PODCAST | From Tropical Jungles to the Arctic – with guest Dr. Roberto Delgado

Dr Roberto Delgado has a doctorate in Biological Anthropology from Duke University, where he did research on the social behavior and calls of male orangutans. So how did he end up becoming the Program Director for the Arctic Observing Network (AON) in the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs – as far removed from the jungle of Borneo as one could imagine? Roberto tells about the journey his career took from great apes to AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, to the National Institutes of Health - where he focused on resilience and well-being among Arctic, American Indian and Alaska Native communities.  Finally, his career took him to National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs where in addition to the AON program he co-leads the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee's (IARPC) Environmental Intelligence Collaboration Team and is helping to manage NSF's "Navigating the New Arctic" Big Idea. In this episode Dr Delgado tells us about his journey from PhD student to AAAS STP fellow, to working in the Federal Government on pressing Arctic issues.      Participants :   Roberto Delgado, Ph.D., Anthropologist 2013-15 Executive Branch Fellow at the US National Science Foundation   Host:   Chris Parsons, Ph.D., Ocean conservation science 2020-2021 Executive Branch Fellow at the US National Science Foundation Twitter: @ecmparsons   Editor:   Editor: Ashley Scarlett, Ph.D., Marine biologist and science communication specialist Twitter: @DrScarlettSmash   Producer/Executive Producer:   Chris Parsons, Ph.D., Ocean conservation science 2020-2021 Executive Branch Fellow at the US National Science Foundation Twitter: @ecmparsons   Image credit: Kate Ruck