LAPA advocates for the interests of Postdocs at Los Alamos and produces social and professional events. Our 'Meet-a-Postdoc' series will begin in 2022!
I am Vice President beginning in November 2021.
STEM Santa Fe provides programs and resources to introduce young people to STEM subjects through hands-on experience. I've been volunteering with 7th-12th graders at El Camino Real and Desert Sage Academies.
White paper advocating:
Mapping the entirety of published research, researchers, and PIs involving subjects relating to Planetary Science and Astrobiology.
Active involvement on the part of NASA, NSF, and NIH in particular in reaching out to researchers and suggesting collaborations and funding opportunities
New 'Docent' fellowship as postdoctoral/bridging position for early career individuals to liaison with regional institutions (public & private)
Exploration and Origins is made up of graduate students and postdocs with interest in Planetary Science and Astrobiology, with membership representing 7 departments at Georgia Tech and Emory.
ExplOrigins puts on an annual colloquium with distinguished speakers that have included Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath in 2018. Explorigins also produces a weekly seminar series and coordinates with the Astrobiology certificate program at Georgia Tech through faculty advisors Britney Schmidt, Jenn Glass, and Martha Grover.
Pressures from the pandemic have been distributed along the existing fault lines of social inequities.
I've worked with United Campus Workers and affiliates to hold Georgia's Board of Regents and Georgia Tech's administration accountable for the health of our community and the repercussions of their decisions.