Science Communication
Outreach and Communications Co-ordinator
The SWGO Collaboration (2024-2025)
- Part of a 3-person team of coordinators for Outreach and Communication activities of the Southern Widefield Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) collaboration
The work involved:
- Coordinating internal and external communications across multinational teams
- Improving SWGO’s visibility externally
- Ensuring consistent messaging and accessibility internally
- Creating content for and maintaining SWGO’s webpages
Claim to Fame!
FameLab Italy (2025)
International scicomm competition, where participants translate science concepts of their choice into engaging stories for non-specialist audiences in only three minutes, and are judged on “content, clarity and charisma” ;)
Regional winner (among 17 participants, in Trieste) Topic: “Perpetual Rain of Particles”, watch my 3-min talk here! (Press release, 04 April 2025)
National runner-up (among 15 participants, in Perugia) Topic: “A Flash in Blue, a Cosmic Clue”, watch the full event here or just my 3-min talk here (Press release)
Astrowatch Correspondent
CERN Courier (2022-2025)
- Produced content (print and digital) for 7 clear and engaging articles on astrophysics for a particle physics audience
The work involved:
- Tracking and analysing emerging research to inform content
- Adapting complex research into accessible, audience-specific narratives through clear, accurate storytelling to support crossdisciplinary understanding
Editor
TheScienceBreaker (2022-2023)
- Edited and published 4+ lay summaries read by thousands online, increasing accessibility of peer-reviewed research to non-specialist audiences, thereby improving scientific transparency and supporting evidence-based dialogue between science and society
The work involved:
- Independent and iterative editing of scientific articles in close liaison with the authors
- Breaking down scientific jargon to make scientific literature accessible to the general public
