Short Wave Creators & Guests

Rhitu Chatterjee is a health correspondent with NPR with a focus on mental health.

Host of #NPRShortWave. Retired PhD Scientist 🏳️‍🌈👩🏽‍🔬. She/her. Talk #scicomm with her.

Aaron Scott is co-host of NPR's daily science podcast, Short Wave.

Thomas Lu is a producer for NPR's science podcast, Short Wave.

Reporter and occasional host for @NPR Short Wave (daily science podcast). Former @RavenRadio reporter in Alaska + @thejohnaproject fellow in Mongolia 🌿 she/her

Gabriel Spitzer is a science journalist, and senior editor of Short Wave Podcast.

Geoff Brumfiel is a senior editor and correspondent on the NPR science desk.

Regina Barber is an astrophysicist and scientist.

Emma Peaslee is an audio producer. Currently, she is an Associate Producer for NPR's "Planet Money."Before coming to NPR, Peaslee reported for the Atlanta's NPR station WABE, where she covered public forums about toxic chemicals leaking into neighborhoods, the world's largest 10k race, and the federal government's plan to resume executions.

Rebecca Ramirez is the producer of Short Wave Podcast.

Paul Dalba is an astronomer.

Eugenia Cheng is a mathematician, concert pianist, a scientist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a math professor at the University of Sheffield.

Rob Schmitz is the correspondent for NPR and author.

Rachel Carlson is the co-founder & CEO of Guild Education.

Dr. Katherine J. Wu is a science reporter. Currently, she is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She is also senior producer at The Story Collider and Senior Editor of The Open Notebook.

Jenn Stroud Rossmann is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette College.

Dr. Lauren Esposito is a curator of Arachnology at CA Academy Of Sciences and co-founder at Islands & Seas.

Ben Goldfarb is an award-winning environmental journalist and the author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (Chelsea Green Publishing, June 2018). His writing has appeared in publications including Science, Mother Jones, The Guardian, Orion Magazine, and High Country News.

Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, author, and broadcaster. He was an audio-visual content editor for the journal Nature for a decade, is a frequent contributor to the newspaper The Guardian, hosts the BBC Radio 4 program Inside Science, has produced several science documentaries, and has published books related to genetics and the origin of life.