Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
@stellamayerhoff.bsky.social
UC Santa Cruz Science Communication 🧪📝
2025-26 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow
Science communicator with a background in studying human and non-human primate cognition👧🏻🐒🧠
#SciCom #QueerInSTEM 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
2025-26 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow
Science communicator with a background in studying human and non-human primate cognition👧🏻🐒🧠
#SciCom #QueerInSTEM 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
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Alas, the Venn diagram of “bad time to be a person who cares about things” and “most important time to be a person who cares about things” is a circle.
Congratulations to our outstanding research assistant, Noel Kuebrich, for winning the First Place Poster Award at the Georgia State University Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference! 🏆🎉
Noel did a fantastic job creating and presenting their first poster!
Noel did a fantastic job creating and presenting their first poster!
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Congratulations to our outstanding research assistant, Noel Kuebrich, for winning the First Place Poster Award at the Georgia State University Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference! 🏆🎉
Noel did a fantastic job creating and presenting their first poster!
Noel did a fantastic job creating and presenting their first poster!
Are you a graduate student in the southeastern US?
Check out ComSciCon Atlanta! 🔬🍑🥼
It's a fully-funded conference for grad students, organized by grad students. The point is to learn, so don't worry if you have no science communication experience or don't plan on pursuing a career in #SciCom!*
Check out ComSciCon Atlanta! 🔬🍑🥼
It's a fully-funded conference for grad students, organized by grad students. The point is to learn, so don't worry if you have no science communication experience or don't plan on pursuing a career in #SciCom!*
#comsciconatl #graduatestudents #scicomm #steameducation #professionaldevelopment | ComSciCon Atlanta
We’re thrilled to announce that applications for ComSciCon-Atlanta 2026 are now open! 🎉
ComSciCon-ATL is a fully funded three-day conference that empowers graduate students to develop their science c...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Are you a graduate student in the southeastern US?
Check out ComSciCon Atlanta! 🔬🍑🥼
It's a fully-funded conference for grad students, organized by grad students. The point is to learn, so don't worry if you have no science communication experience or don't plan on pursuing a career in #SciCom!*
Check out ComSciCon Atlanta! 🔬🍑🥼
It's a fully-funded conference for grad students, organized by grad students. The point is to learn, so don't worry if you have no science communication experience or don't plan on pursuing a career in #SciCom!*
My first story as a Monterey Herald intern came out this weekend!
Check out my front page article about the incredible work being done to keep Del Monte Forest fire-safe and healthy. 🔥🌳
www.montereyherald.com/2025/11/08/f...
#SciCom #Monterey #MontereyHerald #PebbleBeach @ucscscicomm.bsky.social
Check out my front page article about the incredible work being done to keep Del Monte Forest fire-safe and healthy. 🔥🌳
www.montereyherald.com/2025/11/08/f...
#SciCom #Monterey #MontereyHerald #PebbleBeach @ucscscicomm.bsky.social
Forest makeover boosts Pebble Beach fire defense
“There are so many benefits. It benefits public safety, firefighter safety. Overall, the program makes everything a lot better.”
www.montereyherald.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My first story as a Monterey Herald intern came out this weekend!
Check out my front page article about the incredible work being done to keep Del Monte Forest fire-safe and healthy. 🔥🌳
www.montereyherald.com/2025/11/08/f...
#SciCom #Monterey #MontereyHerald #PebbleBeach @ucscscicomm.bsky.social
Check out my front page article about the incredible work being done to keep Del Monte Forest fire-safe and healthy. 🔥🌳
www.montereyherald.com/2025/11/08/f...
#SciCom #Monterey #MontereyHerald #PebbleBeach @ucscscicomm.bsky.social
I went diving into a new story today! Does anyone know what I'm sitting in?
10 points for the correct answer.
5 points for the best incorrect answer.
I'd say there's no pressure, but there's definitely pressure.
(Hints are hidden in this post!)
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
10 points for the correct answer.
5 points for the best incorrect answer.
I'd say there's no pressure, but there's definitely pressure.
(Hints are hidden in this post!)
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I went diving into a new story today! Does anyone know what I'm sitting in?
10 points for the correct answer.
5 points for the best incorrect answer.
I'd say there's no pressure, but there's definitely pressure.
(Hints are hidden in this post!)
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
10 points for the correct answer.
5 points for the best incorrect answer.
I'd say there's no pressure, but there's definitely pressure.
(Hints are hidden in this post!)
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
I loved visiting the Shedd Aquarium as a kid. I remember sitting here, closing my eyes, and promising myself I’d work with animals one day.
I’ve spent a decade studying animals and came back to Chicago for #SciWri25. I now write about the wonders of wildlife.
Little Stella, we kept our promise.
I’ve spent a decade studying animals and came back to Chicago for #SciWri25. I now write about the wonders of wildlife.
Little Stella, we kept our promise.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I loved visiting the Shedd Aquarium as a kid. I remember sitting here, closing my eyes, and promising myself I’d work with animals one day.
I’ve spent a decade studying animals and came back to Chicago for #SciWri25. I now write about the wonders of wildlife.
Little Stella, we kept our promise.
I’ve spent a decade studying animals and came back to Chicago for #SciWri25. I now write about the wonders of wildlife.
Little Stella, we kept our promise.
Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!
🚌 Seatbelts, everyone! 🚌
#MsFrizzle #MagicSchoolBus #SciComm
🚌 Seatbelts, everyone! 🚌
#MsFrizzle #MagicSchoolBus #SciComm
November 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!
🚌 Seatbelts, everyone! 🚌
#MsFrizzle #MagicSchoolBus #SciComm
🚌 Seatbelts, everyone! 🚌
#MsFrizzle #MagicSchoolBus #SciComm
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
Calling all STEMM students and postdocs! Are you looking work in #SciComm? ⤵️
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of AAAS Mass Media Fellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news. English & Spanish placements available. http://bit.ly/3KugH6D
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of AAAS Mass Media Fellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news. English & Spanish placements available. http://bit.ly/3KugH6D
October 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Calling all STEMM students and postdocs! Are you looking work in #SciComm? ⤵️
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of AAAS Mass Media Fellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news. English & Spanish placements available. http://bit.ly/3KugH6D
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of AAAS Mass Media Fellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news. English & Spanish placements available. http://bit.ly/3KugH6D
I spent all day speaking to scientists about conservation, only to come home to my cat attacking a white-faced capuchin. 🐒
(No real capuchins were harmed in this video…but stuffed animals? I’m not so sure. 🤷🏻♀️)
(No real capuchins were harmed in this video…but stuffed animals? I’m not so sure. 🤷🏻♀️)
October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I spent all day speaking to scientists about conservation, only to come home to my cat attacking a white-faced capuchin. 🐒
(No real capuchins were harmed in this video…but stuffed animals? I’m not so sure. 🤷🏻♀️)
(No real capuchins were harmed in this video…but stuffed animals? I’m not so sure. 🤷🏻♀️)
As a cognitive scientist and science journalist, I never expected to attend an academic conference on monsters, and I didn't expect to be blown away by what I learned.
(🧵in comments)
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In genuine cases of dehumanization that person is transformed not into a louse or a rat, but a monstrous demonic human being — paraphrasing David Livingstone Smith at his opening keynote for the 2025 Festival of Monsters.
October 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
As a cognitive scientist and science journalist, I never expected to attend an academic conference on monsters, and I didn't expect to be blown away by what I learned.
(🧵in comments)
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I’m heartbroken to learn that Jane Goodall passed away this morning.
As a primatologist and science communicator, I owe much of my career to Dr. Goodall. As a human being, I will always be grateful for her advocacy for animals and dedication to making the world a better place. 🌍🦍❤️
As a primatologist and science communicator, I owe much of my career to Dr. Goodall. As a human being, I will always be grateful for her advocacy for animals and dedication to making the world a better place. 🌍🦍❤️
October 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I’m heartbroken to learn that Jane Goodall passed away this morning.
As a primatologist and science communicator, I owe much of my career to Dr. Goodall. As a human being, I will always be grateful for her advocacy for animals and dedication to making the world a better place. 🌍🦍❤️
As a primatologist and science communicator, I owe much of my career to Dr. Goodall. As a human being, I will always be grateful for her advocacy for animals and dedication to making the world a better place. 🌍🦍❤️
Anyone here skilled at identifying cicadas?
I found this cicada molting yesterday and had never seen one this size!
I’m located just outside of Atlanta and the last photo has a comparison of this one’s shell next to one the size I usually find.
#entomology #cicada #insectID
I found this cicada molting yesterday and had never seen one this size!
I’m located just outside of Atlanta and the last photo has a comparison of this one’s shell next to one the size I usually find.
#entomology #cicada #insectID
August 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Anyone here skilled at identifying cicadas?
I found this cicada molting yesterday and had never seen one this size!
I’m located just outside of Atlanta and the last photo has a comparison of this one’s shell next to one the size I usually find.
#entomology #cicada #insectID
I found this cicada molting yesterday and had never seen one this size!
I’m located just outside of Atlanta and the last photo has a comparison of this one’s shell next to one the size I usually find.
#entomology #cicada #insectID
I’m honored to receive a Compassionate Connections Award from Letters to a Pre-Scientist!
LPS pairs students with scientist pen pals, facilitating some of the most important work we can do as scientists. I’m grateful to volunteer with an organization that shows students science belongs to them!
LPS pairs students with scientist pen pals, facilitating some of the most important work we can do as scientists. I’m grateful to volunteer with an organization that shows students science belongs to them!
🎉 Announcing our 2024–25 STEM Pen Pal Award Winners! | Letters to a Pre-Scientist
🎉 Announcing our 2024–25 STEM Pen Pal Award Winners! 🎉
Out of 3,258 amazing volunteers, 202 STEM Pen Pals were recognized by their classroom teachers for going above and beyond in inspiring the next g...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’m honored to receive a Compassionate Connections Award from Letters to a Pre-Scientist!
LPS pairs students with scientist pen pals, facilitating some of the most important work we can do as scientists. I’m grateful to volunteer with an organization that shows students science belongs to them!
LPS pairs students with scientist pen pals, facilitating some of the most important work we can do as scientists. I’m grateful to volunteer with an organization that shows students science belongs to them!
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
This is such an amazing story.
Glad #NIH could help you. Nothing gives us more energy and happiness than stories like this. 🧪
Thank you for sharing it, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social
Glad #NIH could help you. Nothing gives us more energy and happiness than stories like this. 🧪
Thank you for sharing it, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social
Oh, Stella from 14 years ago. You’re not allergic to everything. You have hereditary alpha tryptasemia syndrome.
No one knows it exists yet, but incredible scientists at NIH will discover it in a few years.
Their work will give you access to a diagnosis and medical care.
#FundScience #NIH 🧪🩺
No one knows it exists yet, but incredible scientists at NIH will discover it in a few years.
Their work will give you access to a diagnosis and medical care.
#FundScience #NIH 🧪🩺
June 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is such an amazing story.
Glad #NIH could help you. Nothing gives us more energy and happiness than stories like this. 🧪
Thank you for sharing it, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social
Glad #NIH could help you. Nothing gives us more energy and happiness than stories like this. 🧪
Thank you for sharing it, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
Circe says we're all set for tonight! She won't be able to join me, but I hear some friends are bringing their dogs.
Join us at Sceptre tonight at 7. Come with all your questions about animal behavior & science!
#Atlanta #MeetAScientist #StandUpForScience #Sci4GA #FundScience
Join us at Sceptre tonight at 7. Come with all your questions about animal behavior & science!
#Atlanta #MeetAScientist #StandUpForScience #Sci4GA #FundScience
June 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Circe says we're all set for tonight! She won't be able to join me, but I hear some friends are bringing their dogs.
Join us at Sceptre tonight at 7. Come with all your questions about animal behavior & science!
#Atlanta #MeetAScientist #StandUpForScience #Sci4GA #FundScience
Join us at Sceptre tonight at 7. Come with all your questions about animal behavior & science!
#Atlanta #MeetAScientist #StandUpForScience #Sci4GA #FundScience
Oh, Stella from 14 years ago. You’re not allergic to everything. You have hereditary alpha tryptasemia syndrome.
No one knows it exists yet, but incredible scientists at NIH will discover it in a few years.
Their work will give you access to a diagnosis and medical care.
#FundScience #NIH 🧪🩺
No one knows it exists yet, but incredible scientists at NIH will discover it in a few years.
Their work will give you access to a diagnosis and medical care.
#FundScience #NIH 🧪🩺
June 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh, Stella from 14 years ago. You’re not allergic to everything. You have hereditary alpha tryptasemia syndrome.
No one knows it exists yet, but incredible scientists at NIH will discover it in a few years.
Their work will give you access to a diagnosis and medical care.
#FundScience #NIH 🧪🩺
No one knows it exists yet, but incredible scientists at NIH will discover it in a few years.
Their work will give you access to a diagnosis and medical care.
#FundScience #NIH 🧪🩺
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
June 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
People say not to let their kids engage too much with media, and I agree, but quality is so important. I am who I am in large part because of the influences of Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Columbo, Star Trek, Beyond 2000, Connections, and NPR's Morning Edition.
June 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
People say not to let their kids engage too much with media, and I agree, but quality is so important. I am who I am in large part because of the influences of Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Columbo, Star Trek, Beyond 2000, Connections, and NPR's Morning Edition.
I’m honored and deeply grateful to be named a 2025-26 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow!
Many thanks to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for their generous support as I join the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program this fall.
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
#ScienceWriting #SciComm
Many thanks to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for their generous support as I join the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program this fall.
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
#ScienceWriting #SciComm
Seven journalists are headed to grad school as 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Each will receive $6,000, thanks to the Brinson Foundation.
Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.
bit.ly/tbs2526
Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.
bit.ly/tbs2526
May 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I’m honored and deeply grateful to be named a 2025-26 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow!
Many thanks to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for their generous support as I join the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program this fall.
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
#ScienceWriting #SciComm
Many thanks to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for their generous support as I join the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program this fall.
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social
#ScienceWriting #SciComm
HAPPY NEWS!!! 🎉
I TNR (trap-neuter-return) cats to help with the stray cat population in my neighborhood and just got a call that a cat I brought in has a microchip!
She’s been lost for a month and now gets to go home! 🥹
🚨PLEASE MICROCHIP YOUR PETS AND UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION!!!🚨
I TNR (trap-neuter-return) cats to help with the stray cat population in my neighborhood and just got a call that a cat I brought in has a microchip!
She’s been lost for a month and now gets to go home! 🥹
🚨PLEASE MICROCHIP YOUR PETS AND UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION!!!🚨
May 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
HAPPY NEWS!!! 🎉
I TNR (trap-neuter-return) cats to help with the stray cat population in my neighborhood and just got a call that a cat I brought in has a microchip!
She’s been lost for a month and now gets to go home! 🥹
🚨PLEASE MICROCHIP YOUR PETS AND UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION!!!🚨
I TNR (trap-neuter-return) cats to help with the stray cat population in my neighborhood and just got a call that a cat I brought in has a microchip!
She’s been lost for a month and now gets to go home! 🥹
🚨PLEASE MICROCHIP YOUR PETS AND UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION!!!🚨
It’s probably a weird time to be named Al.
May 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It’s probably a weird time to be named Al.
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
The legendary USGS Bee Lab is being shut down. The 2026 budget proposal defunds the Ecosystem Mission Area, which supported the lab. If their science helped your work, there’s still time to make your voice heard. Read below. (1/4)
🧪 #pollinators #Pollinators #USGS #Entomology #Hymenoptera 🪲🪳
🧪 #pollinators #Pollinators #USGS #Entomology #Hymenoptera 🪲🪳
USGS Bee Lab at the Eastern Ecological Science Center
The USGS Bee Lab supports research on native bees. As part of that program we and our co-located USFWS partners develop identification tools and keys for native bee species, take public access hi reso...
www.usgs.gov
May 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The legendary USGS Bee Lab is being shut down. The 2026 budget proposal defunds the Ecosystem Mission Area, which supported the lab. If their science helped your work, there’s still time to make your voice heard. Read below. (1/4)
🧪 #pollinators #Pollinators #USGS #Entomology #Hymenoptera 🪲🪳
🧪 #pollinators #Pollinators #USGS #Entomology #Hymenoptera 🪲🪳
Reposted by Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼
This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it
May 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it