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Participant in the EnvironMentors program, a national college access initiative that prepares at-risk high school juniors and seniors for college degree programs in environmental and related science fields, 2011-2012.
Lecturer for Saturday Science at LSU, an outreach program targeting high school students, teachers, and open to the public, May 2011.
Under The Ice: Studying One of the Last Unexplored Aquatic Environments on Earth. NSTA Learning Center, May 2010.
Host of laboratory tours for the LSU BIOS program August 2007-2010, a 1 week intensive biology “bootcamp” for incoming freshmen at LSU.
Science presentation and demonstration for Louisiana high school students at the Louisiana Junior Science and Humanities Symposia, January 2010.
Participant in PolarTREC during the 2009-2010 Antarctic field season, an educational research experience, funded by the NSF and managed by the Arctic Research Consortium, in which K-12 teachers participate in a polar research experience.
Graduate student Shawn Doyle's Antarctic field blog.
Story about Shawn Doyle's outreach program with his alma mater, Sulphur High School.
Featured scientist in "Discovering Astrobiology", an Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) video project in collaboration with the Highland Road Park Telescope Observatory.
Pre-K and Kindergarten outreach program at University Methodist Preschool and South Boulevard Magnet, Baton Rouge, LA, 2009-10.
Participant in job shadow program with St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2008.
Participant in POLAR/PLANET-PALOOZA, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2007.
Invited speaker for Project SCIENCE (Science Content and Investigations to Engage, Nurture and Challenge Educators) workshop, “Life on Earth... and Elsewhere? An Educator Resource Guide in Astrobiology”, September 2006.
Visit to EBR South Boulevard Elementary for Career Day, February 2010.
Research in the news:
Scientists Scope Out Frigid Lakes. Chemical & Engineering News, February 2012.
Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake. Washington Post, February 2012.
Microbes Controlling the Climate? Interview at 2011 General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, New Orleans, LA.
Surprising Find: Live Bacteria Help Create Rain, Snow & Hail. Live Science, May 2011
Bacteria: Blame them for the rain? Los Angeles Times, May 2011.
Research featured in First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth by Marc Kaufman, March 2011.
Even Ordinary Microbes May Survive Radiation on Mars. Live Science, December 2010.
From Trees and Grass, Bacteria That Cause Snow and Rain. New York Times, May 2010.
Researchers Hunt Down Antarctic Microbes. Live Science, May 2010.
Antarctica shelters abundant microbial life in water miles below the icy surface. Washington Post, March 2010.
LSU scientists home from Antarctica. WVLA NBC 33, December 2009.
Making Rain. Ivanhoe Newswire, June 2009.
Freezing energizes bacterial metabolism. Nature Reviews Microbiology, February 2009.
Rainmaking Bacteria Ride Clouds to "Colonize" Earth? National Geographic, January 2009.
Top 100 Stories of 2008 - #88: Bacteria Can Control the Weather. Discovery Magazine, January 2009.
New Life Beneath Sea And Ice. Science Daily, November 2008.
Potential Sources Of 'Rain-Making' Bacteria In The Atmosphere Identified. Science Daily, November 2008.
Fast Draw: In The Clouds. CBS Sunday Morning, July 2008.
Bio-Snow? Time:Nature's Wonders, June 2008.
Bacteria’s rainy role. Geotimes, May 2008.
Bacteria In Clouds. Chemical & Engineering News, April 2008.
Prevalence of Bacteria in Making Snowflakes Is Seen as Widespread. New York Times, March 2008.
'Rain-making' bacteria found around the world. Nature News, February 2008.
Bacteria Assists in Formation of Ice and Snow. NPR's Science Friday, February 2008.
Science Podcast, Science Magazine, February 2008.
Do Microbes Make Snow? Scientific American, February 2008.
Evidence Of 'Rain-Making' Bacteria Discovered In Atmosphere And Snow. Science Daily, February 2008.
The Last Unexplored Place on Earth. Discover Magazine, November 2007.
Essentially Immortal. Astrobiology Magazine, September 2007.
The Dark and Mushy Side of A Frozen Continent. Science Magazine, July 2007.