Celeste Rohlfing

Celest Rohlfing is a retired American chemist and the former chief operating officer at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Education and career

Rohlfing earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Duke University and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Princeton University.[1][2] She spent most of her career at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory.[3] She later moved to the National Science Foundation, where she became the Deputy Assistant Director, overseeing research in the physical sciences and mathematics. During the Obama administration, she served as the Assistant Director for physical sciences. She then became the chief operating officer at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4]

Diversity and inclusion efforts

Rolfing is an advocate[5] for underrepresented minorities in science,[6] with a particular emphasis on the importance of mentoring .[7]

References
  1. Celese Rohlfing OXIDE Open Chemistry Collaborative In Diversity Equity
  2. Princeton ACS Meeting Announcement Princeton University
  3. Celeste Rolfing NIST
  4. Speakers – Celeste Rohlfing Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
  5. Leaders Urged to Support Diversity in STEM Ranks – American Association for the Advancement of Science
  6. Stockard, Jean; Rohlfing, Celeste M.; Richmond, Geraldine L. (2021). "Equity for women and underrepresented minorities in STEM: Graduate experiences and career plans in chemistry". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (4). Bibcode:2021PNAS..11820508S. doi:10.1073/pnas.2020508118. PMC 7848687. PMID 33431653.
  7. Rohlfing, Celeste M.; Richmond, Geraldine L.; Noviski, Maya; Lewis, Priscilla; Stockard, Jean (2022). "Policies and Practices to Improve the Chemistry Graduate Student Experience: Implications of the ACS Survey of Graduate Students". Journal of Chemical Education. 99 (1): 10–13. Bibcode:2022JChEd..99...10R. doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00611. OSTI 1865191. S2CID 240248857.


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