Email Print Share

Staff Directory

Rebecca Ferrell

Email:
rferrell@nsf.gov
Phone:
(703) 292-7850
Fax:
(703) 292-9068
Room:
W 13144
Organization:
SES
Title:
Acting Deputy Division Director

Program Responsibilities:
Biological Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (BA-DDRIG)
Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR)
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)
High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (HRRBAA)
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)
Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II (PIPP Phase II Centers Program)

Biography:

Dr. Ferrell is a program director for the Biological Anthropology Program in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences. Dr. Ferrell also serves as the Steering Committee Co-Chair for NSF’s CHIPS and Science Act Ethics Working Group, and the Co-Chair for the CHIPS and Science Act National Academy of Sciences Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Working Group.

 

Dr. Ferrell’s research in biological anthropology has focused on paleo demography and reproductive aging. Before joining NSF, she was a scientific review officer at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, an assistant professor of anthropology at Howard University, and a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Population and Health. Dr. Ferrell received both her Ph.D. and master’s degree in Biological Anthropology from The Pennsylvania State University.

&nb