EYCN Podcast - Chemistry To Your Ears · European Young Chemists' Network

A career in science communication

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Fernando reveals that a science communicator's typical day is chaos, emails, and writing—just like a PhD student.

Marie opens with science communication as the job of helping scientists talk to the public in ways people can use. Ruth Pereira, social media editor for the European Space Agency, and Fernando Gomoyon-Bell, co-founder of Agata, steer the conversation from there. Both trained as chemists, but neither treats the lab as the only possible destination. Ruth's Amazing Chemist page comes up as one example of outreach that started during graduate work and grew into something bigger. The episode is practical about careers. Science communication is not treated as a nice extra for chemists. It comes across as a real path for people who want their work, or science in general, to travel beyond a specialist audience. Fernando is drawn to in-person moments. He talks about science shows and local events, including Pint of Science, where people can stumble into science in a pub or another familiar place. Ruth leans toward reach. She agrees live events can land deeply, but says social media can reach more people and a wider mix of people right now. That difference never turns into a fight. Fernando expects shorter video formats to matter more and mentions a marketing seminar about TikTok and the National Gallery. Ruth sounds hopeful, with some caution. She thinks social media may become more professional and more controlled, especially because fake news is such a problem. Again and again, the episode comes back to access: formats, events, workshops, societies, algorithms, and everyday attention. Fernando's closing advice is simple enough to act on. Use local, national, European, and wider scientific societies. Those connections can turn into future opportunities, and the friendships can last long after one project ends.

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A measured look at how chemistry training can lead into public-facing science work.

It frames science communication as a workable career path, not just an aspiration. The discussion follows Marie with Ruth Pereira and Fernando Gomoyon-Bell from chemistry training into public-facing roles, with Ruth moving from a PhD-era Instagram project to social media work at…

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