I am a professor of science communication at Cornell University, with appointments in both the Department of Communication and the Department of Science & Technology Studies. I am also the University Ombuds.
My projects—whether teaching, research, or public engagement—all involve public communication of science and technology (PCST), also known as “public understanding of science,” “popularization of science,” “popular science,” “vulgarisation” [in French], “divulgacion” [in Spanish], “culture scientifique” [French again], “apropiación social” [Spanish again], “scientific temper” [written into the Indian constitution], etc. In general, I try to document the ways that public communication of science is fundamental to the process of producing reliable knowledge about the natural world. When I can, I contribute to that process. In 2025, I was honored to be the inaugural winner of the PCST Award from the International Network on Public Communication of Science & Technology, for “exceptional contributions to the development of science communication as a field.”
I’m not especially active on social media. I have a LinkedIn account and a professional Facebook account, but I look at them only sporadically. I no longer have a Twitter/X account, though I do have but rarely use Bluesky.