Expert Details
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
ID: 739742
California, USA
A seasoned educator with a Ph.D., Expert is capable of explaining intricate scientific details and making them understood by the lay public.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1985 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Institution: Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Year: 1981 | Degree: MS | Subject: Botany and Biochemistry | Institution: North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| Year: 1979 | Degree: BA | Subject: Natural Science | Institution: Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass. |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2016 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Adjunct Professor | Department: Life Science |
Responsibilities:In her role as Adjunct Professor, Expert prepares labs; teaches undergraduate Physiology, Anatomy, Human Biology; and educates pre-nursing and pre-med students. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2018 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Adjunct Professor | Department: Life Sciences |
Responsibilities:Expert teaches undergraduate lectures in Microbiology. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Teacher | Department: Science |
Responsibilities:Expert teaches grades 10-12 in Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Biology. Her students include a special education cohort. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2011 | Employer: Los Angeles Unified School District | Title: Principal and Founder | Department: STEM Academy of Hollywood |
Responsibilities:Expert founded and and opened a high school for 400 underserved (80% Hispanic, 20% Armenian, impoverished) students in Los Angeles. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2004 | Employer: Mount St. Mary's College | Title: Assistant Professor -- Tenure Track | Department: Biological Sciences |
Responsibilities:Expert conducted undergraduate research while teaching health science and biological science. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 1991 | Employer: Johns Hopkins University Medical School | Title: Assistant Professor -- Tenure Track | Department: Biological Chemistry |
Responsibilities:In her tenure track role as Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Expert served as Principal investigator of enzymology and protein purification lab. She was also American Cancer Society institutional award investigator. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1990 | Employer: Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Lab of Robert Tjian | Title: Postdoctoral Fellow | Department: Biochemistry |
Responsibilities:Expert conducted research in the molecular mechanisms of transcriptional activation of the antennapedia gene. She purified proteins, and cloned genes for transcription factors. Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Fellow. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1985 to 1986 | Employer: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Title: Postdoctoral Fellow | Department: Nucleic Acid Enzymology - Lab of Jerard Hurwitz |
Responsibilities:Purification of proteins required for mRNA splicing and analysis of products. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| National Board Certified Teacher of Adolescent and Young Adult Science Association of Women in Science |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| K12 Teaching Certificate, California, Secondary, Biological and Health Sciences Administrative Services Credential, California National Board Certified Teacher of Adolescent and Young Adult Science |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Tenured High School Science Teacher Adjunct Associate Professor - Life Sciences Tenure-track Assistant Professor - Life Sciences |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Damon Runyon Cancer Fellow |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Medical and Professional Research Positions: Tenure Track Assistant Professor - Biological Chemistry Postdoctoral fellow - Biochemistry Graduate Student - Biochemistry |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has 8 publications in molecular biology research using protein purification and characterization as a means to understanding molecular mechanisms. In national magazines, she has published 6 personal essays about teaching in a multicultural environment, about becoming a teacher, about leaving research for teaching. |
Additional Experience
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Experience in grant writing and professional essay writing for publication. |
Language Skills
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