Biography

In her role as STEM Education Program Manager at Berkeley Lab, Dr. Laleh Coté develops, manages, and assesses the impact of internships, outreach events, and other activities in support of students and faculty. She hopes to inspire visitors and program participants to consider Berkeley Lab when they are applying to internships, jobs, and other opportunities over the course of their career. Her research interests include STEM education, teaching/mentoring undergraduate researchers, artificial intelligence (AI) tools for education, program evaluation, workforce development, and research team productivity.

She has earned her associate’s degrees from Laney College, bachelor’s in biology from San Francisco State University, master’s in microbiology from UC Berkeley, and Ph.D. in science & mathematics education from UC Berkeley. She has been an active member of the Employee Resource Group (ERG) community at Berkeley Lab for many years.

Outside of work, Laleh is passionate about music, art, storytelling, swapping Stephen King books with her husband, taking her dog to the dog park, and taking her son to get boba (conveniently located across the street from the dog park).