Dr. Jamie Vernon is CEO and Executive Director at Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society, and Publisher of the Society’s magazine, American Scientist. Dr. Vernon, who is a Sigma Xi member, has been on the Society’s staff since 2014 as the director of science communications and publications as well as editor-in-chief of American Scientist. He also served as interim co-director of operations of Sigma Xi from 2014–2015. As director of science communications and publications, Vernon managed the publication content, finances, and operations for Sigma Xi, which regularly communicates to its 100,000 members. As editor-in-chief of American Scientist, he oversaw the publication of a bi-monthly science magazine with a print circulation of 50,000 and 250,000 unique online visitors monthly. He also oversaw the publication of an online research journal for high school students, Chronicle of The New Researcher. Prior to joining Sigma Xi, Dr. Vernon served as Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Washington, DC where he designed and implemented evaluation programs to measure and communicate the impacts of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. He also co-founded a small-business incubator that supported a network of business experts to solve global energy challenges. From 2011-2013, Dr. Vernon served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellow in EERE at DOE. Dr. Vernon was co-chair of the digital media team of the Interagency Communication and Education Team of the U.S. Global Change Research Program in Washington, DC in 2012-2013. He worked with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to coordinate communications among all federal agencies conducting climate research. Dr. Vernon earned his B.S. in zoology at North Carolina State University, his M.S. in molecular biology/ biotechnology at East Carolina University, and his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds one patent and has seven publications.