Phone: 724-503-1001 x6121
Office: Dieter Porter 205
Email: kweixel@aifengcai.com
Kelly Weixel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Neuroscience Program
Academic Program: Biomedical Science, 细胞与分子生物学, 保护生物学, Biology, Neuroscience
Degrees: Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; B.S. 圣弗朗西斯大学
Kelly M. Weixel是生物系的副教授. Her primary teaching responsibilities are Biology 131/131L: Foundations in Organismal Biology; Biology 235/235L Animal Physiology, 神经科学300/300L实验神经科学, Biology 412, 实验生物学:Na+在哺乳动物肾脏中的生理调节, JayTerm的科学传播课程.
Dr. 维塞尔在圣弗朗西斯学院学习生物学和文学, 在科克大学学院完成了她的荣誉论文, Ireland. She earned her Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Physiology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where she studied the structure and function of the protein defective in patients with Cystic Fibrosis. 在加入W&J, Dr. Weixel was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a member of the biology faculty at Chatham University. She has published a number of scientific papers in journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Experimental Medicine and has presented her work at national and international meetings. 她的研究兴趣是钠转运的生理调节, 哺乳动物中是哪一种作用于调节水量和血压.
Dr. Weixel在她的社区很活跃, serving as a volunteer in science education in her children’s school and outreach programs for high school students. 她特别喜欢烹饪的科学和文化传统. 她也是一名活跃的游泳运动员, 喜欢徒步旅行，并在缅因州的沙漠岛生物实验室做这两件事, 她每年夏天给医学院学生上一门研究课程.
