Carol Lynn Alpert

Carol Lynn Alpert is an American science communication and public engagement expert and the Director of Strategic Projects at the Museum of Science (MOS). She is also an Associate in Applied Physics in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and Co-Director of the Center for Integrated Quantum Materials.[1][2]

Carol Lynn Alpert
NationalityAmerican
OccupationDirector of Strategic Projects at the Museum of Science, Boston
HonoursFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

In October 2018 she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the section on General Interest in Science and Engineering.[3]

In 2019 she worked with IBM and exhibit developers to create the first museum exhibit on quantum computing in the U.S., "A Look Inside a Quantum Computer." It featured a model of the dilution refrigerator of an IBM System One. [4][5]

She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1980.[6]

References
  1. "Directory | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences". www.seas.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  2. "Ten from Harvard named AAAS Fellows". Harvard Gazette. December 19, 2018. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. Science, American Association for the Advancement of (November 30, 2018). "2018 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council". Science. 362 (6418): 1010–1013. Bibcode:2018Sci...362.1010.. doi:10.1126/science.362.6418.1010. ISSN 0036-8075. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019.
  4. Patel, Shafaq (April 18, 2019). "Want to See The First Integrated Quantum Computing System? Head to The Museum of Science". Archived from the original on May 3, 2019.
  5. Science, The Museum of. "Museum of Science, Boston Launches National Quantum Science Communication Competition". www.prnewswire.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  6. "Carol Lynn Alpert". Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science.


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