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Testimonials

“I am Dr. Tarandeep Kalra, Senior Scientist, and I am working with the Woods Hole Group as a Senior Scientist. In my previous role, I worked at Jupiter Intelligence (JI) and was responsible for the advancement of JI’s global coastal flood model. During my tenure at JI, I had the opportunity to work with Xana while we compiled the technical documentation for the flood model. Xana worked as the documentation manager for all the climate risk perils (flood, wind, fire etc.) at JI. Xana’s unique interdisciplinary background and keen eye for scientific detail was clear in our discussions. She demonstrated an extraordinary ability to ask pertinent questions and provided valuable feedback such as correcting mathematical equations, citing data sources, providing evidence that vastly improved the documentation. She could parse through all the sections of the document that required a great degree of understanding basic scientific principles from climate science and statistics. She also worked with us to simplify technical graphs and figures. I am very confident that Xana would be a great asset to the community of solar science and her keen scientific mind with a strong background in science would help her make significant contributions in that area of work.”

– Dr. Tarandeep Kalra, Senior Scientist

“Xana has been working with me to create a digital curriculum for middle school science (grade8science.com), and she has been amazing. She does virtually all of the web work and illustration, and her strong background in physics, astrophysics, and general science makes her an outstanding editor, collaborator, and writer. I don’t think the project could have succeeded without her, and I have no doubt that she has the ability to fantastic work on any and all science education and outreach projects. ” — Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, grade8science

“Xana was extremely effective in helping us complete some final illustrations for a short book on Climate. She was collaborative and easy to work with on translating our concepts into illustrations. She strove to make sure that the science was correct and effectively made into the illustrations. All this within a relatively short deadline.” -Authors (Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, Michael Banks), The Littlest Book on Climate Change

“It’s the most important issue our species currently faces, affecting everyone regardless of nationality, gender or tax bracket. Bass music producer Bassnectar and his fans chose to do something about it, awarding $10,000 from the performer’s Be Interactive nonprofit to [sic] Malanka (Xana) Riabokin, who works under the name [sic] Guerrilla Science, to create a free four-week course that can arm teachers, students and anyone who downloads it with the knowledge we need to tackle this issue head-on.” – Billboard Magazine,Teaching Today to Save Tomorrow

“Xana was an expert and inventive collaborator in the creation of my online astrobiology course for Coursera. She mastered the subject matter and helped produce a highly polished set of slides for the lectures. She also built the course in the online environment provided by Coursera, and write several important pieces of pedagogy, including the final project. In her work, she always was efficient, punctual, and responsive to changes in emphasis and direction. I would be glad to work with her again on an educational project.” – Dr. Chris Impey, University of Arizona, Astrobiology: Exploring Other Worlds

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