Experience

Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Research Professor

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Director, Rice University Office of STEM Engagement

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  As the Director of the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM), I lead a team of 12 Rice staff members to improve STEM education in the greater Houston area and support the broader impacts efforts of Rice University researchers through programs including intensive professional development for teachers and innovative enrichment for K-12 students. R-STEM programs reach hundreds of elementary and secondary STEM teachers and thousands of students across Texas annually and have been shown to increase teachers’ content and pedagogy knowledge and students attitudes towards science and mathematics. I manage an annual budget of $3,000,000 and form partnerships between Rice University and K-12 institutions, foundations, corporations,and nonprofit organizations. Show less

• Director, School Science and Technology

  • 2012 - Aug 2022

  Developed and lead professional development for elementary and secondary teachers in science content and pedagogy, while also providing STEM outreach to the Houston Community. These programs included the Rice Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching, a partnership with the Houston Independent School District, ConocoPhillips Rice Elementary Model Science Lab, the Schlumberger Computer Engineering Academy for Middle School Girls.

• Faculty Fellow in Chemistry

  • 2012 - Aug 2022

• Executive Director, School Science and Technology Programs, Wiess School of Natural Sciences

  • 2010 - 2012

  Teacher Professional Development, Science Education

• Lecturer

  • 2009 - 2012

  I have developed and taught courses in the Departments of Chemistry and Bioengineering Departments including Numerical Methods, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Systems Physiology, Biomaterials and Advances in BioNanotechnology, Nanotechnology for Teachers and the Rice STEM Outreach course.

• Associate Director of Education, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology

  • Apr 2006 - Jul 2011

  Developed the course Nanotechnology for Teachers and lead outreach programs center on nanoengineering including the NanoChemistry Academy and Nanoenviromental Science Academy. Lead NSF Research Experiences for Teachers and Students, which included internships in Rice's nanotechnology laboratories.

• Lecturer Bioengineering

  • 2002 - 2007

  Taught undergraduate and graduate courses on Biomaterials, Numerical Methods, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Systems Physiology, Advances in Bionanotechnology



NEWT Engineering Research Center

• Houston, Texas Area

• Education Director for the NSF Engineering Research Center Nanoenabled Water Treatment

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  As the University and PreCollege Director for the NSF Engineering Research Center entitled NanoEnabled Water Treatment (NEWT), I work with faculty and students at the four NEWT institutions, which include Rice, Arizona State University, The University of Texas at El Paso, and Yale University to inform the public about NEWT research and develop the next generation of STEM leaders. As the University and PreCollege Director for the NSF Engineering Research Center entitled NanoEnabled Water Treatment (NEWT), I work with faculty and students at the four NEWT institutions, which include Rice, Arizona State University, The University of Texas at El Paso, and Yale University to inform the public about NEWT research and develop the next generation of STEM leaders.



MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Assistant Professor

  • 1996 - 2001

  Conducted research in drug delivery, gene delivery, and diagnostic imaging. Conducted research in drug delivery, gene delivery, and diagnostic imaging.