Research interests
engineering , microbiology-molecular-biology , science-education
Bio
Dr. Irene Reizman is currently the Alfred R. Schmidt Endowed Chair for Excellence in Teaching and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She earned her B.S.E. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in chemical engineering. In addition to teaching and developing engineering courses, Dr. Reizman has mentored over 40 undergraduate researchers through individual projects and the Rose-Hulman International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition team. She is currently director of the Rose Research Fellows program and part of a multi-institution project funded by the Kern Family Foundation to enhance the integration of entrepreneurial mindset in undergraduate research. Her research encompasses both a technical program, focused on undergraduate projects in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, and an engineering education component, examining the impacts of undergraduate research experiences on student mindset and educational outcomes.
