Shalma is a science writer and multimedia communicator who works in the intersection of physics and media. Her passion is for inviting us to wonder about the workings of our universe and our place in it, to find magic in everything. She loves to digest and share cutting edge research to help these ideas permeate culture. She's currently the writing fellow at Quanta Magazine, where she's producing articles on physics. She also co-hosts, edits, and produces the podcast Why This Universe which brings research-level physics topics down to the popular level. Previously she worked at Intercept Games as a physics game developer, where she developed and improved the physics simulations behind Kerbal Space Program 2 including buoyancy, thermal dynamics, and orbital mechanics. She has a Master's degree in physics from New York University, and has taught the undergraduate-level course Physics for Architects as a visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute, as well as Weird Science: The World of Quantum Mechanics at Columbia University's Pre-College program.​

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