1. Commonalities of all career pathway selections
EACH PENTAGON is in turn clickable, leading to the program offerings of each.
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Cornell
BEST
Program
Science
Policy
Governance,
Risk &
Compliance
Industry,
Entrepreneurship
& Management
Communication
Mentoring
Rethinking training for Cornell
STEM graduate students &
postdoctoral scholars
Why?
Because a majority of us will end up working outside
academia. It’s time to rethink, retrain and
be ready for tomorrow’s careers.
Contact:
Susi Sturzenegger Varvayanis
Senior Director
BEST Program: Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training
Graduate Research & Education
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
S3-018 Schurman / 325 Caldwell Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607.253.4304
sv27@cornell.edu
Sharing BEST practices
A nationwide consortium
Cornell
BEST Program
Broadening Experiences
in
Scientific Training
www.BEST.cornell.edu
Funded by the National Institutes of Health

2. Many of the skills you will acquire in the
BEST program will also help you in an
academic career of your choice. Science
Communication and Management knowledge
for instance can help you run your academic
laboratory and convince funding agencies.
Opportunity pathways BEST Program
Science Communication
Scientific writing, editing and media skills
- weekend science communication workshop
- coursework in journalism; intern with the Chronicle
- write a press release, develop a podcast or blog
Science policy
Learn how policy is created
- externship in Albany
- prepare and pitch a bill for congressional consideration
- take a course in science policy
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Industry, Entrepreneurship &
Management
- leadership & management courses
- invite and interact with industry speakers
- internship with a life sciences startup
- develop the commercial aspects of your technology
Mentoring
Program recruits are assigned a mutually agreeable
BEST mentor from the field of their career aspiration
who will meet with trainees regularly and help them
navigate the program and succeed in their career of
choice.
Flexibility
Trainees can opt for a single pathway (through workshops,
courses, customized externships/internships) and/or
sample each of the pathways in less detail (primarily
through lectures). Trainee initiated project experiences
are encouraged, subject to program staff approval and
available funding.
Metrics for success
Points will be assigned for participation in each
experience and an attestation certificate will be awarded
to trainees who obtain sufficient points. Evaluation of
the program will be extensive, to increase program
effectiveness, and to gauge the effect on the scientific
careers of trainees in the long and medium terms.
Trainees participate in long-term impact studies.
Academic Research:
Learn how to assess bio- or agroterrorism risk
- externship with the FDA or CDC over spring break
- visit biocontainment facilities & learn how they’re run
- workshops on quality assurance, good lab practices

3. Agenda March 18, 2014:
Susi came to Cornell in 1988
and is currently Senior Director
for Cornell’s Broadening
Experiences in Scientific
Training, or BEST program.
Previously, she was Business
Development Officer at the
Institute of Biotechnology and
liaison to the McGovern Center
for Venture Development in the
Life Sciences, the on-campus business incubator, where she
helped fill the pipeline of early stage technologies and
entrepreneurs emanating from the university.
Since 2009, Susi was the host city coordinator for the statewide
Pre-Seed Workshop (PSW) to evaluate high tech ideas for
commercial potential. She launched the PSW in Switzerland
while she was Chief Operating Officer for a Swiss NSF Center
for Research Excellence bringing together the fields of
chemistry and biology. While there she also had responsibility
for technology transfer, science communication, advancement
of women in science, and education and training efforts.
At Cornell, Susi managed for six years the prestigious
University-wide Presidential Life Science Fellowship (PLSF)
program for first year graduate students, and the Center for
Advanced Technology (CAT) NYSTAR awards for ten years.
Prior to Cornell, Susi worked in the NIH lab of Robert Gallo on
retroviruses, and for Biotech Research Laboratories, Inc., a
Maryland startup. She has co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed
publications in cancer cell biology. Her past includes managing
a flow cytometry laboratory, and teaching at an international
boys’ school in Switzerland. Susi earned a BA in Biological
Sciences and French from Mount Holyoke College, and an MS
in Microbiology & Immunology from Georgetown University.
8 Opening Welcome and Overview of the BEST Program
Joel Baines, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate
Education, James Law Professor of Virology at Cornell
8:15 Science Communication moderated by
Bruce Lewenstein, Professor of Communication, Cornell
Jon Miller, Homelands Productions (radio production co.)
Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences, NRC
Robert Ross, Paleontological Research Institute, MoE
9 Governance, Risk & Compliance moderated by
Alfonso Torres, Professor & Associate Dean for Public
Policy, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine
Philip Pellett, Wayne State University (formerly CDC)
Randy Clower, Phillips Lytle (intellectual property law firm)
9:45 Science Policy moderated by
Chris Schaffer, Associate Professor, Biomedical
Engineering, Cornell University
Michal Freedhoff, Director of Oversight & Investigations,
Office of Senator Edward J. Markey, United States Senate
Jimmy O’Dea, Postdoctoral Scholar Dept. Chemistry &
Chemical Biology, Cornell University
10:30 Industry, Entrepreneurship & Management
Susi Varvayanis, Sr. Director BEST Program, moderator
John Parker, The Baker Institute, Cornell University
Mindy Bickel, USPTO
Adam Fisher, Glycobia, Inc.
Cameron Bardliving, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of
Food Science, Cornell University (& NSF I-CORPS)
11:15 Plenary speaker:
Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences
12 Networking Lunch
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Susi Varvayanis, Senior Director, Cornell BEST Program

4. Dr. Baines is the James Law Professor
of Virology in the Department of
Microbiology and Immunology and has
been associated with the department
since 1993. He received a bachelor's
degree in Microbiology from Kansas
State University in 1979 and received
the VMD degree from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1983. He then received
his PhD from Cornell University in 1988
studying the molecular virology of feline
coronaviruses. He obtained
postdoctoral training at the University of
Chicago in the laboratory of Dr. Bernard Roizman studying the
molecular virology of herpes simplex virus replication. He has
been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1995 to
study herpes simplex virus assembly.
Cornell was recently awarded a $1.8 million, five-year grant from
the National Institutes of Health to give graduate students and
post-doctoral scholars at Cornell University new opportunities
for exploring both traditional and nontraditional career options.
The Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST)
program will provide information, internships, and other
resources to prepare students for careers in industry,
government, and communication in addition to traditional
academic careers. Baines, along with Chris Schaffer and John
Parker are Principle Investigators. Thanks to additional support
from the Graduate School, CALS, and the College of
Engineering, the BEST Program will be able to support science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students
whose participation would not otherwise be supported through
NIH eligibility.
Joel Baines, Associate Dean of Graduate Research and
Education and the James Law Professor of Virology at the
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and
Director of the BEST Program
Speaker Biographies:
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Alfonso Torres, Associate Dean for Public Policy at
the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Dr. Torres
holds a DVM from the National University
of Colombia. He also has an MS in
veterinary pathology from the University of
Nebraska, and a doctorate in medical
microbiology, specializing in virology, from
the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Dr. Torres served as Deputy Administrator
of USDA-APHIS-Veterinary Services from
1999-2002. In that capacity he was also
the United States’ Chief Veterinary Officer
and the US delegate to the World
Organization for Animal Health-OIE. From
1996-1999, Dr. Torres was the Director of the Plum Island Animal
disease Center (PIADC) on Plum Island, NY. While at PIADC he also
served as chief of USDA’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory (FADDL) from 1994 to 1996.
Prior to serving at the USDA, he worked for SmithKline Beecham
Animal Health from 1987 to 1991. Dr. Torres served as an Associate
Professor of virology at Cornell from 1983 until 1987, and held a
similar position at the University of Nebraska from 1978 through 1983.
Dr. Torres returned to Cornell in 2002 as professor and Associate
Dean for Public Policy. He coordinates all government relations and
international programs for the College of Veterinary Medicine and
supervises the College biosafety program. He teaches the
Transboundary and Emerging Animal Disease course and coordinates
the USDA- funded “Smith-Kilborne Foreign Animal Disease Program”
that brings annually one vet student from all US colleges to Cornell
and to PIADC.
Much of his work in animal health and wildlife conservation involves
policy development and implementation. He is particularly interested in
transboundary animal diseases with the capacity of crossing between
wild animal populations and domestic livestock populations. Some of
these diseases are highly contagious, and some are zoonotic.
Dr.Torres teaches disease surveillance, detection, diagnosis and
control through USDA-sponsored courses for students or practicing
veterinarians. His teaching efforts extend through domestic and
international training workshops and seminars that are occasionally
held for professionals and students interested in transboundary and
emerging animal diseases.

5. Martin Storksdieck oversees studies that
address a wide range of issues related
to science education (e.g., climate
change education, science learning from
games and simulations, developing a
conceptual framework for new science
education standards, discipline-based
education research). Storksdieck
previously served as director of project
development and as senior researcher
at the not-for-profit Institute for Learning
Innovation, where he was involved in
research on science learning in immersive environments; models
of involving researchers and scientists in science museums and
science centers; and understanding the impact of science
hobbyists, such as amateur astronomers, on the public
understanding of science. His areas of interest include factors that
influence what and how we learn when we do so voluntarily, and
how this “learning” is connected to our behaviors, identities, and
beliefs. This includes the role of personal and perceptual filters in
science learning, particularly related to controversial topics such
as climate change or evolution, and how connections between
schools and out-of-school learning can create and sustain lifelong
interest in (science) learning.
Before his involvement in science education and learning
research, Storksdieck developed shows and programs on global
environmental change for a planetarium in Germany; served as
editor, host, and producer for a weekly environmental news
broadcast; and worked on local environmental management
systems and sustainability for the International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives’ European office. Storksdieck holds a
master’s in biology from the Albert-Ludwigs University (Freiburg,
Germany), a master’s in public administration from Harvard
University, and a Ph.D. in education from Leuphana University
(Lüneburg, Germany).
Martin Storksdieck, Director of the Board on
Science Education at the National Research Council of the
National Academy of Sciences
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Mindy Bickel, Innovation and Outreach Coordinator for
the NY Region, United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO)
Ms. Bickel received her undergraduate
degree in chemistry from Bryn Mawr
College. She also received an M.A.,
M.Phil. and Ph.D. in biophysical
inorganic chemistry from Columbia
University. Prior to her current role she
managed the Patents Ombudsman
Program that serves as a resource for
patent applicants, agents and
attorneys and served as the program
administrator since 2010. During 2012,
Ms. Bickel served on a three-month detail to SelectUSA, a White
House jobs creation initiative, where she assisted in formalizing their
ombudsman program and function.
Ms. Bickel has also coordinated and conducted university outreach
and partnership efforts for the US Patent and Trademark Office since
2007. As chief of staff to the commissioner for patents, she was
responsible for oversight of the Office of the Commissioner for
Patents, the independent inventor programs, and coordination of
speaking requests and tours received by the patents organization.
She also assisted the commissioner with his daily schedule and
business area operations. Previously, Ms. Bickel was part of a team
responsible for developing and implementing the USPTO Patent
Training Academy, a program designed to train 1,200 new patent
examiners each year in an eight-month training program.
Ms. Bickel began her career at the USPTO in 1989 as a patent
examiner in the biotechnology area and became a supervisory patent
examiner in 1995. In the Search and Information Resources
Administration (SIRA), she was responsible for training programs for
examiners and technical support staff, customer outreach for the
electronic business center.
Throughout her career, Ms. Bickel has received numerous awards
including the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for
examination and supervisory accomplishments; a Silver Medal for
improvements in customer service and a Hammer Award from Vice
President Gore in 1999 for work in establishing a new customer
outreach program in the biotechnology group.

6. Dr. Clower focuses his
practice in the area of
intellectual property where he
possesses a breadth of
experience concerning
worldwide patent
procurement, including
prosecuting and preparing
patent applications in the life
sciences. He is also
experienced in drafting non-
infringement/invalidity opinions, FTO assessments, and
patentability evaluations for universities, startup companies
and FORTUNE® 500 clients.
Prior to joining Phillips Lytle LLP, Dr. Clower was an associate
at Foley and Lardner, LLP. He also previously assisted the
University at Buffalo technology transfer office by drafting
patentability assessments. Dr. Clower holds a doctorate in
molecular biology and was a recipient of the NIH Pre-
Doctorate Training Grant Fellowship for microbial
pathogenesis during his graduate education. He earned his
bachelors degree in recombinant gene technology with a minor
in chemistry.
Frequently engaged with the Western New York community,
Randy allocates time to volunteering as IP counsel with local
Pre-Seed Workshops and business plan competitions, while
also lecturing about the changing patent law landscape. Dr.
Clower has been a “featured author” on JD Supra (June and
July 2013), drafted articles and comments for
IPWatchdog.com, Law 360, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise,
Journal of Virology, and Virology.
Randolph V. Clower, Attorney at Phillips Lytle LLP
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Chris Schaffer’s research
focuses on the use of optical
tools for observation and
manipulation of in vivo biological
systems. Chris received his
undergraduate degree in
physics from the University of
Florida and his Ph.D. in physics
from Harvard University, where
he worked with Eric Mazur. His
focus on in vivo biology began
as a post-doc at the University of California, San Diego, while
working with David Kleinfeld in the Physics and Neuroscience
programs. His lab at Cornell develops advanced optical
techniques that enable quantitative imaging and targeted
manipulation of individual cells in the central nervous system
of rodents with the goal of identifying interactions among cells
that cause neurological disease. In particular, the lab utilizes
nonlinear optical interactions between femtosecond-duration
laser pulses and biological tissue to selectively ablate sub-
micrometer scale structures. This technology is applied to the
study of biological processes in native environments and the
development of animal models of disease states. One area of
current focus is the role of brain blood flow disruptions in the
development of Alzheimer's disease.
Prof. Schaffer is also active in developing novel educational
strategies to teach science as a dynamic process for
discovery. These approaches are used in outreach settings in
middle and high-school science classes as well as in his
undergraduate and graduate level courses. Chris also has a
strong interest in science policy and spent a sabbatical in
Washington, DC, working as a science policy advisor for
Representative Edward Markey in the United States
Congress.
Chris B. Schaffer, Associate Professor, Department of
Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

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Dr. Fisher is an entrepreneurial
scientist and graduate of Cornell
University (Ph.D. 2008, Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering).
He is the co-author of over a
dozen peer-reviewed publications
in the fields of protein engineering
and glycobiology. His thesis
research culminated in the
exclusive licensing of the resulting
patents, reported in Genetic
Engineering & Biotechnology News. In recognition he was
awarded the Merck Student Award at the international ECI
BioChe XIV conference in 2005 and the Austin Hooey
Prize in 2008, the highest student honor of the Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering Department at Cornell
University. He then co-founded a startup company,
Glycobia, Inc., to produce therapeutic glycoproteins in E.
coli.
Since, Glycobia was selected as a semi-finalist in New
York’s Creative Core Emerging Business Plan Competition
– one of the largest private business plan competitions in
the country - and as the first resident of the McGovern
Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences at
Cornell University.
Dr. Fisher is currently the Chief Science Officer of Glycobia
and the Principal Investigator on small business grants
totaling $5 million awarded to Glycobia. Dr. Fisher is an
avid supporter of entrepreneurship and scientific creativity.
Adam Fisher, Founder, Chief Science Officer, and
Director of Research & Development, Glycobia Inc.
Robert Ross, Associate Director for Outreach
(education and exhibits) at the Paleontological Research
Institution (PRI) and its Museum of the Earth
Dr. Ross received his B.S. in
Geological Sciences from Case
Western Reserve University and a
Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences from Harvard University.
He spent two years as a post-
doctoral fellow at the University of
Kiel in Germany and four years in
the Faculty of Science at
Shizuoka University in Japan
before coming to PRI in 1997. At
PRI he is responsible for the education and exhibits programs
and oversees a wide variety of grant-funded projects.
Dr. Ross's primary scientific research interests include
Paleontology, sedimentology, and paleoceanography. He
focuses on the diversification and distribution of life in the context
of interactions of climate, ocean, and tectonic dynamics, e.g.,
using late Cenozoic ostracodes from the Indo-Pacific.
Additionally, he studies the influence of biotas upon aquatic
chemistry, climate, and sedimentation, e.g., using computer
simulation of coastal ecosystems and field/experimental studies
of animal-sediment relationships. Finally, he researches the
nature of faunal taxonomic change through time and space, e.g.,
using Middle Devonian marine faunas of Central NY.
As an educator, Dr. Ross's education research includes Earth
system education, informal science education, and educator
professional development. He studies the integration of authentic
research into education contexts to improve interest in and
understanding of scientific inquiries and the integration of
activities using place-based real-world to improve long-term
interest in and understanding of natural science. He also focuses
on approaches to improving understanding of historical sciences
and systems thinking, and applications to important core science
education issues (geologic time, evolutionary processes, climate
change).

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Philip E. Pellett, Professor, Department of Immunology
and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Dr. Pellett has led a diverse
range of scientific projects and
programs, including large-scale
epidemiology studies, studies of
virus genome structure and
genetic content, diagnostic
assay development, virus
immunobiology, and molecular
aspects of the cell-virus
interaction. His research is
aimed at understanding the
biology of human herpesviruses
and improving clinical outcomes
of herpesvirus infections. He
earned his Ph.D. in the laboratory of Dr. Bernard Roizman at the
University of Chicago in 1986. He served as Chief of the
Herpesvirus Section at the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention from 1986 until 2003, and was Director of Herpesvirus
Translational and Basic Research at the Cleveland Clinic prior to
joining Wayne State University in2007.
Of the human herpesviruses, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has
the greatest clinical impact. HMCV is a leading cause of
congenitally acquired mental retardation and deafness, is a major
pathogen in immunocompromised patients, and may contribute to
the development of atherosclerosis and other inflammation-linked
vascular diseases. Dr. Pellett’s lab is engaged in basic studies of
the molecular and cellular biology of HCMV, as well as in clinically
oriented translational research.
Dr. Pellett’s scientific community service includes prior service as
an Editor of Archives of Virology, active service on editorial boards
of three journals, two terms as Chair of the Herpesvirales Study
Group of the International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses,
contribution of chapters to multiple editions of widely used
reference books, and activity as a member of the scientific boards
of foundations involved in enhancing public awareness and
supporting research related to human herpesvirus infections.
Michal Ilana Freedhoff, Director of Oversight &
Investigations, Office of Senator Edward J. Markey (D‐MA),
United States Senate
Michal Freedhoff received her B.Sc.
in physical chemistry from McGill
University in 1991, and her Ph.D. in
physical chemistry from the University
of Rochester in 1995 (thesis title:
Quantum Confinement Effects on
Semiconductor Nanocrystals).
Michal has been a Congressional
staff member almost continuously
since 1996, when she was awarded a
Congressional Science and
Engineering fellowship and spent her
fellowship year working for Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) with
responsibility for nonproliferation, energy and environmental issues.
After her fellowship, she spent 2.5 years as Professional Democratic
Staff for the House Science Committee, with legislative and
oversight responsibility for civilian Department of Energy (DOE)
R&D, and intellectual property and other health, societal and
research issues associated with genomics.
In July 2001, she returned to work for then-Rep. Edward J. Markey
(D-MA), and has also staffed him on the Select Committee on
Energy Independence and Global Warming, the Energy and
Environment Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee.
Her legislative efforts include the fuel economy provisions in the
2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, laws to increase the
security of nuclear facilities and maritime cargo, the cash for
clunkers law, and a law requiring the creation of an online database
of dangerous consumer product safety defects. Her oversight work
has included investigations into the response to the BP oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico, the safety of nuclear reactors following the
Fukushima meltdowns, and efforts of electric utilities and
automakers to protect against cyber-attacks.

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Bruce V. Lewenstein, Professor of Science
Communication in the Departments of Communication and
Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
Bruce Lewenstein earned an A.B.,
general studies in the humanities in
1980 from the University of Chicago;
and a Ph.D., history and sociology of
science in 1987 from the University of
Pennsylvania. He works primarily on
the history of public communication of
science, with excursions into other
areas of science communication (such
as informal science education). He
has also been very active in
international activities that contribute to education and research on
public communication of science and technology, especially in the
developing world. In general, he tries to document the ways that
public communication of science is fundamental to the process of
producing reliable knowledge about the natural world. In 2013-2014,
he has been an advisor to the NSF-funded “#gradscicomm” project
looking at how science communication can be integrated in graduate
STEM education.
Among his major accomplishments, from 1998 to 2003, Lewenstein
was editor of the journal Public Understanding of Science. He was
co-chair of a U.S. National Research Council study, Learning Science
in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits, edited by
Philip Bell, Bruce Lewenstein, Andrew W. Shouse, and Michael A.
Feder (2009). In 2012, he was the first Presidential Fellow at the
Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia), where he worked on
issues of public engagement. He was elected a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2002, and
in 2011 served as chair of the AAAS’s section on societal implications
of science and engineering.
He is co-author of The Establishment of American Science: 150
Years of the AAAS (1999), editor of When Science Meets the Public
(available online at AAAS), and co-editor of Creating Connections:
Museums and the Public Understanding of Research (2004). He has
been an active evaluator of informal science education projects,
especially in areas of “citizen science”.
Dr. John Parker received his
veterinary degree from the
University of Glasgow in 1983
and his Ph.D. in virology from
Cornell University in 1999.
John worked for 9 years in
clinical practice as a
veterinarian from 1983 to 1993
in the UK and Australia. His
graduate studies at Cornell
focused on the cellular and
viral determinants of host
range. As a post-doc at Harvard Medical School, John
worked with Max Nibert on mammalian reoviruses in the
Department of Microbiology and Genetics. His current lab at
the Baker Institute for Animal Health studies the cell biology
of viral infection with a particular interest in how viruses
usurp normal cellular processes for virus replication. The lab
works with several viruses, but primarily uses mammalian
reoviruses (REOV) and feline caliciviruses (FCV). Current
areas of investigation include virus entry into cells (FCV),
virus interaction with the cellular translational machinery
(REOV), virus-induced programmed cell death or apoptosis
(REOV), virus assembly and cellular chaperones (REOV),
and virus effects on host translation.
Dr. Parker is the recipient of a Burroughs Welcome Fund
Investigatorship in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
and a Pfizer Award for Research Excellence. He served on
the council of the American Society for Virology as councilor
for Veterinary Virology from 2010 to 2013. He is currently
the Director of the Cornell Leadership Program for
Veterinary Students and the Director of two NIH training
grants.
John Parker, Associate Professor of Virology in the
Department of Microbiology and Immunology within the
College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University

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Jonathan Miller, Executive Director, Homelands
Productions
Jonathan Miller has reported
from Asia, Latin America,
Africa, Europe, and the USA
for NPR, BBC, CBC,
Marketplace, The World,
and PBS News Hour. His
writing has appeared in The
New Yorker, Condé Nast
Traveler, Parents, Christian
Science Monitor, and many
other publications.
Since 2006, he has been executive director of Homelands
Productions, an independent, nonprofit journalism
cooperative that specializes in public radio features and
documentaries.
Most recently, he directed the “Food for 9 Billion” project
about the global challenge of keeping ourselves fed at a
time of rapid social and environmental change. Before that
he produced “WORKING,” a series of audio profiles of
workers in the global economy, and “Worlds of Difference,”
exploring the responses of traditional societies to the
threats and opportunities of globalization. He lives in
Ithaca, New York.
Jimmy O'Dea’s research
focuses on mapping how
charge moves in materials at
the nanoscale. He has applied
this interest to investigate
charge motion in batteries, solar
cells, and fuel cells. At Cornell,
O'Dea has been involved in
campaigns to divest the
university's endowment from
holdings in fossil fuels and to
increase access to academic publications. O'Dea received his
Ph.D. in chemistry from UCSB and B.S. in chemistry from the
University of Puget Sound.
Jimmy O’Dea, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology (A&S) at Cornell University
Cameron Bardliving, Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Food Science (CALS) at Cornell University
Cameron Bardliving has a
doctoral degree in Biomedical
Engineering, focusing on
development of cGMP grade
cancer vaccine antigens for
phase I clinical trials on pilot
scale for the Ludwig Institute for
Cancer Research (LICR).
Other research focuses include
aptamer-sensor and molecularly
imprinted polymers based on polymer-gold nanoparticle
composite microspheres for the detection of pesticides using
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), Molecularly
Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) for targeted release of doxorubicin,
and high capacity and cost effective manufacture of
chloroperoxidase and Aspergillus niger.