David M. Berube is a Professor of Communication at North Carolina State University with an emphasis on science and technology communication. He is an affiliated professor in environmental studies, climate change, Global One Health, and interdisciplinary studies in science and technology. He has a background in biology, psychology, and communication, esp. science communication and rhetorical studies of science. He received his doctorate in 1990 from NYU. He teaches graduate seminars in risk communication, hazard communication, pandemic communication, climate change communication, and social media. He serves on multiple national and international task forces, councils, centers, etc., dealing with science and emerging technologies and the public sphere. He reviews federal grants for the NSF and others and has received over $15 million in funding over the decade. He completed a 4-year $1.5 million NSF grant on how the public understands complex toxicological information on nanoparticles. He is a CoPI on the NNCI RTNN 10-year grant and directs the assessment of the labs under the grant at UNC-CH, Duke, and NCSU. He was the lead author of an important WHITE PAPER on Communication of Risk in the 21st Century funded by the National Science Foundation and directed by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. In 2013, he co-led a workshop on Messaging for STEM Workforce: STEM Recruitment and Retention Messaging hosted by the US White House OSTP and IDA STPI (Science and Technology Policy Institute. His 2006 book NANOHYPE: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE NANOTECHNOLOGICAL BUZZ (translated into Japanese). He recently edited the 2022 book for Springer/NATURE titled: PANDEMIC COMMUNICATION AND RESILIENCE (in print). His 2023 book with Springer/NATURE will be on the Zika virus and titled: LESSON WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM ZIKA (in press), and his 2024 book with Springer/NATURE will be VACCINE HESITANCY DURING PANDEMICS: A SOCIOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS FROM VACCA TO MRNA (Under contract). He publishes primarily in crossover journals such as IEEE Technology and Society, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Nanotoxicology, Nano Today, Nanotechnology Law and Business Journal, etc.