Nathalie Chen
    Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
      
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Student at Carnegie Mellon University
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          Nathalie Chen  Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi 
          
          
            
          
        
Nathalie Chen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Chen is ...
February, 14 2017 - Verified by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
          Supplemental Instruction (SI) and EXCEL Leader at Academic Development, Carnegie Mellon University
          
            
            
          
        
        
              - Support Genetics (03-220) as an SI Leader and Modern Biology (03-121) as an EXCEL Leader
- Plan and lead weekly sessions and exam reviews to help students enhance their understanding of the course material through group work 
- Prepared materials for sessions and regularly met with course professors
- Participate in monthly meetings to obtain continued education credit and review learning strategies for sessions
- Completed Seminar in Supplemental Instruction (99-251) to learn strategies for facilitating interactive and dynamic group learning
            
          
            August 2016 - Present
          
          
          Research Assistant at Ettensohn Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University
          
            
            
          
        
              - Conduct research on enhancers involved with skeletogenesis in S. purpuratus
- Worked to validate putative p16 enhancer and to determine the binding site of regulatory proteins on the Mitf enhancer using GFP reporter constructs 
- Presented findings at the 2016 CMU Undergraduate Meeting of the Minds
- Awarded a small undergraduate research grant (SURG) for Summer 2015 and Spring 2017 
            
          
            February 2015 - Present
          
          