Jeramia J. Ory, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
| 1998 | Ph.D., Biochemistry | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
| 1992 | B.S., Biochemistry | University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 1998-2001 | NIH Individual National Research Service Award (F32) |
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
| 2006-present | Assistant Professor of Biology, King's College. Characterization of copper sensing and transport in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. |
| 2004-2006 | Biochemical Information Specialist, Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics – Protein Data Bank. Designed and implemented a high throughput computational strategy to standardize the chemical information content of the PDB ligand database using a combination of commercially available libraries and open source tools. |
| 2002-2004 | Research associate, Washington University in St. Louis. Characterization of copper sensing and transport in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Purification, characterization and crystallization of nucleotide sugar processing enzymes from the same organism. |
| 1988-2002 | Available on request |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
King's College
| 2008 | Instructor and course developer, Systems Biology |
| 2006-present | Instructor and course director (2007), Genetics lecture and lab |
| 2006-present | Instructor, Biochemistry lecture and lab |
| 2006-present | Instructor, Modern Techniques in Biological Sciences |
| 2006-present | Instructor, Biological Research I |
| 2006 | Instructor, Junior Biology Seminar |
| 2006 | Instructor and course developer, Contemporary Biology (non-majors) |
| 2006-present | Instructor, Human Genetics (non-majors) |
Lafayette College
| 2006 | Adjunct instructor and course developer, From SNPs to Gene Chips: Introduction to Bioinformatics |
Cedar Crest College
| 2005 | Invited lecturer, Advanced Bioinformatics |
| 2005 | Invited lecturer, Teacher Leadership Institute |
Washington University in St. Louis
| 2001-2003 | Supervisor, Undergraduate research |
| 2003 | High school student tutor, Young Scientist Program |
| 2002 | Invited lecturer, Introduction to Molecular Biology |
University of Minnesota
| 1994 | Teaching Assistant, Protein Structure and Function |
| 1993 | Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry (Medical) |
University of Nebraska
| 1990,1991 | Teaching Assistant, Human Physiology |
SERVICE
| 2003-2004 | National meeting committee, National Postdoc Association |
| 2003-2004 | Implementation committee, Washington University Postdoctoral Policy |
| 2003-2004 | Steering committee, Washington University Postdoc Society |
| 2002-2004 | Steering committee, Young Scientist Program, Washington University |
| 2002-2004 | Web site administrator, Young Scientist Program, Washington University |
MEMBERSHIPS
| 2006-present | American Society for Microbiology |
| 1997-present | American Crystallographic Association |