Physics Careers Seminar: "Opportunities in Science Communication and Climate Science (Maddie's Version)"
- Sponsor
- Department of Physics
- Speaker
- Maddie Stover, Science Communication, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Contact
- Lance Cooper
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Abstract: During my time in undergrad, my research was in gravitational-wave astronomy. However, for my Ph.D. in physics, I transitioned to studying future projections of wildfire risk and prescribed fire behavior.
Throughout my Ph.D., I also became a science communicator. Science communication is any activity that shares science with a non-expert audience. In this role, I host and produce a radio show on weather and climate for Illinois Public Media and write website content for the Physics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center.
In this talk, I will tell you the story of how I became a science communicator. I will also go over opportunities in this field, so you can get involved now or after Illinois, if science communication is of interest to you. Finally, I will touch on my dissertation in climate science and opportunities for physicists in this field.
Bio: Maddie Stover is a Ph.D. candidate in Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a science writer for Illinois Physics and IQUIST, and a producer and host for Illinois Public Media.