Chelsea RamEl Martinez

dr.chelsea.martinez@gmail.com

Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry; The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas,
December 2011.
Dissertation: How to Assemble in Water without Really Bonding: Aromatic-Donor Acceptor Interactions
in Dynamic Foldamers, DNA Intercalation and Pi-Stacking

Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Biochemistry with Honors; Minors in Mathematics and
History; Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, May 2002.

Professional Experience
Visiting Assistant Professor, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO Aug 2014 - present
First, second and third semester organic chemistry courses with associated labs tailored to an
intensive, accelerated block schedule.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH Aug 2012 June 2014
First- and second-semester organic chemistry, first-semester general chemistry, and bioorganic
chemistry, using a hybrid model of lectures and small-group activities. Led lab sections, review
sessions and supervised student enrichment workshop (OWLS) leaders and lab TAs. Mentored
research students in bioorganic and biochemistry research during academic year and January Term.

Faculty-Student Team Co-PI, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN June July 2013
Mentored Oberlin College student in a 10-week summer research experience in the Microbiology and
Civil Engineering departments, hosted by the labs of Dr. Paige Novak. Artificial lipid bilayer and in
vivo studies of effects of perfluorinated hydrocarbons on bacterial respiration, design of core-shell
electrospun/hydrogel fermentative membranes to sustain and sequester acetogenic bacteria.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Graduate STEM Fellow, White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy, Washington, DC Aug 2011 May 2012
Reviewed federally funded STEM education programs, including efforts to increase retention, degree
completion and research experiences for underrepresented students in STEM; prepared reports,
coded, and published public comment on increased public access to federally funded research;
contributed to White House web presence by writing blogs, managing online archives, and
onboarding OSTP to several open government web tools to increase public transparency.

Student Program Coordinator, Texas Shamans, Austin, TX May 2011 July 2011
Led week-long chemistry lab workshops for Title I high school students, including teacher and
student recruitment; transportation and logistics for field work; lab work, lecture and student
presentation components; and collection of program evaluation data.

Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin Chemistry Department, Austin, TX Sept 2004 Dec 2011
Conducted original research in synthetic bioorganic peptide chemistry. Assisted first- and second-
500-student organic chemistry lecture; biochemistry lecture; and organic, biochemistry and
Freshman Research Initiative labs. Managed a team of six TAs and served as dedicated TA for Texas
Interdisciplinary Program students. Wrote exams and substituted lectures. Planned Careers in
Chemistry symposium as vice-president of Women in Chemistry and moderated Non-traditional
Careers panel. With Sapling Learning, adapted organic chemistry homework for instant-feedback
electronic grading interface.
Mirzayan Science Policy Fellow, NAE, Washington, DC Aug 2010 Dec 2010
Planned Changing the Conversation workshop for industry/academic/government stakeholders on
diverse student recruitment to engineering careers. Developed content for accompanying website.

Contract Editor, American Journal Experts, Durham, NC Mar 2010 June 2013
Edited technical manuscripts from international research groups seeking publication in
English-language journals. Assignments range from applied/clinical work in education and
sustainability science to basic research in chemistry and molecular biology.

AAAS Mass Media Fellow, LA Times Health Desk, Los Angeles, CA June Aug 2007
Wrote capsules and full-length nutrition and medicine features for weekly print edition. Pitched and
wrote daily health and science entries for Booster Shots blog.

Teacher, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA Aug 2003 June 2004
Teacher, Miller School of Albemarle, Charlottesville, VA Aug 2002 June 2003
Instructed students (grade 7-12) in pre-algebra, algebra 1, geometry, and chemistry, including lab.
Mentored boarding school students, assistant-coached drama and volleyball, co-taught biology.


Research Publications
Martinez, CR; Iverson, BL. Rethinking the Term Pi-Stacking. Chemical Science, 2012, 3, 2191-
2201.

Steckel, JS; Persky, NS; Martinez, CR; Barnes, CL, et al. Monolayer and Multilayer Films of
[Mn12O12(O2CMe)16]. Nano Letters, 2004, 4 (3), 399-402.

Research Presentations
Effects of PFOS and other perfluorinated compounds on the permeability of a black lipid membrane
model system 18
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Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (Talk), Bethesda, MD / June
2014

Synthesis and Footprinting of a Series of Peptidic Sidechain-Linked Naphthalenediimide
Bisintercalators ACS Fall 2011 Southwest Regional Meeting (Poster), Austin, TX / Nov 2011

Concentric Cyclic Assembly of Water-Soluble Aedamers ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting
(Poster), Boston, MA / Aug 2010

Policy Papers
STEM, Shoots and Leaves: Increasing Access of Underrepresented Groups to High-Quality, Career
Readying Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education - Harvard Journal of
Hispanic Policy, Volume 25 (2013)

Invited Talks and Panels
Women in STEM Faculty Panel Roots & STEM Seminar Series, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH /
February 11, 2014

Reinforcing Lessons from Organic Chemistry Lab at Semesters End POGIL NW Regional
Workshop, McMinnville, OR / June 25, 2013

Lag Kills Except in Basic Science Research and Sometimes Government Oberlin College
Science Fridays / Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH / May 10, 2013

Why the Marshmallow Cannon Wins the White House Science Fair - Sigma Xi Talk, Oberlin
College, Oberlin, OH / November 5, 2012

Linking Science and Policy: Cultivating Leaders to Effect Evidence-based Policy that Serves
Society SACNAS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA / October 13, 2012

STEM Education and STEM Careers: Not Just Inputs and Outputs - CHCI Policy Summit
Moderator, Washington, DC / April 16, 2012

Undergraduate Research Students
Matthew Pommerening, Summer 2005
Spring 2006
Cathy He, Summer 2008 Spring 2009
Corey Cannon, Summer 2008 Spring 2009
Eric Hamill, Summer 2008 Spring 2010

Sam Ferguson, Summer 2013 Spring 2014
Tommy Tullius, Fall 2013 Spring 2014
Ruben Ulloa, Winter 2014 Spring 2014
Delia Scoville, Winter 2014 Spring 2014
Eint Kyi, Fall 2013 Spring 2014
Michelle Ehrenberger, Fall 2013

Additional Activities & Awards
NSF IDEAS Lab for Engineering Education, March 2014
Oberlin College Science Fridays Co-Coordinator, 2013-2014
NASW Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Travel Fellowship, 2008
She Blinded Me With Science (science news show) Founder & Co-Host, KVRX-FM, 2007-2010
Sloan Scholar, 2004-2010
Clinton Global Initiative University Participant, 2009
Compact for Faculty Diversitys Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, 2006 & 2009
H.R. Henze Teaching Excellence Award, 2008
Lewis Graduate Research Award, 2008
Maker Faire Austin Blue Ribbon Winner, 2007
ACS Green Chemistry Summer School, 2005
University Preemptive Fellowship, UT Austin, 2004
COSEE-WEST Marine Science Semester for K-12 Educators, Spring 2004