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| − | '''Megan Benson Pratt''' (b. [[1973]]) is | + | '''Megan Benson Pratt''' (b. [[1973]]) is an educational outreach coordinator with the [[Institute for Human and Machine Cognition]] and an At-Large member of the [[Pensacola City Council]]. She is the daughter of [[Lois Benson]] and younger sister of [[Holly Benson]]. |
| − | A native of Durham, North Carolina, Megan moved with her family to Pensacola in 1976. After graduating from [[Washington High School]] in 1990, she received a bachelor's of science degree from M.I.T. in 1993, an M.A. in chemistry from Harvard in 1995 and her Ph.D. in neurobiology from Harvard in 1999, then was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in 2000. In 2002 she returned to Pensacola and began working at the [[Institute for Human and Machine Cognition]] (IHMC), where her husband [[Jerry Pratt]] is also a robotics researcher. She has spearheaded the IHMC's [[Science Saturdays]] program and, with her sister Holly, helped create the [[I LOVE Science]] program for 5th graders in the [[Escambia County School District|Escambia]] and [[Santa Rosa County School District]]s | + | A native of Durham, North Carolina, Megan moved with her family to Pensacola in 1976. After graduating from [[Washington High School]] in 1990, she received a bachelor's of science degree from M.I.T. in 1993, an M.A. in chemistry from Harvard in 1995 and her Ph.D. in neurobiology from Harvard in 1999, then was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in 2000. In 2002 she returned to Pensacola and began working at the [[Institute for Human and Machine Cognition]] (IHMC), where her husband [[Jerry Pratt]] is also a robotics researcher. She has spearheaded the IHMC's [[Science Saturdays]] program and, with her sister Holly, helped create the [[I LOVE Science]] program for 5th graders in the [[Escambia County School District|Escambia]] and [[Santa Rosa County School District]]s. |
==Community involvement== | ==Community involvement== | ||
*Pensacola [[Charter Review Commission]] | *Pensacola [[Charter Review Commission]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Spencer Bibbs Elementary School|Spencer Bibbs]], volunteer |
| + | *Former volunteer, [[Weis Elementary School|Weis]] and [[Brentwood Elementary School]]s | ||
*[[WSRE-TV]] PBS, board member | *[[WSRE-TV]] PBS, board member | ||
*[[Leadership Pensacola]] Class of 2005 | *[[Leadership Pensacola]] Class of 2005 | ||
*[[Pensacola Young Professionals]], member | *[[Pensacola Young Professionals]], member | ||
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==External links & references== | ==External links & references== | ||
*[http://www.votemegan2008.com/ VoteMegan2008.com] – campaign website | *[http://www.votemegan2008.com/ VoteMegan2008.com] – campaign website | ||
