Marley Jarvis

Marley Jarvis is a PhD-trained marine scientist turned award-winning multimedia science storyteller, writer, and public speaker based in rural Northern California. She specializes in leveraging research from the learning sciences to inform effective communication of scientific information for diverse audiences. Marley frequently works at the intersection of people, art, equity, and science. She is passionate about connecting people with data that matter to them through research synthesis and application paired with relationship-driven collaborations and beautiful visualizations. She also does consulting and coaching to build capacity for others to tell their own stories about science, and has mentored hundreds of scientists, engineers, and other STEM professionals on communicating their work with impact. In addition, Marley is a Funding Research and Grants Lead at Climate Finance Solutions, a climate mitigation focused tech consultancy. Previously, Marley served as a Senior Outreach and Education Specialist at the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences where she synthesized and communicated research updates to funders, policymakers, business leaders, and public audiences on learning, early childhood development, brain development, and equity. Prior to that, she specialized in informal STEM learning and public engagement with science at Pacific Science Center, a large science museum in Seattle. Marley holds a BA in Biology from Carleton College and a PhD in Biology from the University of Oregon’s Institute of Marine Biology. Her research background includes nearshore oceanography, plankton, coastal ecology, and deep-sea biology. She is endlessly fascinated with the intersections of science, art, culture, and belonging, and how people learn throughout their lives. Find her at marleyjarvis.com or on Twitter @doctor_plankton.