Cassandra S. Korte, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Scientific Literacy and Biology, Academic Program Coordinator - MS in Biological Sciences Program

  • Assaf Academic Center - Room 107

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Areas of Scholarship

  • Reproductive environmental toxicology
  • Environmental health
  • Public health
  • Hypothesis-driven laboratory curriculum

Awards and Honors

  • Selected to attend the Avida- ED LENS Train - the - trainers Workshop on Digital Evolution Education Software, June 2015
  • Charlie Drewes Waiver of Registration Grant Recipient for the Association for Biology Education 2014 Conference, May 2014
  • Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, Winter 2013
  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, October 2012
  • Graduate Academic Conference Poster Session Award, May 2012
  • Society of Toxicology Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section Graduate Student Poster Award, First Place, March 2012
  • Rackham Graduate School Travel Grant, March 2012
  • Herbert Cornish Travel Award, March 2012
  • Rackham Graduate School Travel Grant, March 2011
  • Society of Toxicology Graduate Student Travel Support Award, March 2011
  • Superfund Research Program Trainee, 2010-2013
  • NIEHS/NIH-sponsored Institutional NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship in the Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Training Program, 2007-2009

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality

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Education/Academic qualification

Toxicology, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Biological Sciences, B.S., Wayne State University

Research Interests

  • Reproductive environmental toxicology
  • Environmental health
  • Public health
  • Hypothesis-driven laboratory curriculum