Scientist. Educator. Community Builder.

Scientist. Educator. Community Builder.

Dr Adania Flemming is a scientist, educator, and community-centered program leader working at the intersection of biodiversity science, STEM learning, and public engagement.

Research and Biodiversity Science

Understanding the natural world.

Dr. Adania Flemming examining an Etheostoma fusiforme specimen in a natural history collection, surrounded by jars of preserved specimens, during research for her master’s thesis on the species’ life history. Photo credit: Kristen Grace

STEM Learning and Education

Helping people learn and grow.

Dr. Adania Flemming with students, her co-instructor, and the Florida Museum public programs director during her first Introduction to Natural History course at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Community Leadership & Organizational Development

Creating spaces where people can belong and contribute.

Dr. Adania Flemming sharing fish diversity and natural history science with community members during BlackInNHMs Week, holding a small ray beside a hands-on “fish vs. fishes” activity.

Public Scholarship & Community Engagement

Connecting science, knowledge, and communities.

Dr. Adania Flemming with four undergraduate students and their mentors during an iDigTRIO conference shadowing experience at the University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience