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Dr. Pamela Gay
Senior Education and Communication Specialist and Senior Scientist
Research Interests
Professional History
Education
2002 Ph.D. Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1998 M.A. Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1996 B.S. Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Appointments
2018 – Senior Education and Communication Specialist and Senior Scientist
2017 – 2018 Director of Technology & Citizen Science, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, California
2010 – 2016 Assistant Research Professor, The STEM Center
2007 – 2010 Assistant Research Professor, Department of Physics
2006 – 2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
2008 – 2016 Executive Director, Astrosphere New Media Association, Edwardsville, Illinois
2003 – 2006 Instructional Laboratory Associate, The Science Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2002 – 2003 Assistant Editor, Astronomy Magazine, Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Honors and Awards
2018 Podcasters Hall of Fame Inductee, Academy of Podcasters
2018, 2015 Communicator Award, for 365 Days of Astronomy in the category, “Productions – Podcast” Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts
2016 Nominee, Online Radio Awards, for Astronomy Cast, in the category, “Best Online Talk Show – Science & Technology”
2012 Outstanding Science Educator of the Year, St. Louis Academy of Sciences
2012 Researcher of the of Year, SIUE Chapter of Sigma Xi
2007 – 2009, 2011 – 2012, 2015 – 2018 Finalist, Parsec Award, for Astronomy Cast in the category, “Best Fact behind the Fiction”
2010 – 2012 Finalist, Parsec Award, for 365 Days of Astronomy in the category, “Best Fact behind the Fiction”
2009 Parsec Award, for 365 Days of Astronomy, in the category, “Best Infotainment”
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