Biography
Research Interests:听creative problem solving in chemistry, skin care and cosmetic formulation, peptide synthesis, and synthesis of transition metal complexes to serve as catalysts.
Dissertation:
鈥淧eptide Synthesis and Characterization: Part 1. Synthesis and characterization of cyclic pseudopeptide analogs of endothelin antagonist BQ-123.听 2. Comparative study of mild cleavage techniques for solid phase peptide synthesis of penta-, tetra-, and tripeptides.鈥�
COURSES TAUGHT (1999-PRESENT)
CHEM 441-Biochemistry听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 呦呦视频
CHEM 324-Junior Seminar听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 呦呦视频
CHEM 321 & 331- Organic Chemistry I听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听呦呦视频
CHEM 322 & 332 Organic Chemistry II听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听呦呦视频
CHEM-C101-Elementary Chemistry 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 on-line听 听 听 听Indiana University Southeast
CHEM-C105-Principles of Chemistry 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 on-line听 听 听 听Indiana University Southeast
CHEM 107-Elements in Everyday Chemistry 听听听听听听听听 on-line听 听 听 听 听University of Southern Indiana
CHEM 103-Molecules, Matter and Me听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 University of Southern Indiana
CHEM 107-Elements in Everyday Chemistry听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 University of Southern Indiana
CHEM 108- Chemistry for Educators听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 University of Southern Indiana
CHEM 141-Principles of Chemistry听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听University of Southern Indiana
CHEM 1010-Principles of Chemistry (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Pellissippi State Community College
CHEM -1020-Basic Organic and Biochemistry (lab and lecture)Pellissippi State Community College
CHEM C102-Elementary Chemistry 2 (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听Indiana University Southeast
CHEM 2010-Organic Chemistry I (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Pellissippi State Community College
CHEM-C341-Organic Chemistry I (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Indiana University Southeast
CHEM-240-Organic Chemistry I (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听University of Evansville
CHEM 2020-Organic Chemistry II (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Pellissippi State Community College
CHEM-C342-Organic Chemistry II (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Indiana University Southeast
CHEM-341-Organic Chemistry II (lab and lecture)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听University of Evansville
CHEM 鈥揅443-Molecular Spectroscopy听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Indiana University Southeast
CHEM 490-Undergraduate Teaching Experience in Chemistry听 听University of Southern Indiana
CHEM 499-Undergraduate Research in Chemistry听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 University of Southern Indiana
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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
2019-Present:
- Synthesis of metal-ligand catalysts to reduce CO2-USI Summer 2021
- Faculty Development Workshop-Spring 2021
- Faculty Development Workshop-Fall 2020
- Active Shooter Training
- Diversity Training
- New Faculty Orientation
- New Advisor Training
- Face Masks: Materials, Disinfection, and Reuse During COVID-19
- Brightspace Quick Start听WebinarSeries Part 6: 鈥淓valuating Your Students-Quizzes鈥�
- 鈥淯sing VoiceThread in D2L/Brightspace鈥澨�
- Senior Chemists Action Agenda to Address Systemic Racism
- Instructor Panel: Teaching During Covid
- Instructor Panel: 5 Real Live Tools to Make and Deliver Videos
- Supporting the Unprepared Student
- Preventing Cheating and Delivering Exams with OWLv3
- Online Course Development -Instructor Training
2016-August 2019
- New Faculty Orientation-KWC Wesleyan 鈥� Aug 2019
- Attended the Spring ACS National Meeting-Orlando 2019
- New Faculty Orientation-University of Southern Indiana- 2018
- New Faculty Academy 2018-2019
2014-2016
- Completed the Quality Matters course-2016
- Participated in course assessment for CHEM 107, CHEM 103, CHEM 108, and CHEM 141-2016
- Developed a Quality Matters approved CHEM 141 course. (Chemistry for pre-nursing majors)-2016
- Tin Man Brewery Tour with the IN-KY Borders Section of American Chemical Society-October 2016 (Discussed the Chemistry of Beer Making)
- Red Spot Paint Tour with the IN-KY Border Section of American Chemical Society 鈥揝eptember 2015
- American Chemical Society-Chemistry in Context鈥� Textbook Workshop-Loyola University 鈥揓une 2015
- Attended the American Chemical Society Leadership Institute 鈥� January 2015 & 2016
- Attended Dr. Ben S. Bernanke Lecture at the University of Southern Indiana (SWISTEM) 鈥揗arch 2015
- Kenneth Palmer Lecture-IN-KY Border Section of American Chemical Society-2015
- Bill Carroll Lecture-IN-KY Border Section of American Chemical Society-2015
- Creating Infographics for Learning- 2015
- Creating Concept Maps-2015
- Strategies for Improvement: Quality Scorecard-2015
- Creating Effective Assessments-2015
- Creating Rubrics-2015
- Designing a Flipped Classroom-2015
- Creating an Interactive Syllabus-2015
- Introduction to Mobil Apps and Tablets-2015
- New to Online: The Essentials-2014
- Strategies for Successful Group Work-2014
- Introduction to ADA and Accommodation on the Web-2014
- New to Online: Effective Feedback Strategies-2014
- New to Online: Supporting New Online Learners-2014
- New to Online: Introduction to Online Tools-2014
- New to Online: Strategies for Increasing Interaction and Engagement-2014
- New to Online: Engaging Learners in Online Discussions-2014
- Workload Management Strategies for Online Faculty-2014
- Early Undergraduate Research Program-2014
- SENCER Workshop-Center for Innovation-Butler University 鈥揙ctober 2014
2012-2013
- Attended New Faculty Orientation- August 2012
2012-2013 (Continued)
- Attended Chemistry department meetings
- Attended campus wide faculty meetings 鈥� August and November
- Completed a PHIL 2010-Survey of World Religions course-May 2012
2007-2011
- Completed a HIST 2050-Appalachian History course-2011
- Participated in a survey about textbook publishers-2011
- Attended faculty in-service 2007, 2008, 2010, 20011 (2009 at the ACS meeting)
- Participated in a Webinar on Chemistry and Food Safety-2011
- Attended the common book lecture by Eric Weiner about his book听The Geography of Bliss-2010
- Participated in a Wiley & Sons survey on the needs of a two semester General, Organic and Biochemistry Course- 2010
- Attended Denise Giardina lecture on her book听Storming Heaven-2009
- Attended an American Chemical Society national meeting in Washington DC. 鈥揂ugust 2009
- Joined the Medicinal Chemistry division of The American Chemical Society-2009
- Attended Sue Yamin鈥檚 lecture on the book听Persepolis鈥� 2008
- Attended NISOD conference in Austin, Texas-2008
- Attended the Southeast Regional Meeting of ACS in Nashville, Tennessee- 2008
- Attended the lecture by Dr. Roald Hoffmann a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry-2008
- Attended Kay McClenney鈥檚 lecture on early intervention with community college students-2007.
- Attended David Madden鈥檚 lecture on his book听Sharpshooter-2007
- Attended new faculty orientation-2007-Pellissippi State Community College
- Attended all of the new advising workshops conducted by Cheryl Slayden-2007
- Attended an American Chemical Society National Meeting in Chicago-2007
1999-2006
- Attended 36th听ACS Central Regional Meeting in Indianapolis, IN-2004
- FACET DAY: Effective Grading Bloom鈥檚 Taxonomy -2004
- FACET Day: Making the Most of the First Day of Class-2003
- Assessing Critical Thinking by Neil Browne-2003
- NSF Chautauqua Course: The Seven Warning Signs of Voodoo Science by Robert Park, Philadelphia, PA-2003
- New Faculty Orientation 鈥揂ugust 2002 鈥揑ndiana University Southeast
- Adjunct Faculty Orientation-August 1999
- Attended American Chemical Society National Meeting 鈥揘ew Orleans, LA-1999
FACULTY SERVICE
- Virtual Boy Scout Merit Badge Camp-February 2021
- Proctored the Chemistry Olympiad Virtual competition-2021
- Virtual Study Sunday @ 呦呦视频 Spring 2021
- Served year 2 on the Academic Assessment Committee 2021
- Served on the QEP Rubric Committee 2021
- Spring National Meeting-ACS 2021-Virtual Councilors Meeting
- Participated in Calibration of QEP Rubric 2021
- Fall National Meeting ACS 2020-Virtual Councilor鈥檚 Meeting
- Chemistry of Happiness-Girls Scout Merit Badge-February 2020
- Science at the Museum-October 2019
- Lewis Martial Arts Science Day-July 2019
- GO STEM 鈥淐hemistry of Cosmetics Camp鈥�-June 2019
- Deaconess / EVSC Health Science Institute-2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- ACS Student Group Demo Exchange-Spring ACS National Meeting 鈥� 2019
- Girl Scout Day Camp (GSSI June 2018)
- Developed the Assessment Assignment for CHEM 108 鈥� Chemistry for Educators 2017
- Boy Scout Chemistry Merit Badge Program- February 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Girl Scout Science Merit Badge Program- April 2016, 2017, 2018
- Judged the Tri-State Science and Engineering Fair-March 2015-2019
- Terrific Tuesday Hands on Chemistry Program -Chandler Library-September 2016
- National Chemistry Week presentation 鈥揟een Program at the Chandler Library- October 2016
- IN-KY ACS Poster Session Judge-November 2016
- American Chemical Society-Women in Chemistry Panel Discussion-2015
- Girl Scouts STEaM Camp-Holiday World-SWISTEM-July 2015
- Pre-Nursing advisor 2008-2012 鈥� Pellissippi State Community College
- Search and screen committee for new faculty in chemistry. I attended all interviews and meetings. 鈥� Pellissippi State Community College
- Pellissippi State Community College representative on the Tennessee Higher Education Commission committee for performance funding. Lead a subcommittee in grading three community colleges for performance funding.听 I wrote the final report submitted to THEC.听 2011
- Pellissippi State Community College assessment committee-2010
- Pellissippi State Community College assessment committee for SACS accreditation review-2010-2011
- Participated in the Program review for Natural and Behavioral Sciences. Worked on the committee to review the Chemistry Program- 2009
- Participated in faculty promotion and tenure meetings-2008-2012
- Lead teacher in CHEM 1010 and CHEM 1020
- Temporary pre-nursing advising coordinator-2009
- Lead new student orientation sessions 鈥� 2009-2010
- First Year Council committee member -2007-2008
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Online Course Development Program-University of Southern Indiana 鈥揇istance Learning 2016
EURP Grant recipient 鈥� University of Southern Indiana 鈥揚ott College of Science and Engineering 2014
Southeast Region Teacher of the Year award through Kaplan-2007
Research Assistant 1998
GAANN Fellowship 1993
PB&S Chemical Company Award 1989
EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS
Ingram, D.听 鈥淢aking Lemonade-how I got my dream job making the most of an adjunct position鈥�.听ACS Spring 2020 Spring National Meeting & Expo.听Women Chemists Committee Division. Session: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn and Getting Paid for It. (Submitted April 30, 2020);听听
*Presented in digital format due to COVID-19
Ingram, D. 鈥淏eautiful Chemistry-getting high school girls interested in chemistry鈥�.听ACS Spring 2020 Spring National Meeting & Expo.听Chemical Education Division. Session: Fundamentals of Chemistry Outreach Education. (Submitted April 30, 2020);听
*The above was accepted as a poster presentation at the SciMix Poster Session and as an oral presentation at the cited session.听 Due to COVID-19 this was presented in digital format.
鈥淩epresentation matters: Exploring diversity through discussion boards in organic chemistry and biochemistry 鈥�Darlene Ingram(1).听2020 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education.听Abstract accepted March 31, 2020.
*Because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education was terminated on April 2, 2020, by the Executive Committee of the Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society; and, therefore, this presentation could not be given as intended.
鈥淐hemistry On-Line?!? Seriously?鈥�听 This is How I Teach Series.听 University of Southern Indiana-Department of Distance Learning.听 2015
鈥�Peptide Analogs and Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease.鈥� Courtney Condon and Dr. Darlene D. Ingram;听University of Southern Indiana EURP Program 2014
鈥淪ynthesis, Design and Characterization of iA尾5 Analogs.鈥澨� Amanda Brown and Dr. Darlene D. Ingram;听University of Southern Indiana EURP Program 2014
鈥淥rganic Chemistry Survivor.鈥澨�American Chemical Society.听 June 2004
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
鈥淪ynthesis, Physical and Biological Properties of Pseudopeptide Analogs of BQ-123.鈥澨�American Peptide Symposium.听 June 1999
鈥渂-Sheet Breaker Peptides: Potential Alzheimer鈥檚 Therapy.鈥澨�Institute of Molecular Diversity and Drug Design (IMD3). March 1999.-
鈥淎 Systematic Re-examination of Ammonium Formate 鈥� Catalytic Hydrogenolysis, Phase Transfer Catalyzed Hydrolysis, and HF for Product Removal from Solid Supports.鈥澨� American Chemical Society. August 1998
鈥淎pplications of AF-CTH to Solid Phase Synthesis: A Re-examination.鈥澨�Center for Chemical Catalysis. April 1996
Achievements
Education
- PhD Organic Chemistry 2004 University of Louisville
- MS Organic Chemistry 2001 University of Louisville
- BS Chemistry and Biology 1991 呦呦视频
Employment
- 8/2018 -7/2019 Instructor University of Southern Indiana
- 1/2016-7/2018 Adjunct Instructor Indiana University Southeast
- 8/2013- 8/2018 Adjunct Instructor University of Southern Indiana
- 8/2012-5/2013 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Evansville
- 2011-8/2012 Assistant Professor (tenured) Pellissippi State Community College
- 2007-2011 Instructor Pellissippi State Community College
- 2005-2007 Adjunct Instructor Pellissippi State Community College
- 2004-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor Indiana University Southeast
- 2002-2004 Visiting Lecturer Indiana University Southeast
- 1999-2002 Adjunct Instructor Pellissippi State Community College
- 2000-2007 Instructor Kaplan Learning Center
- 1991-1997 Teaching Assistant University of Louisville