Annika Grandison heads the Department for Programme Development, Science Dome, at Germany's largest science center experimenta. She has nearly two decades of experience in science communication, strategic programme development, and editorial. Following a PhD in Molecular Biology from University College London, she started out this career as medical and scientific editor in Heidelberg, Germany, and Cambrige, UK. She held strategic science and policy communications roles at the Royal Society of Chemistry and EMBO before joining the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. There she advanced to Head of Communications, heading a team across five European sites that shared the wonder, excitement, and impact of modern science and technology with worldwide audiences. During this time she also headed Science in School, the European magazine for STEM teachers funded by nine of Europe's largest research infrastructures, including ESA, CERN, ESO and EMBL.