Tapestry Thinking: An Interview with Dr. Nalini Nadkarni on an Unexpected Life in Science
Tapestry Thinking: An Interview with Dr. Nalini Nadkarni on an Unexpected Life in Science
复制标题
DOI：
10.3390/challe13020061
复制
发表时间：
2022-11
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
A. Logan;N. Nadkarni
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
A. Logan;N. Nadkarni
在正在进行的一系列新星访谈中，挑战咨询委员会成员艾伦·C。洛根会见了思想领袖，科学家，学者，医疗保健专业人员，工匠和有远见的人，地方和地球的尺度关注健康。在这次采访中，Nalini M.犹他州大学的纳德卡尼回答了"新星挑战"提出的一系列问题。四十多年来，Nadkarni博士一直在研究雨林生态系统的脆弱性和弹性。在此期间，Nadkarni博士优先考虑科学传播，强调研究成果的跨学科相关性。Nadkarni博士致力于促进对科学和医学各个分支的综合思维方式，着眼于改变公共政策。她的研究生涯把她带到了只有少数科学家去过的地方从遥远的云雾森林到监狱设施中的隔离住房。Nadkarni博士成功地向美泰公司提出挑战，要求他们更新全球公认的玩具芭比娃娃，并考虑到科学界的女性。Nadkarni反思了塑造她职业生涯的早期影响，更新了她工作最新方向的挑战，并讨论了林冠生态系统如何帮助我们理解我们这个时代复杂的相互关联的挑战。
In the ongoing series of Nova Interviews, Challenges Advisory Board member Alan C. Logan meets with thought leaders, scientists, scholars, healthcare professionals, artisans and visionaries concerned about health at the scales of persons, places, and the planet. In this interview, Dr. Nalini M. Nadkarni, of the University of Utah, responds to a set of questions posed by Nova for Challenges. For over forty years, Dr. Nadkarni has been studying the fragility and resiliency of rainforest ecosystems. During this time, Dr. Nadkarni has prioritized science communication with an emphasis on highlighting the interdisciplinary relevancy of research findings. Dr. Nadkarni has worked to promote an integrative way of thinking about the various branches of science and medicine, with an eye toward shifting public policy. Her research career has taken her where only a small minority of scientists have traveled—from remote cloud forests to segregated housing within prison facilities. Dr. Nadkarni successfully challenged the Mattel Corporation to update their globally-recognized toy, Barbie, with women in science in mind. Here, Dr. Nadkarni reflects on the early influences that shaped her career, updates Challenges on the latest directions of her work, and discusses the ways in which the canopy ecosystem can help us understand the complex interconnected challenges of our time.