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Dec 7 ST&T Athens: Fungi in Research and Disease

Dec 7 – Noon
Sandy Creek Nature Center, 205 Old Commerce Rd, Athens, GA 30607

Come learn about how Fungi can be more then just “fun guy” dad jokes!

We’ll meet in the parking lot and head out from there. Please wear comfy shoes, and bring weather appropriate clothing and a water bottle.

This is an ADA, family, and pet friendly event. Please contact Liam Cavanaugh at Liam.Cavanaugh @ sci4ga.org at least one week in advance if you have questions about accessibility or require special accommodations. No RSVP necessary. The more the merrier!

Amy Sharma, PhD, is Executive Director of Science for Georgia.
Dr. Sharma has worked in many aspects of the engineering field: Product Management at Predikto, spearheading the development of the big data vertical and managing a $1M annual Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program at GTRI, working as an Assistant Professor in Medical Physics at the University of Western Australia, working as an Assistant Program Manager for the National Science Foundation, receiving political and outreach training as a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, obtaining a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, and designing hardware logic for advanced server microprocessors at IBM.
Dr Sharma enjoys difficult challenges, jobs with overly long titles, communicating scientific and technical ideas to non-scientists, brewing her own beer, and smoking various foods.

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