Professional Experience:
US Academic Content Lead, Content Team - Khan Academy, Mountain View, California 2020-present
Lead an organization of 14 content creators, people managers, and program managers; develop strategic plans for US Content team and ensure integration across all other business functions
Senior Content Manager for the Sciences, Content Team - Khan Academy, Mountain View, California 2018-2019
Led a team of 3 content creators and developed and executed the Sciences team content roadmap
Senior Science Curriculum Design Manager, Content Development Team - IXL Learning, San Mateo, California 2017-2018
Directly managed a team of 5 Science Curriculum Designers and managed the release cycle for the Science product
Science Curriculum Designer, Content Development Team - IXL Learning, San Mateo, California 2015-2017
Conceive, design, and direct the development of engaging, interactive, and pedagogically rigorous online science curriculum
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biology - Colgate University, Hamilton, New York 2014-2015
Developer and Instructor: BIOL 354: Evolutionary Biology (syllabus) (summary of student evaluations available upon request)
Developer and Instructor: BIOL 101: Ecology & Evolution of Parasites (preliminary syllabus - Spring 2015)
Instructor: BIOL 181L: Laboratory in Evolution, Ecology and Diversity (summary of student evaluations available upon request)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario 2012-2014
Advisor: Dr. Brian Husband
Main project: Assessing phenotypic impact of genome duplication in neopolyploid ecotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology - University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 2012
Advisor: Dr. Justin Ramsey
Main project: Molecular systematics and phlyogeography of yarrow (Achillea borealis. Asteraceae)
Science Education Volunteer - United States Peace Corps, Tatum and Bamenda, Cameroon 2003-2005
Education:
Ph.D., Biology - University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Advisor: Dr. Justin Ramsey
Thesis: Molecular systematics and invasion biology of the ivies (Hedera spp. Araliaceae) (LINK)
M.S., Biology - University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Advisor: Dr. Stanley Hattman
Thesis: The role of DNA methyltransferases in chromatin structure and function
B.S., Molecular Genetics - University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Selected publications:
Green, A., T.S. Ramsey and J. Ramsey. 2013. Geographic origins and taxonomic affinities of North American invasive ivy (Hedera spp., Araliaceae). Biological Invasions. 15: 2219-2241. (PDF)
Green, A., T.S. Ramsey and J. Ramsey. 2011. Phylogeny and biogeography of ivies (Hedera spp., Araliaceae), a polyploid complex of woody vines. Systematic Botany 36: 1114–1127. (PDF)
Green, A. and B. Husband. 2015. Phenotypic effects of whole genome duplication are genotype-dependent. In preparation for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Manuscript available upon request.)
Green, A., T.S. Ramsey and J. Ramsey. 2015. Origin, growth performance, and morphology of triploid ivies. In revision for resubmission to HortScience. (Manuscript available upon request.)