I am a Danish astrophysicist specialized in formation of high-mass stars. I am also an active science communicator and today I work full time as an outreach consultant at Astronomicca. I write popular scientific articles, give public talks and assist universities with outreach and science communication. I am the president of Astronomical Society Denmark and board member of Danish Women in Physics. I write about science communication and its widespread implications.
intervieweeAndreas Nyholm has a background in geophysics and for almost 10 years he has worked as a weatherman—the kind you see on television every evening. He was headhunted on live… Read More »A Cool Career in a Hot Field: Andreas Predicts the Weather and Conveys it with Augmented Reality
Dr. David Rabanus worked as array maintenance manager for the world’s largest telescope, ALMA, in the Atacama desert in Chile. ALMA observes parts of the night sky that regular telescopes can not access and since its opening astronomy has been enriched with new discoveries. Read here about how it is to work at an observatory 5000 meters above sea level.
Popular game apps are the perfect combination of simplicity for the user and complexity from the creator. A kind of perfect outreach.
Science communication is a broad term, which historically has been used mostly for researchers, who are active in outreach. Over the past years it has expanded to include not only traditional scientists, but also communication experts with a background in science. I am one of those and you can read my story and my view on #scicomm on TSB’s science blog.