Ashley Peery, Ph.D. is an educator for the Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. In this role she trains and supports a corps of exhibit volunteers. She also designs activities and programs to engage the public with the science of the exhibit.

Peery received both her undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech. She was the Public Outreach Fellow for the American Society of Microbiology.