Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Office: SCI-214G
Phone: (773) 442-5669
Email: p-varmanelson@neiu.edu
Fax: (773) 442-5668
Education
B.Sc. University of Poona (India)
M.S. University of Illinois (Chicago)
Ph.D. University of Illinois (Chicago)
Activities
Dr. Varma-Nelson was a member of a delegation that visited the People's Republic of China in July 2005. She was chosen to teach a demonstration course in organic chemistry implementing the PLTL model. The visit was sponsored by Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL). PKAL is an informal, volunteer, national alliance of faculty, administrators and other professionals working together to strengthen undergraduate science education.
See slides from Dr. Varma-Nelson's trip
Dr. Varma-Nelson returned to China in November 2005. She was one of only two chemists invited, planned and participated in a major bilateral seminar on learning, teaching and research in the undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) environment. At this seminar, entitled: “Pro-Seminar on Sino-US Undergraduate STEM Education Reform,” Dr. Varma-Nelson and her colleagues presented strategies currently in practice in American collegiate science, such as Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL), and began communication about further networking between China and the United States.
Peer-Led Team Learning: A Guidebook
Peer-Led Team Learning: Organic Chemistry
Peer-Led Team Learning: Organic Chemistry, 2nd edition
Peer-Led Team Learning: General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry