NASA Education and Public Outreach at Sonoma State University

Kamal Prasad

Science Education Specialist
Phone: 707-664-2190
E-mail: kamal@universe.sonoma.edu
http://blog.sciencesquare.com
http://www.kamalprasad.com

I started working in June of 2007 as the Education and Public Outreach Specialist. I help develop educational material for students K-12 and disseminate the E/PO material among teachers during workshops at conferences such as CSTA, NSTA, and during Educator Ambassador Program training. In addition, I am the web curator of all the Sonoma State E/PO sites.

I got my undergraduate degree in Physics with minors in Education and Astronomy from UC Santa Cruz. While at UCSC I worked on the GLAST prototype detectors for my senior thesis with Professor Robert Johnson. After graduating from UCSC, I went on to teach at DeAnza High school in Richmond, CA for one year. I have worked on and off with the SSU group, prior to getting hired full-time, as a special consultant, helping build GORT, doing workshops with both teachers and students, and testing the GLAST flight MMC hardware at SLAC during “crunch time.” I have also written a children's science picture book (illustrated by his wife, SSU artist Aurore Simonnet) entitled "Why Can't I Jump Very High? - A Book About Gravity."

I became a proud vegan in 2008 and in my spare time, I do presentations on the social, environmental and health benefits of a vegan diet. In my other free time, I like catching up on the latest technology news, writing, developing film scripts, reading and playing video games.