Email:
Phone:
503.943.7137
Address:
Swindells Hall 108
Amelia Ahern-Rindell, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Biology at UP. She received her B.S. degree in Biology/Genetics from the University of Illinois and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Cell Biology/Genetics from Washington State University. She was an NIH Postdoctoal Fellow at the Center for Molecular Genetics at the University of California, San Diego for 4 years before beginning her career as a Teacher-Scholar. In 1992, she received a tenure-track appointment in the Zoology Department at Weber State University and in 1997, she became a faculty member in the Biology Department at UP. She teaches courses in Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Evolution. She has taught for the Study Abroad Program in Salzburg and London, and in the Science Core program on campus to non-science majors. She is involved in biology curriculum modernization and assessment, especially in the area of undergraduate research and scholarship. She has an active research program in which she collaborates with students, having mentored over 100 research students in her 30-year career. Her research includes the cell/molecular characterization of a fatal human genetic disorder using an animal model, an international collaboration involving analysis of ancient human DNA, and research of professional and bioethics.
University of Portland
5000 N. Willamette Blvd.,
Portland, Oregon 97203-5798
503.943.8000
