The U.S. National Committee (USNC) for the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is joined by the USNCs for the International Unions for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), Crystallography (IUCr), and Psychological Science (IUPsyS) in hosting a 2023 Global Women’s Breakfast as part of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development.
Scientists at all career stages interested in the issue of breaking barriers for women and building toward sustainability are invited to participate in this interdisciplinary virtual networking activity. The event will feature a panel on sustainability and inclusivity with a breakout session where attendees can discuss the intersectional opportunities and challenges within these topics.
Agenda:
12:00-12:05pm Welcoming Remarks
12:05-12:30pm Introduction to Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO)
12:30-1:30pm Panel Discussion on Sustainability and Inclusivity
1:30-1:50pm Breakout Discussion on Sustainability and Inclusivity
1:50-2:00pm Closing Remarks
Moderator:
Ester Sztein, BISO Acting Board Director
Panelists:
Danniebelle Haase, Dow (USNC/IUPAC)
Dr. Danniebelle N. Haase is a Research Scientist and R&D Leader in Packaging and Specialty Plastics and Hydrocarbons at the Dow Chemical Company. To date, her research has resulted in the commercialization of 3 waterborne emulsion products for use in industrial coatings applications. Dr. Haase earned a B.Sc. with honors in Chemistry and Management and a M.Phil. in Organic Chemistry from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Subsequently, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry, with a minor in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Florida, Gainesville. As a NIH-IRACDA postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, she had dual teaching and research appointments. After a brief stint in academia, Dr. Haase joined the Dow Chemical Company in June 2014. She has won numerous awards including NOBCChE’s Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Award (2016) and the 2015 and 2019 IUPAC Young Observer Fellowship. Dr. Haase was appointed to serve as a member of the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and she was elected as a member of the Polymer Division of IUPAC. She is also active in the American Chemical Society (ACS), where she serves as the program manager for the Women’s Chemist Committee (WCC), and in the Polymer Division, she is a symposium organizer and the POLY program chair lead for the Spring 2023 meeting. One of her most cherished awards is being named the October 2011 winner of the Chemical Abstract Services’ Colors of Chemistry Photo Contest.
Jennifer Lansford, Duke University (USNC/IUPsyS)
Dr. Jennifer E. Lansford is a Research Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. She is a developmental psychologist who studies parenting and the development of aggression and other behavior problems during childhood and adolescence. Dr. Lansford leads the Parenting Across Cultures Project, a longitudinal study of children, mothers, and fathers from nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). She has consulted for UNICEF on the evaluation of parenting programs in several countries and on the development of a set of international standards for parenting programs. She is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Behavioral Development and serves in a number of other national and international leadership roles, including chairing the U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development.
Kristin Bennett, KB Science (USNC/IUCr)
Dr. Kristin Bennett founded KB Science in 2008 with the primary goal of helping clients develop stronger business portfolios in the federal market space, mainly in the areas of advanced materials and nanoscience, clean energy, nuclear security, and defense. An internationally recognized expert in materials, energy, and crystallography, Dr. Bennett is an elected member of the U.S. National Committee for Crystallography and National Academies Board on Scientific Organizations and is a Fellow of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California. Before starting KB Science, Dr. Bennett was a Vice President at Van Scoyoc Consulting where she established a portfolio of university, corporate, and non-profit clients, focusing on federal business in the energy market space. Prior, she led the DOE’s Nanoscale Science Research Centers program, valued at over $500M, to investigate matter at atomic time and length scales. She was also a senior manager for DOE ultra–fast light and spallation neutron instrumentation programs. Before her DOE tenure, Dr. Bennett served as a Technical Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory where she was best known for building the world-class time-of-flight neutron scattering spectrometer known as “HIPPO” and shooting neutrons at man-made and natural materials. Dr. Bennet has ‘shot’ neutrons at starfish, plutonium, beryllium, microdiamonds, olivine, uranium, ice, and supported work for the iceman’s 5,300-year-old axe.
Vivian U, UC Irvine (USNC/IUPAP)
Dr. Vivian U is an observational astrophysicist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on understanding the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies using observations taken with multiwavelength ground and space-based telescopes. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics from Caltech and her PhD in Astronomy from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. U was named a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow in 2019, and received the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 2020. She currently serves as the American Astronomical Society agent at UCI, and is on the leadership council for the active galactic nuclei science interest group as part of the NASA Cosmic Origins Program. She recently joined the US Liaison Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics as a member of the Commission on Astrophysics as well as the UCI School of Physical Science Climate Council.
