Biography:Nadja Oertelt

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Short description: American science communicator
Nadja Oertelt
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationCEO, Chief Content Officer
EmployerMassive Science, Science Friday
Notable work
Unorthodox (2013 documentary)

Nadja Oertelt is an American science media producer and Chief Content Officer of Science Friday. She is known for her work as a science communicator.[1][2]

Education

Oertelt graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she studied neuroscience, in 2007.[3][4]

Career

In February 2020, Oertelt became the Chief Content Officer of Science Friday, an American radio program about science.[5][6]

Oertelt is also the co-founder and CEO of Massive Science, a science media company.[7][8][9][10] She works to train scientists to communicate more clearly with the public about science.[1][9][11][12] Before becoming CEO, Oertelt was the chief content officer.[13]

Prior to founding Massive Science, Oertelt produced science videos for outlets like Mashable, Vice, BuzzFeed, and Vox.[3][11][14][15] She publicly shared her frustration after being laid off from Mashable during mass layoffs in 2016.[16] She continues to serve as senior producer on science-related videos.[17]

Oertelt produced The Fundamentals of Neuroscience, one of the first MOOCs, for Harvard University.[9] Oertelt also co-directed and co-produced Unorthodox, a documentary about Modern Orthodox Jewish culture, with Anna Wexler, now a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.[18][19][20][21][22][23]

Oertelt is also involved with TEDMED.[13][24] In 2017, she gave a talk at the TEDMED conference about her work on science literacy.[13] She was part of the editorial advisory board for the 2018 and 2020 conferences.[24][25]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cruickshank, Rachel. "Shamanism & Science: Battleground or Opportunity?" (in en-US). https://sciencedisrupt.com/scicomm-battleground-opportunity/. 
  2. ↑ "AC Coppens on "Science & Film" | Facebook". https://www.facebook.com/notes/documentary-campus/ac-coppens-on-science-film/1442342155778061/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "CPH:DOX '17: Nadja Oertelt on science and filmmaking". http://realscreen.com/2017/03/21/cphdox-17-nadja-oertelt-on-science-and-filmmaking/. 
  4. ↑ "Women of Science Tarot Deck" (in en). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nadja/women-of-science-tarot-deck. 
  5. ↑ "Nadja Oertelt" (in en-US). https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/nadja-oertelt/. 
  6. ↑ "How Science Friday Produces A Radio Show In The Middle Of A Pandemic" (in en-US). https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/producer-stories-coronavirus/. 
  7. ↑ "Our Story". https://massivesci.com/about/. 
  8. ↑ Campbell, Cate Scott. "The Limit Does Not Exist: Nadja Oertelt Has A Massive Take On Science" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/catescottcampbell/2017/04/10/the-limit-does-not-exist-nadja-oertelt-has-a-massive-take-on-science/. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "What if scientists and the public could understand each other?". https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=727346. 
  10. ↑ "The Curie Society aims to broaden perceptions of STEM female protagonists | The Bookseller". https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/heather-einhorn-how-curie-society-aims-broaden-perceptions-stem-female-protagonists-1227703. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 forcreativegirls (2017-10-13). "Career Migrants: Nadja Oertelt Of Massive On The Confluence Of Science & Media" (in en-GB). https://forcreativegirls.com/career-migrants-nadja-oertelt-of-massive-on-the-confluence-of-science-media/. 
  12. ↑ "Revisiting the Role of the Science Journalist" (in en-US). 2019-07-15. https://undark.org/2019/07/15/science-journalism-communications/. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 (in en) What if scientists and the public could understand each other?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCIaRee_d_E, retrieved 2019-11-12 
  14. ↑ Oertelt, Nadja (2016-08-25). "How technology has changed the definition of death" (in en). https://www.vox.com/2016/8/25/12639110/what-is-death-definition-technology. 
  15. ↑ Throop, Nadja Oertelt & Noah (22 December 2015). "Finding a way to keep hope and spirit alive in jail on Christmas" (in en). https://mashable.com/2015/12/22/kentucky-jail-christmas/. 
  16. ↑ "The publisher's guide to mass layoffs" (in en-US). 2016-04-11. https://digiday.com/careers/publishers-guide-mass-layoffs/. 
  17. ↑ "The Human Pangenome". https://massivesci.com/videos/nhgri-human-pangenome-film/. 
  18. ↑ Unorthodox, IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2651538/, retrieved 2019-11-10 
  19. ↑ "Nadja Oertelt" (in en-US). http://www.nadjaoertelt.com/. 
  20. ↑ "Unorthodox - Documentary Film" (in en). http://www.unorthodoxmovie.com/. 
  21. ↑ "Film Review: "Unorthodox" - A Mixed Bag at the Arlington International Film Festival" (in en-US). 2014-10-29. https://artsfuse.org/116953/fuse-film-review-unorthodox-a-mixed-bag-at-the-arlington-international-film-festival/. 
  22. ↑ Robinson, George (12 November 2013). "'Unorthodox' Filmmaking" (in en-US). http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/unorthodox-filmmaking/. 
  23. ↑ "Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy | Anna Wexler" (in en). https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/faculty-all/anna-wexler. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Zac, Author (2019-05-09). "Announcing the TEDMED 2020 Editorial Advisory Board" (in en-US). https://blog.tedmed.com/2019eab/. 
  25. ↑ "TEDMED - About TEDMED". https://www.tedmed.com/about-tedmed/about#tab-ourStageProgram%7CEditorialAdvisoryBoard. 



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