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| During the four years of an interdisciplinary GK-12 program at UCLA, seven graduate students and one undergraduate have served as chemistry GK-12 fellows. Two chemistry postdoctoral students have also participated in the program. Three of the former GK-12 graduate fellows now hold post-doctoral positions with Jack W. Szostak of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular Biology in Massachusetts General Hospital, with Nobel Laureate, Robert Grubbs in the Department of Chemistry at Cal Tech, and with Itamar Willner in the Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. The other four graduate students expect to receive their Ph.D. degrees within the year. The undergraduate chemistry GK-12 fellow, who worked in the program during its first year, has received her Bachelor's degree, teaching credential, and M.Ed degree and is teaching in an inner-city high school in the Los Angeles area. Five of the graduate students and both postdoctoral students plan to pursue academic careers in institutions ranging from research universities to community colleges. Two graduate students intend to move into science education policy areas. The poster will highlight the role the GK-12 program has had in the career decisions that these young chemists have made. |
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General Posters
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Sunday, March 25, 2007 Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Riverside Center, Poster
Sci-Mix
Division of Chemical Education |