Madeline K. Sofia, also known as Maddie Sofia, is an American journalist and science communicator. They^[1] were the host of Short Wave, NPR's daily science podcast.

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Sofia earned their PhD in microbiology from the University of Rochester Medical Center.^[2] Prior to graduate school, they earned a BS in biology at the University of Mount Union.^[3]

Sofia is the former co-host of Short Wave, NPR's science podcast, which launched in October 2019.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

On June 16, 2021, it was announced that Maddie Sofia would be leaving Shortwave in the fall of 2021 ^[9]

Prior to beginning their work on Short Wave, Sofia was an assistant producer and associate producer on the NPR Science Desk.^[10] Sofia collaborated with Joe Palca on an NPR program that trains young science communicators, NPR Scicommers (formerly known as Friends of Joe's Big Idea or FOJBI).^{[2][10][11][12]} They were also part of a special series, Maddie About Science, which was a series of seven videos about science.^[7][8][13]