National Science Digital Library (NSDL) of the United States is an open-access online digital library and collaborative network of disciplinary and grade-level focused education providers operated by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education. NSDL's mission is to provide quality digital learning collections to the science,technology,engineering,and mathematics (STEM) education community,both formal and informal,institutional and individual. NSDL's collections are refined by a network of STEM educational and disciplinary professionals. Their work is based on user data,disciplinary knowledge,and participation in the evolution of digital resources as major elements of effective STEM learning.
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is a US nonprofit consortium of more than 100 colleges and universities providing research and training in the atmospheric and related sciences. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and provides additional services to strengthen and support research and education through its community programs. Its headquarters,in Boulder,Colorado,include NCAR's Mesa Laboratory,designed by I.M. Pei.
The US National Center for Atmospheric Research is a US federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). NCAR has multiple facilities,including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder,Colorado. Studies include meteorology,climate science,atmospheric chemistry,solar-terrestrial interactions,environmental and societal impacts.
Walter Orr Roberts was an American astronomer and atmospheric physicist,as well as an educator,philanthropist,and builder. He founded the National Center for Atmospheric Research and took a personal research interest for many years in the study of influences of the Sun on weather and climate.
The High Altitude Observatory (HAO) is a laboratory of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). HAO operates the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory on Hawaii and a research institute in Boulder,Colorado.
The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) is a high-performance computing (HPC) and data archival facility located in Cheyenne,Wyoming,that provides advanced computing services to researchers in the Earth system sciences.
Emily CoBabe-Ammann is an earth scientist who specializes in strategies for science and education initiatives. She is currently the Senior Advisor to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Colorado,at Boulder. In that capacity,she is currently the Acting Executive Associate Director for the Center for National Security Initiatives,helping the university established its classified research program. In addition,she is the managing partner for Climate Strategies,a climate data company. Previously,she served as the director of the UCAR Community Programs at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder,Colorado.
The STEM pipeline is the educational pathway for students in the fields of science,technology,engineering,and mathematics (STEM). The start and end of this STEM pipeline are disputed,but it is often considered to begin in early education and extend into graduation or an adult career in STEM.
Ashanti Johnson is an American geochemist and chemical oceanographer. She is the first African American to earn a doctoral degree in oceanography from Texas A&M University.
Timothy Laurence Killeen is a British and American geophysicist,space physicist,professor,and university administrator. Killeen took office as the president of the University of Illinois system in 2015. He has been the principal investigator on research projects for NASA and the National Science Foundation. Killeen has authored more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as more than 300 other publications and papers. He has served on various White House committees and task forces and is a past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics.
Diversity in computing refers to the representation and inclusion of underrepresented groups,such as women,people of color,individuals with disabilities,and LGBTQ+ individuals,in the field of computing. The computing sector,like other STEM fields,lacks diversity in the United States.
Mary B. James is an American physicist and educator. She is the Dean for Institutional Diversity and the A. A. Knowlton Professor of Physics at Reed College. James specializes in particle physics and accelerators.
LGBT people in science are students,professionals,hobbyists,and anyone else who is LGBT and interested in science. The sexuality of many people in science remains up for debate by historians,largely due to the unaccepting cultures in which many of these people lived. For the most part,we do not know for certain how people in the past would have labelled their sexuality or gender because many individuals lived radically different private lives outside of the accepted gender and sexual norms of their time. One such example of a historical person in science that was arguably part of the LGBT community is Leonardo da Vinci,whose sexuality was later the subject of Sigmund Freud's study.
Rebecca Suzanne Hornbrook is an atmospheric chemist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). She currently holds the position of Project Scientist II while also belonging to a variety of groups based out of NCAR,UCAR,and NASA. She is notable for her work as one of the leading experts in Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) while possessing an interest in air quality,biosphere-atmosphere interactions,chemical kinetics,and photochemistry.
Maura E. Hagan is a Professor Emeritus of Physics and a former Dean of the College of Science at Utah State University. She is a Fellow of both the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union,and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.
Emily V. Fischer is an atmospheric chemist and an associate professor in the department of atmospheric science at Colorado State University. She earned notoriety from her work on the WE-CAN project and on PAN,specifically its role in changing the distribution of oxidants in the troposphere. She has received many honors including the prestigious James B. Macelwane Medal which is "given annually to three to five early career scientists in recognition of their significant contributions to Earth and space science." Fischer is also a role model and activist in galvanizing support for women in STEM fields.
Anita Marshall is an American geoscience education researcher and disability activist. She is known for her research on and personal experience with disability in geology.
Makenzie Lystrup is an American planetary scientist and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of SPIE,best known as a prominent voice in civil space projects and science policy. Lystrup is the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center. She has previously served as the vice president and general manager for civil space at Ball Aerospace.
Nicole Marie Lloyd-Ronning is an American computational astrophysicist specializing in gamma-ray bursts and the deaths of massive stars as a researcher at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and lecturer at University of New Mexico–Los Alamos. She is also known for her work in science popularization,as the author of the book Great Mysteries in Astrophysics,as a scientist ambassador for the Bradbury Science Museum,and in youth outreach programs,especially for young people from indigenous groups in the American southwest.
Wendy F. K’ah Skaahluwaa Todd is an American geomicrobiologist known for her work to increase Native American representation in STEM field. She is Alaska Native Haida and holds the position of Professor of Indigenous Studies and Occupational Endorsement at the University of Alaska Southeast.
