Bobbye Smith: Leading East Bay Students into the World of Marine Science
March 2022 Bobbye Smith joined the CRS Community in 2011. A former Marine Biologist and Ecotoxicologist, she worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before retiring in 2008. She currently volunteers teaching science at Cragmont Elementary School. We spoke with her to learn about why science in the classroom is important for her and the students she teaches. How did […]
Emily King: Chasing the Wonder of Science from Sea to Land
March 2021 This spring, we interviewed Emily King, PhD student in Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. Emily has been volunteering with BASIS and as a Science Ambassador for the past three years and was selected as an Inspiration Honoree for the 200,000 Students Inspired Celebration in May 2021. What led you to pursue a PhD in Integrative Biology? I study […]
Julie Self: a Vision Scientist Helping Students Envision Themselves in Science
April 2021 Julie Self is a second year Vision Science PhD student with a background in neuroscience. This spring, she was selected as an Inspiration Honoree for the 200,000 Students Inspired Celebration in May 2021. How did you become involved with CRS? One of the members of our program started a lesson Eye See It to teach students about the […]
Anna D’Alessio: Teaching the Science of Problem Solving
April 2021 Anna has been involved with CRS since she was a BASIS volunteer in graduate school at Cal 7 years ago and is currently working with the Science Ambassador and Storytime Science programs. She was selected as an Inspiration Honoree for the 200,000 Students Inspired Celebration in May 2021. What inspired you to pursue your current position? I was […]
Carol Mirenda: STEM Connections through a 5th Grade Lens
April 2021 Carol Mirenda joined the CRS community in July 2020. A retired scientist in molecular and cellular biology fields, Carol’s background spans both academia and the private sector. This spring, Carol was selected as an Inspiration Honoree for 200,000 Students Inspired Celebration in May 2021 for her work during the pandemic. Who or what inspired you to do biology […]