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Education<\/em> Mentor: Erin Carlson<\/p>\n -Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of New Hampshire (2009)<\/p> Mentors: Gary Weisman and Edward Wong<\/p> -B.A. in Chemistry, University of Southern Maine (2003)<\/p>\n Research Experience<\/em> Scientific affiliations<\/em> Science Outreach Experience:<\/em> -Participation in the 2018 SAU Science and Engineering Open House Friday October 26, 2018, SAU Magnolia AR. Awards\/Recognition<\/em> Employment & Research Positions<\/em>
-Postdoctoral Researcher, Indiana University (2009\u20132011)<\/p>
-Natural product research
-Ecotoxicology
-Technologies for natural product isolation
-Organic synthesis
-Design of inquiry-based biochemical experiments<\/p>\n
-American Chemical Society, 2006 \u2013 present
-Arkansas Academy of Science, 2017 \u2013 present<\/p>\n
-Participated as a judge at Southwest Arkansas Region Science Fair March 8, 2019, SAU Magnolia AR.<\/p>\n
-Organization and participation in the 2017 SAU Science and Engineering Open House Friday November 3, 2017, SAU Magnolia AR.
-Logistics for the SAU Tech Start Virtual Reality Facebook event September 29, 2017, SAU Magnolia AR
-Participated as a judge at Southwest Arkansas Region Science Fair March 17, 2017, SAU Magnolia AR.
-Participated as a judge at Southwest Arkansas Region Science Fair March 18, 2016, SAU Magnolia AR.
-SAU Science and Engineering Open House Friday October 24, 2014, SAU Magnolia AR.
-ACS National Chemistry Week, 23rd <\/sup>October 2010, Indiana University. Along with Dr. Carlson at IU, I designed and implemented a hands-on laboratory activity for ages GK-12 in which students extracted and identified pigments of different botanical sources. This outreach effort resulted in a publication.
-National Science Foundation GK-12, Partnerships for Research Opportunities to Benefit Education (PROBE) Fellowship, 2006-2007. The UNH PROBE project\u2019s goals were to advance inquiry-based education at the high school level and to promote interest in math and science among prospective college students. As a fellow I was partnered with a 9th<\/sup> grade high school chemistry teacher and designed and implemented inquiry-based laboratory experiments with students.
-Students as Researchers Conference, UNH 2007. I participated in workshops in which high school science teachers were familiarized with the use of inquiry- based activities to promote science education.
-Science Technology Institute (STI) for High School Teachers, June 2006, Plymouth State College. I participated in workshops in which high school chemistry teachers were educated on the use of GC and HPLC instruments for the use in high school chemistry laboratory courses.<\/p>\n
SI Instructor of the Year, SAU (2014\u20132015); Craig A. West Memorial Award, UNH (2008); Alvin R. Ingram Graduate Fellowship, UNH (2007); Pratt Summer Fellowship, UNH (2007); Lester A. Pratt Graduate Scholarship, UNH (2006); NSF GK-12 PROBE Teaching Fellowship (2006-2007); Pratt-Diniak Teaching Fellowship, UNH (2005); The American Institute of Chemists Student Award, USM (2003)<\/p>\n
-Pre-Health Advisor, College of Science and Engineering, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2018 \u2013 present
-Assistant Dean, College of Science and Engineering, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2018 \u2013 present
-Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2018 \u2013 present
-Pre-Health Advisor, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2018 – present
-Interim Assistant Dean, College of Science and Engineering, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2017-Spring 2018
-Aplha Chi National College Honor Society Sponsor, Arkansas Theta Chapter, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2015 \u2013 present
-Assistant Professor of Biology, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2014 \u2013 Spring 2018
-Pre-Health committee member, Southern Arkansas University, Fall 2014 \u2013 present
-Adjunct Faculty, Southern Arkansas University, Spring 2014.
-Research Associate, AIBMR Life Sciences, 8\/2011\u20135\/2014.
-Postdoctoral Research Associate, Indiana University, 2\/2009\u20132\/2011.
-Graduate Research Assistant, University of New Hampshire, 2006\u20132009.
-National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellow, 2006\u20132007.
-Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Southern Maine, 2002\u20132003.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post","no-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ayodendaal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}