ASPB welcomes a new public affairs director

Adam Fagen

Adam Fagen has joined the ASPB staff as the public affairs director, in which capacity he will guide the society's public affairs, education, and outreach activities.  Adam was previously a senior program officer with the Board on Life Sciences at the National Academies, where he directed National Research Council studies on a wide range of topics including science education and training, interdisciplinary research, biosecurity, stem cell research, and identifying scientific frontiers in a number of areas.  Adam earned a bachelor's degree in biology and mathematics from Swarthmore College and a master's in molecular and cellular biology and Ph.D. in molecular biology and education from Harvard University.  As a graduate student, Adam also assumed leadership roles in graduate education at the campus and national levels, and he served as a teaching fellow and science education researcher in both biology and physics.  Adam is an amateur photographer and a Washington Nationals baseball fan, and he enjoys taking advantage of the natural and cultural diversity of the Washington, DC, area.