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Lorie Karnath is an explorer, author and has helped found a number of not-for-profit ventures. She served as the 37th president of The Explorers Club.

The Explorers Museum

In 2012 Lorie Karnath was a co-founder of The Explorers Museum, an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of exploration through the recognition of significant explorers, expeditions and discoveries. The organization holds lectures and special exhibits featuring feats and historical achievements relating to exploration. The group’s global expedition based is housed at Charleville Castle in Tullamore, Ireland once the home of renowned explorer Colonel Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury. Howard-Bury was appointed as the leader of the first expedition that set out to climb Everest in 1920-21. (*)

The Explorers Club

From 2009 to 2012 Lorie Karnath served as the 37th president of The Explorers Club, only the second woman in the organizations’ more than a century history to do so. The Explorers Club is a US-based international multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research. It is headquartered in New York City and is in addition represented by twenty-six chapters around the world. (**)

Molecular Frontiers

Lorie Karnath is a founding member of Molecular Frontiers, a global not-for-profit organization established with the objective of identifying breakthroughs in science at the early stages as well as to raise the public appreciation of science and to stimulate an interest in science in young people. The organization holds numerous scientific symposia around the world helping to connect eminent scientist on matters of global significance. The Molecular Frontiers Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of many research active Nobel laureates. (***)

Karnath has conceived and chaired numerous scientifically oriented programs around the world. She received an honorary Ph.D. from Shenandoah University in Virginia and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

References:

The Explorers Museum website www.explorersmuseum.org http://www.jason.org/live/stem-career-qa-lorie-karnath-explorer-author http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/explorers-museum-in-irleland

The Explorers Club website www.explorers.org http://www.revelinnewyork.com/videos/lorie-karnath http://theselby.com/galleries/lorie-karnath-at-the-explorers-club-new-york-city/ http://thewirecutter.com/2011/11/exploration-takes-magic http://theadventureblog.blogspot.de/2011/03/nat-geo-interviews-explorers-club.html http://www.chronigram.com/hudsonvalley/local-luminary-lorie-karnath/ http://www.mujeresviajerais.com/lorie-karnath-presidenta-de-the-explorers-club/ http://gotham-magazine.com/living/articles/the-explorers-clubs-members-have-seen-it-all

Molecular Frontiers Foundation website http://molecularfrontiers.org/ http://www.molecularfrontiers.org/strategic-advisory-board Kotz, Joanne (2007) “Molecular Frontiers”. Nature Chemical Biology 3 (2) 79-79. Doi:10.1038/nchembio0207-79. http://www.kva.se/globalassets/kalendarium/2014/140520-21-program_final.pdf

Books: http://www.herbig.net/gesamtverzeichnis/sachbuch/einzelansicht/product//eine-kurze-geschichte-des-vermessens.html http://www.herbig.net/gesamtverzeichnis/bildbaende/einzelansicht/product//verwegene-frauen.html http://www.hatjecantz.de/sam-shaw-2590-1.htlm http://hatjecatntz.de/architecture-in-burma-5431-1.html