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Professor Clark Coffman and Dr. Emily Elliott selected as Scholars of the ASM-NSF Biology Scholars Program

Coffman and Elliot
Professor Clark Coffman (left) and Dr. Emily Elliott

GDCB Professor Clark Coffman and Dr. Emily R. Elliott, postdoctoral research fellow in GDCB, have been selected as 2013-2014 Scholars in The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Biology Scholars Program.  Professor Coffman was selected to join a group of 14 biologists to participate in the 2013-2014 ASM-NSF Biology Scholars Program Research Residency.  Dr. Elliott, an HHMI postdoctoral science education fellow working with Biology 212 introductory biology instructors to assess student learning, was selected for the yearlong Transitions Residency Scholar program.

As part of his one year Research Residency, Professor Coffman will design a research project to investigate student learning, with the longer-term goal of continually improving undergraduate science teaching.  During her Transitions Residency, Dr. Elliott will receive close mentoring from the residency leadership team and help to transition from conducting scholarly work in student learning to beginning the steps necessary for publication in biology and/or science education venues.

The Biology Scholars Program, which was developed by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is sponsored by ASM with support from the NSF and other groups.