Twenty-one newly named “Google Science Communication Fellows”, early to mid-career Ph.D. scientists nominated by their peers in science-based organizations nationwide, are embarking on an effort to “foster a more open, transparent, and accessible scientific dialogue” focusing initially on climate change.
“We’ve started a new effort aimed at inspiring pioneering use of technology, new media, and computational thinking in the communication of science to diverse audiences,” according to a statement on the new effort.
The group is to meet in June at Google’s Mountain View, California, headquarters for a workshop involving training and “facilitated brainstorming” on technology and science communication.
The 21 individuals named as the initial Google Science Communication Fellows, listed alphabetically:
- Brendan Bohannan, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, University of Oregon
- Edward Brook, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University
- Julia Cole, Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
- Eugene Cordero, Associate Professor, Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose University
- Frank Davis, Professor, Landscape Ecology & Conservation Planning, University of California-Santa Barbara
- Andrew Dessler, Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
- Noah Diffenbaugh, Assistant Professor, Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University
- Simon Donner, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
- Nicole Heller, Research Scientist, Climate Central
- Brian Helmuth, Professor, Biological Sciences, University South Carolina
- Paul Higgins, Associate Director, Policy Program, American Meteorological Society
- Jonathan Koomey, Consulting Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
- David Lea, Professor, Earth Science, University of California-Santa Barbara
- Kelly Levin, Senior Research Associate, World Resources Institute
- David Lobel, Assistant Professor, Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University
- Edwin Maurer, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
- Susanne Moser, Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California-Santa Cruz
- Matthew Nisbet, Associate Professor, School of Communication, American University
- Rebecca Shaw, Director of Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, CA Chapter
- Whendee Silver, Professor, Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry, University of California-Berkeley
- Alan Townsend, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado