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Claudia C.

USD $25/hr
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College Biology Instructor with a PhD in Cell Biology

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À propos

Hi, I’m Claudia. I hold a B.S. in Biological Sciences with a major in Genetics and a teaching degree (Licentiate) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and an M.Sc. and a PhD in Cell Biology from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a leading health research institute in Brazil. I have more than 20 years of experience teaching biology to students from middle school to graduate school. I started as a science teacher for a middle school class in Rio de Janeiro, with students aged 11 to 14. Since then, I have taught General Biology lectures to community college students at Palomar College, led parasitology lab classes for graduate students at UC San Francisco, and taught cell biology lectures and labs to undergraduate and graduate students at Fiocruz since 2001. Much of my teaching has also been one-on-one: since 2006 I have mentored more than a dozen students in research, from a high school student to PhD candidates, guiding them through experiments, data analysis, scientific writing, and presentations. One of my undergraduate students won a best presentation award. As a researcher at UC San Francisco, UC San Diego, and now San Diego State University, I study infectious diseases, cell biology, and immunology. I have published more than 30 scientific papers, received two Zigman Brener Awards for my research on Chagas disease, and serve as an editor for scientific journals. This lets me show students how biology is used in real labs.

Emplacement

CA, California, United States

Langue

Portuguese, English

Fuseau horaire

America/Los_Angeles

Niveaux

Elementary
Middle School
High School
College/University
Professional

Éducation

FIOCRUZ

2003 - 2007
Doctorate, Cell Biology, Parasitology
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), is a leading health research institute in Brazil. I studied the interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with cardiomyocytes.

Expérience professionnelle

Palomar College

August 2018 - December 2018
Adjunct Professor
Taught Biology 101

University of California San Diego

October 2015 - February 2020
Project Scientist

University of California San Francisco

May 2011 - October 2012
Post Doctoral Researcher