October 2023 - Present | Associate Director of STEM Program Implementation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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August 2013 - Present | Associate Professor of Chemistry, Parkland College ‐ Natural Sciences | |
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September 2009 - May 2013 | Chemistry Instructor, Brookdale Community College | |
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2011 - 2012 | Visiting Scientist, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway | |
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2009 | Adjunct Faculty Member, Middlesex County College ‐ Department of Natural Sciences | |
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2004 - 2008 | Graduate Research Assistant, Studies of the Thrombospondin Signature Domain, University of Wisconsin - Madison ‐ Biomolecular Chemistry | |
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Disciplines
Honors and Awards
- 2023: Parkland College, Teaching Excellence Award recipient
- 2021-2025: NSF S-STEM "Scholarships and Support Strategies to Increase Retention and Graduation/Transfer of Students Pursuing Associate Degrees in Natural Science Fields" Award #2030590
- 2021-2022: Illinois Community College Faculty Association Dr. Joseph T. Cipfl Faculty Research Grant: "Integration of a Soils Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in General Chemistry I"
- 2020-2023: NSF BIO REU Site “Phenotypic Plasticity Research for Community College Students” Award #1950819/1950786
- 2020: Illinois Community College Trustees Association, Outstanding Full-time Faculty Award, Parkland College awardee
- 2016-2019: NSF BIO REU Site “Phenotypic Plasticity Research for Community College Students” Award #1559929/1559908
- 2016: American Association of Women in Community Colleges, “40 under 40” honoree.
- 2012-2013: Brookdale Innovation Grant, Brookdale Community College, “Investigation of the Creation of a STEM Institute at Brookdale”
- 2006-2007: Vilas Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 2005-2006: US National Institutes of Health training grant HL07899
- June 5-10, 2004: Best Student Poster Award, FASEB Summer Research Conference, Thrombospondins and Other Modulatory Adhesion Molecules in Tissue Organization and Homeostasis. Pine Mountain, GA
Courses
2008 - 2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute | |
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2004 - 2008 | PhD, Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison ‐ School of Medicine and Public Health | |
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1995 - 1999 | BA, Biochemistry, Earlham College | |
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Links
- STEM Career Exploration and Symposium
- Summer of research at U of I boosts success of community college students
- Parkland clubs offer many benefits to students
- Humans of Parkland: Catherine Britt Carlson
- Parkland accommodating students for boom in STEM fields (Prospectus, 7-18-2017
- Taking UIUC Nano Research To Parkland Science, Parkland Blog, 1-4-2016
- PRECS: A New Opportunity For Community College Students, Parkland Blog, 10-28-2016
- Interview, News Gazette, Champaign, IL, 5-7-2016
Contact Information
Department of Natural Sciences
2400 W. Bradley Avenue, Room L-133
Champaign, IL 61821