Position Priorities
- Sharing science with Wisconsin
- Transforming how people view and do science
- Improving science savvy to enable people to better use science in making
personal choices and public policies
- Providing information on biotechnology products, processes and risk
assessment techniques
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in biology from University of Wisconsin-Platteville
- Master’s degree in plant pathology from University of Illinois
- Doctorate in plant pathology from University of Wisconsin-Madison
Previous Professional Experience
Tom joined UW-Extension in June 1991. In addition to his Extension work, Tom
also serves as a Food Science Communicator for the Institute of Food
Technologists, a professional organization with 28,000 members. From October
2000 to August 2001 Tom served as a Congressional Science Fellow with the House
Committee on Agriculture in Washington, DC.
Highlights of Current Assignments and Programs
- Providing tours and workshops for learners of all ages, with an emphasison
welcoming people to the UW-Madison campus to experience science as discovery and
to explore science a way of probing the unknown (http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/Education).
- Developing new hands-on activities, puzzles and parables to develop science
savvy for learners of all ages.
- Creating materials and training on the technical and social impacts of
biotechnology (http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/outreach/teachingtools.html).
- Organizing the UW-Madison Science Alliance (http://science.wisc.edu) to synergize the
wide range of science outreach programs and to improve the public's access to
the science outreach resources of UW-Madison and UW-Extension.
For more
information on UWEX contributions to biotechnology, see the UW's Biotechnology
Education site, or go to the Biotechnology homepage.
Contact Tom at:
425 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 265-2420 FAX: (608)
262-6748
zinnen@biotech.wisc.edu
