Madeline K. Sofia, also known as Maddie Sofia, is an American journalist and science communicator. She was the host of ''Short Wave'',

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's daily science podcast.

Education

Sofia earned her PhD in microbiology from the

University of Rochester Medical Center The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), now known as UR Medicine, is located in Rochester, New York, is one of the main campuses of the University of Rochester and comprises the university's primary medical education, research and pat ...

. Prior to graduate school, she got a BS in biology at the

University of Mount Union The University of Mount Union is a private university in Alliance, Ohio. Founded in 1846, the university was affiliated with the Methodist Church until the spring of 2019. In the fall of 2020, Mount Union had an enrollment of 1,958 undergraduate ...

Career

Sofia is the former co-host of ''Short Wave'', NPR's science podcast, which launched in October 2019. On June 16, 2021 it was announced that Maddie Sofia will be leaving Shortwave in the fall of 2021 Prior to beginning her work on ''Short Wave'', Sofia was an assistant producer and associate producer on the NPR Science Desk. Sofia collaborated with

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on an NPR program that trains young science communicators, NPR Scicommers (formerly known as Friends of Joe's Big Idea or FOJBI). She was also part of a special series, ''Maddie About Science'', which was a series of seven videos about science.

References

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