Daniel Pomeroy Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Growing a civic science movement to make science more societally engaged and impactful.Learn more: https://scientific-citizenship.org/

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Spearheaded strategic planning and development of a unique civic engagement training initiative for STEM graduate students.
• Raised over $1 million through grants and external partnerships.
• Established a sought-after portfolio of classroom and experiential learning programs, leading to partnerships with NSF-Simons Center, MIT, the Broad Institute, and Boston University.
• Managed a team of 25+ staff, post-docs, fellows, and research assistants, emphasizing transparency and inclusivity.
• Oversaw engagement and maintained relationships with an external Leadership Team.
• Represented SCi in a variety of contexts, including media interviews and at high-profile faculty working groups.

Cambridge, MA

• Co-created strategic mission, priorities, and programming, leading to the procurement of over $500,000 from external sources.
• Designed and implemented annual institute-wide call for proposals.
• Recruited and trained over 50 MIT principal investigators to engage with policymakers at the local, state, national, and international level.
• Created inter-institutional partnerships with think tanks, universities, and professional societies.
• Created an MIT edX course entitled “Tools for Academic Engagement in Public Policy,” which Business Insider named one of the top 13 free MIT online courses.
• Developed and monitored performance metrics for continuous improvement.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provided counsel to U.S. Senator Markey on a variety of policy issues, contributing to oversight activities and the creation of federal legislation.
• Composed briefing memos, oversight letters, op-eds and speeches.
• Acted as primary aide during Congressional hearings and events, providing real-time advice.
• Spoke on behalf of the Senator as part of expert panels for conferences and local events.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Staff to the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board focusing on a Congressionally mandated study.
• Coordinated and moderated working groups of a committee of eminent scientists.
• Provided expert summaries of technical documents and regulations for committee use.
• Compiled and synthesized committee writing into draft chapters for the study report.
• Researched background information relating to nuclear power plant safety systems and regulations and drafted portions of the study report.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Competitively selected science policy training fellowship. Assigned to the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed logistics for the Center for Science and Democracy’s first Branscomb Forum. Drafted all web content, email announcements, and reminders for Forum events. Facilitated all staff meetings related to the Forum. Created a student outreach strategy for the Forum.

Onsite at CERN (world’s largest physics experiment) June 2006 – December 2006 and September 2009 – June 2010. Collaborated with over 2,500 physicists, technicians, and engineers. Presented research results at major international conferences. Wrote and edited papers published by a subgroup of the ATLAS experiment. Trained new members of the collaboration on.

Taught multiple introductory physics lab coursesPrepared lectures and held regular office hours for student review and questions

Directed the Democratic National Committee’s Western Massachusetts small donor fundraising office. Managed MoveOn.org’s voter registration and get out the vote effort in Chapel Hill, NC and led a Midwest recruitment project. Secured over $150,000 and identified thousands of new members for the Democratic National Committee. Recruited, trained, and managed.

Worked as part of the Primakoff Experiment at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Assembled and tested a unique particle detector. Performed first physics measurement with the detector. Awarded the Department of Energy’s 2004 Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship. Presented research results to the Department of Energy.

Competitively selected internship with the Department of Energy to work at a Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

Ph.D, High Energy Physics

M.S, High Energy Physics

B.S., Physics

Activities and Societies: Chair of the Student Government Association, President of the Pride Alliance, President of the Distinguished.