Communications
Communications Officer (2019 - 2022)
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI)
I am in charge of creating and building the communications wing of the KLI Institute. The goal is to construct an interdisciplinary identity and a community of philosophers, historians, evolutionary biologists, and sustainability scholars.
Strategic Communications:
Design communications strategic plan and content calendar
Create and maintain an internal contact database of stakeholders and communities to diversify recruitment
Newsletter:
Create, design, and write-up the seasonal newsletter (The KLife Newsletter) (interviews, announcements, etc.)
Website:
Create news content for the KLI website (interviews, announcements, etc.)
Social Media and Publicity:
Create and coach social media campaigns on Twitter (@KLIAustria)
Read samples of my work here: Institutional SciComm
science communicator (2021 Oct- 2022 Dec)
Department of evolutionary biology, University of Vienna
Department of evolutionary biology, University of Vienna
I co-led a history of science and public science engagement project as a postdoc with Barbara Fischer at University of Vienna under the INTERREG AT-CZ project G. J. Mendel’s Legacy to Science, Culture, and Humanity.
We created public-facing projects in collaboration with the brand new immersive science center "Deck 50" at the Natural History Museum of Vienna (NHM Wien), the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI), and the film director and science communicator Maria Pinto (of Sea & Me).
Team Building:
Assembled a team of science communicators (graphic designer, videographer, filmmaker, actors)
Program Design:
Designed four science engagement school workshops at the informal science space Deck50, NHM Wien
Identified main themes and co-organizing a public symposium on Mendel's Legacy in Science and Society
Initiated and supporting the Mendel Stories project with Maria Pinto
Website Design:
Social Media and Publicity:
@Mendel200 social media campaigns
Consultant science Writer (2020-2021)
John Templeton Foundation (JTF)
John Templeton Foundation (JTF)
Science Writing:
I finished a 60-page synthetic review that synthesizes research conducted under the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis umbrella. The project includes a critical historical and philosophical analysis of EES as a research program and review the scientific topics and empirical findings that fall under the EES.
Media and Communications Officer (2019 - 2021)
Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Research Program, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews
Working with Kevin Laland at the School of Biology at University of St. Andrews, I developed and maintained resource websites, created social media content, and produced print materials to promote and distribute EES research.
Websites:
Maintained and created blog content for the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis resource website
Co-designed and created content for the Niche Construction Theory resource website with professional website designers
Final Report:
Created a graphical final report with desktop publishing software Affinity Publisher (download here)
Social Media and Publicity:
Managed social media campaigns on Twitter (@EES_Update)
Founder and Co-leader (2019 - 2021)
Philosophy of Science Communication Network (PhilSciComm)
Philosophy of Science Communication Network (PhilSciComm)
I co-founded PhilSciComm community to facilitate interactions between science communicators and philosophers of science.
Created a resource website for philosophers and science communicators
Interviewed philosophers and science communicators
Built an online community through social media initiatives (@philscicomm)
Social Media Manager (2019 - 2020)
Philosophers for Sustainability (Phil4Sustain)
Philosophers for Sustainability (Phil4Sustain)
To help fight against climate change and transform our discipline into a more sustainable profession, I helped "Philosophers for Sustainability" create their Twitter account and organize social media initiatives (@phil4sustain).
Website Event and Social Media (2017 - 2018)
Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilinBioMed)
Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilinBioMed)
As a postdoc in the ImmunoConcept Lab, I participated in the creation of PhilinBioMed under the leadership of Thomas Pradeu. I helped develop strategies for their social media (@philinbiomed) and managed website content and updates.
Committee Member (2016 - 2021) Philosophy of Science (PSA) society
Media Committee (2017 - 2021)
Draft guidelines for PSA web presence & social media strategies
Live tweet from PSA virtual poster events (2021)
Future Goals Committee of the Women’s Caucus (2016-2018)
Write for outreach blog Science Visions
Evo-St
Co-Principal Investigator (2010 - 2013) Evolutionary Studies Group (Evo-St)
As Co-Principal Investigator, I co-led the Mizzou Advantage seed grant (Collaborative Portals for Interdisciplinary Working Groups: Evolutionary Studies and Science Studies)
Created newsletter Evo-Mizzou
Organized networking events for a pan-departmental Evolutionary Studies Group, funded by the Mizzou Advantage seed grant (Proposal to Establish Evolutionary Studies and Science Studies on Campus)
EvoBlitzes: organize regular flash presentations of faculty across the campus
EvoSt Colloquium: host invited external speakers
Director of Communications (2011-2014) & Newsletter Officer (2009-2011)
Association for the Scientific Studies of Consciousness (ASSC)
Association for the Scientific Studies of Consciousness (ASSC)
Led the Student Spotlight Interview Initiative: Carolyn Dicey Jennings, Yao-Wen Hsieh, Miguel Sebastián to highlight early career researchers
Designed a SoCal Consciousness Research Network Map ASSC17 to connect conference-goers with local researchers and institutes
Managed social media (Facebook & Twitter: ASSC Students, ASSC, ASSC16, ASSC17)
Wrote the monthly internal ASSC newsletter