Elizabeth Landau Explained

Elizabeth Landau
Alma Mater:Princeton University (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Employer:NASA
Known For:Science Communication

Elizabeth Rosa Landau is an American science writer and communicator. She is a Senior Communications Specialist at NASA Headquarters.[1] She was a Senior Storyteller at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory previously.

Education

Landau grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. As a child, she watched Carl Sagan's TV series Cosmos, which helped inspire her love of space.[2]

She earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Princeton University (magna cum laude) in 2006. As a Princeton student, she completed study-abroad programs at University of Seville and Universidad de León.[3] During her junior year in Princeton, she was the editor-in-chief of Innovation, the university's student science magazine. In the summer of 2004, she became a production intern at CNN en Español in New York. She earned a master's in journalism from Columbia University, where she focused on politics.[4]

Career

Landau began to write and produce for CNN's website in 2007 as a Master's Fellow, and returned full-time in 2008.[5] Here she co-founded the CNN science blog, Light Years.[6] She covered a variety of topics including Pi Day.[7] [8] [9] In 2012, Landau interviewed Scott Maxwell about the Curiosity rover at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[10]

NASA career

In 2014, she became a media relations specialist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she led media strategy for Dawn (spacecraft), Voyager, Spitzer, NuSTAR, WISE, Planck and Hershel.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] She led NASA's effort to share the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system with the world on February 22, 2017.[17] [18] In January 2018, she was appointed a Senior Storyteller at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In February 2020, she became a Senior Communications Specialist at NASA Headquarters.

Writing career

Landau has written for CNN, Marie Claire, New Scientist, Nautilus, Scientific American, Vice and The Wall Street Journal.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Landau interviewed astronomer Virginia Trimble for Quanta Magazine in November 2019.[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liz Landau on Twitter:"A bittersweet goodbye to my science village...". February 4, 2020. Twitter. March 3, 2020.
  2. Web site: Solar System Exploration: NASA Science. Solar System Exploration: NASA Science. 2018-03-10.
  3. Web site: ARCHIVE - Office of International Programs. University. Princeton. www.princeton.edu. 2018-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215183526/http://www.princeton.edu/oip/announcements/archive/index.xml?id=16304. 2018-02-15. dead.
  4. News: Using Images To Pitch Your Story To Journalists - NASA & Former CNN Writer Elizabeth Landau. 2015-04-01. Best Pitch I Ever Got. 2018-03-10. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021805/https://www.bestpitchievergot.com/elizabeth-landau/. 2018-03-11. dead.
  5. Web site: Elizabeth Landau's Biography Muck Rack. muckrack.com. en. 2018-03-10.
  6. Web site: Light Years. lightyears.blogs.cnn.com. en. 2018-03-10. 2018-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180319002406/http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/. dead.
  7. News: Pi Day 2014 celebrated throughout the United States . Elizabeth . Landau. CNN. 2018-06-11.
  8. News: On Pi Day, finding strength in numbers . Elizabeth . Landau. CNN. 2018-06-11.
  9. News: On Pi Day, one number 'reeks of mystery' . CNN. Elizabeth . Landau. 2018-06-11. en.
  10. News: His other car is on Mars . Elizabeth . Landau. CNN. 2018-03-10.
  11. Web site: Jet Propulsion Laboratory News. www.jpl.nasa.gov. 2018-03-10. 2021-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802085812/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php?feature=4508#.WqQ94pPFLy8. dead.
  12. Web site: Contact. NuSTAR. 2018-03-10.
  13. Web site: Dawn Mission Contact Us. www.dawn-mission.org. 2018-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081141/http://www.dawn-mission.org/contact/. 2018-03-11. dead.
  14. News: What Do We Do If We Find Life? NASA Experts Answer Questions About Exoplanets. 2017-06-23. did you know?. 2018-03-10. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140757/https://didyouknowfacts.com/nasa-experts-q-a-exoplanets/. 2018-03-11. dead.
  15. News: News and Blogs NASA/JPL Edu. NASA/JPL Edu. 2018-03-10.
  16. News: 54: Combining Two Passions Into One Awesome Career with Liz Landau of NASA. Spreaker. 2018-03-10. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021611/https://www.spreaker.com/user/7970858/54-combining-two-passions-into-one-aweso. 2018-03-11. dead.
  17. News: New clues to compositions of TRAPPIST-1 planets. Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. 2018-03-10.
  18. News: TRAPPIST-1 is Older Than Our Solar System. Perez. Martin. 2017-08-11. NASA. 2018-03-10. en.
  19. Web site: Writing Portfolio – Liz Landau. www.lizlandau.com. en-US. 2018-03-10.
  20. News: I'm 33 and I've Never Been Kissed. 2016-05-26. Marie Claire. 2018-03-10. en-US.
  21. News: Roll Your Blunts and Peer Inside These Gemstones. 2017-06-26. Motherboard. 2018-03-10. en-us.
  22. News: Stories by Elizabeth Landau. Scientific American. 2018-03-10. en.
  23. News: Scientists: Advertise Your Failures!. Landau. Elizabeth. Scientific American Blog Network. 2018-03-10. en.
  24. Web site: Virginia Trimble Has Seen the Stars. Landau. Elizabeth. November 19, 2019. Quanta Magazine. 2020-03-03. en.

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