SciComm Talk amplifies the voices of UMB students, faculty, and alumni on their ongoing journey as science communicators and contribute to the vibrant science communication community around the globe.

From current assignments to published articles and think pieces, tune in as featured authors navigate principles of technical, proposal and grant writing, as well as writing effectively for scholarly journals and the public.

Current Contributors

  • Isabell May, PhD

    Dr. May is a former Fulbright Scholar from Germany with a PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park. At UMB, she teaches in and directs the Science Communication program in UMB’s Graduate School.

  • Christopher McNees, Cohort ’22

    Christopher holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science from Marshall University a Master’s degree in Microbiology from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Germany. He currently works as a lab technician in the experimental immunology branch at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • Jasmine B’Lanton, SciComm cohort ’23

    Jasmine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She currently works as a research associate at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.