Welcome back to a new academic year and an exciting schedule of speakers for the new year of our leadership lunch series! We have something brand new this year: a web discussion board, which gives you the opportunity to pose questions for the speaker prior to the event!
What is Leadership Lunch?
Leadership lunch events are invited, monthly talks at U Washington, U Arizona, and Georgia Tech, featuring women and minority researchers from engineering, math, and the sciences. The talks are given in an informal, round-table setting to discuss a variety of topics. A primary goal of the series is information exchange to discuss topics such as career options, other opinions and vantage points, and ideas for ways to address present challenges and achieve future goals. The audience is graduate students and post-docs generally from chemistry, engineering, and physics.
- University of Washington
- Georgia Tech
- University of Arizona
Upcoming Leadership Lunch Events
Invited Speaker: NanoLunch with Elisabeth Strein
University of Washington
CHB 102
Friday, February 25, 2011
11:30am - 1:30pm PST
Elisabeth Strein grew up in northern Colorado and was heavily involved with music during high school only taking the minimum math/science requirements to graduate. She "discovered" physics in college and eventually graduated with degrees in physics and education. She took a break of several years during college to live in Croatia, doing humanitarian work, learning a new language, soaking in a new culture, and more than anything else, learning to love some phenomenal people. Her decision to add the education degree stemmed largely from reflecting on experiences in Croatia. Also before graduation, she did a summer research internship at Columbia in NYC--and from this internship the seed to go to grad school was planted. It took a little bit of time to grow, though. She spent the year after college exploring several career options and wound up eventually having six empolyers at the same time. In addiion to working as a research assistant in a UW lab, she worked for a small start-up in the R&D department and worked as a sub in four very different school districts.
Her decision to come to grad school was not easy or immediate but eventually it won out over the other avaliable options. And it is wonderful.
Invited Speaker: Denise H. Bale (Mushatt)
University of Washington
CHB 102
Thursday, March 4, 2010
1:00 - 3:00pm PST
This talks targets community college students only, with speakers drawn from undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers at the university.
Denise H. Bale (Mushatt) received an A.A.&S degree from Olympic Community College in 1999, then transferred to Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA where she received a B.S. degree in chemistry with Honors (2002). Her undergraduate honors work was conducted under the advisory of Mark E. Bussell. She joined the research groups of Larry R. Dalton and Philip J. Reid at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, where she completed her M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) degrees. She currently is carrying out research on the development and characterization of organic nonlinear optical materials under the guidance of Larry R. Dalton at the University of Washington.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Margaret Murnane
University of Colorado at Boulder and NIST
University of Washington
CHB 102
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
12:00 - 1:30pm PST
Dr. Margaret Murnane is a Fellow at JILA and a member of the Department of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado. She received her B.S and M.S. degrees from University College Cork, Ireland, and her Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989, and joined the faculty of physics at Washington State University in 1990. In 1996, Professor Murnane moved to the University of Michigan, and in 1999 she moved to the University of Colorado. She runs a joint research group and a small laser company with her husband, Prof. Henry Kapteyn. Prof. Murnane's research interests have been in ultrafast optical and x-ray science. Prof. Murnane is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. In 1997 she was awarded the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award of the American Physical Society, in 2000 she was named a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, in 2004 she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2006 she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Invited Speaker: Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange
Vice President-Minority Affairs/ Vice Provost-Diversity
University of Washington
LOEW 355
Friday, February 13, 2009
12 - 1:30pm PST
Invited Speaker: Prof. Barbara Mones
Creative Director, Animation Research Labs
University of Washington
LOEW 355
Friday, January 9, 2009
12 - 1:30pm PST
Invited Speaker: Dr. Denise Wells, M.D.
Chief Medical Director of Hematologics Inc.
University of Washington
Friday, November 7, 2008
After a sputtering start to higher education interrupted by 2 children and several moves, Denise Ann Wells trained as a scientist/molecular biologist and working in the laboratory of Dr. Stanley Falkow at the University of Washington Dept of Microbiology, who encouraged her to go to medical school. Dr. Wells received her M.D. from the UW and continued residency training there in anatomic pathology and laboratory medicine, with a subsequent fellowship in hematopathology. In 1992, she partnered with Dr. Michael Loken, a world renowned biophysicist and innovator in the field of flow cytometry and later started Hematologics, Inc., an internationally recognized laboratory in the field of diagnostic flow cytometry and molecular biology. Drs. Wells' and Loken's professional approach, validated by clinical studies and participation in patient care at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, moved flow cytometry from an adjunct analysis to a primary diagnostic tool. In the past 16 years, Drs. Wells and Loken have together published over 30 scientific articles, editorials, and book chapters including developing a flow cytometric scoring system for myeloid and monocytic aberrancies to enhance diagnostic and prognostic accuracy in myelodysplastic syndromes. Dr. Wells has been an invited speaker at international forums on flow cytometry and recently at the American Society of Hematology in 2007. Dr. Wells is board certified in Clinical Laboratory Medicine and a member of The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation, the New York Academy of Sciences, and guest editor at Leukemia Research.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Sandra Bajjalieh, University of Washington, Department of Pharmacology
University of Washington
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Dr. Sandra Bajjalieh has an undergraduate degree in literature with a full major in psychology. She worked as a copy editor after college then as a tech in a psych lab. It was there that her interests in behavior became focused on biology. So she got a master's degree in biology that focused on neurobiology/physiology/chemistry and went on to graduate school at University of Wisconsin/Madison. As a graduate student she realized that she liked thinking about enzymatic signaling and joined a lab that studied it. It was there that she discovered a new lipid kinase, an experience that remains one of the high points of her life.
She took her project to a postdoc at Stanford, though she switched after a little over a year. She moved to UW as an assistant professor in 1995.
Audio Recording of this Presentation (mp3 format, 50 minutes)
Invited Speaker: Dr. Sue Carter, Associate Professor of Physics
UCSC
University of Washington
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Invited Speaker: Dr. Patricia M. Beauchamp, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
University of Washington
Friday, May 2, 2008
Invited Speaker: Dr. Chris Byrne
Cascadia Community College
University of Washington
Friday, April 11, 2008
Dr. Chris Byrne is a founding faculty member of Cascadia Community College, which was recently ranked #2 in the nation (go to http://www.cascadia.ctc.edu/ for more information). She received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, a Master of Science in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, all from the University of Washington in Seattle. The focus of her doctorate work was in the field of Virtual Reality, with an emphasis on its use as an educational tool. Dr. Byrne has worked in industry and in research, including IBM, USWest, JPL, Philips Research Labs and a few start-up ventures. Her academic interests include hands-on learning in the fields of physics and math.
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Invited Speaker: Julie Bennett
Boeing
Unversity of Washington
Friday, March 7, 2008
Invited Speaker: Prof. Lee Park
Williams College
Unversity of Washington
Friday, February 1, 2008
We are pleased to have Prof. Lee Park, a Visiting Scholar from Williams College as our speaker for the month of February. Dr. Park will talk about life at a small undergraduate institution. In addition she will discuss the expectations and balance of teaching versus research at such institutions, the range of institutions that fall under the umbrella of PUIs (primarily undergraduate institutions), as well as details of the application and hiring process. More details about Prof. Park's research.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Dianne Chong
The Director of Material & Process Technology for Boeing Commercial
Unversity of Washington
Friday, January 11th, 2008
Audio Recording of this Presentation (wav format, 40 minutes)
Perspectives from the Carpool Lane
Speaker Biography
Invited Speaker: Dr. Zelda Zabinsky
University of Washington
CHB 102
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Invited Speaker: Sarah Keller
Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Washington
Loew Hall 355
Friday, November 2, 2007
Invited Speaker: Dr. Jeanne Small
CMDITR Managing Director
University of Washington
Friday, October 5, 2007
Loew Hall Room 355
Audio Recording of this Presentation (mp3 format, 52 minutes)-
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Invited Speaker: Dr. Amber Hinkle
Bayer
May 31, 2007
Dr. Amber S. Hinkle is Director of the Quality Department for polycarbonate manufacturing at Bayer's Baytown, Texas, facility. Prior to her current role, she performed numerous functions for Bayer in both polycarbonate and over-the- counter medications manufacturing, including process chemistry, automated test method development, and lab management. She holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Utah and a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Washington. She is currently Chair of the national ACS Women Chemists Committee, is past Chair of the St. Joseph Valley ACS local section, and has served on the ACS Presidential Task Force on Women in the Chemical Profession. Amber has authored several technical publications, edited a book on successful women in chemistry and holds one patent for previous work. She has also spoken at the local and national level on her technical work, as well as on various women's issues. Amber's favorite pastime is enjoying the great outdoors with her husband of 15 years, her two young sons and her two dogs.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Nora Radu
Dupont
May 3, 2007
Dr. Nora Radu received her BS in Chemistry (minor mathematics and art history) in 1990 from Ithaca College. After completing her undergraduate degree, Dr. Radu went to UC San Diego and completed a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 1995 working with Prof. T. Don Tilley. Her thesis research involved synthetic, structural and reactivity studies of lanthanide and actinide silyl complexes. From 1995 to 1996 Dr. Radu was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Steven Buchwald (MIT) and Carol Burns (Los Alamos National Labs). Next, Dr. Radu continued work with Prof. Steven Buchwald (MIT) as an NIH postdoctoral fellow from 1996 to 1998 with research involving the use of lanthanide and group V transition metal complexes in organic chemistry. In 1998, Dr. Radu joined DuPont Nylon and worked as a Research Chemist at the Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware on project involving the design of ligands for the hydrocyanation of nitriles. In 2001, Dr. Radu transitioned to Research Associate and her present project involves the design of materials for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display applications. Dr. Radu will discuss her career at DuPont, why she chose an industrial job, general observations and insights regarding DuPont, and her current research.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Gwen Gross
Boeing-Seattle
March 2, 2007
Dr. Gwen Gross received her doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Washington in December of 2004 after receiving her undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Arizona. A portion of her graduate work was supported with a Joint Institute for Nanotechnology Graduate Fellowship with which she studied monolayer protected gold nanoparticles utilizing gas chromatography. Over the past 2 years Gwen has worked in Materials and Process Technology, the research arm of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. She has been part of projects ranging across the enterprise including the research of analytical methods for quality assurance of potential nanomaterial systems in the Boeing manufacturing environment. An Innovated Partnership Program grant with NASA helped advance this work. Gwen has also become involved in environmental health and safety studies of nanomaterial systems of interest in aerospace and spoke last November at the SAMPE Fall Technical Conference on Boeing's efforts in this arena. Additional work in the development and refinement of new materials, troubleshooting existing material failures, trace contaminant analysis as well as the development of new analytical techniques, including multivariate analysis, keeps Gwen busy at work. In her off time she and her husband are involved in the art of Tai Chi and like spending their weekends gardening and fixing up the house.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Susan Ermer
Lockheed Martin
February 20, 2007
Dr. Susan Ermer is the Senior Manager, Materials & Structures Technologies Department of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company's Advanced Technology Center. This department consists of Materials Science and Engineering Professionals with diverse areas of expertise, including Ceramics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Physics and Electronic Materials. She holds responsibility for budget, new business strategy and technical direction for the department.
Prior to her line management assignment, Ermer held a series of positions from 1987-2000 at Lockheed Martin leading to Consulting Research Scientist, a Fellows-level position. During this time, she established an internal capability in the development of electro-optic polymer materials that helped enable advance the development of polymer-based photonic switching devices. She also worked to develop liquid lens systems for correction of chromatic aberration. Her research interests span the development and utilization of materials with unique electrical, optical, magnetic and structural properties. She also has a strong interest in the development and professional growth of department personnel and has been an involved participant in internal company mentoring programs. She is actively interested in developing programs in emerging technologies, such as nanomaterials, photovoltaics and alternative methods of space propulsion.
Ermer performed undergraduate work at Cal State University, Northridge, where she performed organo-transition metal cluster synthesis under the direction of Professor Edward Rosenberg. She received a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Southern California in 1986 under the direction of Professor Thomas Flood, and while in graduate school, spent a semester performing research for Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson at Imperial College, London. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in 1987, Ermer performed postdoctoral studies on electrically conductive polymers under the direction of Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid at the University of Pennsylvania. Ermer is the author or co-author of over 70 publications and patents. She has won the Lockheed Martin Disclosure of Invention Award in multiple years, and several other internal commendations.
Ermer has been active in professional scientific organizations throughout her career. She first became a member of the MRS in 1986 and has since served as symposium organizer in multiple years and proceedings editor in 1999 and 2001. Additional professional memberships have included the American Chemical Society, SPIE, Optical Society of America, IEEE, SAMPE, and SPE. She has refereed papers for journals in broad areas ranging from synthetic chemistry (for JACS) to device physics (Applied Physics Letters). She has served on over 10 organizing committees for international symposia for these organizations. Though her professional career has been in industry, Ermer has consistently actively pursued academic collaborations. She was recently elected to the Materials Research Society Board of Directors for a three year term beginning in January 2007.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Jean Moran
Intel-Seattle
January 19, 2007
Dr. Jean Moran studied at University College, Cork (UCC) and completed a B.Sc. in Chemistry. She continued at UCC for her graduate work and obtained a Ph.D. in Electrochemistry, working with Prof. L.D. Burke. She began working for Intel Ireland in 1996. She became Surface Analysis Area Manager at Intel Santa Clara in 1999, managing various types of instrumentation such as Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Atomic Force Microscopy. The work supported both the development and transfer of new Intel technologies and the manufacture of current processes. In January 2006 she became Operations Manager of Intel Research, Seattle. Dr. Moran will discuss her career path and insights regarding opportunities in the industrial sector.
Invited Speaker: Assistant Prof. Maya R. Gupta
UW EE
December 1, 2006
Invited Speaker: Prof. Mari Ostendorf
UW EE
November 3, 2006
Invited Speaker: Prof. Marjorie Olmstead
UW Physics
October 20, 2006
Invited Speaker: Cynthia Atman
Professor
Industrial Engineering
Director of the Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
University of Washington
June 2, 2006
Invited Speaker: Denise Wilson
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
University of Washington
May 5, 2006
Invited Speaker: Judy Ramey
Professor and Chair
Technical Communication
University of Washington
April 7, 2006
Invited Speaker: Eve Riskin
Associate Dean for Organizational Infrastructure
College of Engineering
University of Washington
March 3, 2006
Upcoming Leadership Lunch Events
No Leadership Lunch seminars are currently scheduled.
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"Female Faculty Work Life Balance"
Invited Speakers: Dr. Elisa Riedo, Dr. Pamela Leggett- Robinson,
Dr. Lillie Harvey, Dr. Sarah Winget and Dr. Nicole Poulsen
Unversity of Washington
Friday, October 3, 2008
- Dr. Elisa Riedo's website and biography, Georgia Tech
- Dr. Pamela Leggett- Robinson's website and biography, Georgia Perimeter College
- Dr. Lillie Harvey's website and biography, Agnes Scott College
- Dr. Sarah Winget's website and biograhpy, Agnes Scott College
- Dr. Nicole Poulsen's biography
- Participate in the Discussion Forum for this Event
Invited Speaker: Dr. Gregory H. Robinson
University of Georgia
Friday, March 28, 2008
Invited Speakers: Dr. Allison Aldridge and Ms. Celena Cooks
Mikart, Incorporated
Georgia Institute of Technology
M Building Conference Room 2100-F
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Both Dr. Aldridge and Ms. Cooks are in upper management positions with Mikart Incorporated; a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Atlanta, GA. They will share their career experiences in the industry, the "pharma" area, work-life balance strategies, and their perspectives on leadership. Please see their biographies for further information.
Invited Speakers: Drs. Christine Payne and Wendy Kelly
Assistant Professors of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology
M Building Conference Room 2100-F
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Upcoming Leadership Lunch Events
No Leadership Lunch seminars are currently scheduled.
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Invited Speaker: Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Environmental Policy
University of Arizona
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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