Resume

• 2008

  UC San Diego

  MCPHS University

  UCSD

  SDCCD

  UC San Diego

  UC San Diego

  Boston University

  Microbiology (BIOL 334)\nThe course will include 45 hours of lecture per semester for which I will be solely responsible. The class size will be 80 students. Lecture topics include cell biology

  genetics

  pathogenic bacteriology

  and food and industrial microbiology. \nDuring this course I will:\n•\tMake the classroom student-centered by employing various active learning techniques\n•\tUtilize course management technology including Blackboard and clickers\n•\tCoordinate the laboratory with four graduate teaching assistants

  UMass Boston

  Instructor

  Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE) Program \tSummer 2013\n•\tTaught a 3 day phage discovery module to local high school students

  UCSD

  SDCCD

  San Diego

  For Fall semester

  I taught BIOL 107: General Biology lecture and lab course.\nI was responsible for teaching three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work per week.

  Adjunct Faculty at Mesa College

  Introductory Biology for Health Sciences (BI105)\nThis was an introductory biology course for health science majors. The course included 45 hours of lecture per semester for which I was solely responsible. The class size was 150 students. Topics included biomolecules

  cell structure and function

  mitosis/meiosis

  genetics

  transcription/translation

  pathogens

  immunology

  and development.\nDuring this course I:\n•\tMade the classroom student-centered by employing various active learning techniques\n•\tRemained available to students by holding three weekly office hours\n•\tWrote and administered four course exams\n•\tGained proficiency in student polling software (TurningPoint Clickers)

  Boston University

  Lecturer

  University of California

  San Diego

  UCSD

  2008-2012 \tPeer mentor for 1st year Biology graduate students

  met regularly to advice and support\n\n2008-2009\t Committee member of the Graduate Biology Peer Mentors (UCSD)

  organized events to foster a sense of community among students

  Biology Peer Mentor

  UC San Diego

  UCSD

  •\tLed weekly undergraduate discussion sections\n•\tContributed questions to

  proctored

  and graded course exams\n•\tGraded written assignments\n•\tDesigned and delivered weekly presentations on course material\n•\tCreated weekly worksheets based on lecture material\n•\tUsed active learning techniques such as “Think

  Pair

  Share” to engage students \n•\tHeld exam review sessions

  Teaching Assistant - Embryos

  Genes and Development

  UC San Diego

  UCSD

  Completed “The College Classroom” at UCSD

  which is affiliated with the Center for the Integration of Research

  Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network\n•\tLearned techniques such as peer instruction to create a student-centered classroom

  Educational Development

  UC San Diego

  Using C. elegans

  I studied the mechanism of ephrin guidance molecule signaling to better understand how neurons find their targets in the developing organism. This work resulted in the following publication: \n\nGrossman EN

  Giurumescu CA

  and Chisholm

  AD. (2013) Mechanisms of ephrin receptor protein kinase-independent signaling in amphid axon guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 195(3): 899-913.

  UCSD

  UC San Diego

  UCSD

  •\tLed weekly undergraduate discussion sections\n•\tContributed questions to

  proctored

  and graded course exams\n•\tDesigned and delivered weekly presentations on course material\n•\tDesigned weekly worksheets based on lecture material \n•\tHeld exam review sessions

  Teaching Assistant - Mammalian Physiology I

  Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory (CHE 333L)\nI am responsible for curriculum development of an Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory course. The course will include 60 hours of laboratory instruction per semester for which I will be solely responsible. The class consists of six students. Techniques will include protein expression

  purification and analysis from bacterial cells

  as well as enzymatic assays.

  MCPHS University

  Lecturer

  Temporary Lecturer

  SP14 Biochemical Techniques Laboratory \tMarch – June 2014\nUniversity of California

  San Diego\nI taught this 4 unit stand-alone lab for the second time. This course included 30 hours of lecture for which I was solely responsible

  and 80 hours of wet lab work that I supervised with the help of three Master's students. The class consists of 72 biology majors

  ranging from sophomores to seniors. Techniques covered will include: column chromatography

  ELISA

  Western blotting

  plasmid purification

  and bacterial transformation.\n\nTemporary Lecturer

  WI14 Biochemical Techniques Laboratory \tJan – March 2014\nUniversity of California

  San Diego\nThis was a 4 unit stand-alone lab

  which included 30 hours of lecture and 80 hours of wet lab work per quarter. The class consisted of 61 biology students

  ranging from freshman to seniors.\nDuring this course I:\n•\tSupervised three teaching assistants\n•\tWrote and administered two exams and four quizzes\n•\tGained proficiency in instructional course management systems (BlackBoard)\n•\tBecame experienced with instructing students in microscopy

  column chromatography

  and spectrophotometry techniques\n\nTemporary Lecturer

  FA13 Cell Biology\t\t \t\t\tSept – Dec 2013\nUniversity of California

  San Diego\t\t\t\t\t \nThis was a fast paced eukaryotic cell biology course taught to 112 upper division biology students. Topics included membrane structure

  secretory pathway

  cytoskeletal components

  cell cycle

  and cancer. It included 30 hours of lecture per quarter for which I was solely responsible.\nDuring this course I:\n•\tSupervised five teaching assistants\n•\tHeld a weekly office hour\n•\tWrote and administered two course exams\n•\tUsed Peer Instruction techniques to enhance learning

  UC San Diego

  UC San Diego

  UCSD

  •\tGraded lab reports\n•\tContributed questions to

  proctored

  and graded course exams\n•\tPrepared reagents/needed supplies\n•\tResponsible for maintaining laboratory organisms (frogs

  chicks

  fish)\n•\tMonitored student experiments and assisted during lab sessions 8hr/wk

  Teaching Assistant - Embryology Laboratory

  Member

  Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

• 2007

  Troubleshooting

  Oral Communication

  Biology

  Cell Biology

  Western Blotting

  Patience

  Teaching

  Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

  Critical Thinking

  Laboratory

  Multi Tasking

  Persistence

  Cell Culture

  Mentoring

  Data Analysis

  Grossman

  PhD

  Emily

  Grossman

  PhD

  UMass Boston

  UCSD

  University of California

  San Diego

  PhD

  I have served as a Teaching Assistant for the following courses:\nFall '08: BICD 131

  Embryology Laboratory\nFall '09: BIPN 100

  Mammalian Physiology I\nWinter '11: BICD 30

  Embryos

  Genes

  and Development

  Biology/Biological Sciences

  General

  Fall '12: Enrolled in \"The College Classroom\" - Affiliated with the Center for the Integration of Research

  Teaching

  and Learning (CIRTL)

  UCSD

• 2002

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Biology/Biological Sciences

  General

  UCI