Dr. Andrew Palmer
Bio
Dr. Palmer has displayed a solid commitment to both undergraduate as well as K-12 science education efforts in the classroom and laboratory. As a graduate student he was recognized as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teacher-Scholar for his participation in the ORDER (On Recent Discoveries by Emory Researchers) program. The goal of ORDER is to encourage undergraduates to pursue graduate STEM degrees through a semester-long seminar series on the research process (the scientific method) across multiple STEM fields. As a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, and now assistant professor, he has directly mentored both graduate (4 total), undergraduate (11 total), and high school students (2 total) in lab techniques and the process of scientific discovery. Many of these efforts are, or already have, resulted in publications in peer-reviewed literature. The opportunity to participate in the summer REU BioMath program at FIT would provide an excellent vehicle for him to continue his support for interdisciplinary undergraduate teaching/research opportunities.
