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Iota Sigma Pi Speakers Bureau Iota Sigma Pi is a national honor society for
women that promotes professional development and personal growth of women in chemistry and
related fields through recognition, public outreach, and the formation of supportive
networks. The Iota Sigma Pi Speakers Bureau was set up to promote professional
interactions between women in chemistry. The participants in the Speakers Bureau have
expressed an interest in giving talks on various aspects of chemistry. Please contact the
speaker directly for more information. |
Jennifer K. Bachman
The University of the South
735 University Avenue
Sewanee, TN 37383-1000
931-598-3237 (office)
931-598-1145 (fax)
email
Topics: Drugs of Abuse, A Day in the Life of a Forensic Drug Chemist,
What Does a Chemist Actually Do?,
Fun chemistry Demonstrations YOU can do
Linda Brazdil
Northwestern University
School of Education and Social Policy
2120 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2615
874-467-5272
Email
Topics: Careers in Chemistry and Science Education.
Jeanne Buccigross, Ph.D.
College of Mount St. Joseph
Department of Chemistry
5701 Delhi Road
Cincinnati, OH 45233-1670
513-244-4718 (office)
513-244-4222 (fax)
email
Topics: The Science of Rock Art; Teaching Chemistry with Natural Dyes
Professor Mary K.
Carroll
Department of Chemistry
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
518-388-6336 (office)
518-388-6795 (fax)
email
Topics: Aerogels:
Fabrication, Characterization and Applications; Aerogel-Platform Gas Sensors;
Establishing and Maintaining a Collaborative Research Program at an
Undergraduate Institution; Mentoring Undergraduate Research Students (Why Should
I Bother)?
Web page:
http://www.union.edu/academic_depts/chemistry/faculty/carroll/index.php
Kathleen Cox, Ph.D..
Schering-Plough Research Institute
2015 Galloping Hill Road, K-15-3-2800
Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539
908-740-5179 (office)
908-740-2916 (fax)
email
Topics: The Role of
LC/MS/MS in Drug Metabolism in the Pharmaceutical Industry; Development of Drugs
in the Pharmaceutical Industry: From Molecules to Medicine
Angela Hoffman,
Ph.D.
University of Portland
Department of Chemistry and Physics
5000 N. Willamette Blvd
Portland, OR 97203
503-943-7173 (office)
email
Topics: Mentoring
research students and colleagues; Taxol, research, activity, etc.; Natural
products with antibiotic, anticancer or antimalarial activity
Allyn C. Howlett, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
One Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
336-716-8545 (phone)
336-716-8501 (fax)
email
Topics: Research Topics: Drugs of Abuse--the Cannabinoid Receptor
Career topics: Pharmacology: the Biology underlying Drug Design
Dr. Donna A. Iannotti
6461 55th Square
Vero Beach, FL 32967
772-480-1207 (phone)
Email
Topics: Biochemistry; Agricultural chemistry; Green
methods of insect and plant pathogen control, bioremediation, science and the
public; Scientific urban myths; Women in chemistry
Susan Marine, Ph.D.
Miami University Middletown
4200 East University Boulevard
Middletown, OH 45042-3497
513-727-3372
email
Topics:
Chemistry of Art Materials; Multidimensional Gas
Chromatography; Chemical Technology; Interdisciplinary Teaching of Basic
Chemistry Using Art
Dr. Judith Faye Rubinson
Department of Chemistry
Georgetown University
Box 571227
Washington, DC 20057- 1227
202-687-2066 (office)
202-687-6209 (fax)
email
Topics: Biochemical and
Biomedical Applications of Conducting Polymer Electrodes
Dr. Barbara Sawrey
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Vice Chancellor, Undergraduate Education
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0001
858-822-4358 (office)
email
Topics: Mixing and Matching Paradigms from Science and Education Research
Dr. Anne T. Sherren
North Central College
555 Foxworth Blvd
Lombard, IL 60148
email
Topics: Items Related to
Chemical Education--especially Use of Real Life Samples for Student Experiments
Edlyn S. Simmons
Managing Member
Simmons Patent Information Service, LLC
5528 Brewer Rd, Mason, OH 45040
513 398-3660 (fax)
513 315-2751 (phone)
email
(Home email address) edlyns@earthlink.net
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Topics: patent information; patent law; careers for chemists in
information science and patent law
Melissa Strait
614 W. Superior
Alma College
Alma, MI 48801
989-463-7223 (office)
email
Topics: Porosity in meteorites, Meteorites in Antarctica,
Service learning in the chemistry research lab, Environmental problems in
Central Michigan
Claire Tessier
Department of Chemistry
University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-3601
330-972-5304 (office)
email
Topics:
Inorganic Backbone Polymers (especially
phosphazenes); Super Acids, Green Chemistry (for general audience); Project SEED
(sponsored by the ACS)
Dr. Kathryn
Thomasson
University of North Dakota
Chemistry Department
Abbott Hall Room 236
151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
701-777-3199 (office)
email
Topics:
Computer Simulations of Protein-Protein Interactions; Ligand Channeling in
Glycolysis; Glycolytic Enzyme/Actin Interactions; Calculations of Peptide and
Protein UV Circular Dichroism
Catherine Woytowicz
The George Washington University
Department of Chemistry
725 - 21st St., NW Room 107A
Washington, DC 20052
202-994-5637 (office)
email
Topics:
science and public policy; Congress, the
White House, and the Interagency Community; organic synthetic chemistry;
forensic science, innovation in teaching; science in decision making; support
for women in graduate school; chemical weapons (anything from history to medical
issues); conventional armed forces issues; critical thinking and analytical
writing; science writing; science in fiction/fiction in science (can include
film)
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