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Holly Bartholomew, Ph.D., is an ORISE fellow alum who participated in research with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Bartholomew and her team conducted research on Penicillium expansum, the cause for blue mold decay in pome fruit, with the aim to combat the fungus, avoid fungicide resistance and reduce the economic losses of food waste.
Three alumni of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program discuss their time in the Fellowship on a recent episode of the ORISE Featurecast. John Galisky, Chris Wright and Kelly McCarthy participated in the development of the five-year strategy for STEM education, an effort to strengthen the government’s commitment in the STEM education ecosystem.
ORISE’s REAC/TS recently hosted a delegation from the Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority. The Japanese delegation spent a full day at ORNL before coming to the REAC/TS Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory, where they were given a briefing by Dr. Carol Iddins and Dr. Adayabalam Balajee on the role of REAC/TS and the CBL, respectively.
In this episode, host Michael Holtz and guest co-host Amy Szczepanski talk to Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows who spent their fellowship time on Capitol Hill. Steve Robinson, a 2005 Fellow, Jacquelyn Southerland (2023-24),…
The AEF Program is an opportunity for accomplished K-12 STEM educators to serve in national educational arenas in Washington, D.C. Amara Alexander, an alumnus of the AEF who was placed at the Library of Congress during her time in the program. Alexander and Kelsey Beeghly, a class of 2023-24 AEF Fellow who was also at the Library of Congress, recently completed an interview together for the ORISE Featurecast in which they discussed their experiences.
As a participant in the Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Program, Amalia Parra investigates gene networks in Drosophila melanogaster to enhance U.S. national security through improved threat detection and mitigation.
Jonathan Blutinger, Ph.D., an ORISE postdoctoral fellow at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center, has been named the winner of the 2024 ORISE Ignite Off! competition.
The Lake Guardian, the largest research vessel owned by the Environmental Protection Agency, is a hub of research and science on the Great Lakes. Two ORISE participants—Isabel Dunn and Suse LaGory—recently completed an interview on the ORISE Featurecast about what it’s like to live and conduct research on this vessel.
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The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is available on several social networks to help you stay connected. Whether you’re interested in STEM education, peer review, health studies, or environmental assessments, you can follow ORISE as we support the U.S. Department of Energy’s objective to create scientific and innovative solutions to meet the nation’s energy and environmental challenges.
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