TOPICS I AM WILLING TO DISCUSS WITH OTHER FACULTY:
- Managing Politics and Conflicts
- Faculty Leadership and Administration
- Teaching as Scholarship
- Sustainable Success: Flourish & Avoid Burnout
- Navigating Tenure and Promotion; Navigating Post-Tenure Planning.
WHAT MENTORING MEANS TO ME:
Mentoring is a way of building community and learning from each other’s experiences. Every new position or promotion brings a new set of challenges and new opportunities to grow, and mentoring can make this process easier.
Title:
R. Michael Shanahan Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean of Faculty
College:
Harvey Mudd College
Department:
Department of Chemistry
Discipline:
Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry Education
Email:
vanheuvelen@g.hmc.edu
Faculty Profile Link:
https://www.hmc.edu/chemistry/faculty-staff/van-heuvelen/
Education:
- B.A., St. Olaf College
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Professional Experience:
Dr. Van Heuvelen’s laboratory develops biologically-inspired, earth-abundant transition metal compounds that mimic the unusual reactivity observed in metalloenzymes. Her current research focuses on environmental remediation reactions catalyzed by the cobalt-containing Vitamin B12 and the nickel-containing enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR), both of which catalyze the dehalogenation of chlorinated alkenes, which can act as damaging pollutants in the environment.
