Erin Drolet

Ph.D., Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, 2025 Expected

M.S., Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, 2022

B.S., Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, 2021

August 2022-Present, Student in the Graduate Teaching Scholars Program, Virginia Tech

May 2021-Present, Graduate Researcher with Dr. Anne Brown, Biochemistry, Virginia Tech

September 2018-May 2021, Undergraduate Researcher with Dr. Anne Brown, Biochemistry, Virginia Tech

· Passed with Distinction, American Chemical Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Certification Exam, 2020

·Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2019

I currently work on investigating the current accessibility challenges and barriers that students face in an undergraduate majors-only biochemistry laboratory course, Laboratory Problems in Biochemistry (BCHM 4124). This project includes surveys administered throughout the semester to evaluate student learning outcomes, learn about the barriers that students face in the course, and receive feedback on the experiences that students have while taking the course. We expect to generate new knowledge about what accessibility challenges students can face in laboratory courses, as well as the potential impact of accessibility on student learning outcomes, which has important implications for how undergraduate biochemistry laboratory courses address the accessibility concerns of their students. 

Oral Presentations

Drolet, E.; Sharp, A.; Brown, A.M. (2022) Creating Sustainable and Multi-Modal Experiential Learning Opportunities in Computational Biochemistry for High School Students. Americal Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Expo.

Poster Presentations

Drolet, E.; Sharp, A.; Brown, A.M. (2022) Creating Sustainable and Multi-Modal Experiential Learning Opportunities in Computational Biochemistry for High School Students. Americal Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Expo.