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Dr. Calista McRae - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Dr. Brooke Flammang - Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Mengyan Li - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Dr. Bin Chen - Department of Physics
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Dr. Somenath Mitra - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Dr. Wenda Cao - Department of Physics
Dr. Maurie Cohen - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Dr. Neil Maher - Federated Department of History
Dr. Cyrill Muratov - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Horacio Rotstein - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Zeyuan Qiu - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Olivia Dudley - Department of Biological Sciences
Christa Haskins - Federated Department of History
Dr. Randolph J. Leiser - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Rucheet Patel - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
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Dr. Audrey Biondi Kellogg - Department of Biological Sciences
Alana Dudley - Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Rashmi B. Ketha - Department of Biological Sciences
Lenka Kovalcinova - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Hala A. Taha - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Stephen Tighe - Federated Department of History
Pamela Carman - Department of Biological Sciences
Waydon Destin - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
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Sarah Rizk - Federated Department of History
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Kiristil Amuroglu - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Carly Berdan - Department of Biological Sciences
Anna Blazic - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Ryan Brown - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Nexus Sea - Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Dr. Ivana Seric - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Elizabeth DeCarlo - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
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Chris Verson - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Franklin Chou - Federated Department of History
Jeffrey Pohlmeyer - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Franklin Chou - Federated Department of History
Robert Kozlowski - Department of Physics
Dr. Te-Sheng Lin - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Tomlee L. Abraham - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Mary Albani - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Dr. Corina Bot - Department of Physics
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Jeffrey Harvey - Department of Physics
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Jayan U. Dhru - CSLA (Industrial Administration)
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Heidi Young - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
H. David Gnau - CSLA (Industrial Administration)
Satrajit Roychoudhury - Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Dr. Lakshmi Chandrasekaran - Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Kamil Olufowobi - Department of Humanities
Chet Ragavan - CSLA (Computer Science)
Siddhartha Bala - CSLA (Computer Science)
Elisa Charters - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science / Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Dr. Keith Silverman - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Jordan Hu - CSLA (Computer Science)
Yadan Chen - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Dr. Paul Rogers - Department of Physics
Steven Saperstein - CSLA (Industrial Administration)
Tomlee Abraham - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Jeremy Carlo - Department of Physics
Randle DeFalco - Federated Department of History
Ignace Kuchazik - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Ms. Katelyn Brennen - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Ms. Ornthida Sae-Khow - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Mr. Erick Gordon - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Na Deng - Department of Physics
Mr. Michael Palotta - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mr. Stephen Patnode - Federated Department of History
Dr. Lyudmyla Barannyk - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Michele Guo - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Dr. Inna Mattei - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Dr. Gelu Nita - Department of Physics
Ms. Eliana Antoniou - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Ms. Preethi Ganapathy - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Dr. Mahesh K. Karwa - Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Ms. Michele Picarelli - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mr. Zachary Wellbrock - Federated Department of History
Dr. Sara Del Valle - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mr. Brian Schulkin - Department of Physics
Mr. Ahmed Soliman - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Mr. Daniel Bubb - Department of Physics
Jaime Mosquera - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. John J. Gilchrist - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mr. Bobby Hancock - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mr. Roman Samulyak - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. John Pelesko - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Richard Mohring - Department of Physics
Ms. Robin Tanenbaum - Department of Mathematical Sciences
Project Overview
Based on the premise that graduate chemistry education is traditionally highly disciplinary and often disconnected from society's critical challenges, this project takes a multi-faceted approach to incorporate various perspectives into doctoral chemistry curriculum, encompassing a new team-taught course that involves SEEG dimensions, a new green chemistry elective course, and an overhaul of requirements for the doctoral qualifying research proposal and dissertation research to include substantial SEEG components.
Increased consideration of, and appreciation for, institutional contexts, policy processes, and innovation opportunities enables students to position themselves to use their chemical knowledge more effectively for change in service of societal needs, particularly with respect to sustainability and the circular economy.
This project will challenge the traditional, disciplinary-focused, pedagogical paradigm through piloting a more holistic approach to education and professional development that is purposefully aligned with the heavily integrated and interdependent world in which we live. Success in this exploratory study could lay the foundations for expansion to disciplines and institutions beyond the pilot base.
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About the NSF GERMINATION Program
The NSF Directorate for Engineering GERMINATION program aims to foster the development of pedagogical frameworks, platforms and/or environments to enable participants to formulate research questions and ideas with potentially transformative outcomes. The extraordinary response of the STEM research community to the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplified by the record-breaking speed of novel vaccine development, highlights the outstanding capabilities at all levels of the research enterprise. The GERMINATION program seeks to harness the immense capacities of academic researchers to similarly address other critical global challenges through supporting the development of new pedagogical approaches that train researchers to formulate and develop key research questions.
Supported by the National Science Foundation EAGER GERMINATION: Chemistry Graduate Education - Sustainability and the Circular Economy grant (EFMA-2203704).