Senior Science Editor of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Laura Faye Tenenbaum is an Innovator in Science Communication and a member of the Earth Science Communications Team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she is responsible for creating content for the climate website Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planetand the Earth Right Now blog. She has also held a faculty position in the Physical Science Department at Glendale Community College for the last 13 years.
She develops interactive new media products to engage and educate students, teachers, and professionals in climate and environmental science. Her team won five Webby Awards, the Internet industry’s highest honor, for Best Science Website and Best Green Website.
Her goal is to bring science, multimedia and education together to attract a highly motivated and enthusiastic new generation that will be ready to take on the huge environmental challenges we face.