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Scott Cooper, President and CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, invites you to a special evening dedicated to women in science. Women In Natural Sciences (WINS) is the Academy of Natural Sciences’ free summer and after-school mentoring and science enrichment program for high school women, particularly from underserved families WINS 35 and schools in Philadelphia. Founded 35 years ago in response to the Wednesday, May 9, 2018 growing interest in science education programs for female high school students, WINS encourages these young women to pursue science, The Academy of Natural Sciences technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in college and as a career. of Drexel University WINS is the only program of its kind in Philadelphia. Join us in celebrating this groundbreaking program that has made a profound difference in the lives of so many young Philadelphia women. During this special evening, Lisa Dyson, PhD, will receive the WINS 35 Committee first-ever WINS award to recognize an “outstanding female innovator in science, technology, engineering, and math whose visionary Jane and John Bales contributions in science have made a positive impact on the world. WINS 35 Amy Branch and Jeff Benoliel Peter and Ellen Evans WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 , 2018 Dagmar McGill 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Sandy and John Nesbitt Celebrate Women in Science at – – – – the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Judith Soltz and Richard Belas VIP Cocktail Registration, Program Conclusion Hour Reception, Silent Sarah Woods Auction “Let us develop systems and ways of living that will be beneficial to our lives and to the WINS 35 Sponsors 10 billion people who will be Connector living on this planet by 2050.” Amy Branch and Jeff Benoliel Ellen Harvey and Tad Sperry The Issue Judith Soltz and Richard Belas Scientists and activists have focused on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but few Hamilton Family Foundation have looked to reuse CO2 that has already Lisa Dyson been released into the air. Cofounder and CEO, Kiverdi Motivator Ranked one of the Most Creative People in 2017 The Idea by Fast Company Rosalind Remer and James Green Physicist Lisa Dyson was exploring new techniques to recycle CO2 with John Reed, Dyson holds a PhD in physics from a former colleague from the Department of MIT and has done research in bioengineering, energy, and physics Energy’s Berkeley Lab, when they stumbled at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, upon NASA research from the 1960s that and Princeton University, among looked at how microbes aboard spacecraft others. She was a Fulbright Scholar could absorb CO2 from astronauts’ breath at the Imperial College London in the and be turned into food. United Kingdom, where she received Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel a master of science. She has degrees University is a leading natural history museum dedicated to in physics and mathematics from The Innovation Brandeis University. advancing research, education, and public engagement After founding Kiverdi in 2008, they began in biodiversity and environmental science. Dyson has broad business experience using the NASA technique to develop developing corporate strategies in microbe-based alternatives to palm oil a number of industries, including WINS Students and citrus oil. They also created a protein in chemicals, packaging, energy, replacement for use in food and animal feed. automotive, telecommunications, and non-profits. The Impact 100% 97% 63% Kiverdi is now using innovations in biotech graduate high school attend college go on to STEM careers to make other renewable materials using recycled CO2. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 | ansp.org.