Emily Cobabe-Ammann

Emily CoBabe-Ammann
Fields Earth science
Science education
Institutions University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Emily A. CoBabe & Associates, Inc.
University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
The Climate Strategies Group
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
Harvard University
Doctoral advisor Stephen Jay Gould

Dr. Emily CoBabe-Ammann is an earth scientist and an expert strategist in science and education initiatives. She used to be the Director of the UCAR Community Programs at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. She is a Partner at the Climate Strategies Group.

Education

CoBabe-Ammann did her undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and went on to get her Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University in 1991. She did postdoctoral work at the University of Bristol in England, the University of North Carolina, and Indiana University.

Career

After her postdoctoral positions, CoBabe-Ammann spent five years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a member of the faculty in the geosciences department. She then joined the science and math team at Mid-Continent Research on Education and Learning (McREL), then she began consulting work with science education centers, including the Science Education Center at the Medical Center of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. From 2003 to 2009, she was the head of communications and outreach at the University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics where she helped build the third largest education and public outreach program, outside of NASA centers.[1] From 2009 to 2013, she was the executive director of Emily A. CoBabe & Associates, Inc., a science and STEM education planning, management, and research company located in Boulder, Colorado. From 2013 to 2015, she was the Director of UCAR Community Programs at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).,[2] where she managed a $45M portfolio of education, training, data, and satellite programs. She is a Partner at the Climate Strategies Group, working on models for collective impact frameworks and participatory monitoring and evaluation for regional and national climate service efforts.

References

  1. ↑ Nieber, Susan, February 7, 2011, “Emily CoBabe-Ammann: Sometimes the path isn’t what you expect!”
  2. ↑ A New Leader for UCP: Emily CoBabe-Ammann Sees Potential and Promise Ahead

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