This is all of my science communication related activities since around the start of my PhD. It includes professional and non-professional items, including interviews, TV appearances, public talks and events, and freelance science writing. To get in touch, please feel free to email or tweet me.
Science writing
- Owner of Palaeontology blog Green Tea and Velociraptors (2011-present) (Hosted by the European Geosciences Union, 2012-2015)
- Freelance author for Discover Magazine, BBC Wildlife, EarthTouch and The Conversation (2014-present)
- Work covered by io9, Livescience, PopSci, phys.org, ArsTechnica, and Buzzfeed
- Community Editor for PLOS Paleo network (2014-present)
- Author for Nature’s Scitable blog network, Earthbound (2012-2103)
Science consulting/books
- Scientific consultant for ‘Dinosaurs in 30 seconds‘ (published October 2016)
- Scientific consultant for ‘Dinosaurium’, ‘Dinosaur Atlas’, and ‘Tallest, shortest’ (due 2017)
- Co-author of 52 More Things you Should Know About Palaeontology (July, 2017)
Television appearances
- BBC Parliament (March 2012, 2014) – Voice of the Future
- Sky News (Jan, 2015) – Dippy the dinosaur
- London Live (Jan, 2015) – Dippy the dinosaur
Talks and events
- Co-ordinated panel session and workshop in Science Policy section for SpotOn London (Oct, 2012)
- Talks for Imperial College Library workshop on using social media and blogging in science (Jan and May, 2013, April and Dec, 2014)
- All slides on Prezi available for re-use
- Panelist on social media for academics at European Geosciences Union AGM, Vienna (March, 2013)
- Representative of the Geological Society at the Voice of the Future event in UK Parliament (March, 2013; March, 2015)
- Invited speaker for ‘Oxford Biotech Roundtable’ to discuss social media for academics (June, 2013)
- Invited speaker for INNGE on how blogging can raise your academic profile (August, 2013)
- Co-ordinated panel session in Outreach section for SpotOn London (Nov, 2013)
- Radio appearance for The Naked Scientists to discuss mass extinctions (April, 2014)
- Workshop at the British Science Association’s Science Communication Conference on the art of popular science writing (May, 2014)
- Invited speaker at the Cambridge Science Festival on The Importance of Palaeontology (June, 2014)
- Nature Live talks (x2) at the Natural History Museum, London (January, 2015)
- Invited panelist for the Festival of Science (Theme: Science and Criticism) (April, 2015)
- Invited speaker, Nature Careers Expo (September, 2015)
- Participant SciFoo Camp (June, 2014) (invited but did not attend 2015)
Other interviews, articles and media appearances
- Jurassic Park and the dinosaur explosion, or why your kids know more about dinos than you – ABC News.
- Dino explosion! – Sum of all Parts podcast
- Bonus follow-up on this here
- Also picked up by Gimlet Media
- Computers read the fossil record – Nature News
- Do’s and don’t for first time conferences – Nature Blogs
- Case study: That social media thang – Nature SpotOn
- Introducing: Jon Tennant – Scientific American
- How broken is academia? – Academia Obscura
- Fossil Focus: Mesozoic Crocodyliforms – Palaeontology Online (pdf)
- Imperial alumnus discusses rise and fall of ancient dinosaur-eating crocodiles – Imperial College News (podcast)
- Article for Geoscientist Magazine on Curiosity Rover (November 2012)
- Mass extinctions – Things We Don’t Know Yet
- Interviewed for LA Times and Buzzfeed about #scienceamoviequote
- ‘Ask A Geologist’ contributor – Geological Society
Other historical activities
- Member of the Geological Society of London Science Committee (Feb 2015 – December 2016)
- Nominated finalist in 2013 Science Seeker awards
- Co-owner of Palaeocast (August 2012 – November 2013) (Winner of Best Podcast in 2013 Science Seeker awards)
- Co-runner of Imperial College’s Science Communication Forum team (October 2012 – October 2016)
- Contributor to Palaeocritti (2011-2012)
- Contributor to the United Kingdom Amateur Fossil Hunting site and Trilobite Times