
Public Outreach
Here below are selected examples of my recent participations to public outreach activities
01
Podcast episode

I was invited by K.M.O. on Padverb Podcast to record an episode in which we talked about my career path, and our recent paper on giant bacteria Thiomargarita magnifica. We also talked about symbiosis, cooperation, and competition. Here is the link to the podacst.
02
Plants in space
I perform 3D microscopy analyses of plant samples from the International Space Station for the educational programs ExoLab9 and ExoLab10 managed by Magnitude.io whose mission is "to cultivate generations of brilliant scientists, engineers, and leaders through stellar STEM experiences igniting curiosity, inquiry, and ingenuity."
04
On the hunt for giant microbes
I wrote an article on the social journalism platform medium.com. This is a short story of how my wife, my daughter and I, armed with two microscopes, took an RV and went hunting for giant microbes along the California coast. We also made a short movie of our trip here.
05
Bay Area Science Festival
I participated to the Discovery Days at Oracle Park in San Francisco. We had a stereomicroscope set up and guided young scientists in the making to help them discover the beautiful and sometimes weird bugs living in the marine environment. In a second event, we offered children and adults to discover marine plankton using augmented reality, virtual reality and a card game..

