Charles Bergquist, who teaches "Multimedia Science Journalism Workshop" in the SHERP program, is the director of the program "Talk of the Nation: Science Friday," heard on over 200 public radio stations across the country. He also manages the program's web content and helped launch its podcast offerings. Charles is also a contributing producer to Science Friday, where he has covered topics ranging from cancer genetics and political decision-making to spaceflight and nanomaterials. He writes regularly about microelectronics for Frost and Sullivan's Technical Insights' series, and has edited books for children on topics including AIDS, puberty, and Lyme disease. His writing has appeared in publications from Scholastic's SuperScience to Popular Science. Prior to joining Science Friday, he was one of the first employees of ScienCentral, a television science news production company, where he helped build a companion web site for Transistorized!, a PBS documentary about the invention of the transistor. He has a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Delaware as well as an M.A. in journalism from SHERP at NYU.