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Gabrielle Bir­chak is a sci­ence com­mu­ni­ca­tor, researcher, writer, and author with back­grounds in math­e­mat­ics and jour­nal­ism. Her work focus­es on the his­to­ry of math­e­mat­ics and sci­ence, the peo­ple behind major dis­cov­er­ies, and the ways those dis­cov­er­ies con­tin­ue to shape the world today.

For more than sev­en years, Bir­chak has researched, writ­ten, and pro­duced Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry!®, explor­ing sub­jects from ancient math­e­mat­ics and astron­o­my to mod­ern sci­en­tif­ic break­throughs. Her work often focus­es on over­looked peo­ple and sto­ries in STEM his­to­ry while mak­ing com­plex sub­jects acces­si­ble to broad audiences.

Bir­chak is the author of Hypa­tia: The Sum of Her Life, a researched biog­ra­phy of the math­e­mati­cian and philoso­pher Hypa­tia of Alexan­dria. Her writ­ing has also appeared in the Math­e­mat­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion of America’s Math Val­ues blog, NASA/JPL’s Uni­verse news­pa­per, and DC Metro Mag­a­zine. Her work includes sci­ence and math­e­mat­ics com­mu­ni­ca­tion, his­tor­i­cal research, long-form writ­ing, edit­ing, and dig­i­tal publishing.

She has also edit­ed projects includ­ing the sci­ence-fic­tion pod­cast and nov­el Pal­adin Corps: Book 1. Bir­chak holds degrees in math­e­mat­ics and jour­nal­ism and is affil­i­at­ed with the Math­e­mat­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion of Amer­i­ca and the His­to­ry of Sci­ence Society.

Her work cen­ters on a fas­ci­na­tion with how knowl­edge devel­ops. She ques­tions how ideas are dis­cov­ered, chal­lenged, doc­u­ment­ed, pre­served, and ulti­mate­ly passed for­ward. Whether research­ing his­tor­i­cal sources, writ­ing about con­tem­po­rary sci­ence, or exam­in­ing the peo­ple behind major dis­cov­er­ies, Birchak’s work con­nects the his­to­ry of knowl­edge with the ques­tions shap­ing our world today.

Always engaged with her tribe, Gabrielle is involved with sev­er­al orga­ni­za­tions, includ­ing the His­to­ry of Sci­ence Soci­ety, the Asso­ci­a­tion for Women in Math, and the Asso­ci­a­tion for Ancient Historians.

Gabrielle resides in Los Ange­les, where she spends count­less hours in many of the city’s 93 muse­ums. You can find her at GabrielleBirchak.com, as well as on Insta­gram, BlueSky, and LinkedIn.

CONTACT

For speak­ing engage­ments, please email Hello@GabrielleBirchak.com