ACE, Agua en Comunidades Experimentales, es un programa de investigación en comunidades de aprendizaje de 91Porn (NEIU) donde estudiantes y profesores exploran cómo la investigación en temas locales relacionados con el agua puede convertirse en experiencias transformadoras.



El programa Agua en Comunidades Experimentales tiene como metas incrementar tanto las habilidades de los estudiantes como la confianza en sí mismos cuando se trata del tema del agua, y de esta manera propulsarlos en sus carreras académicas. En ACE, buscamos entrenar a una nueva generación de científicos orientados a la protección ambiental para buscar nuevas soluciones a los problemas de contaminación del agua; para aprender cómo la calidad del agua afecta directamente a organismos como las algas, invertebrados, y peces; y para buscar formas de mantener hábitats acuáticos de manera sustentable. Nuestra experiencia de investigación está basada en ecosistemas y problemas locales a los cuales deseamos encontrarles soluciones. De esta forma, estamos comprometidos a tener un gran impacto en nuestra propia comunidad y en nuestro medio ambiente.

Los estudiantes que entran a NEIU en el semestre del Otoño (fall) 2019 son bienvenidos a unirse a nuestro nuevo programa de ACE, el cual juntará 24 estudiantes en su primer año. Los estudiantes trabajarán en colaboración con profesores de STEM (Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería, y Matemática por sus siglas en inglés) y con diverso personal de apoyo. A través de sesiones de construcción de habilidades, investigación de campo y laboratorio, y entrenamiento personalizado, los estudiantes podrán cultivar sus talentos y afianzar su habilidad de crear su propio camino al éxito personal. En cada año del program, los estudiantes crecerán en su desarrollo académico y profesional a través de desafíos que, progresivamente, incrementarán en complejidad.

Como miembro del programa ACE, podrás:

  1. Hacer investigación paga sobre temas del agua en el medio ambiente con profesores de NEIU.
  2. Acumular créditos aplicables a tu graduación, pagados por el programa ACE.
  3. Colaborar con profesores de Geología, Biología, Ciencias Ambientales y Psicología en NEIU.
  4. Viajar a conferencias y jornadas científicas, pagadas por el programa ACE.
  5. Trabajar en pasantías o prácticas profesionales (internships) pagadas durante el Verano.

Éstos serán tus beneficios si te unes al programa ACE:

  • Cursos pagados por el programa ACE que aplicarán para tu graduación
  • Experiencias en investigación científica remuneradas.
  • Aprendizaje de habilidades académicas invaluables.
  • Ser parte de una comunidades de aprendizaje y apoyo que comparten los mismos objetivos.

Qué se necesita para unirte a ACE en el 2019?

  • Ser un estudiante de primer año en NEIU (empezando el fall 2019).
  • Haber calificado para tomar clases cuyos códigos comienzan con el número cero (“developmental courses” como por ejemplo MATH 091 y ELP 097)
  • Estar interesado en las ciencias (Biología, Geología, Matemáticas, Ciencias Ambientales, Psicología).
  • Ser ciudadano americano o residente permanente.

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Contacto Primario

Dr. Pam Geddes

Correo electrónico: ace@neiu.edu

Funded by National Science Foundation DUE Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program Award 1832421.

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Contact Information

Location 

91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, Ill. 60625-4699

Primary contact

Dr. Pam Geddes

Email: ace@neiu.edu

 

Staff

ace@neiu.edu
ACE Project
Pam smiles for the camera wearing a blue t-shirt with her hair blowing in the wind.
Pamela
Geddes
Associate Chair, Professor, Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Teaching Professor
Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5737
p-geddes@neiu.edu
Expertise
Ecology and Environmental Science
Courses Taught
The Changing Natural Environment (BIO 104)
Alien Invasions of Chicago (First Year Experience, BIO 109A)
General Biology II (BIO 202)
Essential Skills for Biologists (BIO 250)
General Ecology (Writing Intensive Program, BIO 305)
Community Ecology (BIO 357)
Biology Senior Seminar (BIO 390)
Conservation Biology (BIO 453)
Restoration Ecology (BIO 455)
Research Interests
My research focuses on the effects of invasive plant species in wetlands. I’m interested in how plant invasive species’ traits (such as rapid growth, large biomass, large litter deposition, and even genotype) trigger a cascade of effects that span from their interaction with co-occurring native species all the way up to ecosystem-level processes. I also combine molecular tools (microsatellite markers) to answer ecological questions, mostly related to the identification of hybridizing invasive plant species. I’m also interested in how ecological communities respond to external disturbances (e.g., invaders, pollutants, urbanization) and habitat restoration.

Keywords: invasive plant species, community ecology, habitat restoration
Education

Ph.D., Ecology, University of Chicago                                           

Post-doc., Ecology, Loyola University Chicago     

M.S., Biology, Florida International University     

B.S., Biology, Florida International University                                      

A.A., Biology, Miami-Dade Community College

Selected Publications

Undergraduate students are underlined

Geddes, P., L. Murphy, Y. Astudillo-Scalia, D. Blasini, S. Nugent, M. J. Rios, A. Schirmer, and J. P. Olfelt. 2021. Microsatellite markers reveal unprecedented high frequencies of hybridization among Typha species in the Midwestern US. Wetlands 41(2021): 1-9.  

Pini, A.K. and P. Geddes. 2020. Fungi are capable of mycoremediation of river water contaminated with E. coli. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 231:83. 

Geddes, P. 2019. The invasion of the cattails. Podcast. In Defense of Plants.

Volesky, L.A., S. Iqbal, J.J. Kelly, and P. Geddes. 2018. Relationships of native and exotic Phragmites australis to wetland ecosystem properties. Wetlands 38(3):577-589. 

Professional Affiliations & Membership
p-geddes@neiu.edu

Room BBH 340H
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5737
Office Hours
Please email p-geddes@neiu.edu to arrange to meet or speak with Dr. Geddes.
Main Campus
Dr. Voglesonger measures water quality parameters at Gompers Park.
Kenneth
M.
Voglesonger
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Earth Science
College of Arts and Sciences
Other Academic Areas
(773) 442-6053
k-voglesonger@neiu.edu
Expertise
Aqueous Geochemistry, Geochemistry of Life in Extreme Environments, Environmental Geology
Courses Taught
ESCI-123: Environmental Geology
ESCI-109W: Muddy Waters: Chicago's Environmental Geology
ESCI-307: Climate Change: Evidence, Causes, Effects
ESCI-306: Writing Intensive Program: Earth Materials
ESCI-311: Mineralogy & Petrology I
ESCI-327: Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry
ZHON-194: Honors Introduction to the Sciences
Research Interests
Aqueous Geochemistry, Geochemistry of Life in Extreme Environments, Environmental Geology
Education

Ph.D. Arizona State University

B.S. State University of New York at Stony Brook

k-voglesonger@neiu.edu

Room BBH 225E
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-6053
Office Hours
N/A
Main Campus
Saszik
Shannon
Saszik
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5839
s-saszik@neiu.edu
Expertise
Neuropsychology, Physiological Psychology, Sensation and Perception, Animal Research
Courses Taught
Survey of Psychology
Human Perception
Visual Neuroscience
Physiological Psychology
Physiological Lab
Social Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Research Interests
My research interests focus on examination of the processing of information in the brain through parallel pathways, and ultimately how that processing impacts behavior and choice. Using both studies that examine the bottom up, data signals that are coded by the sensory receptors and top down, knowledge signals that are based on prior experience, projects in the Neuropsychology Lab address questions related to the interaction between these two systems. My long-term goal is to understand the relationship between data and knowledge to determine how the dependence on one over the other can be altered given changes to both internal (physiological) and external (environmental) cues.
Education

M.A. Experimental Psychology

Ph.D. Neuroscience

 

Selected Publications

Saszik, S. M., & Smith, C. M. (2018). The impact of stress on social behavior in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural pharmacology, 29(1), 53–59.

Saszik, S., & DeVries, S. H. (2012). A mammalian retinal bipolar cell uses both graded changes in membrane voltage and all-or-nothing Na+ spikes to encode light. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 32(1), 297–307. 

Bilotta, J., Barnett, J. A., Hancock, L., & Saszik, S. (2004). Ethanol exposure alters zebrafish development: a novel model of fetal alcohol syndrome. Neurotoxicology and teratology, 26(6), 737–743. 

Saszik, S., Alexander, A., Lawrence, T., & Bilotta, J. (2002). APB differentially affects the cone contributions to the zebrafish ERG. Visual neuroscience, 19(4), 521–529. 

Saszik, S. M., Robson, J. G., & Frishman, L. J. (2002). The scotopic threshold response of the dark-adapted electroretinogram of the mouse. The Journal of physiology, 543(Pt 3), 899–916.

 

s-saszik@neiu.edu

Room BBH 307 B
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5839
Office Hours
By appointment.
Main Campus
University Center Lake County
Maureen W. Erber
Maureen
W.
Erber
Ph.D.
Professor, Interim Chair
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5843
m-erber@neiu.edu
Expertise
Social Psychology
Courses Taught
Survey of Psychology
First year Experience: Psychology
General Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Psychology Lab
Theories of Intimate Relationships
Research Interests
Trust and Fairness, Intimate Relationships, Stereotype application, and Counterfactual thinking about death
Education

M.A. and Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

B.A. University of Hawaii

 

Selected Publications

Erber, R., & Erber, M.W. (2024). Intimate Relationships: Issues, theories, and research, 4th ed., Routledge.

Erber, R., Erber, M.W., & Poe, J.R. (2004). Mood regulation and decision making: Is irrational exuberance really a problem? In J. Carillo & I. Brocas (Eds.) Psychology and Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Erber, M.W. & Erber, R.  (2001). The role of motivated social cognition in the regulation of affective states.  In J.P. Forgas, Handbook of Affect and Social Cognition.  Mahwah, N.J.:  Erlbaum.

Erber, M. W. & Erber, R. (July 2017). Mate Choice Copying in Humans. Poster presented at the 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. Granada, España.

Erber, M., Rueckert, L., Dykema-Engblade, A., Merchant, C., & Cuevas, L. (2015). Collaborative and active learning strategies promote critical thinking across psychology curriculum. Symposium presented to the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Division at the Midwestern Psychological Association 87th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

m-erber@neiu.edu

Room BBH 313 C
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5843
Office Hours
By appointment.
Main Campus
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