Featured Scientists

The ASC Curriculum uses research data from real scientists so that participating students can analyze data and interpret results just like the professionals do! Only, ASC searches for scientists and science professionals who represent the changing characteristics of America. Our featured scientists include women, minorities, early career scientists, graduate students, and faculty from minority serving institutions. They are highlighted here for their courage and determination in persisting in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, helping to change age-old perceptions of who an American scientist is.

Benita Bell

Benita Bell is the Co-Director
of the Minority Institute Astrobiology Collaborative... (Read more)

Michael Ceballos

Michael Ceballos After - serving three years as a Chemistry and Physics instructor at a tribal college
in western...
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Kim Davis

Kim Davis works as assistant director for Programs and Outreach for the University of Tennessee...
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Maria Rivera

Maria Rivera is a molecular biologist at the Center for the Study of Biological Complexity...
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LaTasha Taylor

LaTasha Taylor was accepted for
an international astrobiology internship in Madrid, Spain...
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Dr. Susan Pfiffner

Dr. Susan Pfiffner is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology...
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Don Walter

Don Walter is the Physics Program Coordinator for the Center for NASA Research...
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Todd Gary

Todd Gary is the Director of the Institute of Understanding Biological Systems (IUBS)...
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