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Frederic Bertley

Frederic Bertley
Frederic Bertley
	Photo Dr. Frederic Bertley, Senior Vice President of Science and Education of The Franklin Institute
Born	Montreal, Canada
Alma mater	McGill University ; Harvard Medical School
Known for	Applied science, Science education, Immunology
Website	The Franklin Institute

Dr. Frederic Bertley is a Canadian-born American scientist, science educator and immunologist , who is the current senior vice president of science and education at The Franklin Institute (TFI).

He has a strong record in academia, studying Physiology, Mathematics, and the History of Science as an undergraduate student. Following his B.Sc., he obtained a Ph.D. in Immunology, both degrees from McGill University, and then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Highly relevant to his position at The Franklin Institute is his formidable background in applied science and science education and his passion for distilling complex scientific principles to more easily understood concepts for a wide and inclusive audience.

Dr. Frederic Bertley oversees a diverse portfolio of initiatives supporting innovation in STEM learning, as well as departments and programs that capture the history and legacy of The Franklin Institute. With a focus on improving the quality of science education throughout the K-16 arena, and augmenting science literacy for families and the non-scientist adult population, Dr. Bertley directs various departments supporting research-based projects as well as program development and implementation.This departments include Gender and Adult Learning, Community Engagement, Youth Programs, Professional Development and Learning Technologies. After graduating from McGill, Dr. Bertley turned his attention to the lack of primary healthcare, preventative medicine, and basic vaccines in developing nations where he managed multinational teams in Haiti, The Sudan, and the Canadian Arctic. He continued this focus by joining a vaccine research group at Harvard Medical School focusing on the development of DNA vaccines for HIV/AIDS. Throughout his research tenure as faculty at several institutions, he has taught courses in mathematics and physical sciences, life sciences, and research methodology at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Currently, he is a Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and serves as the Goodwill Ambassador to Senegal for Science Education and Innovation. Dr. Bertley has lectured on a variety of science and education topics at universities, colleges, cultural institutions, and government agencies throughout the world. He has keynoted and been an invited speaker at several distinguished institutions including The United Nations, The White House, the US Department of Interior, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Science Foundation here in the U.S., as well as in Canada, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, and Africa.

Programs founded and overseen

Boards and committee

Board Member,Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Congress (GPLSC)
Board Member, Math and Science Coalition
Board Director, iPRAXIS
Board Member, The Garvey Institute
Board Treasurer, The Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement (PYPM)
Selection Committee Member, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Invited Keynote Speaker

Honors and awards

Mid-Atlantic National Academy of Television and Science EMMY™
The President’s Award (Merck)
Dell Inc. Inspire 100 World Changers
Harvard Medical School Dean’s Service Award
Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40
Philadelphia Business Journal’s Minority Business Leader Award (2014)

Academic Articles

References

External links

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States