Team members, advisors and contributors

Emmanuel Vincent

Founder & Director

Emmanuel completed a PhD at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France) and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, USA), studying how the Ocean controls Hurricane intensity and how Hurricane can in turn influence the climate via their interaction with the Ocean.
He launched Science Feedback to help the scientific community play a leading role in providing the public with accurate information on scientific topics.

Iria Carballo-Carbajal

Science Editor, Health

Iria earned an undergraduate degree in biology and an MSc in secondary education from the University of Oviedo (Spain). After obtaining her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Tuebingen (Germany), she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Vall d’Hebrón Research Institute (Barcelona, Spain). Her research has focused on understanding the molecular basis of Parkinson’s disease to search for new treatments.

John Doherty

Science Editor, Climate

John has a PhD in environmental science with experience in the fields of oceanography, marine ecology and paleoclimatology. He currently holds a position as the Science Fellow at the Environmental Law Institute, where he contributes scientific expertise to the Climate Judiciary Project’s overarching goal of providing educational services to judges on the science of climate change and climate impacts.

Fernanda Ferreira

Science Editor, Health

Fernanda has a PhD in Virology from Harvard University and a Masters in Science Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a freelance science writer, her work has appeared in MIT Technology Review, Science, and other publications. She joined Health Feedback in 2021.

Ian Le Guillou

Science Editor, Health

Ian completed a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge (U.K.) where he studied protein structures. After his PhD, he worked in communications for medical research charities to explain the latest science to the general public. As a freelance science writer, Ian now covers a range of biomedical research with work appearing in Chemistry World, The Scientist, and Horizon magazine.

Rubén Portela Carballeira

Science Editor, Health

Rubén earned an MSc in environmental sciences and a PhD in ecology from the University of A Coruña (Spain). During his doctoral studies he did stays at the Beijing Forestry University (China), the Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil), and the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal). His research focused on invasion ecology, related to clonal plant species, and ecological modelling. He works as a freelance writer and science communicator.

Pablo Rougerie

Science Editor, Health

Pablo obtained his PhD in Immunology from the University Paris – Descartes (France). He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, U.S.) and at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). His research focused on different topics in cell biology, including the regulation of T lymphocyte activation, the mechanics of cell deformation, and the use of biomaterials of specific geometry to guide the growth of biological tissues.

Flora Teoh

Science Editor, Health

Flora obtained a PhD in Biological Sciences from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). During her doctoral studies, she examined how a human-colonising microbe could evolve in response to changes within a mammalian host, and how this process could influence microbial virulence. After a brief stint as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (Singapore), she joined Health Feedback in 2018 as science editor. She has also worked as a freelance science writer – her articles have appeared in Asian Scientist Magazine and A*STAR Research.

Katie Valentine

Science Editor, Climate

Katie Valentine is a climate editor for Science Feedback. Katie has a background in environmental journalism and communications, and previously served as a contractor for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, communicating the agency’s climate, environmental and atmospheric research to the public. Her work as a journalist has appeared in ThinkProgress, Audubon Magazine, and Earther, among other outlets. Katie earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and an MA in geography from the University of Toronto.

Bastien Carniel

Data & Policy Lead

Bastien earned dual degrees in Management from HEC Paris and Saint Petersburg University in Russia. Before turning to data science, he worked as a public policy consultant for a few years. He now works on projects with a strong data or AI component, with a specialty in Natural Language Processing.

Guillaume Guerdoux

Data scientist & Full Stack Developer

Guillaume is a data scientist and full stack developer with over 8 years of experience in various companies. He has a specialization in Data Science from Ecole Centrale Paris and handles projects in data science and web development.

Susanna Nilstam

Operations Manager

Susanna completed a Master degree in Marketing & Business Administration at Lund University School of Economics and Management. She worked for many years as Head of Marketing for a French Film Distribution Company, until deciding to join On Purpose – a one-year leadership program supporting experienced professionals to switch into the social enterprise sector.

Charlotte Samson

Data scientist

Charlotte is a Natural Language Processing data scientist with a Master’s degree in Linguistics and Computer Science from Paris Diderot University. She has 5 years of experience in the field.

Quan Trinh

Full Stack Developer

Quan graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore with a degree in Digital Animation. After a few years working as a game developer, he came to France to study at Ecole 42 and worked with startups to develop web applications that help to better lives.

Vincent Cristia

Vincent completed a Master degree in Economics at Paris Saclay University and holds a Master of Public Administration from Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He worked for the French Ministry of Economy and Finance as head of higher education and research office. He later joined the French Agency of continuing professional education (Afpa) as deputy CEO and is now Managing Director at “Lyon Métropole Habitat”.

Erwan Ledoux

Erwan completed a PhD in statistical physics. He then brought his expertise to the software engineering department at the artificial intelligence company Snips, and then at the French Ministry of Culture. He is currently the Lead Developer at Mayane Labs.

Christelle Perrin

Christelle started her career in the cosmetics industry, working as International Product Manager at Christian Dior, then International Brand Manager at Kenzo. She contributed to the creation of the Climate Feedback project as Project Manager, Marketing & Communications. She is currently Head of Communication, Marketing and Influence actions at ANDES.

Kerry Emanuel

Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, MIT

Member of the US National Academy of Science

Thomas Malone

Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management

Founding director of the Center for Collective Intelligence

Richard Somerville

Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Science Director, Climate Communication

Anthony LeRoy Westerling

Associate Professor, University of California, Merced

Sophie Fessl

Science Editor, Health

Sophie Fessl has a PhD in developmental neurobiology from King’s College London and a degree in biology from the University of Oxford. After completing her PhD, she swapped her favorite animal model, the fruit fly, for pen and paper. As a freelance science journalist and writer, she covers neuroscience, oncology, biology and research news.

Scott K. Johnson

Science Editor, Climate

Scott holds a Master of Science in Hydrogeology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches college-level Earth science, and has worked as a freelance science journalist covering the geosciences since 2011, primarily for Ars Technica.

Nikki Forrester

Science Editor, Climate and Ecology

Nikki holds a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Pittsburgh where she studied plant-bacterial interactions. As a freelance science writer, she covers climate, ecology, evolution, and research news. Her work appears in Nature, Science, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and other outlets.

Lambert Baraut-Guinet

Science Editor, Climate

Lambert earned Masters in Geochemistry from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and in climate change communication from the Université Paris Saclay. After his PhD in isotopic geochemistry at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle where he studied mass-independent isotopic fractionation processes of ozone, he worked as a science editor, technical writer and mathematics teacher. As a freelance writer, his work has appeared in Pour la Science and other publications.

Jessica P. Johnson

Science Editor, Biology

Jessica holds an MS in microbiology from UMass Amherst and an MS in science journalism from Boston University. She has conducted laboratory and field research in biofuels and environmental restoration. And since 2011 she has covered science research news for PNAS, Nature Medicine, The Scientist, and others.

Marie Penché

Fundraising & Development Officer

Marie completed a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering at the French IMT Lille Douai engineering school. She worked for 10 years as Project Manager in the telecommunications sector, until she felt the need to work for purpose-driven organisations. She recently initiated a transition to the social enterprise sector by joining the On Purpose Associate program and, as such, joined Science Feedback for a 6-month placement. She focused on fundraising activities and also drove workflows improvement.