Marianne Mader
Dr. Marianne Mader is the CEO of the Canadian Association of Science Centres (CASC) one of the largest membership-based associations of informal science learning organizations in Canada, collectively reaching more than 10 million citizens per year. CASC is a key partner in initiatives tackling science misinformation online and in engaging youth across Canada in climate action.
Dr. Mader over 20 years of multidisciplinary geoscience and space exploration experience, which encompasses planetary analogue missions, field geology, education and outreach, evaluation theory, remote sensing, geochemistry, petrography, and working in remote environments. She’s collaborated with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA, MDA, University of Western Ontario’s Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration, and the International Space University (ISU), to perform 7 different simulated humans and rover planetary exploration missions, test and improve scientific field instruments, as well as develop insights into planetary impact cratering processes.
Dr. Mader is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society College, an alumnus of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference, and received a US Antarctic Service Medal for her contributions to the ANSMET project, collecting meteorites in Antarctica.