Quyen Arana

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Project Specialist at University of Oklahoma

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Quyen Arana’s Summary

After receiving my degree in Microbiology at the University of Oklahoma, I spent 10 years as a research assistant specializing in molecular biology, cell biology, and imaging technologies at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. I spent the last 7 years in science education reform and partnership development, most recently at the University of Oklahoma’s K20 Center where I directed a National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation grant investigating structures for bridging Oklahoma’s meteorological and biosciences sectors with public K-12 education.

I have endlessly sought opportunities to build innovative networks through collaborative and knowledge sharing structures both online and off. Believing in the interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary nature of scientific inquiry, I have stressed the importance of communication across knowledge domains as a means to solve many of the world’s most pressing problems. Bridging the social sciences with the natural sciences, my advocacy has included crossing the biological and meteorological sciences with environmental, education, and economic reforms as a means for community resiliency.

My current graduate research focuses on the communicative aspects of inter-disciplinary research and inter-sector development as they relate to innovation of technology or processes as end products. I believe studies of organizations, social networks, and case studies of cross-disciplinary research and development efforts, tied to direct innovative output, can inform organizations of appropriate structures to effectively foster innovation.

In technology, I have experience in seeking hardware and software solutions for scientific applications, education, and social networking development. My strengths lie in coherence making, convergence of technologies, and understanding cultural, social, and individual barriers to innovation adoption.

Quyen Arana’s Specialties:

Communications Research, Innovation, Organizational and Interpersonal Change, Leadership Studies, Social Networking, Knowledge Management, IT Services and Consultation, Science and Technology, Education Technology, Videoconferencing Technologies, Molecular and Cell Biology

Additional Information

Quyen Arana’s Interests:

educator professional development, social networking research, information and communications technology, design, woodworking, Albert-László Barabási

Quyen Arana’s Groups:

Norman Chamber of Commerce Greenovation Committee, MENSA, International High IQ Society

Mensa
International Society for Technology in Education
BIO International Convention
Getting Things Done - GTD - SolutionPeople Innovation's Network of Action Innovators
The Official University of Oklahoma Alumni Group
Green
Social Media Mafia
New Media Community of Practice
Oklahoma Networking Group
International High IQ Society Group
Future Social Media
Oklahoma Project Boomerang
Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS)