Kelly Kathleen Sturner

Kelly Sturner is a Learning Lab Instructor at Argonne’s Learning Center, where she helps middle and high school students envision potential futures in STEM fields. Each year, she helps thousands of students connect with science concepts and professionals firsthand through Learning Lab field trips as well as the Creative Approaches to Problems in Science (CAPS) High School Computing Workshop and CodeGirls@Argonne summer programs. Kelly wants to help students see science as a powerful tool to understand the world with life-changing experiences.

Kelly has a strong background in environmental science, and she holds an M.S. in Science Education from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as well as an M.S. in Soil Science from the University of California-Davis. She first worked at Argonne as an undergraduate student and later returned to Argonne after graduate school. Kelly now leads programs translating cutting-edge science for K-12 classrooms. She remains deeply passionate about science education and outreach, having volunteered outside of work and authored a number of student curricula.

Kelly is a member of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).