Debdutta Paul
Science Journalist, Writer, and aspiring Author
Skills Summary
Soft: Reporting, Writing, Editing, Website Management; Email Marketing, Copy Writing, Copy Editing; Event Management; Teaching, Mentoring; Research, Data Analysis
Web: WordPress, Drupal, HTML; Brevo; Notion
Tools: Canva, Visme, Procreate, PowerPoint; LaTeX
Programming: Python, R, C; GitHub; Mathematica
Languages: Bangla, English, Hindi
Experience
freelance
Science Communicator & Journalist; March 2020–present
- Writing a popular science book explaining a complex physics theory; received a research grant from FAST India (ISBF 2024–25).
- Wrote 40+ stories in 20+ media houses: details.
- Founded the Indian Science Journalists’ Collective.
- Advocated for better work conditions of science communicators in India: report.
- Served as a jury member of FAST India’s ‘Spin Your Science’ competition (2024, 2025).
- Edited series on mental health disorders and ISRO’s AstroSat-CZTI payload for SciRio: details.
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
Science Writer; March 2023–February 2025
- Rebranded and managed the ICTS Blog, Synapse by ICTS, (content writing, editing, search engine optimization, graphics design, illustrating, managing translations): 31 contributions.
- Organised monthly Kaapi with Kuriosity series public lectures (end-to-end management).
- Maintained public relations.
- Taught Science Writing.
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Science Writer; July 2021–March 2023
- For Core Physics: Wrote 50 scripts and storyboards [full list], and 100+ page-texts and quizzes; reviewed voice-clips, illustrations, animations; peer-reviewed 250+ videos; planned standardizations for 33 chapters.
Research Matters
Science Communicator; August 2020–June 2021
- Wrote 40 popular science stories, occasionally in journalistic mode; edited/co-edited 16 stories; hosted/co-hosted two podcast episodes: details.
- Taught two science writing courses.
AAS Journals
Peer Reviewer; November, 2024–February, 2025
- Peer-reviewed scientific papers of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Journals in high-energy astrophysics.
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Postdoctoral Researcher; May 2019–January 2020
- Searched for continuous gravitational waves in the Independent Research Group on ‘Continuous Gravitational Waves’.
Education
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Ph.D. in Physics (High Energy Astrophysics)
February, 2016–May, 2019
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
M.Sc. in Physics
August, 2013–February, 2016
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
B.Sc. in Physics (Honours), Mathematics, and Electronics
July, 2010–June, 2013
Careers
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