Scientist Margaret Lowman’s profile rises as head of the new N.C. Nature Research Center

From newsobserver.com:

Margaret Lowman’s office is the top of a tree. It’s not her only one – she also has a office with a desk at the Nature Research Center, where she serves as director. But her job is different from most museum-director positions, in that she’ll do a lot of it out in the treetop canopy. Her nickname is “Canopy Meg,” after all. It’s a title Lowman earned because she may not be the Lorax, but she does speak for the trees.

“Yes, I’m Mother Nature,” Lowman quipped. “But I’m very honored to head up the Nature Research Center. This is a global first, not just a local one. There’s never been such a dedicated space for science that combines research and communication all under one roof.”

Scientific research will be a priority at the Nature Research Center, the N.C. Museum of Natural Science’s $56 million expansion, which has its public grand opening on April 20. But another part of the NRC’s mission is communicating about science – to explain the “how” as well as the “what” behind scientific research and discoveries.

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