Postava-Davignon, Marielle - Husson College

个人简介

Marielle Postava-Davignon joined the Husson community in 2012 as its first biology Laboratory Supervisor. She comes to us with ten years of experience teaching in diverse laboratory and field settings in the Boston area and abroad. Although her Ph.D. research at Northeastern University specialized in social insect nesting behavior and immunity, she is fascinated by all forms of science. This is exemplified by the double minor in chemistry and geology that accompanied her B.S. in biology from SUNY Fredonia, and her teaching experience in a wide array of classes such as General Biology, Ecology, Anatomy & Physiology and Microbiology, and Biology & Society. In both her teaching and research, Marielle takes any opportunity made available to bring her work outside of the traditional university classroom or lab setting. For two years she taught high school biology for the Health Careers Academy in Boston as part of an NSF GK-12 program, and she spent six summers studying tropical termites on the island of St. John, USVI as part of an Earthwatch Student Challenge Awards Program. Marielle looks forward to taking advantage of what the Maine outdoors has to offer in her classes at Husson, and continuing to share her love of science with her students. My goal as a teacher has always been to make science accessible to everyone. Science shouldn’t just be for academics, although the language in which science is presented often makes it feel like it is. When I teach, I try to give each student personal attention and tailor my techniques to match their strengths. I try to stimulate their curiosity so they are encouraged to explore what they are learning further, and learn to ask questions. Whenever possible, I use hands-on examples or take students outside of the classroom to broaden their horizons and experience the natural world first-hand. I love science, I get excited about science, and I hope to share this with my students to the point where they find something that makes them feel the same way.

研究领域

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Julia’s current research interests lie in the rapidly-growing and fascinating field of Quantum Computation. Her publications include The Hidden Subgroup Problem for Generalized Quaternions in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, ICQNM 2010.