My name is Mădălina Cocea and you will see me in jeans rather than a suit, because my role is to be the unseen intermediary between science and the public. For 15 years, I've been using my curiosity and my keyboard to highlight research in Romania and to open up the scientific community to a neglected audience in research: the general public. 

 

I write articles popularizing Romanian scientific results, guide researchers in dealing with the media and advise them on how to make themselves understood by journalists, organise science events for the public such as Researchers' NightI design and implement the mandatory impact strategies in H2020 projects.

 

In science communication it helps that I have a dual training in communication (bachelor's degree in journalism) and science (master's degree in physics). 

 

Despite having worked in the field for a long time, I enjoy it like the first day every time I read a scientific article or a description of a research project and catch a glimpse, hidden in specialist language, of what I know will be a topic of interest to everyone.