Science Communication
I am a practitioner-led science communicator, writing at the intersection of research and the public sphere. With a grounding in archaeology and palaeontology in Africa – and openness to wider science stories – my work interprets how scientific claims are produced, contextualised, and communicated. Rather than amplifying breakthroughs, I aim to translate research without flattening it, offering readers a more informed and critical way of engaging with scientific claims.
Editorial lens
My science communication work is shaped by a close interest in how research is actually done – the methods, questions, uncertainties, and contexts that sit behind published results. Rather than focusing only on headline findings, I’m drawn to the slower, less visible aspects of scientific work that often reveal how knowledge is built over time.
This means paying attention to process as much as outcome: how claims are shaped by evidence, how results remain provisional or contested, and how place, people, and research culture influence what we come to know. I’m interested in sharing the kinds of scientific stories that don’t always make headlines, but which invite curiosity, reflection, and a more textured understanding of science.
Selected Science Communication

How the Taung Child Shook up the Scientific World
A short reflection on the 100 year history of Taung and the ways it changed our understanding of human evolution.
Published in Wits Curios!ty Magazine, Issue 19 Disruptions

Hadedas, Alarm Clock to our Ancient Ancestors?
Leveraging the audience’s interest in birds to explore the fossil and evolutionary history of the Ibis family. With a focuss on recent research from the Cradle of Humankind.
Published in African Birdlife, Nov/Dec 2024

Langebaanweg – An Animal Archive
A three-part series exploring the history, context and remarkable finds of the world famous fossil site Langebaanweg.
Published on Palaeocast, Palaeontology Podcasts, Aug 2025

Space Archaeology is a Thing
A critical examination of space archaeology, what is is, what it isn’t and what terminology means to science.
Published on Penbridge Writing, Aug 2024
More Writing
For more science communication, essays, and reflective writing, you can browse the full archive here.
Academia Doesnt Have All the Answers
Lessons from a Fundraising Workshop and NPO networking event
Ancient Disruptions
As the Taung Child fossil turns 100 years old, we look back to see what effect this captivating find…
Langebaanweg – Animal Archive
Discover what makes the fossil remains from Langebaanweg so unusual and amazing. Last part of series…
LoveBirds in Gauteng
Feature Article that explores the evolutionary history and fossil record of parrots and lovebirds in…
Hadedas, alarm clock to our ancient ancestors?
Feature Article on Ibis fossils from Africa. Published in African Birdlife. Covering hadeda ibis, ba…
Langebaanweg Part Two
The sedimentoloy, environmental interpretations and controversies around how Langebaanweg and the bo…
Contact
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