Science outreach

Talking about microbes, evolution and ecology outside the lab.

Drawing of a bacteriophage on a bacterium

Science for public

In past years, I participated in Science Fest at IU. It is a public event encouraging the Bloomington community to come on campus and learn about research. Lennon Lab hosted a “Bacterial Viruses” table where we explained a bacteriophage infection using illustrations, 3D models, and lab samples.

The Lennon Lab table at Science Fest

Science Olympiad logo

Science Olympiad

I have mentored high school students for Science Olympiad for the Experimental Design section at Bloomington South High School. Founded in 1984, the Science Olympiad is the premier team STEM competition in the nation, providing standards-based challenges to 6000 teams at 425 tournaments in all 50 states.

Hand-drawn slide about antibiotic resistance

Fun science

Sometimes, it is difficult to tell about your science to scientists. I gave a fun, ignite talk on antibiotic resistance at iDiv Conference to a broad scientific audience.