Jane Caldwell

Lecturer
General Biology Program Coordinator

Ph.D. 1998, University of Wisconsin

E-mail: jane.caldwell@mail.wvu.edu

I enjoy teaching immensely, and have taught students at various levels, including college, community college, high school, and junior high. I am particularly interested in teaching methods that encourage active learning and participation in the large classroom. Also a challenge is upgrading the General Biology laboratories (Biology 103 and 104). In my capacity as General Biology Program Coordinator, I am developing new laboratory exercises and improving the undergraduate laboratory experience.

Prior to embarking on my teaching career, I worked in the area of protein structure determination using nuclear magnetic resonance. I determined the 3-dimensional structure for brazzein, a 6 kiloDalton protein that tastes 2,000 times sweeter than sugar on a weight-for-weight basis. I bring the excitement of this research experience to our developing undergraduate Biology laboratories.

Dr. Caldwell's Home Page: http://www.as.wvu.edu/~caldwell/

Course Links:

Biology 101 General Biology 1

Biology 102 General Biology 2

Biology 493V Protein Structure and Function