Education & Ph.D.

Student, Higher Education program, Education Policy Studies

Awards: Bunton-Waller Graduate Assistant, Center for the Study of Higher Education
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, August 2013 to Present

M.S. Chemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 1999

B.S. Chemistry, Minor in Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1994




Experience: Bunton-Waller Graduate Research Assistant (August 2013 to Present)
Center for the Study of Higher Education
The Pennsylvania State University,

Instructor - MCAT Organic Chemistry (2011 - 2012)
The Princeton Review

Tutor (1994 - Present)
Organic Chemistry Tutor for LionTutors, LLC, State College, PA (2010)
Penn States Morgan Academic Support Center for Student Athletes - College Reading and
Learning Association Certified Level I tutor in Chemistry/Biochemistry (2007 - 2010)
Private individual/group tutoring in chemistry (General & Organic), Calculus, and Spanish
- University of Miami (1994 - 1996),
- Florida Atlantic University (1996 - 1999)
- Penn State University (1999 - Present)

Organic Synthesis Technician (2007 - 2009)
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry
Organic Synthesis of compounds used for materials chemistry research

Teaching Assistant
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry
Lab Instructor (2001 - 2002, 2003 - 2004)
- Introduction to Chemistry Lab
- Experimental Principles of Chemistry I and II
- Grader
Instructor (1999)
- General Principles of Chemistry
- Problem Solving in Chemistry

Florida Atlantic University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1996 - 1997)
Recitation Instructor for Introduction to Organic Chemistry I and II
Lab Instructor for General Chemistry

Research Assistant in Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry (1999 - 2001)

Florida Atlantic University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and the Center for
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (1998)



Selected Andrade, P.; Willoughby, R.; Pomponi, S.A.; Kerr, R.G. Biosynthetic studies of the
Publications & alkaloid, stevensine, in a cell culture of the marine sponge Teichaxinella morchella
Presentations: Tetrahedron Letters, 1999, 40, 4775-4778

Andrade, P. In vitro biosynthetic studies of stevensine, a marine natural product from the
sponge, Teichaxinella morchella (M.S. Thesis)

Andrade, P. and Kerr, R.G. In vitro studies into the biosynthetic origins of stevensine, a
marine natural product, Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition, Florida American
Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, 1998

Andrade, P., et al. Development of in vitro production methods of stevensine an alkaloid
from marine sponges The 39
th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy,
Orlando, FL, 1998

Andrade, P. and Kerr, R.G. Biosynthesis of stevensine in the marine sponge Teichaxinella
morchella, The 38
th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy, Iowa
City, IA, 1997