THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project
From the 10th Annual Shorty Awards

Upulie Divisekera

Nominated in Education

About Upulie Divisekera

A molecular biologist by trade, the self-proclaimed “Dinosaur Evangelist” Upulie Divisekera entertained nearly 25K Twitter followers by tweeting about everything from science to pop culture in 2017. Recalling what led her to science as a child, she also co-founded the Real Scientists, a Twitter feed taken over by a new scientist, researcher, or communicator each week. Dubbed one of the “Badass Women in Science” by the blog theladiesfinger.com, Upulie made headlines with her “Mughal Science Reactions,” a project where she takes Medieval Mughal illustrations and upends them with funny captions about life as a woman in science. Whether you’re a diehard science fan, or you simply enjoy laughing, Upulie’s Twitter account has something to tickle your brain.

Upulie Divisekera's best work on social

https://twitter.com/upulie/status/886831203218673665 https://twitter.com/upulie/status/909973471324553222 https://www.facebook.com/scienceupulie/posts/800535120130855