M. Jade Zee
 
 
Education Ph.D. Biology University of Oregon, Institute of Neuroscience, Eugene, OR June 2004 Dissertation: Steroid hormones and cell death: analysis of motoneuron and muscle fates during insect metamorphosis B.S. University of California, San Diego June 1993 Major: Biochemistry and Cell Biology Minor: Health Care- Social Issues Interdisciplinary Program Continuing Education Spring 2008 Science Writing for Mass Media Spring 2006 Ethical Issues and Professional Responsibilities Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Summer 1998 Neural Systems and Behavior Course Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA Positions Held 2008- current Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College, Dept. of Biology 2005-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior Advisor: Dr. Andrew Bass 1999-2004 Summer Course Teaching Assistant, Marine Biological Laboratory 1997 Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon, Dept. of Biology 1994-1996 Research Assistant, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Division of Neuroscience Advisor: Dr. Richard Simerly 1992-1994 Research Assistant, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Regulatory Biology Lab Advisor: Dr. Donald Gruol 1992-1993 Lab Assistant, UC San Diego, Dept. of Biology Advisors: Dr. Ethan Bier and Dr. Dan Lindsley 1992 Teaching Assistant, UC San Diego, Dept of Biology Teaching Experience Courses Swarthmore College Bio 1 Cellular and molecular biology including lab (team taught) Bio 3 First year seminar: Animal communication Bio 22 Neurobiology including lab TA courses Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA Neural systems and behavior course University of Oregon Bio 220 Genetics and evolution lab Bio 120 Human reproduction and development (non-major) University of California, San Diego Bio 100 Genetics Awards & Funding 2008 Faculty Research Support Grant, Swarthmore College 2007 Grass Foundation Summer Fellowship “In vitro characterization of the vocal hindbrain central pattern generator of a teleost fish.” 2005-2008 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award National Inst. on Deafness & other Communication Disorders “Steroid modulation of a rhythmic vocal pattern generator.” 2004 Heiligenberg Student Travel Award, ISN 1993 Provost’s Honor List, UC San Diego 1989-1991 Dean’s List, CSU Fresno Outreach 2008 Faculty Sponsor for Swarthmore junior, Derek Tingle, to present at Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Poster Session at SFN Tingle, D.T., Fagg, A.H., Rennaker, R.L., and Zee, M.C. Decoding odor from the piriform cortex using a free-paced classifier. 2000-2001 McNair Scholars Program Mentor, University of Oregon Aided an undergraduate student with experimental design and analysis, taught various techniques and helped with presentations and writing until completion of her Honors thesis. We tested the hypothesis that dying Manduca motoneurons exhibit DNA fragmentation. 1998 Mentor, Willamette Science & Technology Center, Eugene OR For Cybersisters, an educational telementoring program for middle school girls in science, math and technology. Academic Activities 2008 Panelist: Asian Women and Speaking in Public, Swarthmore Asian Org. Job Search Discussion, Office of Postdoctoral Studies, Cornell 2008 Invited guest, Biology Dining Discussions, Cornell 2006-2007 Co-organizer, Neuroethology Journal Club, Cornell Professional Affiliations Society for Neuroscience International Society for Neuroethology Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience J.B. Johnston Club for comparative and evolutionary neurobiologyTeaching.htmlhttp://www.swarthmore.edu/cc_biology.xml#BIOL_001http://www.mbl.edu/education/courses/summer/course_neural_sys.htmlhttp://www.grassfoundation.org/fellowships/grass_fellowship/former_fellows/websites/2007/2007_website.htmlhttp://livepage.apple.com/http://www.sfn.org/http://www.neuroethology.org/http://www.funfaculty.org/index.htmlhttp://www.biomedsci.creighton.edu/jbjc/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8