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Faculty & Research
Susan G. Ernst
Professor
Developmental Biology
Curriculum Vitae
Education and Postdoctoral
Experience
- 1964-1967 Meredith College
- 1968 Louisiana State Univ. B.S.
Zoology, Honor graduate
- 1975 University of Massachusetts,
Ph.D. Zoology (Thesis advisor: M.S. Kaulenas)
- 1974-1975 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Radiation Biology, Case Western
Reserve University (Drs. Nancy Oleinick and Ron
Rustad)
- 1975-1979 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Biology California Institute of Technology (Drs.
Eric Davidson and Roy Britten)
Positions Held - Tufts University
- 1994-present Professor Department
of Biology
- 2001-2005 Dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences
- 2000-2001 Dean for
Research, Arts, Sciences & Engineering
- 1997-2001
Dean Natural and Social Sciences
- 1990-1997 Chair
Department of Biology
- 1987-1999 Adjunct Professor
Biotechnology Engineering Center
- 1985-1994
Associate Professor Department of Biology
- 1979-1985 Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Honors
& Awards
- 2005 Tufts Graduate Student Council Service
Award
- 2001 Member of AAAS Council
- 2000 Chair Biological Sciences AAAS
- 1998-present AAAS Fellow
- Phi Beta Kappa
- 1999 Faculty ICR/UNESCO International
Training Course on Molecular Aspects of Fertilization and
Early Development. Asamushi, Japan
- 1994 Canada International Scholars Exchange
Award
- 1989 NSF Career Advancement Award for Women
- 1983 Mellon Faculty Research Award at Tufts
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
- NDEA Graduate Fellowship
External Grant Funding (while at Tufts)
- NIH
- NSF
- American Cancer Society
- CFIDS Association of America (co-PI)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center through the NIH Division of
Research
- Resources Cooperative Agreement
- SIDS Research Fund of Children's Hospital (co-PI)
- Charles H. Hood Foundation (co-PI)
- Baxter-Travenol Contract (co-PI)
Courses Taught
Biology Department:
Developmental Biology; Topics in Developmental Biology;
Cells and Organisms-Introductory Biology (team-taught);
Experiments in Biology (team-taught); Topics in Reproduction
and Development (co-taught); Topics in Developmental
Biology, writing intensive; Biology for Engineers (team
taught); Bay State Skills course: Biotechnology Engineering
Center (team taught); Seminar: Growth Factors/Signal
Transduction (co-taught); Cell Lineage and Cell Fate
Determination; Evolution and Development Seminar;
BioChallenge Seminar, Stage I; BioChallenge Seminar, Stage
II; Independent Reading: Oncogenes; Independent Reading:
Human Embryology; Advanced Cell Biology (team taught with
faculty at Sackler School for Graduate Biomedical Education
in Department of Cell, Molecular and Developmental
Biology). Developmental Biology (team-taught Department of
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Sackler School).
Experimental College:
Human Diversity (writing intensive course team-taught with
faculty from Anthropology, Classics and American Studies):
Two freshman advising explorations: "Remembering the
Sixties" and "Sound Body, Sound Mind"
Teaching Faculty for
Writing-Across-The-Curriculum Programs:
Workshop leader for Tufts University-wide
"Writing-Across-The-Curriculum" training 1996
Workshop leader in Tufts "Writing-Across-The-Curriculum"
training sessions for faculty - 1990-1996
5-Day Workshop Organizer and Leader through Bard College
Program “Writing to Learn Mathematics and Sciences" for
community college teachers, June 1990, Orlando FL.
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