For over 15 years, I have worked at the intersections of science and society, with STEM faculty, educators and students, largely through federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). In my current role as Research Development Director in CALS, I bring a wide range of relevant grants experience and resources to faculty-led proposal development activities. With NSF and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), I’ve served in the roles of grant participant, coordinator, trainer, teacher professional development and DEI expert, evaluator, broader impacts project manager and grant writer.
While serving as Director of Education for the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, I was a proposal co-author and site director for a $5 M USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) award which launched the first National Bioenergy and Bioproducts Education Program (2011-2016).
Since 2018, I have supported multiple early-career faculty in winning NSF CAREER grants while my work with mid-career faculty has provided me with insights into developing competitive proposals for other federal sponsors, including National Institutes of Health, Department Of Energy, Department Of Transportation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the US Forest Service Urban Community Forestry Program and Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, among others. I have a master's degree in science education from Cornell CALS, and an undergraduate degree in plant biology from a small liberal arts college in Vermont; I believe in the land-grant mission of the college and the importance of CALS research and teaching in improving our world.
