Thursday | April 17, 2025 | 12:00 – 13:30
Science and art are intertwined in a beautiful dance with humanity. Communication is the music. Story is the beat. Communicating science means making complex ideas clear, accessible, and engaging for diverse audiences. This skill is more crucial than ever. Trust in science is declining while misinformation spreads. Influencers replace experts, and social media removes guardrails against false claims. With fact-checking and disinformation tracking defunded, this dangerous trend can cause harm and even threaten lives. Effective science communication helps communities make informed decisions. This workshop covers some information, and techniques, related to our brain and storytelling, verbal vs. written communication, why context is crucial to understanding, transforming data into narrative, and more. Rebuilding trust takes time, but reaching diverse audiences with clear, engaging communication can have profound benefits.

Robin E. Taber
Pixel Pilot Productions, USA
Biography: Robin Taber is a highly versatile professional with a background in higher education, the entertainment industry, communication, digital media, aviation and real estate. She incorporates her experience as a pilot, educator, facilitator, communicator, writer, videographer, animator, editor, and digital content creator in her Communicating Science workshops.
Robin joined Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Environmental Studies (CES) in 2023 as a web graphic designer and content creator. She develops and animates explainer videos for theinvadingsea.com, a nonpartisan source for news, commentary and educational content about climate change and other environmental issues affecting Florida.
Robin has a Master of Fine Arts degree from FAU in Media, Technology and Entertainment, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Intelligence Studies with a focus on Analysis from American Military University. She is an adjunct instructor, teaching drone videography and multimedia at FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.
From 2017 to 2022, Robin was full-time with FAU’s Research Communications team producing content that included animated videos. Animation is a key tool for science communication as it can provide visual context for research that may not exist in the physical world yet.
Other work for the team included designing journal covers, photography, videography, writing, and editing. Robin facilitates a “Communicating Science” workshop aimed at helping scientists and engineers share their work with non-technical audiences in an engaging way. In 2022, she founded Pixel Pilot Productions to help shape the future of science communication and potentially transform lives in the process.
Robin previously worked in the Los Angeles entertainment industry as a promo graphics designer/animator for The ABC Television Network. She also created DVD menu graphics for Sony Pictures and MGM Home Entertainment, designed movie posters for independent films, produced magazine layouts for Peterson Publishing, crafted album covers for music distributers, contributed graphics to music videos, and worked on feature film special effects for Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.
Licenses and Certifications:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Private Pilot: Instrument rating
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 107 sUAS (drone) Pilot
Real Estate Sales Associate
State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
2019 – 2024
PADI Open Water Diver certification