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Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of CommitteeMembers and Staff
Pages 221-230

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... He joined NSF's senior management in 2005 serving as the assistant director for biological sciences from 2005 to 2009. Within the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences, he oversaw a research and education portfolio that spanned molecular and cellular biosciences to global change as well as biological infrastructure.
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... Bentley is a collection manager of ichthyology as well as the bioinformatics manager for the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum at The University of Kansas and the usability lead for the Specify collections management software project. He has an interest in marine fish as well as all things collections (primarily alcohol preserved and cryogenic tissue collections)
From page 223...
... He is a contract instructor for Graduate School USA in the Natural History Field Studies certificate program, jointly managed by the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States. Areas of particular interest include trust in science, extension communication research, natural history citizen science, adult science learning in informal settings, and developing community-based public engagement in science.
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... ; was awarded the American Society of Mammalogists' Joseph Grinnell Award in 2016; and was appointed UNM Regents Professor in 2018. He was the president of the Natural Science Collections Alliance (2016–2017)
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... , overseeing funding programs focused on undergraduate research, postdoctoral fellowships, natural history collections and field stations, and cyber- and other infrastructure for all areas of biology. He served as the president of three international scientific societies based in the United States -- the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Genetic Association -- each of which publishes a scientific journal and has memberships ranging from 500 to 2,500 scientists and students.
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... Karim is the collection manager for invertebrate paleontology and paleobotany at the University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History (2010 to present) and was previously the invertebrate paleontology collection manager at The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum (2008–2010)
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... , and as a reviewer of manuscripts for Systematic Botany. She is also the president of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature and has served her profession as the president of the Botanical Society of America; the president of the Society of Systematic Biologists; a council member for the Society for the Study of Evolution, the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature, and the American Genetic Association; and an associate editor of numerous journals (currently, Board of Reviewing Editors, Science; consulting editor, The Plant Cell; previously, associate editor for Systematic Biology, Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Taxon, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology)
From page 228...
... Currently, she leads a One Health fellowship program in Pakistan and the Response and Resilient Recovery Strategic Science Initiative launched to run prospective crisis management scenarios related to coronavirus disease 2019. Prior to joining the National Academies, Dr.
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... She recently served as the project director for the Committee on Gene Drive Research in Non-Human Organisms: Recommendations for Responsible Conduct and the Committee on Value and Sustainability of Biological Field Stations, Marine Laboratories, and Nature Reserves in 21st Century Science, Education, and Public Outreach. She is committed to fostering discussions about research infrastructure, collaborative environments, and public engagement in science to support healthier people and planet.


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