“Compelling and hilarious”
“It is hard to explain adequately, but this is one of the funniest shows I have seen all year”
“Unlike some comics that hammer you to death in delivery, Ruben just tells his stories and the laughs come very naturally”
Science Careers 2013: The Year’s Best Stories
Three of the five most popular Science Careers articles of 2013 were mine: The Postdoc: A Special Kind of Hell, Sexy, Sexy Scientists, and Regrettable Resumes.
Journal of Visualized Experiments: The 5 Components to Making it on TV as a Scientist
“As it is right now, scientific advances are communicated by scientific journals, which are really only read by the scientists. Those are sometimes picked up by mainstream reporters, and in that whisper-down the-lane translation process a lot of things get misinterpreted. A lot of times the most frivolous but interesting parts get played up, and you lose what it’s actually worth.”
Huffington Post Live: Geeks vs. Geeks
I was interviewed as part of a panel on geek-on-geek bullying in conjunction with ComiCon.
Appearance on The Trailer Talks
Video interview on The Trailer Talks, filmed inside a 1970s-era trailer parked in a driveway in San Pedro, California.
What Are All the PhDs?: Sharing the Career Path of All PhDs
I think I always knew I’d someday get my Ph.D., because it just seemed like the thing you do if you like school—you stay in it until you’ve earned the highest possible degree in your field.
