Judging Team Member
Sonia Rahmati Clayton, Ph.D
Sonia Rahmati Clayton, Ph.D. A science faculty at Kinkaid School and an Assistant Professor in the Center for Educational Outreach (CEO) at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), received her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of California-Los Angeles. After earning her Ph.D. in Molecular Virology and Microbiology at BCM, she joined the CEO, where she oversaw several Graduate and Post Doctoral programs operated by BCM and National Space Biomedical Research
Institute.Dr. Rahmati Clayton also served as a liaison between the educational
and scientific communities in Houston. In this role, she helped to bring cutting edge
biomedical science into K-12 classrooms through programs (funded by
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Science Foundation) that
partner teachers with scientists.
Dr. Rahmati Clayton trains high school students, teachers and undergraduates in laboratory techniques and as a faculty at the Kinkiad School, she teaches different Biology courses. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Chinquapin School, which serves economically disadvantaged youths in the greater Houston area. She also is a recipient of aCenter for AIDS Research Training Grant and a Lyondell Equistar Education Award and Fellowship for the Earthwatch Institute.