

in earth sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.Īikaterini (Katerina) Bagiati is currently a research scientist at the MIT Office of Open Learning. in physics from Colorado College and her Ph.D. In 1998, she was awarded the AGU’s Macelwane Medal for research accomplishments by a young scientist, and she received the Maurice Ewing Medal in 2007 for her contributions to deep-sea exploration. McNutt is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a foreign member of the Royal Society, UK, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Association of Geodesy. For her work to help contain that spill, McNutt was awarded the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 2009 to 2013, during which time USGS responded to a number of major disasters, including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. From 2013 to 2016, she was editor-in-chief of Science. Marcia McNutt is a geophysicist and the 22nd president of the National Academy of Sciences. Schaal graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago, with a degree in biology, and received her Ph.D. From 2013 to 2020, she served as dean of the faculty of arts and sciences where she oversaw all academic, financial, and administration aspects.

In 2019, she received the National Science Board’s Public Service Medal and joined the board of directors of the Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation. Schaal has served as chair of the Division on Earth and Life Studies at the National Research Council and was a member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology from 2009 to 2017. science envoy by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, where she served as vice president for 8 years. Schaal has been president of the Botanical Society of America, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Plants, and she has worked to advance understanding of plant molecular systematics and population genetics. She was among the first plant scientists to use molecular biology-based approaches to understand evolutionary processes in Louis and is a nationally recognized plant evolutionary biologist who uses DNA sequences to understand evolutionary processes. in educational leadership from Western Kentucky University.īarbara Schaal ( Committee Co-chair) is the Mary Dell Chilton distinguished professor at the Washington University in St. in career and technical education from Ferris State University, and an Ed.D. in industrial drafting from Lansing Community College, a B.S. She currently serves on the Center for Community College Student Engagement National Advisory Board, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Advisory Council (Chair), NASEM Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education, The Presidents’ Roundtable (vice convenor) and Iowa-Minnesota Campus Compact Board of Directors, and MIT’s Work of the Future Task Force. Parker has served on President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Steering Committee 2.0 and co-chaired AMP’s Demand-Driven Workforce Development work team. She started her career at General Motors in Lansing, Michigan, and moved into education first as a faculty member and administrator at Lansing Community College and later as system director of workforce education for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. She has been involved in manufacturing industry and workforce education for more than 35 years.

Biographical Sketches of Symposium Speakers and ModeratorsĪnnette Parker ( Committee Co-chair) is the president of South Central College, a Minnesota state community and technical college.
