Postdoctoral Research Associate
Soil Ecosystem Science Team
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Soil Ecosystem Science Team
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
As a graduate student at UTK, I was engaged in numerous outreach activities and I continue to support outreach events at MSU. Science communication endeavors are critical in today's time as we work in transdisciplinary science. I was actively involved with the Tennessee Science Olympiad State tournaments for 4 years (2015-2019) where I have supervised an “Experimental Design” session for middle- and high- school students with faculty from the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology department.
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Furthermore, under the supervision of my major professor, Dr. Jennifer DeBruyn, I have volunteered as an instructor for 4 years (2015-2019) at KidsU “Forensic Chemistry Camp” organized by the Dept. of Chemistry at UTK. I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the inquisitiveness of young kids doing science!
I have also served as the Event Coordinator of the Indian Students’ Association “Manthan” at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 2015 - 2016.
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These experiences have been extremely rewarding as a way to give back to the community which has given me so much.
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To improve my ability to communicate science to a wider audience, I had taken part at the 3 Minute thesis competition in 2018 and bagged the 3rd place at the University of Tennessee campus wide Finals!
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My talk was titled:
Growing Green: Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films for Sustainable Agriculture
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You can check out the recorded presentation here (scroll to 57 mins)
