Undergraduate Research for CPT Approval and for Preparing Minority Students for Success in PhD Programs Carlos G. Gutiérrez Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Director, MORE Programs ACS Spring Meeting San Francisco
CHED 1954
April 4, 2017
It is through Undergraduate Research that students first experience the joy, the frustration, the excitement, the immediacy, the beauty of Chemistry.
Chemistry
is a creative human activity for explaining the world at the level of atoms and bonds. • It is largely self-correcting through experimentation guided by the scientific method. We interpret experimental data to create meaning. !
• Chemistry is NOT truth, beauty, and light; NOT revealed truth delivered on tablets from on high, fully developed for our admiration and awe.
Thank God!
“The principal goal of education is to create [individuals] who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done – men [and women] who are creative, inventive and discoverers.” - Jean Piaget
Observation or Idea or Inspiration Research Question
Results are analyzed for consistency with observation
Reject
Science
Accept
Hypothesis (or hypotheses)
Tested through designed experimentation
Application of Knowledge
Technology
Where do new ideas (research questions) come from?
Creativity: the ability to make new things or think of new ideas. - Miriam Webster OnLine
Create -- from Latin creatus, "to make, bring forth, produce, beget”. - Oxford English Etymological Dictionary
"… creativity [in science and technology] involves the production of novel, useful products” Michael Mumford, “Where have we been, where are we going? Taking stock in creativity research”. Creativity Research Journal, 2003 15, 107–120.
“Genius must be born, and never can be taught.” - John Dryden, 1693
“TALENT hits a target no one else can hit; GENIUS hits a target no one else can see.” - Arthur Schopenhauer
“Genius must be born, and never can be taught.” - John Dryden, 1693
“One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.” - Simone de Beauvoir
“I have a compulsion to look at all possibilities, both probable and improbable… This habit… has helped me find original ideas in the course of research.” -Robert Mulliken Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1966
“What ideas about this question, as general and as aesthetically satisfying as possible, can we have that are not eliminated by the results of experiment or observation?” - Linus C. Pauling Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1954, Peace 1962
Cal State LA
Student enrollment: 27,681
African Americans American Indians
4.2% 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islanders
15.2%
Hispanics
62.6%
Non-Hispanic Whites
7.1%
Women : Men
58% : 42%
72% are first generation in college; 80% are Pell Grant eligible
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Research helps develop the talents of students so that they make the transitions from
Consumers
Participants
Creators
Two-hour University mandated training BEFORE student can begin research training Offered monthly, or more frequently if demand is great.
Department requires lab-specific safety training.
Departmental Safety Committee • Each research group has representative member • Safety is a fixed agenda item of all Department meetings
WORKSHOPS
• Ethics and the Responsible Conduct of Research • Formulating and Developing Questions • Structure of Research Programs • Critical Reading of the Literature • Experimental Design • Creativity in Science and Research • Career Alternatives with the PhD • Getting the Most out of Professional Meetings • Preparation for GRE • Applying and Transitioning to PhD Programs! !
Speak well. Write better.
The purpose of good writing is for individuals to develop and express their own (scientific) ideas. Each needs to find his/her own voice.
MORE Programs Scientific Writing Support Office:
Ximena Hernandez
The Question
From Latin quaerere "ask, seek"
“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers. [S]he is one who asks the right questions.” - Claude Levi-Strauss
“If questioning is so important, why have I not been formally taught how to ask questions?”
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Cal State LA MORE & LASAMP BD Grads in California Ph.D. programs UC Irvine Jose Zavaleta Jose Trujillo Janet Garcia Ricardo Albay Michelle Roa Wendy Ochoa Mark Aguilar Julia Montoya Manuel Candelario Alma Olaguez
UCLA Albert Rodriguez Melo Jean Encinas Brenda Molgora Aracely Acevedo Sandy Alvarez Adrian Gomez Alejandra Rios
City of Hope Daniel Delgado Christina Jacobo Jazma Tapia Charmaine Soco UC Santa Barbara Tyrone Martin Irvin Coria Claremont Grad U Erik Pachas Jennifer Rodriguez
U of Southern Calif Abegail Tadle Hugo Avila Jonathan Castillo Lucas Gutierrez Vicente Galvan
UC San Diego Danielle Barrios Bernardo Ferreira Ana Ramirez Cynthia Reyes Kenisha Shipley Fernando Vargas Eileen Gonzalez Maritza Sanchez
UC Riverside Levar Smith Abdulah Madany Velveth Klee Tram Duong Jeannette Cobian Hakob Karaoglanian Hawra Karim Giovana Pozuelos Nicholas Derimow Isaac Banda Israel Jimenez Luna Israel Saldana
UC Santa Cruz Cynthia Carrion Miguel Pinto
Scripps Research Inst Cedars-Sinai Michael Martinez Deisy Contreras Mecca Madany Carlos Aguirre
UC Davis Rose Bustos Daisy Johnson Rigoberto Arenas Bianca Yaghoobi Vicente Munguia Javier Garcia
UC Merced Eduardo Reynoso Jose Alvarenga Stanford U Trinidad Cisneros Angela Guerrero
UC Berkeley Carla Cueva Amber Hannah Jenna Baughman
and others . . . U. of Washington Diane Rico Jeffrey Buenaflor Washington State U. Carlos Anguiano Jessica Ortiz U of Oregon Brian Jacoby Oregon State U Michael Harrison
U Wisconsin, Madison Jessica Vasquez
U of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Michelle Flores Kevin Linares Brenda Andrade Jeremiah Heredia Monica Chinea Diliz Edzna Garcia Ephraim Morado
U. of Arizona Ramon Mercado Jennifer Lumbres
University of Iowa Bertha Martin Jessica Ponce
Arizona State U Adrian Esqueda Yola Wong K
U. of Colorado Gilson Sanchez Teresa Dominguez Natalie Herrera Annie Pham
U Nevada LV Schetema Stevens U Texas, Austin Cynthia Alarcon
U Denver Ivy Donaldson Texas Christian U Stephanie Jones
U of Michigan Celeste Mendoza Michigan State U Victor Aguilar Indiana U Joey Contreras Purdue U David Guzman U. Missouri, Columbia Marquis Patrick U. Tennessee Jessica Cisneros Louisiana State U Jose Ceniceros U Alabama, Birmingham Selma Cuya Mississippi State U Henry Valle Georgia State U Karen Garcia Georgia Tech Eddie Curtis U Florida Siara Claytor
MIT Clare Abreu U. Connecticut Tanisha Williams NYU Jehovani Lopez Columbia U Carla Bezjian Princeton U Jose Zumalloa Rutgers U Kumar Tiger U Pennsylvania Mariel Mendoza UNC Chapel Hill Michelle Palacios Ayana Younge Duke U Ismael Perez North Carolina State U Emmanuel Awosanya Wake Forrest U Marcela Leyva Florida State U Jackson Powell
140 Completed PhD in past 15 years
Jeffrey Ortega Victor Chavira Corey Garza Stephanie Stoll Dawn Kurtz Eva Huang
PhD in Chemistry, 2000, UC Irvine PhD in Psychology, 2001, UCLA PhD in Marine Biology, 2001, UC Santa Barbara PhD in Genetics, 2003, Stanford U PhD in Psychology, 2003, U of Southern Calif PhD in Analytical Chemistry, 2004, Georgia Institute Technology Vivian Flores PhD in Chemistry, 2004, Albert Szent Gyorgy U PhD in Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology, Charlly Kao 2005, U of Minnesota Shantanu Sharma PhD in Chemistry, 2005, Caltech Douglas Molina PhD in Biochemistry, 2005, UC Irvine PhD in Biology, 2005, City of Hope Leticia Cano Mona Devich-Navarro PhD in Psychology, 2005, U of Southern Calif Deborah Lee MD-PhD Micro & Mol Genetics, 2006/2005, UC Irvine PhD in Organic Chemistry, 2006 UCLA Carlos Godinez Robert Ramirez PhD in Organic Chemistry, 2006, UCLA Jorge Rodriguez PhD in Organic Chemistry, 2006, UCLA
Trina Gordon Alvin Thompson Jose Cabrera Tanya Porras-Yakushi
PhD Psychology, 2006, U Alabama, Tuscaloosa PhD in Biochemistry, 2006, U of Kentucky PhD in Chemistry, 2006, UC Irvine PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2007, UCLA PhD in Microbiology, 2007, UC Berkeley Irania Alarcon Aristobulo Loaiza PhD in Biochemistry, 2007, Purdue U Cristal Gama PhD in Biochemistry, 2007, Caltech PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Joyce Sayegh 2007, UCLA Glenn Bantug PhD in Microbiology, 2007, U of Alabama, Birmingham PhD in Chemistry, 2007, UCLA Jose Nuñez Chuauctemoc Arellanes PhD in Chemistry, 2007, UCLA Reymundo Dominguez PhD in Neuroscience, 2008, U of Southern Cal Paul-Joseph Aspuria PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, 2008, UCLA Rodolfo Gonzalez PhD in Molecular Pathology, 2008, UC San Diego Alejandro Briseño PhD in Chemistry, 2008, U of Washington
Edward Leverich
PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2008, UCLA Claudia Molina PhD in Chemistry, 2009, UC Irvine Andres Garcia PhD in Chemistry, 2009, UC Santa Barbara Alfred Baca PhD in Chemistry, 2009, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Sergio de Haro PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, 2009, U New Mexico Nestor Franco PhD in Chemistry, 2009, UCLA Jason Lessing Vasquez PhD in Psychology, 2009, New Mexico State U Ikenna Madu PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2009, Cornell U Gloria Bañuelos PhD in Science Education, 2009, Stanford U PhD in Psychology, 2009, University of Oregon Alison Cerezo Noe Crespo PhD in Public Health, 2009, SDSUUC San Diego Tara Matus PhD in Psychology, 2009, Alliant International U Leslie Ann Caromile PhD in Pathology, 2009, U of Washington Jason (Lessing)Vasquez PhD in Psychology, 2009, New Mexico State U Michael Lipscomb PhD in Immunology, 2009, U of Pittsburgh
Abraham Guerrero Anahid Mizhratoni Diana Azurdia Nancy Carrillo Leyma De Haro Ana De La Ree Autumn Ivy Karla Coti Apollo Kascinta Erika Reynoso Valerie Villareal Benjamin Hidalgo Mary Lee Mauricio Ramos Shirley Lomeli Vivian Galicia
PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, 2009, Albert Einstein College of Medicine PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology, 2010, UCLA PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2010, UCLA PhD in Chemistry, 2010, U of Pennsylvania PhD in Biomedical Sciences, 2010, U of New Mexico PhD in Chemistry, 2010, UC Irvine MD-PhD in Neurobiology, 2012/2010, UC Irvine PhD in Chemistry, 2010, UCLA/Northwestern PhD in Cancer Biology 2010, U of Arizona PhD in Immunology 2010, Harvard U PhD in Biochemistry 2010, UCLA PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2010, U Illinois UrbanaChampaign PhD in Genetics, 2010, MIT PhD in chemistry, 2011, Lehigh University PhD in Biochem & Molecular Biolology, 2011 UCLA PhD in Systems Biology and Disease, 2011, USC
Wilson Segura Marissa Monreal H. Paul Martinez Cecilia Zurita Diane Scaduto Oscar Villalta Laura Lazarus Luis Gomez Aidee Gonzalez Veronica Barahona Gloria Cuevas Preza Jose Miranda Miguel Gonzalez Damian Gilling Iris Rauda Karina Palomarez Teresa Monreal Oscar Baldelomar Mario Vargas
PhD in Psychology, 2011, Claremont Graduate U PhD in Chemistry, 2011, UCLA PhD in Chemistry, 2011, UC San Diego PhD in Biochemistry, 2011, UCLA PhD in Cancer Biology, 2011, Baylor College ofMed. PhD in Chemistry, 2011, UCLA PhD in Chemistry, 2012, U of Southern California PhD in Chemistry, 2012, U of Southern California PhD in Chemistry, 2012, UC Santa Barbara PhD in Chemistry, 2012, UCLA PhD in Biology, 2012, UCLA PhD in Biochemistry 2012, U of Colorado, Boulder PhD in Biochemistry, 2012, U Colorado Boulder PhD in Biology, 2012, U of Arizona PhD in Chemistry, 2012, UCLA PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, 2012, UCLA PhD in Experimental Psych, 2012, UC San Diego PhD in Psychology, 2012, UCLA PhD in Chemistry, 2012, UC Riverside
Renee Williams Emmanuel Dotsey James N. Horne Teresa Monreal Heriberto Lima Luke McGowan Wendy Rivera Nohemy Sorto Orquidea Garcia Eduardo Ayala Jason Lunden Jorge Osuna Abebayehu Yilma Freddy Toledo Patricia Arredondo Grace Masangkay Sharonne Herbert Ana Gamboa Vanessa L Gonzalez Jaime Anguiano
PhD in Chemistry, 2012, UC Riverside PhD in Pharmacology, 2012, UC Irvine PhD in Pharmacology, 2012, UC Irvine PhD in Psychology, 2012, UC San Diego PhD in Microbiology, 2012, Albert Einstein PhD in Neurobiology, 2012, UC Irvine PhD in Psychology, 2012, UCLA PhD in Chemistry, 2013, UC Davis PhD in Biomedical Sciences, 2013, USC PhD in Cell & Molecular Biology, 2013, USC PhD in Anatomy & Cell Biology, 2013, Temple U PhD in Chemistry, 2013, U of Southern Calif PhD in Microbiology, 2013, Alabama State U PhD in Chemistry, 2013, UC Irvine PhD in Psychology, 2013, Alliant International U PhD in Biochem and Molec Bio, 2013, UCLA PhD in Psychology, 2013, U Mass Amherst PhD in Chemistry, 2013, UC Riverside PhD 2013, Evolutionary Biology, Harvard U PhD in Developmental and Molecular Biology, 2013, Albert Einstein C. of Medicine
Joseph Heras Rodolfo Victoria Aileen Ariosa Jerlisa Arizala Alvina Rosales Suzi Sanchez Steven Gee Angela Hernandez
PhD in Quantitative Biology, 2014, UC Merced PhD in Psychology, 2014, Columbia U PhD in Biochemistry, 2014, Caltech PhD in Biological Sciences, 2014, City of Hope PhD in Psychology, 2014, Georgia State U PhD in Biomedical Sciences, 2014, USC PhD in Neuroscience, UCSF, 2014 PhD in Biomedical Sciences, 2014 U Indiana-Purdue U, Indianapolis Anita Mihecoby PhD in Psychology, 2014, New Mexico State U PhD in Psychology 2014, U of Illinois, Chicago Shanika Blanton Alvina Rosales PhD in Psychology 2014, Georgia State U Angelica Lopez PhD in Psychology, 2014, UC Santa Cruz Rayshonda (Williams) PhD in Biochemistry & Structural Biology, 2014 Hardy Weil Cornell Medical College Elizabeth Mota PhD Psychology, 2014, Azusa Pacific U Helen Sanchez PhD in Environmental Science, 2015, UCLA PhD in Immunology, 2015, UC Davis Monica (Delgado) Moreno Nadine (Rodriguez) PhD in Cell & Molecular Biology, 2015, Martinez UC Santa Barbara
Ben Bush Marjannie (Eloi) Akintunde Corey Baker Patricia Castillo Janine Gilkes Roman Barco Victor Cazares Mesfin Muguleta Liron Nemanim Deborah Laurin Linares Jonathan Charles Annie Mirsoian Julia Aponte James O’Hearn Laura Martinez Andrea Salazar
PhD in Systems Science, 2015, SUNY Binghamton PhD in Immunology/Biotechnology, 2015, UC Davis PhD in Electrical Engineering 2015, U of Florida PhD in Biological Sciences, 2015, UC Davis PhD in Medical Sciences, 2015, U of Florida PhD in Biological Sciences, 2015, U of So. Cal PhD in Neurosci., 2015, U Michigan, Ann Arbor PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology, 2015, U of Washington PhD in Psychology 2015, Claremont Grad U. PhD in Community Health, 2015, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PhD in Neuroscience, 2015, UC Riverside PhD in Immunology, 2016, UC Davis PhD in Chemistry, 2016, U Texas, Austin PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology, 2016, UCLA PhD in Pathobiology, 2016, U Washington Seattle PhD in Psychology, 2016, U Wisconsin, Madison
Maura Palacios Lorilee Tallorin Jeff Celaje Omar Moreno Rosa Padilla Rosana Leos Maira Soto
PhD in Wildlife & Fisheries, 2016, Texas A&M PhD in Chemistry, 2016, UC San Diego PhD in Chemistry, 2016, U of Southern Cal PhD in Physics, 2016, UC Santa Cruz PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2016, UC Irvine PhD in Public Health, 2016, UCLA PhD in Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences, 2017, U of Southern California
Academic institution
Doctorate recipients
NSF: Top Baccalaureate Institutions of
Science, all institutions Foreign or unknown
7,886 3,123
Recipients of Science PhDs2,423 2008-12 Hispanic Top 50 U.S. institutions U. PR, Rio Piedras U. PR, Mayaguez U. CA, Los Angeles U. CA, Berkeley U. FL FL International U. U. TX, El Paso U. TX, Austin Cornell U. U. CA, San Diego U. AZ U. PR, Aguadilla U. PR, Cayey U. CA, Santa Cruz Harvard U. U. CA, Irvine U. Miami CA State U., Los Angeles U. CA, Davis
293 190 105 96 78 74 72 68 57 57
Among Baccalaureate/Masters 53 Institutions 5353in the Continental US, 50 49 49 44 43 42
Cal State LA is #1
U. NM, Albuquerque NM State U., Las Cruces TX A&M U., College Station U. CA, Santa Barbara MA Institute of Technology U. PR, Humacao U. CA, Riverside Stanford U., Stanford Brown U. Pontifical Catholic U. PR, Ponce
42 41 41 39 38 38 33 31 30 30
St. Mary's U., San Antonio U. MI, Ann Arbor U. South FL, Tampa
29 29 29
MoRE Grads in Faculty Positions
• Randolph Cooper-Cal State LA • Rosa Arellano-Dartmouth • Linda Tunstad-Cal State LA • Marco Lopez-Cal State Long Beach • Glenn Millhauser-UC Santa Cruz • Robert Vellanoweth- Cal State LA • Frank Gomez-Cal State LA • Rebecca Romero-USC School of Pharmacy • Ana Elena Martin- UC Davis School of Medicine • Eric Marinez -Cal State Long Beach • Corey Garza – San Francisco State U • Matthew Bahamonde- U of Judaism
• Alex Briseño- University of Massachusetts, Amherst • Benjamin Hidalgo – Curry College • Trina Gordon – University of Houston-Victoria • Oscar Baldelomar, U of Minnesota, Morris • Alison Cerezo- San Francisco State U • Joyce Sayegh – Azusa Pacific U • Cecilia Zurita-Lopez -Cal State LA • Noe Crespo – Arizona State U • Angelica Lopez- Marymount California U
Dr. Alejandro Briseño BS 2000 Cal State LA MS 2003 (Prof. F. Zhou) PhD 2008 U of Washington Postdoc UC Berkeley
Associate Professor Polymer Science and Engineering U Massachusetts, Amherst Recipient • 2012 Presidential Young Investigator Award • 2017 ACS Cope Scholar
Present and Future Challenges
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