Emily A. CoBabe-Ammann
Director, UCAR Community Programs
3300 Mitchell Lane
Boulder, CO 80301
(303)497-8865
[email protected]
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Madison,
Wisconsin, B.S., honors candidate. (Degree date: December 1986)
Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge,
Massachusetts Ph.D. (Degree date: 1991)
University of Bristol, Department of Geological Sciences, Bristol, U.K.
NATO-NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. (1991 to 1992)
Indiana University, Department of Geological Sciences, Bloomington, Indiana.
Postdoctoral Fellow. (1992 to 1994)
Experience Summary
UCAR Community Programs, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Director. (April 2013 to present)
• Articulates the UCAR mission and strategic plans for the UCP’s 9
education, computing and scientist support services programs
• Establishes a strategic vision for UCP that includes increased collaboration
between programs, NCAR and UCAR institutions
• Partners with the UCAR President and Senior Advisor to secure new
business opportunities and revenues for UCP programs
• Oversees ~230 people and a budget of $50M annually
Emily A. CoBabe & Associates, Inc., Boulder, Colorado
Executive Director. (October 2009 to April 2013)
• Organizational/Leadership Consultant, Lunar and Planetary Institute’s
Education and Public Outreach Group
• Organizational/Leadership Consultant, University of
California-Berkeley’s Center for Science Education
• Lead, Lunar Science Education Vision, NASA Lunar Science Institute
• Higher Education Lead, NASA SMD Planetary Education Forum
• Higher Education Lead, NASA SMD Heliophysics Education Forum
• Lead, Sun To Mud, a community-based solar and space physics
undergraduate education program
• Developer and Manager, EarthSpace, a higher education clearinghouse in
space and earth sciences, launched in 2012. (www.lpi.usra.edu/earthspace)
• Lead, NASA SMD Higher Education Working Group
• Formal and Informal Education Lead, NASA Juno Mission to Jupiter
• Lead, NASA SMD Planetary Engineering Education Task Force
• Founder and Former Chair, AGU Planetary Education Working Group
• Education Editor, Astrobiology
• Member and Education Advisor, Commercial Space Federation and its
Suborbital Applications Researchers Group
• Education Lead, Purdue University’s International Space Station National
Lab Education Project
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Head, Office of Communication and Outreach. (February 2003 to September 2010)
• Education and Public Outreach Lead for the CU Center for
Astrobiology, MAVEN, the Space Weather Education Group, and Project
SPECTRA!, and member of the EPO teams for TIMED, New Horizons’
Student Dust Counter, SDO/EVE and MMS.
• Strategic Lead, lead initial LASP and CU efforts to propose for the
National Solar Observatory, coordinating across the Boulder Solar Alliance
[BSA] (including CU, NCAR/HAO, NOAA/SWPC, SwRI, CORA)
[Worked continued by Dr. Mark Rast after Fall, 2010, resulting in a
successful NSF bid in 2012]
• PI and Lead, CU-based REU program in solar and space physics,
supported by the Boulder Solar Alliance.
• Chair, NASA SMD E/PO Management Operations Working Group
(1/1/08 to 9/01/08).
• Co-Chair, NASA Science Definition Team on Student Collaborations.
(1/1/07 to 6/1/08)
• Developer/Facilitator: Professional Development Workshops for
Scientists: Strategic Career Planning, Grant writing, Public Speaking
• E/PO representative to NAI Executive Council
• E/PO lead for the Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY)
• Founder and Chair: AGU Planetary E/PO Working Group
• Member, NASA Astrobiology, AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy E/PO
Working Group, NASA Solar System Exploration, Sun-Earth Connection
and Origins Education Forum, Space Science Institute Regional Council.
• Panelist, NRC Panel on Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National
Vision for Space Exploration
Center for Science Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Senior Science Education Consultant. (March 2001 to June 2003)
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, Eisenhower Consortium, Aurora,
Colorado. Consultant. (August 2001 to June 2003)
University of Colorado, Continuing Education, Boulder, CO
Distance Learning Faculty. (August 2000 to August 2003)
University of Massachusetts, Department of Geosciences, Amherst, MA.
Assistant Professor/Head of the Biogeochemistry Laboratory. (September
1994 to January 2000)
Paleontological Society. Distinguished Lecturer. (1998 to 2001)
Geology. Associate Editor. (January 1996 to December 2001)
National Science Foundation. Washington, D.C. Panel Member. (1993 to present)
Selected panels included:
EHR- Teacher Enhancement
EAR-Geology/Paleontology
EAR-Geobiology of Critical Issues
Life in Extreme Environments Workshop
DEB-Research Collections in Systematics
Mars Rock: Special Research Opportunity
Research Experience for Undergraduates programs
Department of Energy, Deep Subsurface Microbiology Program. Science Consultant.
(1994-1995)
Publications
Shipp, S.S., S. Buxner, E. A. CoBabe-Ammann, H. Dalton, L. Bleacher, D. Scalice. 2012. Avenues for Scientist Involvement in Planetary Science Education and Public Outreach. (Invited) AGU National Meeting.
Peticolas, L.M., L. M. Bartolone, E. A. CoBabe-Ammann, R. Paglierieni, B. J. Mendez, M. Nichols, H. Davis, N. Ali. 2012. Learn about effective collaboration processes, tools and outcomes for science education professionals and scientists: NASA’s Heliophysics Science Education and Public Outreach Forums. AGU National Meeting.
Dalton, H., E.A. CoBabe-Ammann, S.S. Shipp. 2012. EarthSpace: The Higher Education Clearinghouse for Earth and Space Science. AGU National Meeting.
Buxner, S. E.A., CoBabe-Ammann, B. Hsu, M. Sharma, L.M. Peticolas, T.G. Schwerin, S.S. Shipp, D. Smith. 2012. NASA SMD’s Cross-Forum Resources for Supporting Scientist Engagement in Education and Public Outreach Activities. AGU National Meeting. CoBabe-Ammann, E.A., S.S. Shipp. 2012. The Lunar Science Education Vision: A Community
Roadmap 2012-2017. Prepared for the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
CoBabe-Ammann, E.A., S.S. Shipp, H. Dalton. 2012. EarthSpace: The Higher Education Clearinghouse for Earth and Space Science. AAS/DPS National Meeting.
Shipp, S.S., S. Buxner, H. Dalton, E. CoBabe-Ammann, D. Boonstra, R. Ristvey, E. Halligan. Et al. Planetary Science Education and Public Outreach: How Scientists Can Get Involved! LPSC National Meeting.
CoBabe-Ammann, E.A., S.S. Shipp, H. Dalton. 2012. EarthSpace: The Higher Education Clearinghouse for Earth and Space Science. LPSC National Meeting.
CoBabe-Ammann, E.A.; S. S. Shipp; H. Dalton 2011. The Higher Education Clearinghouse for Space Sciences. AGU National Meeting
CoBabe-Ammann, E.A., S. S. Shipp. 2010. The Lunar Science Education Vision: Bringing the Moon to All of us! AGU National Meeting.
Snow, M.A., E.L. Wood, E.A. CoBabe-Ammann, D.N. Baker, S. Renfrow. 2010. The Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Solar and Space Physics at the University of Colorado. AGU National Meeting.
CoBabe-Ammann, Wood, E.L. 2009. Creating the EPO Quilt: Using small money to sustain large programs. AGU National Meeting.
Wood, E.L., CoBabe-Ammann, E.A., 2009. Dancing Lights: Creating the Aurora Story. AGU National Meeting.
CoBabe-Ammann, E.A. 2009. Uniting Science and Literacy: A Win for All. AGU National Meeting. Wessen, A.S. E.A. CoBabe-Ammann. 2009. Connecting Science and Literacy in the Classroom: Using
Space and Earth Science to Support Language Arts. AGU National Meeting.
CoBabe-Ammann, S. A. Stockman, and E. Wood. 2008. Facebook and Edublogs and Twitter, Oh My! Using Social Media to Connect Scientists to the Public. AGU National Meeting. Wood, E. and E. CoBabe-Ammann. 2008. The Space Weather Compendium: Trials and
Tribulations to Aligning Existing Lessons with the National Standards. AGU National Meeting.
Gross, N., E. CoBabe-Ammann, and M. McCaffrey. 2008. A Community-Based Approach to Developing a Solar and Space Physics Education Literacy Framework. AGU National Meeting.
CoBabe-Ammann, E.A., D. Klumpar et al. 2008. Final Report of the NASA Program Definition Team for Student Collaborations. Prepared for NASA Science Mission Directorate. CoBabe-Ammann, E. and B. Jakosky. 2007. Professional development workshops for the media:
A model for engaging scientists and journalists in earth and space sciences. AGU National Meeting.
Possel, T., CoBabe-Ammann, E., Wood, E., Becker, K. 2007. Colorado Lights: Exploring the Sun-Earth Connection through Art and Writing. AGU National Meeting.
Murphy, N., CoBabe-Ammann, E., Wood, E. 2007. Project SPECTRA! Phase II: Developing Solar System Exploration Data Stories AGU National Meeting.
Wood, E., Marks, N., CoBabe-Ammann, E., Harvey, L. 2007. The LASP Climate Change Compendium: Looking at Climate Change at the Poles for IPY. AGU National Meeting. CoBabe-Ammann, E. and P. Fox. 2006 The plague of too much data? Challenges and
opportunities for using virtual observatories in the classroom.. AGU National Meeting. CoBabe-Ammann, E. and P. Fox. 2006. Connecting Virtual Observatories to the Classroom: The
Non-specialist use Case. EGU meeting, Vienna.
Becker, K., CoBabe-Ammann, E., Wood, E., Sullivan, J. 2006. Collecting Solar System Data Stories for Project SPECTRA!: A Spectroscopic Exploration of the Planets. AGU National Meeting.
CoBabe-Ammann, E. 2005. Thinking like a Teacher: How to connect Virtual Observatories to the Classroom (and Why you should want to). AGU National Meeting.
Becker, K., E. CoBabe-Ammann and M. Triplett. 2005. Project SPECTRA! A New Program Focusing on Science, Math and Engineering in Middle Schools and High School, AGU National Meeting.
Fox, P., E. CoBabe-Ammann, D. Middleton and D. McGuinness. 2005. Scientific Virtual Observatories Working for Education? AGU National Meeting.
Nelson, G. and E. CoBabe-Ammann. 2004. The Colorado MESA Program and CU-LASP: A Model for After School Program/Research Institution Collaboratives AGU National Meeting.
CoBabe, E.A. 2002. Career-long teacher development: A research-based model for in-service science teachers. Report for the Center for Science Education.
CoBabe, E.A. 2002. Effectiveness of technology in education: A summary of current research. Report for the Center for Science Education.
CoBabe, E.A. 2002. Research-based assessment models for professional development schools. Report for the Center for Science Education.
CoBabe, E.A. 2002. Paving the Way: Evaluation of model teacher induction and mentoring programs and their impact on new teacher retention. Report for McREL.
Teaching, Training & Technology in Wisconsin Science Education: A Strategic Plan for 2001-2006. Strategic plan prepared for the Center for Science Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
CoBabe, E.A., K.R. Chamberlain, M.A. Ivie, and J.J. Giersch. 2002. A new insect and plant Lagerstätte from a Tertiary lake deposit along the Canyon Ferry Reservoir, southwestern Montana. Rocky Mountain Geology. 237:13-30.
CoBabe, E.A. 1999. Cholesterol: It’s not just for breakfast anymore (or the utility of biomarkers in paleontology). Palaios 14:127-129.
CoBabe, E.A and A. Ptak. 1999. In situ lipids in invertebrate skeletons: Records of dietary influences. Paleobiology 25:201-211.
Bralower, T.J., E. CoBabe, C. Osburn, B.E. Clement, and J. Longoria. 1999. Biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of Middle Cretaceous sequences in northeastern Mexico: Implications for global events. J. Foram. Res. 29:418-437.
communities using isotopic geochemistry. In: (R.D. Norris and R.M. Corfield, eds.) Isotope Paleobiology and Paleoecology. Paleontological Society Papers, 4:255-285. CoBabe, E.A. and L.M. Pratt. 1995. Molecular and isotopic compositions of lipids in bivalve
shells: A new prospect for molecular paleontology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59:87-95.
CoBabe, E.A. and W.D. Allmon. 1994. Effects of sampling on paleoecologic and taphonomic studies: An example from the Gosport Sand (Middle Eocene, Alabama). Lethaia 27:167-178.
Morris, P.J. and E.A. CoBabe. 1991. Cuvier meets Watson and Crick: the utility of molecules as classical homologies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 44:307-324.