The Impact of DEI on STEM Career Transitions
November 19 @ 12:00PM ET
Srikant Iyer, Ph.D (He/Him)
Associate Director of Science Alliance at New York Academy of Sciences.
Srikant Iyer, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of Science Alliance at New York Academy of Sciences. He drives STEM growth by building strong STEM ecosystems that bring together government, business, schools, and non-profits. He leads program development to identify, promote, enhance and advocate opportunities for over 5000 graduate and post-doctoral fellows to build a diverse and inclusive community. Iyer received his PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University and was a post-doctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology where he worked in the interdisciplinary field of biomedical, materials science and nanosciences which resulted in a patent and multiple scientific publications. Prior to joining the academy, Iyer was a research scientist at Johns Hopkins University. He developed metrics to quantify diversity and inclusion within academic institutions, organized and facilitated multiple workshops for top 100 STEM departments to increase diversity, inclusion and equity by engaging senior leaders and diverse stakeholders within academia. He can be reached at siyer@nyas.org.
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Links to Present & Past Work:
Leadership Skills and How to be Inclusive - Written by Juliana Corrêa-Velloso
"National Diversity Equity Workshops: Advancing Diversity in Academia," in National Diversity Equity Workshops in Chemical Sciences (2011-2017), ACS Symposium Series 1277, edited by R. Hernandez, D. Stallings & S. K. Iyer, (American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2018). Peer Reviewed. (doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1277)
D. Stallings, S. K. Iyer, and R. Hernandez, "Removing Barriers." in Addressing Gender Bias in Science & Technology, ACS Symposium Series 1354, edited by Samina Azad, Chapter. 6, pp. 91-108 (American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2020).
Srikant Iyer, Ph.D. (he/him), Associate Director, Science Alliance, New York Academy of Sciences