Education:

B.S. Life Science & Chemistry, Otterbein College
1997 M.S Biochemisty, The Ohio State University , 2001

My Role in the Life and Earth Science Department:

I am the Laboratory Coordinator, no I mean the person with many titles and little time. You will often find me running a marathon up and down the stairwell of the Science Building as I juggle between pouring plates for the freshman biology class, making media for the happy microorganisms, collecting field specimens for the plant biology class, or quickly entering an order for one of the faculty members. This is really just a small part of what I do. I also act as the Safety Liaison for the department, Stock Room Materials Manager, and occasional Lab Instructor. I guess you can say one never knows what I am doing.

Additional Campus Activities:

I co-instruct a Science Outreach Program with Wendy Johnston to surrounding elementary schools. This outreach program is an informal event that allows young children to engage in science in a non-threatening manner. This program usually runs once or twice a year, and often uses Life Science majors as volunteers. So, if you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact me or Wendy Johnston. This program will also be offered as a practicum winter term L SC-250.

Member of the Professional Organizations:

NAOSMM, National Association of Scientific Materials Managers
The Ohio Academy of Science

Personal :

I live on a quiet 5 acre lot in Centerburg , Ohio with my husband, Adam, my two children Alan and Alex, and my dog, Dino. We spend most of our time outdoors, either camping, hiking in the woods or mud running our big truck!

Contact Information:

60 Collegeview, room 119

614-823-1990

tgrove@otterbein.edu