Early Career and Remote Undergraduate Research Experiences as Catalysts for More Impactful Community College STEM Opportunities

Abstract

Wilson, developing carbon based nano-bio immunoconjugates for use in medical applications. After earning his doctorate in Chemistry from Rice, he moved to Berkeley California to work in Dr. Carolyn Larabell's National Center for X-ray Tomography at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Currently, he is a Professor of Chemistry at Pasadena City College and runs an undergraduate research program attempting to infuse active learning in conjunction with remotely accessible microscopes into K-12 and university science curriculum. He is actively involved in bring micro nanotechnology technician programs to Community College campuses being a part of the Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) Network and the Nanotechnology Professional Development Partnership (NPDP) Program.

Reflections from Virtual Undergraduate Summer Research Experience with Interdisciplinary Teams

“…Feedback from the experience was similar: The REU included larger numbers of participants, collaboration among more diverse teams, computational topics, and utilization of previously collected data. Ashcroft et al (2020) also discussed the larger community college impact of remote REUs before the full impact of COVID. Another virtual REU example (Cadena et al, 2020) included diverse applications and poster presentations.…”