She is a World Economic Forum New Champion Young Scientist and recipient of the prestigious Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Mande co-founded several initiatives including, KillerSnails.com, an award-winning learning games company that uses extreme creatures as a conduit to advance scientific learning, and RAISEW.org, a National Science Foundation (NSF) project to increase women in science. She also co-created the first Science Diplomacy course at The Rockefeller University to encourage early career scientists to think globally about the impacts of their research. She leads pioneering efforts in scientific research, education and policy.