REYHANEH MAKTOUFI

About Rey

Reyhaneh (Rey) Maktoufi is a DC-based, Iranian researcher and science communicator. She is the co-producer, host and illustrator of PBS|NOVA's digital series Sciencing Out, a mini-series on women in history who have used different strategies to communicate their science. Rey successfully defended her Ph.D. in Media, Technology, and Society at Northwestern University. She is a Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellow in Misinformation at GBH|NOVA. As a researcher and producer, her main fields of interest are science communication, misinformation, curiosity, public engagement with scientists, and science communication in media. She was a visiting researcher at the Adler Planetarium, where she studied science communication and facilitated workshops on communication skills and she's also a producer at The Story Collider podcast. Before starting a Ph.D., Rey has been working as a health communication facilitator and cancer preventive/palliative care campaign manager in Tehran, Iran. Rey currently enjoys working with different nonprofits such as the Communicating Science Conference (ComSciCon). She also engages in science outreach through writing blog-posts and making science comics and has been interviewed on outlets such as the Smithsonian Magazine and the SETI Institute's podcast Big Picture Science.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO?

Just like how we communicate the science of climate change, vaccination, or black holes, we should also make sure we communicate the science of science communication. Especially now that so many people are citizen science communicators, talking to their friends and family. So, I research the science of science communication, but I also make sure to communicate findings from SciComm research to others. I do that through producing videos and comics, writing pieces, giving interviews to different outlets, and facilitation trainings and workshops.

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