58th Annual Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference

Sarah Federman
AAAS Science & Technololgy Policy Fellow
USDA Office of the Chief Scientist


Dr. Sarah Federman joined the Office of the Chief Scientist in 2017 as the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow. In this role, she works with USDA representatives to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the White House, coordinates Department activities related to plant health and production, and supports USDA’s role in the GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring program (GEOGLAM). Dr. Federman received her Ph.D. from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. Her research in the evolution of tropical biodiversity and the impact of extinctions on ecosystems over time was supported by a Graduate Research Fellowship of the National Science Foundation.

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