PhD in theoretical physics on the topic of modified theories of gravity. She is now a science outreach professional at EPFL, where she promotes EPFL research with media rich stories. Many of her stories have been picked up by major news outlets around the world, including Associated Press, Reuters, the BBC, Al Jazeera, etc. She has experience putting together panels of scientists to promote EPFL research – in the United States – on themes like neuroprosthetics, understanding the brain, and renewable energy. She has also worked with the EU commission in crisis communication. Follow her @_hsanctuary on Twitter or @hillarysanctuary on IG.

Speaker 2 – Robin George Andrews, PhD (science journalist)

Biography
Robin George Andrews is a volcanologist turned freelance science journalist. After a short stint in academia, he decided that telling stories about science was more entertaining than conducting science itself. Today, he mostly writes about weird rocks and strange worlds doing curious things for, among other places, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Gizmodo, Quanta Magazine and Atlas Obscura. He's also written a book about space volcanoes, out later this year. Follow him on Twitter @SquigglyVolcano.

https://robingeorgeandrews.com