A Science Comedian's Guide to Communicating Science (Brian Malow)

If you drew a Venn Diagram featuring the two sets "science" and "comedy," you might not expect to find much at their intersection. But Brian Malow draws on two decades as a stand-up comedian and fifteen years working in science communication to help scientists communicate better with general audiences. In a presentation that promises to both amuse and educate, Brian will offer advice on a range of topics including stage presence, connecting with audiences, using analogies, and using and abusing PowerPoint.

About Brian:
Science Comedian Brian Malow is a stand-up comedian and science communicator whose unique blend of comedy and science has been entertaining audiences from TEDx Berkeley to Los Alamos National Lab to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. Brian has appeared on Science Friday, Neil Tyson’s StarTalk Radio, the Science Channel, the Weather Channel, and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. You can see him currently streaming in the documentary “Science Friction” and on “The Unbelievable” hosted by Dan Aykroyd on the History Channel.

Brian has produced science videos for Time Magazine and Slate, and written for Scientific American, American Scientist, and Symmetry Magazine. He has worked with NASA, NSF, AAAS, NIST and many other acronyms, as well as Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. He’s been featured in the New York Times, SF Chronicle and Washington Post.

The California Academy of Sciences named Brian one of their inaugural Osher Science Communication Fellows.