Science Communication
Science Communication
As a passionate science communicator, I am heavily involved with a number of science storytelling and outreach programs, including That's Life [Science] (TLS) and Life Science Cafe as well as the Graduate Women in STEM in a leadership capacity.
Kadambari Devarajan (November 2020), "Ecologically and Culturally Rich Deserts, Swamps and Grasslands Must Not be Labelled Wastelands", The Hindu - Sunday Magazine (Included in the monthly reading list put together by Uneven Earth)
Kadambari Devarajan (August 2019), "There Is Nary a Pest as Hated as Mesquite in the Desert Flatland of Kutch", The Wire
Kadambari Devarajan (May 2019), "ViXeN - View eXtract aNnotate Multimedia Data", Methods.blog
Kadambari Devarajan (June 2018), "Thara Ticket at the (Probably) Thakara Theatre", Blackbuck
Kadambari Devarajan (April 2018), "The Field After Cancer", Fem Field Secrets blog
Kadambari Devarajan (September 2017), "A Salt County Almanac", Saevus (Issue: September 2017)
Kadambari Devarajan (July 2017), "Journeys Through Six Continents", Fundamatics (Issue: 3Q 2017)
Kadambari Devarajan (February 2017), "Stories in the Sand", Celebrating Natural Heritage Souvenir (2017)
Kadambari Devarajan (October 2016), "The Restaurant at the Edge of the Reef", Fundamatics (Issue: 4Q 2015).
Kadambari Devarajan (December 2015), "Thara Ticket at the (Probably) Thakara Theatre", Fundamatics (Issue: 2Q 2015).(In the media 1)
Kadambari Devarajan (December 2015), "Of Rains and Other Such Precipitation", Fundamatics (Issue: 2Q 2015).
Kadambari Devarajan (September 2014), "Something Fishy - Emptying India’s Seas”, Conservation India.
That's Life [Science]
I have been contributing to That's Life [Science] (TLS), a science communication blog run by graduate students, since 2017. For my involvement with TLS, I was nominated and elected as the President of this blog which has ~40 current contributors and readership in 200+ countries. Some of our posts receive thousands of unique hits.
At TLS I have been a writer and peer editor since 2017, managing editor and web & graphic design committee member since 2018, and President for 2019-2021.
Kadambari Devarajan (September 2020), "Wildlife and Protected Areas During the Pandemic", That's Life[Science]
Kadambari Devarajan (May 2020), "The Pandemic That Changed The World: Many Questions and a Few Answers", That's Life [Science]
Kadambari Devarajan (May 2020), "The Biology of Booze ft. Gin & Tonic", That's Life [Science]
Kadambari Devarajan (September 2019), "More Tales from Trails", That's Life [Science]
Kadambari Devarajan (August 2019), "Tales from Trails - Field Dispatches from Africa", That's Life [Science]
Kadambari Devarajan (March 2019), "The Biology of Booze ft. Tequila", That's Life [Science]
Kadambari Devarajan (July 2018), "Critter Candid Cam", That's Life [Science]
Kadambari Devarajan (May 2018), "You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours", That's Life [Science]
Talks
LEST Talk (Let's Enjoy Science Together video podcast) - Season 2 speaker
Monitoring Species Distribution in Zambia and India | LEST Talk S2 Ep 9
Cancer diagnosis did not stop my dream of becoming a scientist | LEST Talk S2 Ep 8
Kadambari Devarajan, Women in the Field Seminar Part I - "Field research: Fantastic beasts and how to study them" and Part II - "Female in the field: 10 simple rules for women field researchers", Invited panelist for the 2nd Annual Women in the Field Panel (December 2021).
Kadambari Devarajan, IDS Seminar Part I - "Desert Dog Dynamics: Multispecies Models for Monitoring Mammals at Multiple Scales" and Part II - "Conservation Conversation: Communities and Camera Traps", Invited seminar as part of the UMass Institute of Diversity Sciences Seminar Series (November 2021)
Paige Warren and Kadambari Devarajan, "Ecology & Evolution's Hidden Figures: A Community Learning Exercise Around Recent Articles on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice", Invited webinar as part of the UMass OEB Seminar Series (November 2020).
Ecography podcast hosted by George Chan and Jodie Harris of Blue Fire Films.
Media Coverage - Credits/Quotes/Commentary
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn - National Geographic (July 2022)
Features - Polar Impact
(Hindi) How safe and inclusive is science for women and non-binary scientists in India? - Malabika Dhar - Feminism India
Reintroducing predators doesn’t always rebalance ecosystems - Shi En Kim - Massive Science (2021)
Karayal - Swan Story (2021) - Credited for camera trap footage from my research
Researchers craft roadmap for studying wildlife communities - Dana Kobilinsky - The Wildlife Society
"Multispecies Occupancy Models" - Ecography podcast hosted by George Chan and Jodie Harris of Blue Fire Films (2020)
Cheep thrills: It’s time for a weekend of birdwatching in Mumbai - Rachel Lopez - Hindustan Times (2017)
'"Sometimes it happens": How wildlife is thriving among India's booming population', Current Conservation - Arian Wallach, September 25th, 2015
'Harlequin Quail - Jizan Area', Birds of Saudi Arabia - Jem Babbington, July 18th, 2015
Biologist to document leopard movement at IIT-B campus - Nikhil Ghanekar - Hindustan Times (2014)
'Vectorized photos of crocodile heads and skins', Alvaro Velasco B. - Crocodile Specialist Group Proceedings 2012
'Mystery bird: Malay eagle-owl, Bubo sumatranus', The Guardian - Oct 14th, 2011
'Today's Mystery Bird ...', The Guardian - Oct 12th, 2011
Pipettes & Paintbrushes
2018
(Artist/Poet Collaborator - Michelle Chen)
Painting - Data Flurry (Medium - Oil on canvas)
Poem - Whiteout
2019
(Artist Collaborator - Sue Kassirer)
Sculpture - Carnivores and Camera Traps (Medium - Clay)
Life Science Café
I have been working with the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Science Cafe since 2018, helping communicate scientific research with the broader Amherst community.
We structure these as themed discussions and panels, interweaving an informational interview format with audience Q&A. I have been helping organize Life Science Café since 2018, in addition to hosting a few and handling the video recording as camerawoman since 2019.
Paleontology - New Insights from Old Bones with John Rowan
Climate Change Panel with Toni Lyn Morelli, Michelle Staudinger, and Kristen DeAngelis
Climate Change and Human Health with Jennifer Albertine
