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Science Advisor
Dr. Nelson is a proponent of scientific accuracy in television, film and other media. She is one of the science advisers for the AMC TV series, Breaking Bad. After a plea for scientific help from the show's creator, Vince Gilligan, Nelson volunteered to advise the show in regards to organic chemistry. Nelson checked scripts and provided dialogue for the show and also drew chemical structures and wrote chemical equations which were used as props.
Dr. Donna J. Nelson, science advisor to AMC's television series "Breaking Bad" stands between Bryan Cranston (left) and Aaron Paul, during a set visit in Albuquerque, NM., in May 2013.
Dr. Donna J. Nelson taken of her cameo appearance during her Breaking Bad set visit, May 12, 2011.
Credits from the movie Twisters for which Dr. Donna J. Nelson was a science consultant.
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