Media Contacts
What We Do
The Carnegie Science communications team shares the story of our research, our people, and our history. We are eager to connect with you about our organization, our science, and our campuses. Reach out!
Our work supports the organization’s strategic priorities and create audience-focused narratives that help raise awareness of our work, enhance our brand, burnish our reputation, and develop our culture.
Specifically, we create and distribute a suite of email newsletters, issue press releases, and manage our digital ecosystem and social media content. We also oversee the Carnegie's archives and image repositories.
Contact Us
Media Requests:
Our Chief Communications Officer is Karen Sodomick. Please contact her about organizational news, including funding announcements and information about the Giant Magellan Telescope project and our planned life sciences research facility in Pasadena. Her email is ksodomick@carnegiescience.edu.
For scientific research-related news and interview requests, or to arrange to film on one of our research campuses, contact Editorial Director Natasha Metzler at nmetzler@carnegiescience.edu.
Archival Requests:
Requests for permission to use Carnegie material should be emailed to archives@carnegiescience.edu. Your message should include the exact nature and source of the Carnegie material to be used and if the request is about an image, please include a copy. Please include detailed contact information for the requesting individual or institution.
Logo Use
Our primary logo consists of a logo symbol, the C, with Carnegie Science set as a logotype at the center, reflecting our unified scientific community working together to advance bold ideas and groundbreaking discoveries.
Only Carnegie Science partners and employees may use our logos. Others seeking to use the Carnegie Science identity must get permission by writing communications@caregiescience.edu. Modifications to the logo are prohibited.
We ask that partners update their logos in new materials going forward and online if it is reasonably easy to do so.
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Karen Sodomick assumed the inaugural position of Chief Communications Officer at Carnegie Science in March 2022, bringing with her a wealth of expertise and experience to enhance the institution's communication strategies. In her role, Karen collaborates closely with colleagues on the Communications Team to highlight Carnegie's groundbreaking science and promote its mission and reputation.
Karen's career has encompassed leadership roles at institutions including Harlem Children’s Zone, New York-Presbyterian, Phoenix House Foundation, and NASA. Her journey includes her tenure as Chief Communications Officer at Harlem Children's Zone and her position as Vice President of the Office of Communications at New York-Presbyterian, where she effectively restructured and revitalized both internal and external communications. Since joining, Karen has played a pivotal role in shaping Carnegie's distinctive narrative and elevating its visibility.
With a background that includes her previous role as Outreach Program Manager at NASA's Office of Strategic Communications and her experience in teaching rhetorical communications, public speaking, and presentation skills, Karen brings a diverse skill set to her position. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a Master's degree in Health Communication from Auburn University.
Karen is based in Washington, D.C.
Part research hype-woman, part curator of institutional narratives, Natasha Metzler oversees our efforts to convey the impact of Carnegie Science’s cutting-edge research and our longstanding commitment to scientific creativity. She works with her Communications Team colleagues and collaborates with Development, Events and Human Resources, and IT to deploy a broad approach to sharing our research and our organizational culture with the press and the public across a variety of platforms.
Before joining Carnegie's team, she was a reporter at the Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and covered scientific research for a pharmaceutical industry trade magazine in New York. She has a master's in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism and a bachelor's in biology from Earlham College.
Katy Cain joined the Carnegie Institution for Science in 2019 as the Digital Media and Communications Coordinator for the Earth and Planets Laboratory.
She is a science communicator with a passion for design, digital marketing, and community building. With a B.S. in Biology and a Minor in Art from James Madison University and an M.Sc. in Biological Photography and Imaging from the University of Nottingham, Katy creates visually stunning digital content that communicates complex scientific concepts to a variety of audiences.
Katy has worked with nonprofits and federal institutions, including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Shenandoah National Park, Rock Creek Park, and Rock Creek Conservancy.
Maggie Drain joined Carnegie Science as its Digital Archivist in 2018. She is dedicated to organizing and preserving the Institution’s historical collections and sharing the organization’s historical legacy with the Carnegie community, outside researchers, and members of the public. As a member of the Communications Team, Maggie also manages the Institution’s digital assets in the CAVE and supports ongoing communications projects and initiatives.
Before joining Carnegie Science, Maggie worked in archives at the Central Park Conservancy, Smithsonian Museum of American History, New York Botanical Garden, and Rockefeller Archive Center. She has a master’s in library and information science from Pratt Institute and a bachelor’s in history from Kenyon College.
Navid Marvi is an award-winning graphic designer and musician. He joined the Department of Embryology in 2018 after spending nine years as art director at Moment Magazine. As the former communications coordinator at the Department of Embryology, Marvi worked closely with scientific staff to write, design, and produce departmental media—including newsletters, scientific illustrations, photographs, interviews, and promotional materials.
Marvi has worked steadily as a musician since 2010, playing countless shows around the east coast. He is currently a member of the bands Design Flaw and Drop Electric. The latter's weekly score can be heard on NPR's history podcast Throughline.