Hi! I’m Elizabeth Fernandez, and I’m a science writer who covers the hard sciences and science and society.
I have a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Texas, and I love to write about anything science, especially astronomy, geology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, climate change, and AI.
I’m also working on my first children’s book series on astronomy! Stay tuned for more!
My other love is how science interfaces with the rest of our human existence. This is sometimes the history, philosophy, or ethics of science, how science and technology are part of our culture, art, and music, and the interaction of science and religion.
From features to science news coverage to institutional writing, my work has appeared in a diversity of places. I have also written scripts for YouTube, and I independently produced six seasons of SparkDialog Podcasts.
I won the Science Communicators of North Carolina Award for Journalism in 2025 (first place) and 2024 and 2023 (second place). I was a Sinai and Synapses Fellow on the interface of science and religion from 2019 to 2021. I am also involved in various groups that support science writing in a variety of ways.
You can contact me at elizabeth (at) sparkdialog (dot) com.
