Ro Kinzler, Ph.D.
Senior Director
Bio
Dr. Kinzler is Senior Director of Science Education, and Co-Director of the MAT program at the American Museum of Natural History. Before joining the Museum鈥檚 Education Division, Dr. Kinzler鈥檚 research career involved investigating planetary differentiation through melting at Columbia鈥檚 Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and in the Museum鈥檚 Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. In 1999, Dr. Kinzler co-curated the Museum's Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, and then joined the Museum鈥檚 National Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology. With a mission to take the Museum鈥檚 unparalleled resources beyond its walls, the National Center creates a full spectrum of science education products that integrate authentic science with standards-based curriculum design and innovative use of technology. In 2010 Dr. Kinzler assumed senior management of the Gottesman Center for Science Teaching and Learning.
