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Leanne Wiberg

Social media maven forging connections between people who realize that we NEED science to thrive

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Leanne

Last name

Wiberg

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Social media maven forging connections between people who realize that we NEED science to thrive

Areas of Expertise

Earth Sciences, viticulture, viniculture, impact cratering mechanics, vulcanology.

Winner of Nininger Meteorite Award 1981 https://meteorites.asu.edu/nininger/nininger-meteorite

Freelance Blurb

Science and background consultant on 2022 Nat Geo documentary FIRE OF LOVE, about the risky but thrilling travels of married vulcanologists, Katia and Maurice Krafft. The film, shown during the summer of 2022, is now streaming worldwide on Disney+. Before retiring, I wrote educational curricula for children & adults and developed teaching games like the Building Bingo game I published through the Smithsonian Institution Education office. https://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/bf/89/bf89eeea-0f5c-4e3f-a74b-f8b599553977/building_up.pdf

Published by Smithsonian, American Geosciences Institute, US Geological Survey, Fernbank Science Center, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Springer Verlag Earth Evolution Sciences book series (EES) and Books and Films for Children

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