Friday, April 29, 2016: MRL 2053 at 10 AM, Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin will speak on Diversity in Science:
From an international perspective, scientists benefit our globe by advancing our national competitiveness and solving problems in health, energy, and the environment. On the personal level, science offers a rewarding and desirable career. Thus, the low levels of diversity in science endangers our future competitiveness, as well as limits opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women to make socioeconomic progress. In my talk, I will draw upon both published data and my experiences to discuss why diversity matters, common barriers that women and underrepresented minorities face, and how we can all contribute to a future with greater participation in scientific research.
Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin is a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Molecular Foundry. She received her PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University and was a post-doctoral fellow working on synthetic biology at Harvard Medical School.