Medical Engineer
Resume:
Joan L. Slonczewski
Professor of Biology
Department of Biology, Higley Hall
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio 43022
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Education
Academic Positions
Administration and Service
Honors
Grant Awards
Research Publications
Science Fiction
Interdisciplinary Publicactions
EDUCATION
Yale University, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 1982.
Dissertation: "Regulation and Sensing of Bacterial pH in Escherichia coli." Advisor:
Robert M. Macnab.
Bryn Mawr College, A.B. in Biology, magna cum laude, 1977.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Kenyon College, Department of Biology. Professor, 2000-present
;
Chair of Biology, 1993-
1996
;
Associate Professor, 1991-2000
;
Assistant Professor, 1984-1991.
Research: pH stress response in E. coli, using GFP fluorimetry, H2 assays, microarrays,
and proteomic 2-D gels.
Teaching: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Microbial Ecology, and Virology.
U. Maryland at Baltimore, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Visiting Associate
Professor, 1998-1999. Studied pH-regulated virulence factors in Proteus mirabilis and in
Helicobacter pylori.
Princeton University, Molecular Biology Department, National Science Foundation Visiting
Professorship for Women, 1990-1991. Investigated the molecular biology of pH-regulated
genes. Created and taught a new course on microbiology. Developed a mentoring program for
women scientists.
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Postdoctoral Fellow, National
Institutes of Health Research Service Award, 1982-1984. Studied calcium flux in leukocyte
chemotaxis.
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE
Secretary to the Faculty, Executive Committee of Kenyon College, 2009-2010; 2001-2002
;
1995-1997
.
Chair of the Faculty,
2006-2007.
American Society for Microbiology, Council Policy Committee, At-large District Member,
2007-2010; 2004-2007
.
Member of Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008-2010
.
Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education
Program Award, Science Division at Kenyon College, 2004-2008; 2000-2004; 1996-2000.
Leading the development of facilities and digital technology in five science departments,
three pre-college enrichment programs, and summer science fellowships for minority and
first-generation students.
Panelist, National Science Foundation, Prokaryotic Genetics Study Section, 2003-2006,
1990-1995
.
Panelist, NASA Gravitation Ecology and Microbiology, 2002-2003
.
Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, 1999-2001. Faculty Meeting, Kenyon College.
Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, 1999-2005.
Chair of Department of Biology, 1993-1996. Implemented a new major program in Molecular
Biology and Biochemistry. Developed course program for non-majors, to complement our
research-oriented program for biology majors. Created a comprehensive pre-health advising
program.
Chair, Facilities Subcommittee of the Campaign Planning Committee, 1996. Developed
campaign goal for a new science complex at Kenyon.
Director, Elementary School Science Month and Elementary School Scientists program.
Implemented hands-on science experiences for grades K-6 at fourteen elementary and middle
schools in Mount Vernon City and Knox County, 1992-1994.
Chair, Division K. Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, American Society for
Microbiology, 1996-1997. Planned program for Annual Meeting.
Panelist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship Program, Genetics &
Molecular Biology, 1995-1997.
HONORS
Division I Lecturer, 109th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology,
Philadelphia, May 2009.
Robert Tomsich Award, for outstanding achievement in research in science, Kenyon College,
2001.
Vice-Chair, first bi-annual Gordon Conference on Microbial Stress Responses, Plymouth
State College, 1994. Wrote and submitted the proposal, with Roberto Kolter. Led sessions
or presented invited papers at subsequent meetings, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002.
"Mover and Shaker" Award, Mount Vernon News, for the Elementary School Science Program in
the Mount Vernon and Knox County elementary schools, 1993.
Silver Medalist, National Professor of the Year program, Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education, Washington DC, 1989.
Vector Laboratories Young Investigator Travel Award, for outstanding research presented
at the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, 1987.
Tomsich Award, for science research, Kenyon College, 1997.
John Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, A Door into Ocean, 1987.
GRANT AWARDS
National Science Foundation RUI, $453,000. Acid and base stress in Escherichia coli, 2011-
2014.
National Institutes of Health ARRA supplement, $68,118. pH Regulation in Bacillus
subtilis, 2009-2010.
National Science Foundation RUI, $400,000. Acid and base stress in Escherichia coli, 2007-
2010.
National Institutes of Health, $200,310. pH regulation in Bacillus subtilis, 2007-2009.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Undergraduate Biological Sciences Competition,
$1,500,000. Student research and teaching, curriculum development and pre-college
outreach, 2004-2008.
National Science Foundation RUI, $396,000. Acid and base stress in Escherichia coli, 2003-
2006.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Undergraduate Biological Sciences Competition, $700,000.
Student research and teaching, curriculum development and pre-college outreach, 2000-2004.
National Science Foundation RUI, $370,000. Acid and base stress in Escherichia coli, 2000-
2003.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Undergraduate Biological Sciences Competition,
$1,500,000. Student research and teaching, curriculum development and pre-college
outreach, 1996-2000.
National Science Foundation RUI, $324,000. Acid stress genes in Escherichia coli, 1996-
2000.
National Science Foundation RUI, $285,000. Acid resistance and stationary phase in
Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri, 1993-1996.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Program, Ohio Board of Regents,
$44,200. Elementary Experimental Science Month: Scientists in the Classroom, 1992-1993.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Program, Ohio Board of Regents,
$41,621, for Elementary School Scientists, 1993-1994.
National Science Foundation, Visiting Professorship for Women, at Princeton University,
$77,137, 1990-1991.
National Science Foundation RUI, $255,000, pH-regulated genes in E. coli, 1990-1993.
National Institutes of Health, direct costs $166,000. "Genes induced by pH perturbation
in Escherichia coli," 1987-1990.
National Institutes of Health, Academic Research Enhancement Award, $71,869, The genetics
of pH Homeostasis in Escherichia coli," 1985-1987.
National Science Foundation College Science Instrumentation Program, $25,000, Equipment
for Undergraduate Instruction in the Techniques of Subcellular Analysis by
Ultracentrifugation, 1985-1987.
PUBLICATIONS. *
SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS
The Highest Frontier. College out in space Invaded by undocumented aliens. Tor/Macmillan,
September, 2011.
Brain Plague. Intelligent microbes invade human brains, offering limitless powers--at a
price. Tor Books, August, 2000; Science Fiction Book of the Month Club, Alternate
Selection.
The Children Star. A planet with biochemistry so alien that only children can be
genetically engineered to survive there. And what unique alien intelligence is watching in
secret? Analog serial, April, 1998; Tor Books, September, 1998.
Daughter of Elysium. In the far future, biologists engineer humans to live for thousands
of years, then face a revolt by the machines that made it possible. Avon, 1993; Easton
Press signed first edition, 1993; Avon pbk, 1994.
The Wall around Eden. Quaker teen-agers face the environmental consequences of nuclear
war. William Morrow, 1989; Avon pbk, 1990; Italian translation, Editrice Nord, 1991.
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