Madeline K. Sofia

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Madeline K. Sofia
Education University of Rochester Medical Center (PhD)
University of Mount Union (BS)
Employer National Public Radio
Known forscience journalism

Madeline K. Sofia, also known as Maddie Sofia, is an American journalist and science communicator. They [1] were the host of Short Wave, NPR's daily science podcast.

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Education

Sofia earned their PhD in microbiology from the University of Rochester Medical Center. [2] Prior to graduate school, they earned a BS in biology at the University of Mount Union. [3]

Career

Sofia is the former co-host of Short Wave, NPR's science podcast, which launched in October 2019. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

On June 16, 2021, it was announced that Maddie Sofia would be leaving Shortwave in the fall of 2021 [9]

Prior to beginning their work on Short Wave, Sofia was an assistant producer and associate producer on the NPR Science Desk. [10] Sofia collaborated with Joe Palca on an NPR program that trains young science communicators, NPR Scicommers (formerly known as Friends of Joe's Big Idea or FOJBI). [2] [10] [11] [12] They were also part of a special series, Maddie About Science, which was a series of seven videos about science. [7] [8] [13]

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