Angela Bednarek

PROFILE

Angela Bednarek leads Pew’s scientific advancement portfolio, which includes efforts to support groundbreaking science and ensure that research informs public policy and improves outcomes. In this role, she oversees scientific grant and fellowship programs and leads the Impact Funders Forum— formerly the Transforming Evidence Funders Network—a global funder collaborative aimed at closing the gap between research and impact. In Bednarek’s previous work at Pew, she created a variety of initiatives to support scientific research that could inform policy and advance solutions to environmental challenges.

Before joining Pew, Bednarek was a foreign affairs officer and American Association for the Advancement of Science diplomacy fellow in the Office of Environmental Policy (now the Office of Environmental Quality) at the U.S. Department of State, a fellow at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Bednarek holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and studio art from the University of Notre Dame and a doctorate in biology from the University of Pennsylvania.