Jeremy Hsu

Assistant Professor of Biology, Chapman University

CV

CV: selected highlights

Positions

  • Assistant professor of biology, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, 2022 – present
  • Instructional assistant professor, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, 2016 – 2022
  • Lecturer, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Summer 2018, 2019, and 2021
  • Lecturer, Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, Summer 2020

Education

  • Ph.D. in biology with specialization in ecology and evolution, Stanford University, 2016 (dissertation advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Hadly)
  • A.B. cum laude with high honors in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 2011 (honors thesis advisor: Dr. Marcus Kronforst; awarded Hoopes Prize for Outstanding Thesis)
  • Valedictorian, Winter Springs High School, May 2007

Teaching and pedagogy awards, fellowships, and grants

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education, “Maximizing the Impacts of Inclusive Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences: from Hypothesis to Undergraduate Conference Participation” (co-Principal Investigator; joined the project following the awarding of the grant), 1/1/2025- 4/30/2028
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Grant, “Collaborative Research: HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Promoting Student Success by Designing and Evaluating Evidence-Based Interventions for Biology Office Hours” (co-Principal Investigator),  8/1/2024 – 7/31/2027
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research STEM Program Grant, “The SPIRE program: Sustaining and promoting internships and research experiences in underrepresented groups in science and engineering” (Principal Investigator), Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 9/1/2023 – 2/28/2025
  • American Psychological Foundation Visionary Grant, “Fostering Ally Development to Reduce Microaggressions among College Students” (co-Principal Investigator), 9/1/2023 – 10/25/2025
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Building Capacity in STEM Education Research, “Student Noticing of Quantitative Data in Introductory Biology Labs” (Principal Investigator), 1/1/2023 – 12/31/2025
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education, “Collaborative Research: Evaluating the Impact of the Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network on Vision & Change Awareness and Implementation” (Principal Investigator), 1/1/2023 – 12/31/2025
  • Catalytic Grant, “Promoting Effective Study Strategies and Textbook Use in Introductory Biology Courses” (Principal Investigator), Biology Leadership Community, 6/1/2022 – 5/31/2025
  • Plant Biology Learning Objectives, Outreach Materials and Education (BLOOME) Award, “An inquiry-based module for exploring student conceptions of plant circadian rhythms, gene expression, and defense against insects” (Principal Investigator), American Society of Plant Biologists, 9/1/2022 – 8/31/2023
  • Fertilizing Research Opportunities for New Discipline-Based Education Research Scholars (FRONDS) grant, Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network, 2021
  • Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Mentor, American Society for Cell Biology, 2020 – 2022
  • Valerie Scudder Award, Chapman University, 2020; the Scudder Award is the university’s highest faculty honor for teaching and service
  • Schmid College of Science and Technology Excellence Award, Chapman University, 2020, granted in recognition of excellence in teaching and service
  • Scientific Teaching Mentor, Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching at University of California, San Diego, 2019
  • Pedagogical Innovations Award and Grant, Chapman University, 2018
  • Designated as Scientific Teaching Fellow after Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching at University of California, San Diego, 2017
  • Preparing Future Professors Fellow, partnership between Stanford and San Jose State; participated in weekly practicum, worked with San Jose State faculty mentor Dr. Leslee Parr, and helped teach graduate-level seminar on evolution, 2014-2015
  • Norman K. Wessells Award, Stanford Department of Biology, awarded to the most outstanding graduate teacher, 2013
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Stanford Department of Biology, 2012

Evolution awards, fellowships, and grants

  • Winner, BioGENEius Champions of Science Storytelling Challenge, 2019
  • Rising Environmental Leader, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, 2015
  • Trainee research grant, Stanford Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics, 2013
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2011-2013
  • Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2011-2016
  • Grant-in-aid of Undergraduate Research, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology and Harvard Herbaria, 2010
  • Summer travel grant, Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2010
  • Grant recipient, Harvard College Research Program, 2009 and 2010

Teaching, pedagogy, and biology education publications

Evolution publications

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