Josh Chamot | Director of Engagement

Josh Chamot recently stepped away from his role as Media Officer for Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. National Science Foundation, where he collaborated with scientists and engineers, reporters, industry partners, and other agencies to break news about research and inspire public engagement. Across two decades at NSF, he promoted nearly every field of research--from quantum computing to paleontology, from particle physics to cancer treatment--through press briefings and public outreach, social media and feature content, oversight of video and animation products, expert trainings, and more. He led several of NSF's largest outreach efforts, from the 2024 discovery of a technique to render skin transparent with Yellow #5 [ https://www.nsf.gov/news/window-into-body-invisible-skin ], to the global 2019 announcement of the first image of a black hole [https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298276] , to the 2006 relocation of the Liberty Bell [https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/liberty/01_history_01.jsp]   . He previously worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Department of Energy, and was founding editor of the Expert Voices Op-Ed and features platform for Space.com/LiveScience.com. He studied meteorites at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, earning his M.S. in Geology in 2000, and double-majored in music and geology at the College of William and Mary, earning his B.S. in Geology in 1998.