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    Maya Wei-Haas

    Science writer, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.

    Maya Wei-Haas is currently a science writer for National Geographic. Prior to this position, she spent almost three years as an assistant editor for science and innovation at Smithsonian.com. She was responsible for the “Smart News” vertical, which covered breaking stories that put a Smithsonian lens on the world. In a former life, she was an academic and got her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in environmental chemistry. After graduate school, she was awarded a AAAS Mass Media Fellowship, which helped her make the jump from science to journalism. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from Smith College.

    Twitter: @WeiPoints

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    Rick Weiss

    SciLine/AAAS

    Weiss has more than three decades of experience in journalism and public affairs, including 15 years as a science reporter at the Washington Post and more than a decade leading strategic communications and media relations activities around issues of science and technology in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

    While at the Post, Weiss wrote more than 1,000 news and feature articles about advances in science and technology and their economic, societal, and ethical implications. His awards include the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting and the National Association of Science Writers' Science in Society Award.

    Weiss earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Cornell University and a master's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a license in medical technology with the American Society for Clinical Pathology. He lives in Takoma Park, Md., with his wife Natalie Angier, the New York Times science writer and author.

    Twitter: @rick_weiss

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    Rick Wessels

    Remote sensing geophysicist, Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, U.S. Geological Survey

    Rick Wessels leads the volcano remote sensing team for the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) which is cofunded by the USGS and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. VDAP responds to volcano crises in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa through both local and remote interactions with in-country volcano observatories. Wessels also leads the high-resolution remote sensing responses to U.S. volcanoes with his team at the USGS National Civil Applications Center (NCAC) in Reston, Va. He and his team monitor over 150 volcanoes around the globe using satellite remote sensing. Wessels and the NCAC team have been heavily involved in daily monitoring and mapping of the changes at the ongoing Kilauea Volcano eruption.

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    Christie Wilcox

    Editor/writer, SciShow, Port Angeles, Wash.

    Christie Wilcox, Ph.D., is a scientist turned award-winning science writer with a passion for sharing life's most compelling stories through any medium she can. She's currently an editor for the YouTube channel “SciShow” and a blogger for Discover magazine. Her critically acclaimed debut book, Venomous, was listed by Smithsonian magazine and Amazon as one of the best science books of 2016, and her freelance bylines include National Geographic, the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, and the Washington Post, among others.

    Twitter: @NerdyChristie
    Web: http://christiewilcox.com

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    Amber Williams

    Editor, The New York Times for Kids

    Amber Williams edits a new monthly Times section that mimics a newspaper—with National, International, Science, Arts pages and more—but is written just for kids. She started at The Times in January 2017; she spent her first year leading a small team of editors and designers that pulled together the second and third pages of the paper. Before entering the newspaper world, she worked as an assigning editor at magazines including Scientific American and Popular Science. She's a graduate of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting program at New York University, where she has returned several times to lead "how to pitch" workshops.

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    Lauren K. Wolf

    Executive editor, science, Chemical & Engineering News, Washington, D.C.

    Lauren Wolf is the science desk editor for Chemical & Engineering News. She manages more than 10 reporters and editors to produce must-read, -see, and -hear stories about the molecular world, including those about critter chemistry, space chemistry, nanotech, and more. Before coming to C&EN, Lauren burned things in a dark laser lab as a postdoc at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She lives and works in Washington, D.C., and she loves wine science, brain science, and bowling.

    Twitter: @laurenkwolf

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    Steve Wood

    Scientific director of neuroscience, Amgen

    During Lunch with a Scientist, Steve Wood will talk about discovering targets for once "undruggable" diseases.

    Registration is required (no charge). Limit: 80

    Steve Wood leads a team of scientists focused on discovering and developing therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases at Amgen. Over the last 25 years, his primary scientific focus has been Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Prior to joining Amgen, Wood worked at SmithKline Beecham, where he and colleagues helped elucidate the mechanisms of abnormal protein aggregation, a common pathology across numerous neurodegenerative disorders. Steve has led drug development programs at all stages, from basic discovery to early clinical development and is currently the head of Amgen’s Alzheimer’s Discovery Research group.

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  • Corinna Wu

    Senior editor, Chemical & Engineering News, Washington, D.C.

    Corinna Wu edits news and features for Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly magazine published by the American Chemical Society. C&EN covers all aspects of the molecular sciences and related fields, including research advances, business and policy trends, career issues, and more. Wu spent seven years as a freelancer prior to joining C&EN in 2013. She has a background in materials science and engineering and is a graduate of the science communication program at UC Santa Cruz.

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    Ashley Yeager

    Associate editor, The Scientist, Durham, N.C.

    Ashley Yeager is an associate editor at The Scientist. Previously, she worked as a freelance writer, editor and multimedia producer, and also at the Simons Foundation as a science writer, at Science News as a web producer and at Duke University as a writer and multimedia producer. She has an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee and a master's in science writing from MIT. She is currently co-chair of the education committee for the National Association of Science Writers.

    Twitter: @AshleyJYeager

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    Sarah Zielinski

    Managing editor, Science News for Students, Washington, D.C.

    Sarah Zielinski is a science writer and editor with more than a decade of experience covering a wide breadth of science, from astronomy to zoology. A former editor at Smithsonian magazine, she has been published in Scientific American, Discover, National Geographic News, Science and Slate. The winner of two DCSWA Science News Brief Awards, she has a B.A. in biological sciences from Cornell University and an M.A. in journalism through New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. In addition to her work as managing editor at Science News for Students, she writes the blog "Wild Things" at Science News.

    Twitter: @SarahZielinski

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    Ami Zota

    Assistant professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University

    Ami Zota focuses on environmental justice and improving health equity through advancements in science, policy, and clinical practice. Her research identifies novel pathways linking social disparities, environmental exposures, and reproductive and children’s health. She is also committed to developing innovative approaches to science communication so that her research can more effectively be used to inform individual and collective decision-making. She has helped shape health and safety standards for consumer product chemicals by participating in legislative briefings, providing technical assistance to nongovernmental organizations, and communicating through mainstream and social media outlets. She received a career development award from the National Institutes of Health for her research on environmental health disparities and was recently recognized as a Pioneer Under 40 in Environmental Public Health by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment. She is an associate editor of Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology and serves on the editorial boards of Environmental Health Perspectives and Environmental Epigenetics. She received her master’s and doctorate in environmental health at the Harvard School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Silent Spring Institute and UCSF Program on Reproductive Health.

    Twitter: @amizota
    Web: https://publichealth.gwu.edu/departments/environmental-and-occupational-health/ami-zota

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