Gabrielle Birchak is a science communicator, researcher, writer, and author with backgrounds in mathematics and journalism. Her work focuses on the history of mathematics and science, the people behind major discoveries, and the ways those discoveries continue to shape the world today.

For more than seven years, Birchak has researched, written, and produced Math! Science! History!®, exploring subjects from ancient mathematics and astronomy to modern scientific breakthroughs. Her work often focuses on overlooked people and stories in STEM history while making complex subjects accessible to broad audiences.

Birchak is the author of Hypatia: The Sum of Her Life, a researched biography of the mathematician and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria. Her writing has also appeared in the Mathematical Association of America’s Math Values blog, NASA/JPL’s Universe newspaper, and DC Metro Magazine. Her work includes science and mathematics communication, historical research, long-form writing, editing, and digital publishing.

She has also edited projects including the science-fiction podcast and novel Paladin Corps: Book 1. Birchak holds degrees in mathematics and journalism and is affiliated with the Mathematical Association of America and the History of Science Society.

At the center of her work is a fascination with how knowledge develops. She questions how ideas are discovered, challenged, documented, preserved, and ultimately passed forward. Whether researching historical sources, writing about contemporary science, or examining the people behind major discoveries, Birchak’s work connects the history of knowledge with the questions shaping our world today.

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