The process of translating complicated, multidimensional scientific findings into simple language is an intricate process. Colorado State University’s Kelp Laboratory is seeking to understand the science behind effective scientific communication. Nicole Kelp, an assistant professor in the department of microbiology, immunology and pathology, founded the lab that now bears her namesake in 2020 after arriving at CSU. When determining the research lens, she drew inspiration from a pattern she noticed during her previous appointment at Washington State University. “I was assigned to teach a science communication course to undergraduate students at WSU,” Kelp said. “That was when I realized a lot of us STEM scientists who have Ph.D.s in some sort of STEM field are trying to do science communication, recognizing the importance of it, but we aren't communication scholars.” Science communication is the practice of communicating and properly informing audiences with nonscientific backgroun...