Lesley Anderson

Lesley Anderson

Fellowship Placement: Library of Congress
Hometown: San Diego, CA

Dr. Lesley Anderson received her B.S. in biology from Cal Poly, M.S. in chemistry from South Dakota State, and her Ed.D in science educational leadership from San Diego State. Lesley is a former science educator and administrator at the project-based High Tech High schools in San Diego. Over the past decade she has engaged in diverse science experiences each summer, including tracking breaching great white sharks in South Africa, working as a data analyst for NASA at JPL, conducting sea turtle genetics research for NOAA, analyzing ice core samples from Greenland and Antarctica, sailing aboard the JOIDES Resolution supporting scientific ocean drilling, trekking to the South Pole as a PolarTREC teacher to hunt neutrinos, and serving as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. Lesley worked for the Antarctic Support Contract as a Science Planner before stepping into her current role as a Science Project Manager with QED supporting the Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program at the U.S. National Science Foundation.