International Registry for Women in Science

1. Name: Jillena Kolley
Company: Johnson & Johnson Medical
Job Title: Microbiologist
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: BA in Microbiology from Miami University, Oxford, OH
4 years experience in the industrial microbiology field, including work in medical device, pharmaceutical, and beverage industries.


2. Name: Teresa Lappin
Company: University of Arizona Steward Observatory
Job Title: Research Specialist, CCD Lab
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: I became interested in astronomy in 7th grade. I built my first telescope when I was in 9th grade. After graduating from high school, I went into the University of Arizona astronomy program. In my sophmore year I switched to physics. I graduated with a BS in physics in 1989. I have been very lucky to have always had a job in astronomy. My last job was operating a telescope at the Harvard-Smithsonian Whipple Observatory. I am very active in amateur astronomy and the local amateur astronomy organization, serving as president of the group for 3 years. Public education in astronomy is very important to me. I take my telescope to local schools so kids can look through it. In fact, once a month I go to the elementary school I attended to teach astronomy to students and their parents. My current job is a research specialist in the CCD Lab at Steward Observatory where we make CCDs for observatories around the world. (CCDs are in most instruments used on optical telescopes-they are very similar to what's in most video cameras.) My specialty is thin coatings on the CCDs and testing the CCDs. I use physics, astronomy, and chemistry in my job and use computers extensively.


3. Name: Dr. Christine H. Block
Company: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Job Title: Grants Facilitator
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information: Neuroscientist, Histologist turned Grants Manager


4. Name: Shawnmarie Carpenter
Company: KGB School District
Job Title: 8th grade Science Teacher
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I have taught 8th grade science for six years in a small town in Alaska. I love my job and have a great interest in seeing all my students learn to look at the world through scientific eyes.


5. Name: Dr. Janet L. Earle
Company: Laredo Community College
Job Title: Faculty
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: Geologist with long term, broad experience in petroleum, water development, environment, field work, teaching. Linked with social science through Ph.D. in cultural anthropology (people + natural resources -- use, abuse, availability, economics, politics). International experience, especially in Asia.


6. Name: Deborah A. Gaddis
Company: North Carolina State University
Job Title: Lead Facilitator--Project Learning Tree
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: Education
B.S. Forestry, Mississippi State University
M.B.A. Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi
Ph.D. candidate, Forest Policy, North Carolina State University

Job Experience
Forester, International Paper Company: Quitman & Canton, Mississippi, 1978-1992. Managed company lands, including harvesting, site preparation, thinnings, regeneration, hazard reduction burning. Worked as landowner assistance forester to manage private nonindustrial forestlands. Provided woodyard support in safety and quality.

Outstanding Young Forester--Mississippi society of American Foresters, 1991.

Current field of study: Wetlands regulation and Nonindustrial private forestlands.

Current job: Project Learning Tree--environmental education program with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

Interests: reading, sewing, cooking, museums, travel.

Personal: Divorced. One daughter, Becky, age 15.

Professional goal: Forestry Extension Specialist


7. Name: Patricia Elkins
Company: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
Job Title: Investigator
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I am a protein crystallographer at a major pharmaceutical company. My work involves determining the structure of protein molecules and working with chemists to design drugs that bind to those proteins.
I have a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and did a postdoc as a crystallographer in a biotech company before getting my present job.


8. Name: Paula Flanagan
Company: Hingham High School
Job Title: Chemistry teacher
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information:


9. Name: Barbara Duhl-Emswiler
Company: bde BioPharmaceutical Resources
Job Title: Director
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I am an organic chemist (Ph.D.from Michigan State University, 1979), and have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 19 years. My specialty was developing processes for large scale synthesis of peptide drug substances. I also managed a group of scientists responsible for developing analytical methods and manufacturing processes for new pharmaceuticals.

I now have a consulting company which provides guidance to people working on these kinds of projects in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Some of the companies I work with are new companies just getting started; others are moving into new areas or more advanced stages of product development.

I like the challenge of having a variety of projects ongoing, and the flexibility of consulting work. I'm married to another scientist, and am a free-lance harpist in the other part of my life.


10. Name: Laura Allison
Company: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Job Title: Science Education Officer/Double Helix Officer
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I am a special kind of science teacher, taking science to the Australian public through our excellent programs. These programs range from DNA Extraction to Electricity and Magnetism demonstrations, and are tailored for all ages, from kindergarten to adults.

I am also a state coordinator of the CSIRO's science club, The Double helix Club. I organise science based events for about 5000 members.


11. Name: Muffy Koch
Company: Innovation Biotechnology
Job Title: Managing Director
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I have just turned forty, have two children and a supportive husband, who is the main contributor to my success in, and enjoyment of, science. I trained as a microbiologist and during 12 years of research found myself applying plant genetic modification techniques to improvement of local crops. Five years ago I left formal employment and set up a biotechnology consultancy from my home. My contracts fall into three major areas: biotechnology education and training;
biotechnology networking in Africa and biosafety and public awareness for safe introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms.
This move has had enormous benefits for my family and has allowed me to grow in an area still uncommon in South Africa. My business supports a number of employees (scientists, teachers and support staff), many with flexible working hours to encourage a balanced home and working life. Our office is small, bright, busy and fun. The business is growing rapidly and we feel we make a difference to our communities and the biotechnology industry in this country.
Science training, followed by some good work experience and innovative thinking, can open doors to developing stimulating, family-friendly employment for women all over the world.


12. Name: Beatrice Mueller
Company: Kitt Peak National Observatory/ NOAO
Job Title: Research Associate
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am an astronomer. My field of studies are comets and asteroids.


13. Name: Donna S. Lutz
Company: Iowa State University
Job Title: Assistant Scientist/Limnologist
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I manage a water quality monitoring network on the Des Moines River in Iowa. With the use of a mobile lab, motorboat, snowmobile and a lot of other equipment we collect samples year-round at river and reservoir sites. Among the parameters we monitor are dissolved oxygen, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrates, trace metals and pesticides. Our project is one of the longest running monitoring programs in the Midwest, consequently I use computers to store, analyze and communicate results to others. I learned HTML so that we can maintain webpages describing the study. What I enjoy most about my position is the unique mix of field study, labwork and computer analysis.

I feel strongly that women need to be involved in science fields as we bring new perspectives to our fields of study and often make our work environments more humane. I am a founding member of the Central Iowa Chapter of the Association for Women in Science and organize annual hands-on science activity days for young girls. I work closely with our university's initiative Program for Women in Science and Engineering in career conferences and summer mentorships. {Websites: Central Iowa AWIS http://www.public.iastate.edu/~stu_org/AWIS/
National AWIS http://www.serve.com/awis/
ISU's Program for Women in Science and Engineering http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pwse_info/
ISU's Archives of Women in Science and Engineering http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html )

Want to fuel your curiosity for the rest of your life? Then work in a science, engineering or technology field. Start now by taking math and science classes, competing in science fairs, science olympiads, or Odyssey of the Mind competitions. And do whatever you can to expand your computer skills.


14. Name: Jessica R Young
Company: Western State College
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: My field is behavioral biology, evolution, ecology and conservation genetics. To see more information about me please check my web page
http://www.western.edu/bio/young/Welcome.html


15. Name: Linda Kondrick
Company: UALR
Job Title: graduate student and secondary math/science teacher
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: I have been teaching math and physical sciences at the secondary level for 11 years. I love my students. Some of the greatest joys of my life are introducing young people to the pure elegance of a geometric constrution or the profound principals of physics.

I am presently working on my dissertation at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). I am interested in the gender issues of math and science education. My career goal is to make a significant contribution toward the improvement of secondary and tertiary math and science instruction. I especially want to contribute to changes in our systems of education that will enable women to reach equity in their ability to pursue careers in math and science.

My own interest in physics is the theory of color. The present theory as presented in secondary and college-level textbooks is over-simplified. The Additive-Theory of Light is inadequate to expalin even simple phenomena that can be observed with blue-blocking sunglasses. This 2-dimensional theory is to percetual-3-D theories as Newton's theory of gravitation is to Einstein's theory of gravitation. The former, in each of these analogous pairs, is an effective model in some contexts, but it falls short of the universal experience of truth.


16. Name: Sharon L. Osowski
Company: Environmental Protection Agency Region 6
Job Title: Ecological Risk Analyst
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I am an ecologist by training and have many interesting experineces while conducting field studies (trapping rodents, foxes, radio-tracking antelope, wading through ponds looking for frogs, etc). I also have experience (through EPA) with using these field experiences to develop ways of comparing how (and what) different facilities/industries pollute and with protecting endangered species. I also work with a group called Science-by-Mail, in which I am a volunteer scientist pen-pal. If you'd like to know anything specific, please email me!!!


17. Name: Maria Gamino
Company: Marquette University
Job Title: Intern Engineering
Area of Study: Other
Personal information:


18. Name: Sharon C. Alden
Company: National Weather Service Fairbanks, Alaska
Job Title: Lead Forecaster/Fire Weather Forecaster
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: I work in the National Weather Service Office in Fairbanks, Alaska. I have worked here since 1989. As a fire weather forecaster I provide weather forecasts to forest fire fighters to help them fight the fires. Sometimes I go and work at the fire camps with the fire fighters. I also write aviation, marine and public forecasts. I enjoy my job very much.

My interests aside from weather are skiing, hiking and reading. I love living in Alaska, even the long dark winters.


19. Name: Susan L Forsburg
Company: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I am a molecular geneticist by speciality, and my primary research interest is in the regulation of DNA replication using fission yeast as a model system. A introduction to my work can be found on my lab web site, at http://pingu.salk.edu/~forsburg/lab.html.

Also, you can visit the Women in Biology Internet Launch Page at
http://pingu.salk.edu/~forsburg/bio.html


20. Name: Valerie Barber
Company: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Job Title: Graduate student
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information:


21. Name: Megan H. Mehaffey, Ph.D.
Company: USEPA NERL-LV
Job Title: Ecologist - POST DOC
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I recently completed my doctoral degree in Ecology at the University of Kansas. I am currently working with the EPA at there Landscape Ecology Branch in Las Vegas Nevada. I am working on landscape and water quality indicators for use in Geographical Information Systems analysis. My current project is focused on issues of water quality for the city of New York. My special areas of interest are landuse impacts on water quality.


22. Name: Selina Heppell
Company: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Western Ecology Division
Job Title: Post-doctoral Researcher
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I'm a biologist who uses computers and mathematics to help make descisions about how to save endangered species. I received my PhD in Zoology at Duke University in May 1998, and am currently working on amphibian and fish conservation in Oregon's Willamette Valley. I also work with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Miami, Florida, on sea turtle conservation. I have done field research on fish, insects and marine mammals and love to talk to school groups about my experience as a woman in science.


23. Name: Helene Horowitz
Company: NYU
Job Title: Undergrad in Biology
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I am interested in working in marine biology after I graduate, and probably after grad school, so far I've worked one summer as an intern at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT and I loved it... can't wait till I get to do a job like that all the time.


24. Name: Gabriela Mora-Klepeis
Company: Centre for Isotope Studies, CSIRO Minerals Research Laboratories
Job Title: Research Officer
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: My general research interests are in geochronology, isotope geology, geochemistry and tectonics of rocks.

I graduated as a geology engineer from "Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México" (UNAM) in 1986. Following my graduation I spent 10 months at the Geological Survey of Japan studying the K/Ar and Rb/Sr dating methods thanks to a scholarship provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). On my return back home, I had the chance to work 2 yers at the Physics Institute of UNAM learning mass spectrometry techniques. This experience enabled me to obtain a scholarship from the Mexican government (CONACYT) to do a Master's Degree at the University of Texas at Austin. My research involved styding the volcanic rocks in NW Mexico and their relation to the opening of the Gulf of California.
Upon completion of my thesis, I worked 2 years at the State Survey of Baja California (CICESE) followed by a working opportunity at Bryn Mawr College to learn 40Ar/39Ar dating using the laboratory facilites at Princeton University.

I have been working at the Radiogenic Laboratory facilites of the Center for Isotope Studies since 1996. My job involves the day to day operation in isotope analyses for the Rb/Sr, Sm/Nd and common Pb methods. I instruct students the basics of the techniques involved and help them with their laboratory work. I am currently working on Sr, Nd and Pb data of samples from my thesis to further characterise the tectonic evolution of that part of North America.

Since 1997, I have been an Honorary Research Associate at the Division of Geology and Geophysics of Sydney University. This position has given me the chance to teach the Geology component of the Univesity Preparation Course in Science aimed to mature age students that want to obtain a Bachelor's degree from Sydney Univeristy upon successful completion of the course.


25. Name: Dr. Michelle Driessen
Company: Southwest Missouri State University
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: B.S. Chemistry, Mankato State University-1992
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Iowa-1997


26. Name: Joanne M. Gordon, Ph.D., RN, CS
Company: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Southwest Missouri State University
Job Title: Associate Professor
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: My research interest focuses on the effects of various inflammatory chemicals on connexin 43 in endothelial cells. I am using calf pulmonary artery endothelial cells and four cytokines: serotonin, basic fibroblast growth factor, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin 1. Connexin 43 is a protein found in gap junctions found on cell membranes. I currently have two graduate students and one high school senior working with me in my lab.
My teaching responsibilities include human pathophysiology, human anatomy, and bioinformatics. Pathophysiology is the study of dysfunctional physiology. In the human anatomy course we are using human cadavers that make study of human anatomy very interesting. In the bioinformatics course, we explore resources on the Internet that help cell and molecular biologists learn more about DNA and proteins.
Besides my focus in the biomedical sciences, I am a registered nurse and an adult nurse practitioner. I maintain a clinical practice by volunteering at a senior center in Springfield where I am the primary health care provider.


27. Name: Tamera S. Jahnke
Company: Southwest Missouri State University
Job Title: Professor and Department Head
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1986 and joined the faculty at SMSU immediately after graduation. My research interests include organic synthesis, organic spectroscopy and chemical education. I am married and have two children. My current position allows for me to teach 1-2 courses each semester, work with students in my research lab and carry out the administrative duties necessary to run the department of chemistry. The SMSU Department of Chemistry has 18 faculty. We offer an ACS certified degree program and a master of science degree program.


28. Name: Terri O'Neill
Company: St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Job Title: Section Head/Clinical Cytogenetics Lab
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information: I have worked at St Jude Hospital in Memphis, TN for sixteen years in the Cytogenetics Laboratory. The lab I supervise obtains bone marrow from the children at St. Jude who have leukemia. We then analyze the chromosomes to find abnormalities on the DNA that have possibly contributed to the patients cancer. My job is a very rewarding one knowing that I am doing my part to help these innocent children get rid of their disease. I am married to a wonderful husband and have 3 great children Amanda (12), Lauren (9), Stepson Mike (17). I hope more young women will become interested in the scientific field. I am very happy to see a Web Page devoted to women in science.


29. Name: Adele Diamond
Company: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
Job Title: Director, Center for Dev.al Cog. Neurosci.
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am both a developmental psychologist (Ph.D. in developmental psychology, Harvard) as well as a neuroscientist (postdoctoral fellow in neuroanatomy, Yale Med Sch). I received my B.A. from Swarthmore College back in 1975 with majors in both psychology and sociology-anthropology. My research focus is the functions of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the interrelated cognitive and perceptual-motor abilities that appear to require that neural system. My early work focused on the hypothesis that some of the cognitive advances seen in infants between 7.5-12 months of age are made possible by maturational changes in prefrontal cortex. By working with both macaque monkeys and children, and by studying both behavior and brain function, I was able to establish a direct link between cognitive development and the functions of a specific neural system.
One of the next set of questions was, "What exactly is changing in the prefrontal system during this time?" One possible answer was increasing levels of the neurotransmitter, dopamine. As an initial way of looking at the role of dopamine in prefrontal cortex in humans early in development, I have been studying children who there was reason to believe might have a selective decrease in dopamine in prefrontal cortex, without other abnormalities in the brain -- children treated early and continuously for phenylketonuria (PKU). We've shown that these children are impaired in the cognitive functions dependent on prefrontal cortex, while unimpaired on tests of the functions of parietal cortex or the medial temporal lobe. In an animal model, we investigated the underlying biological mechanism, and found, as predicted, that the problem appears to lie in the exquisite sensitivity of the prefrontally-projecting dopamine neurons to the modest reduction in CNS tyrosine levels found in these children. The dopamine neurons in the retina share this special sensitivity, and those neurons too appear to be affected in these children: Reduced dopamine in the retina is associated with impaired contrast sensitivity, and children treated early and continuously for PKU have reduced sensitivity to visual contrast. This was the first demonstration of a visual defect in these children. This work leads to treatment implications, which we are currently investigating.
In the current work of my lab we are trying to understand better the cognitive requirements of different tasks on which children show developmental changes at specific ages and which are linked to specific neural systems, and by using functional MRI neural imaging to obtain better information, in children, of the neural basis for various cognitive functions.
I'm a teacher as well as a researcher. I love to teach. When I'm not working I love to dance.

Honors I have received include:
1997 Named a Distinguished Scientific Lecturer by the American Psychological Association
1996 Elected a Fellow of APA, Division 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative Psychology)
1995 Presented the Master Lecture on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Mar 1995, Indianapolis, IN
1994 Tjossem Memorial Lecture at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA
McDonnell-Pew Visiting Fellow at the Salk Institute & UCSD, La Jolla, CA
1993 Elected a Fellow of APA, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
1975 Phi Beta Kappa


30. Name: Sheryl Coombs, Ph.D
Company: Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University
Job Title: Professor
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am a neurobiologist who studies sensory systems with a primary focus on comparative studies of vertebrate hair cell systems. Neurophysiological, behavioral, anatomical and computer modeling techniques are applied to questions of how the nervous system encodes information about the environment, as detected by fish auditory and lateral line systems. These two systems have in common the same type of sensory receptor cell, the hair cell, which responds with electrical changes in the membrane when the apical "hairs" (cilia) of the cell are bent.
Essentially, hair cells in the lateral line system of fish respond to water currents along the fish's body, such as those produced by nearby moving prey. Hair cells in the fish auditory system can respond to both local and more distant sources of water disturbance, including the propagated pressure changes normally associated with sounds. For more information about our research program , visit my web page at http://parmly-2.ls.luc.edu/parmly/coombs.html


31. Name: Heather Kimmel
Company: Emory University
Job Title: Research Associate
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I received my Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 1997. As a graduate student, I studied the effect of opioid-dopamine interactions on rat behavior. Since Oct. 1997, I have been a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Kuhar, and I have been studying the dopamine transporter protein. My interests include drugs of abuse, behavioral pharmacology, and neuroscience.


32. Name: Anna L. Kleinhaus, Ph.D.
Company: New York Medical College
Job Title: Professor
Area of Study: Other
Personal information:


33. Name: Christine H. Block, Ph.D.
Company: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Job Title: Grant Facilitator
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information:


34. Name: Bakul Banerjee, Ph.D.
Company: Argonne National Laboratory
Job Title: Computer Scientist
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: My academic credentials include a Ph.D. degree in Geophysics from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and a Master's degree in Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. As a part of my mathematical pursuits, I did have a research fellowship in Mathematics at Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Studies in Mathematics, Madras, India. It was fun to work with many aspects of pure and applied mathematics, including signal processing, heat transfer, functional analysis and operator algebra. However, I spent most of my working life working with various aspects of large scale embedded electronic systems, particularly, systems for nuclear controls and telecommunications. I am active in the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) Technical Subcommittee on Software Engineering.
Since joining Argonne about seven years ago, I am active in the Women in Science and Technology (WIST) program sponsored by Argonne's Laboratory management, particularly in its outreach efforts to young women. Currently, I am a member of the WIST Steering Committee.


35. Name: Cynthia Bradbury
Company: Micron Technology Inc
Job Title: Surface Scientist
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: B.S. Wilkes University in Physics
M.S. Old Dominion University Applied Physics

I started out teaching high school and adult math and science. My husband was in the U.S. Navy and teaching provided an opportunity to be employed as a professional as we moved around.

For my master's I was part of a research group at NASA Langely Research Center in Virginia. Our research was on the effects of electron radiation on polymeric materials. These materials will eventually be part of the composites used to build the space station. This was an exciting chance to see how science was really done.

After completing my degree, I was hired by the Navy in one of the Depot labs. At these facilities, aircraft are taken apart and repaired to extend their useful life. I was in the laboratory which was a full scale materials analysis lab. Here I learned about and how to operate a surface analysis instrument. We analyzed materials involved with production as well as engineering and crash investigations. This job required a great deal of knowledge about many different types of materials from oils to advanced composites.

Currently, I am involved in the same type of analysis only now with the materials involved in the manufacture of Dram. The samples here are also from production or engineering. It is amazing how similar the jobs are considering how different the end product is.

Also, I am working with a Boise State University instructor. She is teaching migrant farm workers math and computer skills to increase their skills to be eligible for better jobs. It is my job to show how math really is part of someone's work. Additionally, I have been part of the mentoring programs at Micron involving young women in junior and senior high school.

Right now I am taking courses in statistical methods and materials science. There is always something new!


36. Name: Chantelle Blackmer
Company: Micron Technology
Job Title: Surface Scientist
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I have a B.S Chemistry degree from Boise State University and am working on a M.S. Materials Science and Engineering degree from National Technological University. I have been at Micron for 6 years working in the Surface Analysis Lab as a Scientist. I primarily use a Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) to analyze semiconductor materials.


37. Name: Marilyn S. Whittemore
Company: Buckman Laboratories / Lehigh University
Job Title: Synthesis Chemist
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: My main focus right now is to finish my Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical chemistry.... I am one month away from defending my dissertation! Chemistry is a great field for women - lots of fun, lots of challenges and great job opportunities. I am married to an incredible fellow and we have one son, who is a dentist, and a wonderful daughter-in-law, who is a preschool teacher. My best advice: go to school when you are young- but never pass up an opportunity to learn new ways of thinking!


38. Name: Vanja M. King
Company: Buckman Laboratories International/R & D
Job Title: Manager/Discovery group
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I am a microbiologist with specialization in industrial microbiology, esp. pulp and paper, water treatment, leather, and biodegradation. I manage a group of scientist involved in inventing new molecules and technologies for preventing microbial growth in industrial systems. My doctorate is in microbiology, received in '87 from University of Memphis. I have two children in college.


39. Name: Lori Freeman
Company: Micron Technology, Inc.
Job Title: Lab Manager/Lab Director
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I currently work for Micron Technology in Boise, ID. I am the Lab Manager for the Analytical Chemistry Lab and the Lab Director for the on-site Medical Clinic Lab. I have a B.S. degree in Bacteriology and a minor in Chemistry. I use both areas of expertise every day which allows for a very diverse working environment.

Micron Technology is a manufacturer of computer DRAM and SRAM memory chips. We also have a subsidiary that makes personal computers. We currently have about 12,000 people employed in the State of Idaho.

In the Analytical Lab, I employ 19 technicians and chemists. We support all of Micron from incoming materials analysis to waste profiles.

In the Clinical Lab, I am in charge of all the lab testing and training that occurs in the clinic lab.

I have a strong interest in mentoring young women in the science fields. I am heavily involved with mentoring and lecturing of young women from junior high through college in my own community. I want these young women to know what a rewarding career a "science field" can offer.


40. Name: Jennifer Lai
Company: IBM Research
Job Title: User Interaction Designer - Speech Interface Specialist
Area of Study: Other
Personal information:


41. Name: Dr. Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald
Company: Christian Brothers University and UT-Memphis
Job Title: Associate Professor
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I teach full time at CBU in the Biology Department. The courses I teach are: Principles of Biology, Vert. Phys., Neuroscience, and Mentored Research. I also conduct research on the importance of ocular blood flow for retinal health. The laboratory I work in is at UT in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology.

I have one child. She is in the 4th grade.


42. Name: Maude Taylor McGraw
Company: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
Job Title: Corporate Safety Director
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: Hi, I'm the mother of an active and bright 4 year old named Miesha. Due to the nature of my job, Miesha has a passport and has traveled with me to Europe and Australia. My area of study was chemical engineering, but I wanted something non-traditional. I found my speciality in safety and enjoy it very much.


43. Name: Elizabeth Simmons
Company: Department of Physics, Boston University
Job Title: Associate Professor of Physics
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information:


44. Name: Gina L. Hoatson
Company: College of Willaim and Mary
Job Title: Associate Professor of Physics
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance


45. Name: Laurie McNeil
Company: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Job Title: Professor
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: I am an experimental materials physicist, I use light scattering to study the properties of materials such as semiconductors. I am a Professor of Physics and of Applied and Materials Sciences, and I teach students at a
ll post-secondary levels from first-year college students to postdoctoral researchers. I am married (no children), and I enjoy choral singing and bicycling when I am not in the lab or the classroom. I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which is a very
nice place. I grew up in the Midwest, and went to college in the Boston area. I am happy to communicate with young women who want to know what it is like to be a woman in a male-dominated scientific field (which physics certainly is).


46. Name: Irene Wagner-Doebler
Company: National Research Institute for Biotechnology (GBF)
Job Title: Project leader/Research
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: My field of interest is microbial ecology. Together with my students we are currently studying microbial mercury reduction and its use as a mechanism to clean up mercury containing industrial waste streams, the structure of biofilm communities in polluted streams, and community structure of marine habitats with the aim to isolate new bacteria and retrieve interesting new genes.


47. Name: Suzanne Willis
Company: Northern Illinois University
Job Title: Professor
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: My research is in the field of experimental high energy physics; I do research at the Fermi National Accelerator Lab in Batavia, Illinois, and at the European High Energy Physics Lab in Geneva, Switzerland. I am the divorced mother of an 8-year-old son. My other interests include classical music,
science fiction (Live long and prosper!), and running.


48. Name: Anne-Marie Novo-Gradac
Company: The United States Naval Academy
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: I am a civilian faculty member at the United States Naval Academy. I have taught physics here for 4 years and also conduct research on lasers. I study fluoride and oxide crystals to determine whether they can be made into lasers. I usually have several undergraduate students working on research projects in my laboratories.

When I am not teaching or in my lab I like to hike, fish, sew, paint, and cook gourmet meals. I am also an amateur radio operator and am the faculty advisor to the radio club at the Naval Academy. My callsign is AC4OQ.


49. Name: Rhonda Stroud
Company: Naval Research Lab
Job Title: Research Physicist
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: 1996 Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis
1991 A. B. Cornell University

A research physicist is a great thing to be. I get to conduct experiments to understand how the world works and then share my new knowledge with colleagues all over the world. There is no time to get bored, becuase I am always learning something new. Currently I am working on oxide materials. I try to figure out how the structure (the way the atoms are arranged) affects the magnetic and optical properties of the materials. Making new things, like computer disks that can store more information or pocket telephones, starts with people like me who study the physics of new materials.

But physics is only part of my life. I also love traveling, photography, cooking, sewing, going to concerts, scuba diving and spending time with my husband.


50. Name: Elizabeth Sumner Wafler
Company: St. Mary's Episcopal School, Memphis, Tn.
Job Title: Lower School Science Teacher, Dept. Chair
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I teach science to all of the Second, Third, and Fourth Grade "Girls In Science" at St. Mary's, and sponsor the Ecology Club.I coordinate science programs for the lower school, and love to implement technology into the science curriculum.


51. Name: Zoa Conner
Company: George Washington University at Mount Vernon Colelge
Job Title: Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: B.S. in Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Maryland, 1997
My thesis work was on a solar neutrino experiment. With my postdoc fellowship, I work in the field of gamma-ray astronomy. I am interested in supporting women in science and improving science education (especially for young kids). I am married and have dealt with finding two scientific jobs in the same city.


52. Name: Lidija Sekaric
Company: Cornell University
Job Title: Graduate Student
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: Please see http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/ls63


53. Name: Dr. Karen S. Bjorkman
Company: University of Toledo
Job Title: Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: Personal web page: http://ardbeg.astro.utoledo.edu/~karen


54. Name: Mary Anne White
Company: Dalhousie University
Job Title: Professor
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: BSc in Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1975
PhD in Chemistry, McMaster University, 1980
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oxford University, 1979-81
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, 1981-83
Assistant then Associate then Full Professor, Dalhousie U, 1983
Killam Research Professor in Materials Science, 1996-
research interests in thermal properties of materials
interested in science for the general public
married to fellow chemist, and we have two children (16 and 13)


55. Name: Martha B. Holt
Company: Buckman Laboratories
Job Title: Group Leader-Water Treatment
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: My field of study is microbiology. My career allows me to increase my knowledge of microorganisms specific to the water industry.

My duties include indentification of microrganisms that contaminate industrial water sources. I also perform analytical testing of liquid and solid samples associated with industrial boilers and cooling systems. I enjoy my field of study daily because of the non-rountine nature of my job duties.

I work for a specialty chemicals manufacturer that provides products such as microbicides, corrosion/scale inhibitor, etc.


56. Name: Ann Viano, Ph.D.
Company: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Rhodes College
Job Title: research fellow and assistant professor of physics for research
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: My interests are in materials physics and medical imaging, specifically magnetic resonance imaging of patients with metallic implants. I work at a children's cancer hospital, and I also teach astronomy labs at a nearby college. I enjoy my work immensely because I feel that I am using my science education to help people: patients receive better medical imaging because of my work and my students realize, hopefully, that science can be fun and exciting and there's no reason to fear learning new things.


57. Name: Dr. Diane E. Albert
Company: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Job Title: Technical Staff Member, Team Leader of Mechanical Testing Lab
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: My specialty is mechanical behavior of materials. I use electron microscopes in my research. In addition to my scientif work, I'm interested in science and technology policy, environmental issues, and diversity issues.

For fun, I like to bike, run, swim, ski, skate, blade, lift weights. I compete in traithlons, and like to race, both biking and running. I teach spinning at a local YMCA.

I like to learn foreign languages (I speak French, Spanish, and Russian) and I love to travel.

I live a simple life - I don't own a car or a TV!


58. Name: Meg Urry
Company: Space Telescope Science Institute
Job Title: Astronomer; Head, Science Program Selection Office
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: MY WORK IN ASTRONOMY

I have been an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) since 1987. STScI carries out the science program of the Hubble Space Telescope for NASA. My scientific research concerns active galaxies, which are galaxies with unusually luminous cores that are likely powered by very massive black holes. To understand these objects, I make observations throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to infrared-optical-UV light to X- and gamma-rays, using satellite experiments and ground-based observatories. My work on active galaxies focuses on some of the most energetic and catastrophic phenomena known in the universe, and in recent years I have identified one of the principal causes of this extreme activity: relativistic jets probably formed in the vicinity of supermassive black holes at the heart of active galaxies.

In addition, I head the STScI Science Program Selection Office, which solicits HST observing proposals from the international astronomical community and oversees their review and final selection. We do this on a yearly cycle; for example, in 1996 we called for proposals in June, sending out a thick package of documentation on telescope and instrument capabilities, guidelines for proposing, and additional information. In response, we received nearly 1300 proposals by the deadline, September 13. These were
sent to approximately 140 proposal reviewers --- well-known astronomers from all over the world --- who then met at STScI in November to determine the HST observing program for Cycle 7 (observing dates July 1997 through June 1998). Letters of approval and rejection were sent to proposers in December; the approved programs require a second proposal submission (with much more details about the specific observations), due in the February/March 1997 time frame. Meanwhile, this January we in SPSO began prepari
ng for the next cycle, writing documentation (and Web pages) describing the new proposal procedures.

I have also maintained a long interest in the issue of women in science, and I was the chief organizer of the 1992 conference on Women in Astronomy which led to the Baltimore Charter (visit our Web page at http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/BaltoCharter.html).

HOW AND WHEN I CHOSE ASTRONOMY

I decided to be an astronomer much later than many of my colleagues --- really not until I applied to graduate school in my senior year at college. I was always interested in science, and found physics challenging, but was also attracted to mathematics and chemistry (not to mention English, history, languages, ...) Following my junior year at college (Tufts University), where astronomy was a very minor part of the physics department, I spent a summer as a student intern at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia. That was my first real contact with astronomy. It was there that I learned how interesting and how much fun astronomical research could be. The people were fun, too. I saw science not as a solitary pursuit but as a group activity, one that was social as well as rigorous.

The following year, I applied to graduate schools in astronomy and physics, and ended up planning to go in the fall to the Johns Hopkins University department of physics and astronomy, probably to pursue astronomy but still perhaps going into high energy
physics or some other field. In the summer before graduate school, I worked with an X-ray astronomy group at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard. More interesting science, more fun! This confirmed that when I went to Johns Hopkins, I should look seriously into doing astronomy. I later got summer jobs at the nearby Goddard Space Flight Center working with the X-ray astronomy group. This led directly to my thesis research, and the combined scientific excellence and low-key friendliness of that group is probably the reason I got through the stresses and pressures of graduate school.

In my experience, college classes, while useful, were never as important as on-the-job experience. What I know and use now in my work, for example, has completely replaced the dated information from my early training. The important thing is the approach, and the constant learning of new skills and constant improvements in understanding.

HOW DID I (NOT) PREPARE TO BE A SCIENTIST AND WHAT WOULD I ADVISE A YOUNG WOMAN TODAY?

I didn't do anything as a kid, frankly, that prepared me for this job. I enjoyed school, was always interested in every subject, advanced in mathematics at every opportunity (which in retrospect, was very important, though I didn't think about it at the time). I never liked science fiction, unlike many of my colleagues. I did like reading and writing a great deal, and I think that has helped me in writing scientific papers and in the communications needed to support the HST project. When I was quite young, in 3rd grade or so, I read a lot of biographies, including some of famous women --- doctors, scientists, pioneers. Quite frankly, the hardest part of getting to where I am in my career today has been developing the confidence that there IS a role for me, for women, in science, and in overcoming the insidious training I had, as does any girl in our society, to be a quintessentially female: to be self-effacing, to avoid "bragging," to support others even at the expense of taking appropriate credit oneself --- all wonderful, polite things, but very much at odds with the dominant scientific culture today, at least in the U.S. Reading about successful women, especially in fields where they had to fight to establish their right to be there, was a great morale boost and a great support. Finding a few women ahead of me and more in my peer group and even more coming up behind, has been critical to my staying in astronomy.

THE PERSONAL SIDE

I think it's really important to have a life besides a career. I like science a lot, but it isn't the most important thing. My family is -- I have two adorable daughters, Amelia, who is 7, and Sophia, who is nearly 5 years old. I love them more than it is possible to explain. It's tough to manage the family plus job sometimes, and the only reason I can is because my husband, who is an astrophysicist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, is an equal partner in our marriage. To young girls who want a career of any kind I would say: marry the right guy! I am really surprised sometimes when I hear intelligent young women agreeing to shoulder the greater part of the burden, agreeing to subordinate their careers and aspirations to those of the men in their lives, for no reason other than that is the way it is always done or that is the way their husbands and boyfriends have assumed it will be. I hope young girls grow up valuing their dreams and their futures as much as young boys do.

Favorite pasttimes: I get a lot of exercise --- usually on a stationary bike and/or doing weight lifting, first thing in the morning, before everyone else is up (there isn't any other free time!). When the weather is nice, we really like to go bicycling. My husband and I did a lot more before the kids were born, with long rides almost every weekend, and now that the girls are getting older, we're getting back into it (courtesy of our tandem and trailer bikes). I also read a tremendous amount, mostly current or classic fiction --- we make trips to the library a weekly family activity. The girls now love reading as much as we do. It's wonderful to watch Amelia read to her little
sister Sophia.


59. Name: Janet Tucker, RN, BSN, ACCE
Company: Presently not working in Nursing
Job Title:
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information: My speciality for 12 years has been in Obstetric Nursing. I am a nationally certified Childbirth Educator through ASPO/Lamaze.
I have worked High risk OB in three labor & deliveries, worked for midwives and High Risk Obstetricians in an office setting,& orked for a home fetal monitoring company. I taught childbirth classes for 11 years-private practice and for hospitals. I was childbirth education coordinator for 4 hospitals. Our three children were delivered utilizing lamaze breathing techniques.
I'll be willing to answer questions in this specialty.


60. Name: Lisa DuFur
Company: Craigmont High School
Job Title: Planetarium Teacher
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: The main objective of the planetarium is to spread the knowledge of astronomy and related disciplines in the school curriculum and among the general public at all levels of age and interest.

I've been involved in a variety of activities such as holding public observing sessions with the Memphis Astronomical

Society at Craigmont High School to create a relationship with the surrounding community. I also take a special interest in seventh and eighth grade students at Craigmont teaching them astronomy in the unique environment of the planetarium.

My field has taken me out of town on many occasions to conduct workshops such as the French Camp Academy Observatory. I was also chosen to study with the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics department and became a SPICA agent. SPICA stands for Support Program for Instructional Competency in Astronomy and assists teachers in the area of astronomy education.

Other projects I have been involved in include "The Private Universe Project" now called "Minds of Their Own" in which I served as coordinator. This was in conjunction with the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics department and focused on the many misconceptions students have about science. As a result of these 9 live interactive video conferences held at Craigmont High School there are now a series of video tapes that teachers can use to try and clear up some of the most common misconceptions students have about science.

I was also coordinator of "Tomorrow's Astronauts" which allowed middle school students from the Memphis area to talk live via video conference to an astronaut who demonstrated various physics experiments.

I am editor of an elementary astronomy newsletter called "Twinkles." This newsletter includes articles written by Craigmont students and contains activities teachers can use in the classroom.

The most challenging project I've been involved in is the creation of educational web sites for the "Thinkquest" contest.
Each team consisted of three students from different schools and three coaches who collaborated to create and interesting and educational web site for grades 7-12. Coaches are only allowed to coach. The students must complete all the work.
Last year, our students won fifth place out of over 500 entries with their entry called TOPS (The Online Planetarium Show.) Each student won $3,000 and each teacher and school won $500.

The 1997 ThinkQuest web page was called Mission to Mars. Students attend the Mars Academy online to learn more about the red planet and then get to launch their own spacecraft to Mars. Mission to Mars got first place in the international competition! Each student received $15,000 in scholorship money. Each coach and school received $2,500. We are very proud of this accomplishment.

Last, but not least is a web page in progress called "Women In Science" which will focus on women in the field of science, both past and present. A mentoring section where students will be able to ask female scientists questions about their area of study will be available. Electronic field trips will be taken by students online so that they can get a closer look at various types of laboratories they might not otherwise get to see.

My involvement in astronomy education has allowed me to expose the subject to a wide range of people from four year old children to senior citizens. The planetarium's three dimensional atmosphere makes astronomical concepts much easier for all to understand.

Awards

Think Quest National finalist, fifth place award winner - each student received $3,000, each coach received $500 and each institution received $500 for creating an educational Web Page to be used on the internet.

Think Quest International finalist, first place award winner - each student received $15,000, each coach received $2,500 and each institution received $2,500 for creating an educational Web Page to be used on the internet.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Award
duPont de Nemours Award - Science Teaching Excellence

University of Tennessee Sigma Xi Research Scientists Award

Tennessee Academy of Sciences Award - Science Teaching Excellence


61. Name: Julieann Warren
Company: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Job Title: Chief, Site Evaluation Unit
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information:


62. Name: Sheri Waldron
Company: University of Oklahoma
Job Title:
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am a nontraditional student currently seeking a BS degree in
computer science. I work 32 to 34 hours a week as a cashier/cook, and I take 12 credit hours a semester. I have 3 children ages 17, 15, and 10; two girls and a boy, respectively.


63. Name: Kailar Cooper
Company: Craigmont Highschool
Job Title: hostes/cashier
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: BA in Microbiology from Miami University, Oxford, OH
4 years experience in the industrial microbiology field, including work in medical device, pharmaceutical, and beverage industries.


64. Name: Dr. Ann M. Hirsch
Company: University of California-Los Angeles
Job Title: Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: My research is involved with plant-microbe interactions, specifically with the interactions between symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria and plants. We also study the association between symbiotic fungi and plant roots. Our goal is to understand why some plants allow certain bacteria and fungi to enter their cells and establish growing colonies for the benefit of both organisms. To do this, we utilize the tools of molecular biology and genetics. For more information, please see our web site: http://stratus.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcdbio/Faculty/Hirsch/index.html.


65. Name: Lilian Ofulue
Company: No company
Job Title: Protein Chemist
Area of Study: Other
Personal information:


66. Name: Kim Chamberlain
Company: No company
Job Title: full time student
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I graduated form the University of Rochester with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. I then worked in industry for about 2 1/2 years as a process engineer before deciding to go back to school for my Master's in Education. I plan to teach high school chemistry and physics and look forward to encouraging more young women to enter scientific fields.


67. Name: Alrena Lightbourn
Company: Radian International
Job Title: Toxicologist/Associate Scientist
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I also have a MS degree in Environmental Toxicology.

Ethnicity: Black

Country of Origin: Bahamas



68. Name: Dianna V. Matthias
Company: Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Job Title: Instructor of Biology and Oceanography
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: Ph.D. Northern Arizona University. 13 years teaching experience at the college level. San Ramon Rotary Educator of the Year 1995.


69. Name: Sonali P. Kolhatkar
Company: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute for Technology
Job Title: research assistant
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: My interests are in materials physics and medical imaging, specifically magnetic resonance imaging of patients with metallic implants. I work at a children's cancer hospital, and I also teach astronomy labs at a nearby college. I enjoy my work immensely because I feel that I am using my science education to help people: patients receive better medical imaging because of my work and my students realize, hopefully, that science can be fun and exciting and there's no reason to fear math and science.


70. Name: kathryn orvis
Company: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Job Title: Graduate research assistant
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: Bachelor's degree in Botany from Michigan State University, Master's in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently working on PhD in same program. Research involves the health aspects of onions, and its relation to the field of horticulture. Trying to build bridges between agriculture and medicine. Would like to do the same when I am Dr. Orvis! :) Looking for alternative careers with flexibility. Eat your veggies!!!


71. Name: Jody Halterman
Company: Capistrano Unified School District
Job Title: Teacher
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I teach 7th grade science in the capistrano unified School district. I am currently working on my Masters in Teaching, Science at California State University, Fullerton. I am conducting research to determine what factors lead to persistence in science for women.


72. Name: Kathleen Farley
Company: Pharmacia and Upjohn
Job Title: Senior Research Chemist
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I work in the Research division of a large pharmaceutical company in Kalamazoo, MI. I have a M.S. in Chemistry and I am a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrocopist. Basically, I determine the structure of proteins and potential drugs bound to the proteins by placing the compounds in a large magnetic field.


73. Name: Carolyn M. Primus
Company: Primus Consulting
Job Title:
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: PhD in Materials Science & Engineering, specialty is ceramics


74. Name: Rebecca Boulanger
Company: none
Job Title: student
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: Personal web page: http://ardbeg.astro.utoledo.edu/~karen


75. Name: kathleen farley
Company: No company
Job Title:
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information:


76. Name: Sofia DeFernandez
Company: SRA International/The George Washington University
Job Title: Software Engineer/Doctoral Student
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: B.S. Computer Science, Metropolitan University, PR
M.S. Computer Science, The George Washington University, DC
Ph.D. Student Computer Science, also at GWU

Brownie Girl Scout Troop Leader, Samoyed Owner, Scuba Diver,
Runner


77. Name: Hanna Wagner
Company: Ohio Northern Universtiy
Job Title: Student
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: I am currently a sophomore at Ohio Northern University. I absolutely love it here and I love the field of Physics. My future goals are graduating from here in two more years wtih a BS in Physics, moving to Arizona (out of the white stuff which will remain unnamed), becoming a high school teacher, becomming a fast pitch softball coach, and continuing my education. In addition to this, I want to help spread the word that it's ok to be a female and be intelligent, especially in the sciences and math.


78. Name: Alison Peck
Company: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Job Title: graduate research assistant
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: I'm currently a PhD student at New Mexico Tech, and a pre-doctoral fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.


79. Name: Terri Mengelt
Company: Baxter International
Job Title: Research Assistant II
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am an electron microscopist. I have been in the field for almost five years. At Baxter, I look at all types of samples, either biological or material with the help of an electron microscope. My goal now is that I would like to go and get my BSE in broadfield science. I really enjoy science and math and would like to interest todays youth in these subjects.


80. Name: (Dr) Jean S Fleming
Company: University of Otago
Job Title: Senior Lecturer
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: See http://www.otago.ac.nz/Physiology/Individuals/fleming.htm for research interests

Molecular endocrinology and reproduction


81. Name: Evelyn Boettcher
Company: University of Maryland
Job Title: Graduate Research Assit.
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information:


82. Name: Marlene A. Hilkowitz
Company: Project 2061
Job Title: K-12 Science Education Supervisor
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information:


83. Name: Jessica Beth Rogers
Company: Lubbock High School
Job Title: AP Chemistry Teacher
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I am teaching pre-AP and AP chemistry at the academic magnet school in Lubbock, Texas. This is an outstanding program with an exceptional pool of students. I am able to accelerate the pacing and the depth of the courses and really challenge the kids.


84. Name: Benedetta B Gigliotti
Company: The Scripps Research Institute
Job Title: Research Technician
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information:


85. Name: April Crommett
Company: The University of Mississippi
Job Title: Graduate Assistant
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am a doctoral student in exercise science at the University of Mississippi. I am interested in bariatrics (obesity) and physiological aspects of health.

I got my undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University in 1991 and went on to get my master's from Memphis State University in 1993. I have been working on my Ph.D. since 1996 and hope to finish in the year 2000. One of my interest areas in bariatrics is substrate utilization during resistance training for the purpose of weight control. I hope to contribute to the field of science as a woman by either teaching at a university or doing clinical research.


86. Name: Tracy Jo Litzi
Company: Origene Technologies, Inc.
Job Title: Research Associate
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information:


87. Name: Sunia Lausberg
Company: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster, FRG
Job Title: PhD student - GeoScience - esp. Palaeobotany
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: 29, female. Working on Permian floras in WSW Germany, special regard to conifers, interested in museology, esp. Museums of Natural History and all other possibilities to connect research with communication.
Interested in women-related topics.


88. Name: Eleanor Vallier-Talbot
Company: National Weather Service
Job Title: Senior Meteorologist/K-12 Education Coordinator
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: I've been with the NWS for 14 years (in 1999), currently in Charleston, SC, my 4th station. I also worked in Providence, RI; Portland, ME and Boston/Taunton, MA. While stationed in Boston, I developed what became a VERY active School Outreach program. I visited numerous K-12 schools, had countless students in for office tours, and developed a website that has many good resources for students and teachers to use to learn more about the weather. I have recreated this page here in Charleston (see the link above). I am also an author...well, co-author, actually. I wrote a chapter in a book called "Weather-The Nature Company Guides," which was published in April 1996.

I was married to my long time sweetheart, Dean, in 1992. We have no children, but our cats are our "kids"! We have two now...our first is Bogey (9 yrs.). She is a DSH, but looks like a Russian blue with polydactical paws! Our new addition is Charly (7 mos.). He's an orange tabby.

If anyone has any questions about weather in general, or a career in meteorology in particular, please contact me!


89. Name: Diane Webster
Company: Monash University
Job Title: Post Doc
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: Botany, edible vaccines, viruses


90. Name: Jane Halverson
Company: Herkimer County Community College and G&H Biotec, LLC
Job Title: Instructor, President
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: BS in Chemical Engineering, MS in Environmental Management, future PhD in Environmental Engineering. Married, live in central New York State. Orginally from Australia. DOB is
June 5, 1973. I teach Chemistry and have a company that remediates contaminated soil using microbes and plants.

Love science/engineering, music (all kinds), and the outdoors.


91. Name: Mary Hall Reno
Company: University of Iowa
Job Title: Associate Professor
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: Theoretical particle physics


92. Name: Shirley Rodgers
Company: Butler County Community College
Job Title: Technical Specialist/Part-time Instructor
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I teach CADD, Technical Mathematics and Physics in addition to maintaining computer lab.


93. Name: Sharon King
Company: The Mad Science Group
Job Title: Director of Research and Development
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am a microbiologist by training but current lead a team of science educators who create fun hands-on inquiry based activities for children in elementary schools all over the world to help spark their interest in science and science careers.


94. Name: Kayla Perryman
Company: No company
Job Title:
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: Right now I'm in junior high but I have the highest science average in my school. I plan to try and go to MIT when I go to college. I hope to study every part of science I can.


95. Name: Mary Viano-Paulson
Company: Adeza Biomedical
Job Title: Chief Medical Technologist
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information: Born and raised in Santa Clara, California.
B.S. Micobiology San Jose State University
ASCP Residency Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose CA
CA State Internship Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
4 years at Stanford Medical Center in Clinical Microbiolgy
Currently at Adeza Biomedical in Uterine Receptivity Research


96. Name: Aileen Erickson
Company: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Job Title: graduate student
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am a graduate student in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison


97. Name: Carmen Berg
Company: John G. Diefenbaker H.S.
Job Title: High School Physics Teacher
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: I am a high school physics and general science teacher in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I have an honours degree in Biophysics from the University of Toronto and an education degree from the University of Alberta.


98. Name: Geeta Datta
Company: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Job Title: Research Associate
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I am Ph.D. in Biochemistry from India and have recently started my career a second time in the USA. I am interested in Research and wish to make a contribution in the Health Sciences.


99. Name: De Rimma Bektursunova
Company: The Queen's University of Belfast
Job Title: postdoctoral research fellow
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information:


100. Name: Kathy Gallardo
Company: University of California, Irvine
Job Title: MD/PhD student
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information: I have a PhD in Pharmacology, and I am finishing my MD. I am interested in Developmental Neuroscience, and plan to practice medicine in the field of Pediatric Neurology; I hope to carry out research as well.


101. Name: Joan King, Ph.D.
Company: Beyond Success
Job Title: Professor Emeritus now Personal/Professional Coach & Workshop Leader
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: After 20 years at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, as a researcher in Neuroendocrinology, I took early
retirement to support other women in academia, women executives
and women in transition. I am a Personal/Professional Coach who uses the telephone to work with clients world wide. Check my website for a coaching interview and a list of workshops.


102. Name: Cynthia Nau Cornelissen
Company: Virginia Commonwealth University
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information:


103. Name: Janice M. Hicks
Company: Georgetown University
Job Title: Associate Professor
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: My work involves the use of lasers to study surfaces of crystals such as ice, and also biological surfaces. My group has studied the reactions that occur on ice particles in clouds that lead to polar stratospheric ozone depletion. We have also developed new methods for studying chirality (handedness) of biological surfaces such as proteins embedded in membranes. In addition, we are developing new laser methods for the study of biological cells, especially brain cell receptors.

I am an alum of Bryn Mawr College (which I recommend heartily to women interested in science); my PhD is from Columbia University and I also did postdoctoral study at the University of Pennsylvania. I was a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, and after being promoted to Associate Professor, I did a sabbatical in a neuroscience lab at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I teach courses in physical chemistry. Other interests include environmental science.


104. Name: Susan Elena Pickett
Company: University of Tokyo
Job Title: Research Associate
Area of Study: Other
Personal information:


105. Name: Pamela Pippin Vaughan
Company: USEPA-NERL
Job Title: Research Associate
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: B.S., Chemistry, University of Flordia
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry,University of Maryland
Currently a NRC research associate at the EPA in Athens, GA.


106. Name: Carmen Masanneck
Company: C.& O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research
Job Title: PHD Student
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I studied biology in Germany, Bielefeld, went to Switzerland, Zürich for 1 Year, and started my PhD here in neuroscience.
I´m interested in Brain Research, Brain Mapping, Learning and Memory; Feminism, and Issues concerning the Internet, Computer and Communication.


107. Name: Lucille Tamm
Company: US Bureau of Land Management
Job Title: Senior Staff Geologist
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: B.S. in Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Maryland, 1997

I am currently the Program Coordinator for a residential program for undergraduate women (at GW@MVC) interested in science, engineering, and technology called Women and Power Leadership Program - Women in Science and Technology.

My thesis work was on a solar neutrino experiment: Super-Kamiokande. With my Robert R. McCormick Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Chicago, I worked in the field of gamma-ray astronomy.

I am interested in supporting women in science and improving science education (especially for young kids). I am married, have a baby boy, and have dealt with finding two scientific jobs in the same city.


108. Name: Cathy L. Neeley
Company: East Kentucky Center For Sci., Math., & Tech.
Job Title: Outreach Program Specialist
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: BS. Geology - Eastern Kentucky University
Geologist - US Geological Survey, Reston VA.
Environmental & Geological educator - The Earth Mobile, Richmond, KY
Presently conduct school and community programs, teacher workshops on Aerospace, Agriculture, Air Quality, Astronomy, Chemistry, Energy, Environment, Geology, Marine Science, Physical Science, Plant Science, Science & Culture, Solid Waste, Water Quality, Weather, & Wildlife.


109. Name: HEIDY GUADALUPE RIVASPLATA MALDONADO
Company: UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRUJILLO-PERU
Job Title: BIOLOGIST-MICROBIOLOGIST
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I AM A YOUNG SCIENTIST.I AM PERUVIAN AND I AM 25 YEARS OLD.
I HAD FINISHED MY STUDIES IN 1 997.I HAD PRACTICED AT SUGAR INSTITUTE OF PERU,AT SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION,AT MY UNIVERSITY.ACTUALLY I'M TRYING TO APPLY AT SOME SCOLARSHIP OR BECA,BUT IT IS SO DIFFICULT.I'M LOOKING FOR A JOB,BUT THERE IS NO PLACE TO A MICROBIOLOGIST IN MY COUNTRY.WORKERS USUALLY WANT AN EXPERIENCED PERSON,BUT IF NO ONE WANTS TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY HOW CAN I GET ONE???
I'M INTERESTED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY,FOOD SCIENCE RELATED TO MY CAREER.


110. Name: Mirjana Milic
Company: Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinca",Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Job Title: research assistant
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information:


111. Name: Alice Deutsch
Company: Bioscreen Inc.
Job Title: President
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information: I started up my own company which is in diagnostics of male fertility and is about 12 years old.I am active in Association for Women in Science (AWIS).I have a Ph.D. in Biology, 1977 from City University of New York. I am Contributing Editor on Web Sites for the AWIS Magazine.I live and work in New York City.


112. Name: Vera Brudny
Company: Universidad de Buenos Aires
Job Title: Professor
Area of Study: Physics
Personal information: I am proffesor at the Physics Department of the University
of Bs As. I am presently spending a sabbatical at the Universidad del Estado de Morelos, in Mexico. My research
interest include condensed matter (non linear optical properties
of matter) and electromagnetic scattering.


113. Name: Karla de Souza Torres
Company: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Job Title:
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: I'm student of Science Computer in Brazil and I'm interested to know better the Woman In Science. If it's possible send me a mail please.
Thanks.
Karla



114. Name: Nicole Jackson
Company: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Job Title: Graduate Assistant
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: Education:
I received my B.S.E. in May of 1999. I am certified to teach Earth & Space and General Science. I am currently pusuing a master's degree while I look for a teaching position.

Experience:
As an undergaduate I had many wonderful opportunities. I helped develop the web pages for the Geology and Geography classes on campus and helped to create the university's first on-line course, Environmental Geology. I was also able to make presentations at regional and national meetings of the National Science Teachers Association(NSTA.)

Personal:
My husband, my two sons and I operate a family dairy farm.


115. Name: Maria Conrelisse
Company: University Nijmegen The Netherlands
Job Title: teacher trainer and research chemistry education
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I am a techer trainer and in service trainer. I do research about chemistry textbooks. I have always been busy in de Dutch Women and Science Organisation.
I like to email with someone from the Unites States, withh the same interests.


116. Name: Barbara E. Tobey
Company: Central Michigan University
Job Title: Student
Area of Study: Earth and Space sciences
Personal information: I am a senior with several majors and minors, but my focus is in meteorology. I plan to attend graduate school through the Ph. D. level and follow a career in research. For 10 weeks in the summer of 1999, I had the opportunity to work at the Oklahoma Weather Center under the mentorship of David Stensrud at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), conducting research in numerical weather prediction. I'm still unsure of the area of meteorology that I wish to focus on, but at this point in my career, that is probably healthy.

On a personal note, I am happily married to a wonderful and understanding man who will follow me wherever I need to go in my career and who is understanding enough to be comfortable with me taking 10 weeks of the summer a thousand miles away from home. He supports me in all possible respects as the current career student that I have to be.

I have many interests and hobbies including and besides weather. As of this summer, I am an enthusiastic storm chaser. I write creatively--poems and stories. I sing when I have the opportunity, and remain active in music through Sigma Alpha Iota, International Music Fraternity for Women.

For more information and details about me, please see my website: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/cyndertobey


117. Name: Laura Hlinak
Company: Capital High School
Job Title: science teacher
Area of Study: Biology
Personal information: I am a science teacher at Capital HS in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I am teaching physical science and biology here, and previously taught chemistry and biology in California. Before I went into teacher, I was a genetics researcher and biochemist.


118. Name: Carol A. Larson
Company: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Technology
Area of Study: Medicine
Personal information: BS - Medical Technology (Nebraska Methodist Hospital - affiliated with Univ of Nebr Medical Center)
MSEd - Instructional Technology (Univ of Nebr at Kearney)

I worked as a Medical Technologist for 12.5 years at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE before becoming an instructor in UNMC's Med Tech program. My role now is to teach students how to become Medical Technologists (aka Clinical Laboratory Scientists).

I enjoy computers, finding information on the Internet related to my profession, reading, hiking, and music.


119. Name: Margarida Maria Knobbe
Company: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - Brasil
Job Title: The new intelligentsia
Area of Study: Other
Personal information:


120. Name: Joyce C. Miller
Company: Mount Vernon Nazarene Collge
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information:


121. Name: Michelle Mac
Company: Lakeland College
Job Title: Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics
Area of Study: Chemistry
Personal information: I am currently in my second year of teaching at a small liberal arts college in northeastern Wisconsin and love every minute of it!!

I did my Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Michigan State (1996) and was an NIH post doctoral fellow at Columbia University (1996-1998). My current research interests include the use of electron magnetic resonance techniques to understand the structure of radicals involved in biological electron transfer reactions.


122. Name: Erin Pias
Company: LSUMC-S
Job Title: Ph.D Student
Area of Study: Other
Personal information: Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology


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