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DR. LIZZIE BURNS
Dr. Lizzie Burns has always combined a deep and active
interest in science, art and teaching. She gained
a doctorate from the Department of Biochemistry at
Oxford University followed by a 3-year Research Fellowship
before becoming a full-time artist working primarily
for the British Medical Research Council. She has
created a large collection of paintings inspired by
biomedical research funded by the MRC. The resulting
artwork has been exhibited in the UK and internationally
at the invitation of the British Council. Her work
has been described by the government's Chief Scientific
Advisor, Sir David King as “an exciting, refreshing,
optimistic view of medical sciences in oils. Brilliant”.
Public engagement work:
Since 2003, Lizzie has used her unique background
in science, art and teaching to develop workshops
to inspire children and adults about the biomedical
sciences. She has collaborated with scientists to
find new ways to communicate their subject and convey
their passion for science. During the past 2 years
Lizzie has single-handedly run more than 200 workshops
in over 60 schools and science festivals involving
more than 20,000 people and over 80 scientists. See www.sciencetolife.org .
In addition to working for the Medical Research
Council, Lizzie taught art for 2 years in an Arts
Center and has received grants from the Committee
on the Public Understanding of Science and commissions
from the British Museum to work with schools. She
has also run adult workshops including “Art
of the Brain” in the Science Museum's Dana
Centre. Dr. Burns has written a science-inspired
play, Autodestruct: The Ultimate Cure for Cancer,
which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival and
for an ethics course at Oxford University.
Publications:
Her work using art to engage the public with science
and as the Scientific Consultant for Hollywood Math
and Science Film Consulting has been featured on
BBC Radio 4's Midweek, the Guardian (a major British
newspaper), the British Medical Journal and newspapers
and radio programs around the world.
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PROF.
JONATHAN FARLEY
Dr. Jonathan David Farley has been a Visiting Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a Science Fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, a Visiting Scholar in the Mathematics Department at Harvard University, and a Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Seed Magazine has named him one of "15 people who have shaped the global conversation about science in 2005."
He is the 2004 recipient of the Harvard Foundation's Distinguished Scientist of the Year Award, a medal presented on behalf of the president of Harvard University in recognition of "outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of mathematics." The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts (home to both Harvard University and MIT) officially declared March 19, 2004 to be "Dr. Jonathan David Farley Day."
In 2001-2002, Dr. Farley was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar to the United Kingdom. He was one of only four Americans to win this award in 2001-2002. In 2001, Ebony Magazine named Dr. Farley a "Leader of the Future." He has also been profiled in Jet Magazine, in Upscale Magazine, and on the cover of The Crisis Magazine.
He obtained his doctorate in mathematics from Oxford University in 1995, after winning Oxford's highest mathematics awards, the Senior Mathematical Prize and Johnson University Prize, in 1994. Professor Farley graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1991 with the second-highest grade point average in his graduating class. (He earned 29 A's and 3 A-'s.)
Dr. Farley's work has been profiled in The Chronicle of Higher Education, in Science News Online, in The Economist Magazine, in USA Today and Associated Press newspaper articles across the United States, on Fox News Television, and on Air America Radio. Professor Farley has written for Time Magazine, The New York Times, and The Guardian (one of Britain's major newspapers). Dr. Farley has been an invited guest on BBC World News Television and National Public Radio.
In 2007, Dr. Farley was invited to join the Scientific Planning Group in Mathematics Education of the International Council for Science (Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean).
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PROF.
TONY HARKIN
Dr. Tony Harkin received his Ph.D. in mathematics
from Boston University in 2000 after receiving an
M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and a B.S. from the State University of New York College
at Brockport. He has been an Applied Mathematics fellow
at Harvard University. He is currently a Professor
of Mathematics at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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DR. SAI PATHMANATHAN
Dr. Sai Pathmanathan has a research background in neuroscience, having completed a D.Phil. at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Whilst in her role as a researcher, she was involved in various science communication activities (Tomorrow's World Exhibition, Researchers in Residence, Oxford Trust's GETSET) and decided to pursue a career in this field. Sai has worked in science education at The Physiological Society ( www.physoc.org), NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - www.nesta.org.uk), Science upd8 ( www.upd8.org.uk), Planet Science ( www.planet-science.com), the European Science in School journal ( www.scienceinschool.org) and Ignite! ( www.ignitefutures.org.uk). She has extensive project management experience, having organised events and hands-on workshops for school students, academics, schoolteachers and the general public, and she has written, produced and edited educational resources for mixed age groups and abilities. Sai is an active Science and Engineering Ambassador ( http://www.stemnet.org.uk/ambassadors.cfm) and Biology4all speaker ( http://www.biology4all.com), and is currently researching how young people can learn science from entertainment media.
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PROF.
WILLIAM MAXWELL
Professor Maxwell holds a doctorate from Harvard University and has served as dean of schools of education at North Carolina State University, Raleigh; California State University, Fresno; Texas Southern in Houston; and the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. He was also the first principal of the first post-secondary school in southeastern Nigeria, the Advanced Teacher Training College, Port Harcourt. He has patented an educational game, “Inventive Quotient, I.Q.,” which trains all children on how to be inventive. Professor Maxwell’s research studies on intelligence and curriculum development have been published in Korea [Sasaengye (Intellectual World)], France (UNESCO’s Prospects in Education), Australia, Nigeria, Fiji, Britain, and in several journals in the United States, including in the Phi Delta Kappan (twice); Psychological Reports, Educational Leadership; and a chapter in Developing Minds published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. His book, Thinking: The Expanding Frontier, is on the recommended reading list on thinking at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Library. He has been profiled in Money Magazine, The Arizona Republic, and the Business Journal of Phoenix, amongst others.
His has been Professor of Thinking at the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona, where he also served on the Board of Trustees. With his late wife, Mary Elizabeth Maxwell, RN, he wrote SuperParenting: Child Rearing for the New Millennium.
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DR.
JAFAR ADIBI
Dr. Adibi is a research manager at the Center for Advanced Research at PWC. Before that he was a computer scientist at the University
of Southern California’s Information Sciences
Institute. His interest is social network analysis
and data mining. Dr. Adibi has participated in several
awarded systems, including a Silver Medal in AAAI
Robot competition 1996, Gold Medal and Bronze Medal
in the RoboCup 1997 (Real Robots and Simulation),
First Place in both the 2004 EAGLE Program Group Detection
and the 2003 EELD Program Group Detection competitions.
His Group Finder was reported on by the Associated
Press and appeared in more than 100 journals, newspapers
and online media venues includingThe New York Times,
Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, ABC
News, CBS, etc. It also appeared in more than 30 international
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DR. HECTOR ROSARIO
Dr. Héctor Rosario earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has been a keynote speaker at conferences in India, Mexico, and the United States. He teaches math and math education at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, using logical puzzles and history as primary pedagogical tools. |
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DR. DOMINIC VAN DER ZYPEN
Dr. Dominic van der Zypen has a Ph.D. in mathematics (summa cum laude) from the University of Bern. He held a post-doctoral research fellowship funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Oxford. He speaks fluent German, French, and English.
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MS. RORI ABERNETHY
Ms. Abernethy is no longer affiliated with Axum Educational Solutions.
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