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Veronica Jaramillo
Where are you from?
I am from New Jersey, and my parents are from Ecuador.
Biography
Hi! My name is Veronica Jaramillo. I am a first-generation Latina as both my parents
are from Ecuador. I am originally from the Northeast, specifically I was born in New
Jersey. I earned a Bachelor of Science in both Mathematics and Chemistry at a small
liberal arts college, Moravian College and then continued to earn my doctorate in
Chemistry from the University of Arizona. GO CATS! For my doctoral thesis, I studied
the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions under stratospheric conditions. My
measured reaction rates are used in JPL’s models of atmospheric chemistry. After graduate
school, I moved to Pasadena and worked at a small Biotech startup company, Calhoun
Vision, where I worked on testing intraocular lens quality and designed light irradiation
systems. This work was interesting, but I missed teaching and felt the pull to become
an educator. My first academic professorship was at East Los Angeles College (ELAC)
where I earned tenure and started an ACS affiliated Chemistry club. Then I had my
son and decided I wanted to teach in the community I lived in and so I joined the
faculty at PCC where I again earned my tenure as a Chemistry Faculty member. Currently,
I am the Dean of Natural Sciences.
What made me focus on Chemistry is my love of experiments and doing research, so I have tried to help give students this opportunity. I was the Principal Investigator for an NSF ATE grant at PCC funded by the National Science Foundation. The project involved creating a tiered early research experience beginning with course embedded research experiences, to research methods course or mentored research experience, and then a research internship at partner institutions (Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Huntington Medical Research Institute (HMRI), Oak Crest Institute of Science and California Polytechnic State University, Pomona). Also, at PCC, I was actively involved in developing a peer and faculty mentoring program for underrepresented students. I have acted as a faculty mentor for students doing research and am a co-advisor for the PCC Chemistry Club.
Science Outreach is also a passion of mine. So, I am very active in my professional organization, the American Chemical Society (ACS), at both the local and national level. At the local level I am the Councilor for the Southern California ACS section (SCALACs) and co-chair of their Women’s Chemist Committee. I was recognized by SCALACs with Agnes Ann Green Award for Distinguished Service. I am also active on the national level by being a member of the ACS’s Committee on Community Activities and co-chair for the Volunteer and Engagement Recognition Committee. This professional work focusses on bringing science to ALL communities!
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Abachi, Shahriar
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- sabachi@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Abubekerov, Lucy
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857856
- labubekerov@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Abukhalil, Paul
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- pabukhalil@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Agredano, Hector
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857021
- hagredano@pasadena.edu
- E Bldg
Alshawa, Ahmad
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- aalshawa@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Anderson, Melissa
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857606
- manderson8@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Anderson, Mackenzie
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- manderson@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Ansari, Alireza
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853228
- axansari@pasadena.edu
- SV8M
Ashcroft, Jared
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857007
- jmashcroft@pasadena.edu
- E105
Ayoub, Bassam
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- bayoub@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Azizi, Alireza
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- axazizi@pasadena.edu
- E301
Azizian, Ophelia
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- oxbalaneji@pasadena.edu
- E301
Balta, Joy
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- jbalta@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Barbarino, Raffaella
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- rbarbarino@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Baroon, Ali
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- mbaroon@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Barraza, Kevin
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853350
- kbarraza3@pasadena.edu
- SV8-A
Blatti, Jillian
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853158
- jblatti@pasadena.edu
- SV08-F
Blickley, Jessica
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- jblickley@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Borman, Terri
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857164
- tlborman@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Bower, Susan
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857167
- slbower@pasadena.edu
- SV8-G
Burke, Raymond
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- rxburke@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Burres-Jones, Cara
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853149
- clburres-jones@pasadena.edu
- SV7-K
Castro, Leonardo
Department Laboratory Technician II - Chemistry
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857123
- lcastro4@pasadena.edu
- SV19
Castro, Peter
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857013
- ppcastro@pasadena.edu
- SV8-L
Catanese, Erika
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853254
- elcatanese@pasadena.edu
- SV7-J
Chae, Yoon
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- ychae1@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Chammas, Dany
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857600
- dhchammas@pasadena.edu
- SV9-C
Chen, Willina
Department Laboratory Technician III - Biology
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857017
- wchen83@pasadena.edu
- SV12
Chen, Chia-Wei
Associate Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853159
- cwchen@pasadena.edu
- SV8-C
Chess, Barry
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857166
- bxchess@pasadena.edu
- SV8-I
Cheung, Kwun
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- kcheung20@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Choate-Ciletti, Elisabeth
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853175
- eachoate-ciletti@pasadena.edu
- SV8-K
Clark, Michael
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- mclark7@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Cole, Jeffrey
Associate Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857873
- jacole@pasadena.edu
- SV8-E
Darbinian, Manan
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- mdarbinian1@pasadena.edu
Di Fiori, Russell
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857176
- redifiori@pasadena.edu
- SV7-F
Donnell, Theodore
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857761
- tdonnell@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Dorsey, Brian
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- bdorsey@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Dunagan, Sean
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- sdunagan@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Duvall, Jacqueline
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857826
- jaduvall@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Eversole-Cire, Pamela
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857161
- pleversole-cire@pasadena.edu
- SV9-J
Foster, Valerie
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857865
- vsfoster@pasadena.edu
- SV-7E
Fox, Catherine
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- cfox1@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Frankini, Armida
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- afrankini@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Fronk, David
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- dfronk@pasadena.edu
Ganapathi, Padma
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857141
- psganapathi@pasadena.edu
- SV9-E
Garcia, Alexandra
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- agarcia32@pasadena.edu
- SV9-B
Gaudio, Sergio
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- sgaudio@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Given, Douglas
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- ddgiven@pasadena.edu
Gonzalez, Andres
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- agonzalez537@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Gorcik, Robert
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- rgorcik@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Gould, Katherine
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- kgould2@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Grotzinger, Donna
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- dgrotzinger@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Gutter, Shelita
Administrative Assistant II
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857536
- sgutter@pasadena.edu
- SV06
Haitkin, Paul
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- phaitkin@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Hamawi, Izzat
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- ihamawi@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Hanley, John
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853392
- jhanleyjr@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Harju, Ellen
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857856
- eharju@pasadena.edu
- SV7-N
Haroyan, Lilit
- Natural Sciences
- lxharoyan@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Hartman, Miriam
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857133
- mhartman@pasadena.edu
- E301-D
Hatch, Nicholas
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857874
- nhatch@pasadena.edu
- SV8-M
House, Martha
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857026
- mahouse@pasadena.edu
- E210-A
Huey, Jeremy
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- jhuey3@pasadena.edu
- LL127
Igoe, Jessica
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857876
- jcigoe@pasadena.edu
- SV7-D
Imel, David
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- dimel@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Injeyan, Hagop
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- hxinjeyan@pasadena.edu
- U402
Iwanicki, Suzanne
Associate Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857490
- siwanicki@pasadena.edu
- SV7B
Jaramillo, Veronica
Dean, Natural Sciences
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857036
- vijaramillo@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Javier, Alnald
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- ajavier2@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Johnson, KeChaunte
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857760
- kjohnson142@pasadena.edu
- SV7-G
Jordan, Shane
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- sjordan3@pasadena.edu
Jordan, Shane
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- sjordan@pasadena.edu
Kahn, Patrick
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- pkahn@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Kauk-Pepple, Jennifer
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853393
- jkaukpepple@pasadena.edu
- SV-6
Kemble, Steven
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- skemble@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Ku, Matthew
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- mku@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Kurtoic, Sarah
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- skurtoic@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Kwong, Tiffany
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857242
- tkwong@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Lahmeyer, Sean
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- sclahmeyer@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Lancaster, Justin
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- jalancaster@pasadena.edu
- E301
Le, Michelle
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- mle30@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Leadbetter, Olivia
Department Laboratory Technician III - Geology
- Natural Sciences
- oleadbetter@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Lee, Wendy
Department Laboratory Technician III - Physics
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857810
- wslee@pasadena.edu
- E302
Leyton, Michael
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- mleyton@pasadena.edu
- E310B
Leyva, Sonjia
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- smleyva@pasadena.edu
- E210-G
Lie, Richard
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857806
- rlie@pasadena.edu
- SV7-M
Lin, Jacqueline
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- jlin124@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Lininger, Betty
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- balininger@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Loredo, Jacqueline
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857409
- jloredo1@pasadena.edu
- SV9-D
Mack, Darcy
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853245
- drmack@pasadena.edu
- U304D
Maier, James
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- jtmaier@pasadena.edu
- E210-G
Male, Samantha
Department Laboratory Technician III - Biology
- Natural Sciences
- salba@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Mancino, Valeria
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- vxmancino@pasadena.edu
- SV62
Martinez, Luz Maria
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- lmartinez199@pasadena.edu
Martinez, David
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857163
- dmartinez186@pasadena.edu
- IT214-B
Mateo Fernandez Caso, Paula
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- pmateo@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Matthes, Christopher
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- cmatthes@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Mazzasette, Chiara
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857164
- cmazzasette@pasadena.edu
- SV9-B
McLeod, Jeffrey
Temporary Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- jmcleod1@pasadena.edu
Membreno, Salvador
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- somembreno@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Mirzatoni, Anahid
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857401
- axmirzatoni@pasadena.edu
- SV62
Misquez, Amanda
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- amisquez@pasadena.edu
Mkrtchyan-Antonyan, Anna
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- amkrtchyanantony@pasadena.edu
- CEC B6
Monacelli, Brian
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- bmonacelli@pasadena.edu
- SV6 - Planetarium
Murphy, David
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- dmurphy22@pasadena.edu
Nagy, Elizabeth
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853369
- eanagy@pasadena.edu
- E210D
Nava-Landeros, Imelda
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- ixnava-landeros@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Ngo, Benson
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857827
- bngo7@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Nguyen, Sarah
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- snguyen37@pasadena.edu
O'Connor, Yuet-Ling
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857156
- yloconnor@pasadena.edu
- E210C
Okounkova, Maria
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857134
- mokounkova@pasadena.edu
- E310-C
Pekkala-Flagan, Aulikki
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- apekkalaflagan@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Pineda, Salvador
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- spineda20@pasadena.edu
- C121
Prajapati, Nikita
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857740
- nprajapati@pasadena.edu
- E119-A
Presiado, Rhea
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857094
- rspresiado@pasadena.edu
- E204
Ramachandran, Anjana
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- apawar@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Regier, Maud
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- mregier@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Rezaie Boroon, Mohammad
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- mhrezaieboroon@pasadena.edu
- E210-G
Rico-Corrales, Noel
Temporary Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- nricocorrales@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Rios, Albert
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- arios65@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Rodriguez, Katharina
Associate Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857872
- karodriguez@pasadena.edu
- SV7-C
Rudd, James
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- jrudd3@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Ryan, Thomas
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- tryan1@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Salameh, Mohammad
- Natural Sciences
- msalameh@pasadena.edu
Samaan, Elie
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- ecsamaan@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Sanchez, Daniel
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- dsanchez154@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Santana, Rodolfo
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- rsantana9@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Santana, Manuel
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- msantana10@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Schultz, Nick
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857160
- nschultz1@pasadena.edu
- SV8-N
Shi, Jia
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857809
- jxshi@pasadena.edu
- E310A
Singh, Inderroop
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- isingh5@pasadena.edu
Skophammer, Jacqueline
Department Laboratory Technician III - Microbiology
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857159
- jskophammer@pasadena.edu
- SV12
Smith, Thomas
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- tsmith135@pasadena.edu
Stevens, Joan
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- jstevens1@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Streff, Emma
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- estreff@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Sturm, Erick
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- esturm@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Sweimeh, Khuloud
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853312
- kksweimeh@pasadena.edu
- SV7-L
Tay, Gidget
Associate Professor
- Natural Sciences
- gtay1@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Tiemann, Katrin
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- ktiemann@pasadena.edu
- SV6
To, Dennis
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- dto@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Trendler, Teresa
Associate Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857675
- tatrendler@pasadena.edu
- SV9-G
Tripathi, Om
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- otripathi@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Uchiyama, Winston
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- wsuchiyama@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Valentine, Sonya
Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857155
- scvalentine@pasadena.edu
- SV8-H
Vaucher, Alexander
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- avaucher@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Vazquez, Carlos
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- cbvazquez@pasadena.edu
- E301
Vendrasco, Michael
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857103
- mvendrasco@pasadena.edu
- SV-6
Voss, Kelley
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857462
- kstrohmvoss@pasadena.edu
- SV7-M
Wallace, Brennan
Instructor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857632
- bwallace1@pasadena.edu
- E204
Warner, Jason
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- jwarner1@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Watkins, John
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- jwatkins1@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Watts, David
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- dwatts7@pasadena.edu
- SV6
White, Tina
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- twhite6@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Wilbur, Bryan
Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5853118
- bcwilbur@pasadena.edu
- E210E
Wong, Valerie
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- vwong12@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Wong, Eric
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- ewong76@pasadena.edu
Wong, Ricky
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- rkwong@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Yuen, Keith
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- knyuen@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Yuksek, Kamile
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857140
- kyuksek@pasadena.edu
- SV6
Zhang, Dong
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- dzhang62@pasadena.edu
Zhang, Dong
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- dzhang@pasadena.edu
Zhao, Lei
Department Laboratory Technician III - Chemistry
- Natural Sciences
- 626 5857197
- lzhao@pasadena.edu
- SV19
Zimmermann, Sigfrido
Adjunct Faculty
- Natural Sciences
- szimmermann@pasadena.edu
- SV6