Curriculum Vitae


Terri Camesano
Department of Chemical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: 508-831-5380, Fax: 508-831-5853, terric@wpi.edu


Education

1995   B.S. in Chemical Engineering, The University of Rochester
1995   B.S. in Environmental Science, The University of Rochester
1997   M.S. in Environmental Engineering, The University of Arizona
2000   Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
     

Experience

2006-present   Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, WPI
Affiliated Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, WPI
August, 2000-2006   Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, WPI
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, WPI
2003-present   Collaborative Appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering, WPI
Feb., 2005-present   Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
May - August, 2000   Postdoctoral Assistant, The University of Geneva, Switzerland
Nov.-Dec., 2000   Research Assistant (Stagiare), Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
1997 – 2000   Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University
1995 – 1997   Research Assistant, The University of Arizona
1994 – 1995   Chemical Safety Assistant, The Laboratory for Laser Energetics, The University of Rochester
     

Honors and Awards

2005   Sigma Xi Junior Faculty Research Award (presented by WPI chapter)
2005   “Women of Strength” Award (co-sponsored by Pratt-Whitney and WPI)
2003   NSF CAREER Award
1999-2000   General Electric Foundation “Faculty for the Future” Dissertation Fellowship
1999   American Chemical Society (Environmental Chemistry Division) Merit Award for Presentation at 217th National Meeting
1999   Second Environmental Research Symposium, Award for Best Abstract (The Pennsylvania State University)
1999   Pennsylvania Water Environment Association Student Research Award
1998   Honorable Mention for Poster Presentation at AAAS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February, 1998
1998   First Environmental Research Symposium Scholarship Award (The Pennsylvania State University)
1997   Arizona Water & Pollution Control Association Scholarship
1995-1997   National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Fellowship
1995   Shelby A. Miller Award in Chemical Engineering Design (The University of Rochester and Rochester section of American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
1995   Forbes-Amorese Engineering Entrepreneur Award (The University of Rochester)
     

Professional Memberships and Activities

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Student Chapter Advisor at WPI, 2000-present

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Symposium Organizer and Session Chair for four half-day sessions at the ACS 224th National Meeting, Boston, 2002, “Novel Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy” (with William Ducker); Judge for Student Poster Competitions in Colloid Division at ACS National Meetings; Webmaster for Colloid Division; Representative to Biotechnology Secretariat; Continuing Symposium Chair for Colloid Division in “Interfacial Phenomena in Biomedical Applications”;  Session chair at ACS 225th National Meeting, New Orleans, 2003 “Adsorption of Macromolecules at Liquid/Solid Interfaces: Fundamental Processes in Polymer Adsorption”; Symposium Organizer for three half-day sessions at the 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, 2006, “Structure, Interactions and Reactivity at Microbial Interfaces” (with Charlene Mello).

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2004-2009 for Applied & Environmental Microbiology

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Association for Women in Science (AWIS)

 

Publications


Research interests

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