Elba Serrano Professor of Biology & NMSU RISE Program Director Affiliate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Biology Department New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 Email and Telephone: NMSU Phonebook Lab web page: http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/neurolab.html Courses: http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/teachingadvising/courses.html AAAS essay: http://ehrweb.aaas.org/womeninscience/essays/serrano.htm Extended Resume : Link Neurotree : Link
Education
Stanford University		Ph.D.	Biological Sciences (Neuroscience/Biophysics)
University of Rochester		B.S.,with distinction	Major: Physics; Minor: Chemistry
Specialties and Interests · Neuroscience: Cellular Neurobiology, Development, Neurogenetics · Sensory Systems: Organogenesis, Acoustico-Vestibular, Mechanoreception · Biophysics: Ion Channels, Bioimaging, Nanobioscience · Science, Ethics, and Society · Gender and Ethnic Equity in the STEM disciplines
EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENTS
2008 – present	Program Director, NMSU Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement
2007 - present	Visiting Scientist, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, LANL
2006 - present	Affiliate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University
2006 - present	MIT Affiliate, Department of Biological Engineering
2006	Visiting Faculty Scientist, Systems Biology Department, Harvard Medical School
2005-2006	Visiting Faculty Scientist: Cell Decisions Processes Center, Computational and Systems Biology (Biological Engineering Department and Department of Biology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999	Visiting Scientist: University of Heidelberg, Neuroscience Laboratory, Germany
1998	Visiting Scientist: Ecole Normale Superieure, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Paris, France
1991-present	Assistant Professor (1991), Associate (1998) Professor (2006) of Biology, New Mexico State University
1987-1990	Research Associate, Training Program in Cellular Neurobiology, Dr. S Hagiwara, Physiology Department, UCLA School of Medicine Research subject: Signal transduction in sensory cells
1986	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Eduardo Zeiger, Stanford University Biology Department  Research subject: Light regulation of H+-ATPase activity in guard cells
1984-1985	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Robert Schimke, Stanford University Biology Department  Research subject: Gene amplification in primary glial cultures in response to antineoplastic drugs
1980-1983	Research Associate, Dr. Bruce Ransom, Neurology Department, Stanford Medical School.  Research subject: Antiepileptic agents and their effects on primary neuronal cultures
1976-1980	Biology Graduate Student, Dr. Peter A Getting, Stanford University Biology Department Research subject: Ion channel diversity in identifiable molluscan neurons
GUIDANCE OF STUDENTS IN RESEARCH Research mentor for over 70 graduate and undergraduate students from 1991 to the present. Present http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/people.html Past http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/people/pastlabmembers.html Research advisor for Mentored Student Training Programs including Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS; BRIDGES to Native American students, RISE), Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC), NSF Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP), HHMI, NSF AGEP, NSF IGERT, and McNair Program. TEACHING EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS Syllabi available at: http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/teachingadvising/courses.html Introductory Biology, undergraduate majors and non-majors, Core courses The Art of Scientific Discovery Honors College freshman seminar Nanobioscience, undergraduate level Molecular Biology of the Cell graduate level, Core course (Graduate Program in Molecular Biology) Neuroscience, Introductory and Specialized (Ion Channels, Systems, Auditory, Development, Synapses) advanced undergraduate /graduate level Science, Ethics, and Society, undergraduate and graduate level (Bioethics) Bioimaging: Confocal Microscopy, graduate level, with laboratory Professional Development, graduate level PUBLISHED WORKS: ONLINE at http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/research/publications.html Active Grants and Awards (7) "Development of the acoustico-vestibular system" Principal Investigator, NIH-NIDCD, R01, 08/01/04-03/31/09 "Sensory organogenesis and gene expression during inner ear development Sub-project Principal Investigator, NIH-NIGMS, MBRS, SCORE 06/01/04-05/31/08 “Biological effects of nanostructured materials on cultured human cells” Principal Investigator, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, 10/14/06-09/01/09 “Raydiance Ultra Short Pulse Laser” co-PI, NM Governor's Office, the NM Economic Development Dept, and Raydiance, Inc., 09/01/07-08/30/09 "RISE Program at NMSU" Project Link Program Director, NIH-NIGMS, 09/01/05-07/31/09 “Bridging Biology and Physics Undergraduate Education through Nanoscience: A New Mexico Network Approach” Project Link Principal Investigator, NSF DUE, 03/01/07-02/28/09 "Effective Strategies to Diversify Academic STEM” Project Link co- Principal Investigator NSF GSE, 01/01/05-06/30/08 SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS International Society for Optical Engineering Society for Developmental Biology Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Association for Research in Otolaryngology Society for Neuroscience HONORS AND AWARDS AAAS International Lecturer for Women in Science and Engineering NMSU Advancing Leaders Program NMSU Donald C. Roush University Teaching Excellence Award NMSU Hispanic Student Organization Outstanding Professor Award NMSU Westhafer Award for Excellence in Teaching, Finalist YWCA REACH Award Honoree SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Biological Sciences Fellow University of Rochester Scholarship Bausch and Lomb Science Scholar National Merit Scholar Finalist LANGUAGES Bilingual fluency Spanish/English; good knowledge Portuguese; fair Italian/French/German
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