Aubrey Francisco

“For me, learning something new requires making it bigger before making it smaller. I gather a lot of information in a somewhat chaotic manner and then distill it into a clear and coherent “big picture” framework that I use to develop expertise.”

Bio

Aubrey has more than six years of research and development experience spanning academic, industry, and government settings. Aubrey comes to this role from the biomedical research field, where she developed and evaluated novel materials for treating lower back pain. Aubrey has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, and has served as a mentor for 8th-grade girls interested in math and science. She is also engaged in science outreach as a curator for +ScienceSunday, a STEM-focused social media outreach group that promotes and curates science content on Google+. Aubrey earned her Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and her B.S. from Syracuse University. You can reach Aubrey at: aubrey@digitalpromise.org.