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Appendix B: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 145-152

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From page 145...
... Ucko shares his experience advancing informal science learning as president of Museums+more LLC. He also serves as vice president on the Visitor Studies Association 145
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... As founding president of Science City at Union Station, Ucko led the development of a themed, immersive science center as a linchpin for the $250+ million transformation of Kansas City's historic landmark. As vice president for Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and deputy director for the California Museum of Science and Industry, he produced major exhibitions such as "Everyday Chemistry," "Technology: Chance or Choice?
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From page 147...
... Sloan Research Fellowship, the Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Award, and the ACS ExxonMobil Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry. She was 1 of 12 scholars profiled in a 2002 C&E News series on "Women in Chemistry," which highlighted women making an impact in the chemical sciences.
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From page 148...
... Realizing that his vocation was in academic research and teaching, he returned as an assistant professor to the University of Puerto Rico in 1977. Echegoyen was invited to serve as program officer in the Chemical Dynamics Program at NSF in 1981, and he held a simultaneous adjunct associate professor position at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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From page 149...
... The German government selected Francisco for an Alexander von Humboldt US Senior Scientist Award, and the University of Bologna, Italy, appointed him a senior visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies. He is professeur invité at the Université Paris-Est, France; a visiting professor at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden; and an honorary life member of the Israel Chemical Society.
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... He received a PhD in learning sciences and an MS in chemistry from Northwestern University, where he was awarded a Spencer Dissertation Year Fellowship Award for his research on human problem solving in undergraduate organic chemistry. His research examines sex differences in organic chemistry problem solving, the interaction of spatial ability and chemistry expertise, and the development of visualization software for teaching chemistry.
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... He has served as an assistant professor of science education at the University of Maryland in College Park, and he has taught general chemistry at the secondary level and organic chemistry for the City Colleges of Chicago.
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