We are immensely grateful to our Comm Lab alumni, who’ve brought us their passion for science communication and their deep motivation to serve their community. Thank you for your creativity in problem solving, your technical rigor in developing new resources, and the impact you’ve made for the students and postdocs who are now in the next phase of their professional lives.
Some of our alumni have chosen to continue coaching beyond their official time with the Comm Lab, and currently form the Fellow Reserve. The Fellow Reserve is “deployed” during times of high demand. |
– Reflections from a Comm Fellow alum |

Mike Acton
NSE Communication Fellow 2017-2019
now Senior Mechanical Engineer, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow at VEIR

Cody Dennett
NSE Communication Fellow 2015-2019
now Fusion Materials Lead at Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Charlie Hirst
NSE Communication Fellow 2019-2022
now Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan

Leigh Ann Kesler
NSE Communication Fellow 2015-2018
now Research And Development Engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Xinyao “Anna” Liang
NSE Communication Fellow 2018-2021
now Sales Associate at Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp.

Mareena Robinson Snowden
NSE Communication Fellow 2014-2016
now Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of State
