Daniel Pimentel

Daniel Pimentel is an assistant professor of science education at the University of Alabama. His research focuses on science media literacy, information and AI literacy, and public engagement with science. He studies how students learn to find, evaluate, and communicate scientific information online, and how science educators learn to teach students about the nature of science, science communication, and the social and institutional dimensions of science. He is also interested in partnerships between science educators and community institutions, such as libraries, museums, zoos, and science centers, and how these partnerships can support educators and young people in building lasting connections to reliable sources of scientific information. Pimentel completed his Ph.D. in science education and learning sciences & technology design at Stanford University, where he also earned a Graduate Certificate in Science, Technology, & Society. He received a B.S. in biology and an M.Ed. in secondary education from Boston College, and he holds an Advanced Certificate in Special Education from the Relay Graduate School of Education. Pimentel previously taught middle school and high school science in Boston, MA, and Brooklyn, NY.