Influences…
Steve Schneider encouraged my work in Earth System Science while I was at Stanford
I had the great pleasure of studying with evolutionary biologist Stuart Kauffman in the early days of the Santa Fe Institute, at the inception of neural networks/AI and complex systems research.
These experiences profoundly shaped my life and career.
Photo by John Horgan, 2016.
My late husband was Dan Kohn, Executive Director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and internet commerce pioneer
My sister, Lara Pullen, founded an organization for novel treatments of rare diseases
My late grandfather stirred my interest in international security and nuclear issues
Interests…
I’m relishing being a mother to 2 boys in NYC.
I love to scuba dive and ride horses.
I love the diversity of landscapes on our planet. I've visited over 85 countries and all 7 continents. Some of my favorite places:
deserts & drylands: Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Arabian Peninsula, Botswana
polar regions: Iceland, Antarctica
tropics: Grenada, central Java, Sri Lanka, Panama, Philippines
highlands: Guatemala, New Mexico, North Carolina, Laos, Taiwan
subtropics: Madeira, Pico Island of Azores