Sadie (Sarah) Witkowski, PhD has a passion for science communication and a love of telling compelling stories through science.

She completed her PhD in psychology at Northwestern University with a focus on brain, behavior, and cognition in the Paller Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. Her dissertation focused on memory consolidation and how sleep can improve memory.

As part of her love for science communication, she writes popular science articles for various outlets, talks about the importance of good science storytelling as a panelist at San Diego Comic-Con, co-created Northwestern University’s SCOPE (a free scicomm training program for graduate students), and founded the PhDrinking podcast (an interview podcast that showcases graduate students’ research).

Sadie was previously the Director of Communications and Engagement for the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI), where she hosted and produced the podcast Carry the Two.

Sadie is currently the Labs Operations Manager for BetterUp.

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