Jason Cervenec
Education and Outreach Director, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
135A Scott Hall
1090 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH
43210
Areas of Expertise
- Education & Outreach
- Climate Resilience
Education
- M.Ed., The Ohio State University (Secondary Science) 2001
- B.S., The Ohio State University (Biology) 2000
Jason Cervenec is the Education and Outreach Director for the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University. The diverse outreach portfolio of the Center reaches approximately 12,000 individuals annually and includes programs in cutting edge science, science education, history, and the arts. The most common request for information that Jason receives from the public is on climate change.
Jason earned a B.S. in Biology and M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education from The Ohio State University and began his career as a high school science teacher where he taught for more than a decade. During that time, he established two Science Olympiad teams and served as a lead instructor on an Ohio Board of Regents grant to train teachers in Modeling Instruction. In 2010, Jason took part in a Fulbright Teacher Exchange in Mumbai, India where he witnessed firsthand the challenges faced by most of the world’s population. Jason and his wife have a two-year-old daughter, enjoy hiking, and recently rehabilitated a 1908 house in the Franklin Park area. He serves on the Mayor’s Green Team (Columbus) and volunteers with Franklin County’s Restorative Justice Circles.
Learn more about Jason's ongoing projects of the Byrd Center's Education & Outreach Group.
Synergistic Activities
- Build climate change, sustainability, and science education partnerships at The Ohio State University, within Columbus, and throughout Ohio
- Collaborate with local teachers and university professors to improve geosciences education, focus on crosscutting concepts, and support the transition to the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards
- Organize programs and outreach activities for local schools, community organizations, and Ohio State students related to climate change, geosciences education, and work of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
- Coordinate undergraduate employees and high school interns at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
- Fulbright Exchange Teacher with the U.S. Department of State in Mumbai, India, 2010