Amanda Lam ⌬
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[Above video of me discussing my 2020 NDSU CiDER REU research project in Student perceptions of Creative Exercises in organic chemistry.]
*All photos on this page taken by Amanda Lam.
University Affiliations: Wittenberg
Chemistry major
Educational Studies minor
Political Science minor
Honors Program
Wittenberg Singers ensemble
Chemistry Club
Experience in Education
Short Professional History
Peer Mentor & Orientation Assistant
July 2019 - present
Co-lead First Year Seminar classes and events
Teach lessons (e.g. adapting to college environment and navigating campus resources)
Advise and mentor ~15 first-year undergraduates for full academic year
In the summer and fall, lead orientation group activities prior to school year
Gen. Chem. Lab TA
Fall 2019 & Fall 2020
Assisted and supervised 20 students in experiments and related assignments in a first-semester general chemistry lab section.
"I really appreciate your patience... it means a lot." -Former student
Chemistry Experience
Internships & Activities
REU Intern (Research Assistant) in Chemistry Education
Summer 2020
North Dakota State University CiDER (Collaborations in Discipline-based Education Research) REU.
I worked with Dr. Alexey Leontyev and Krystal Grieger.
Project: Student perceptions of Creative Exercises in organic chemistry
Thematic coding of survey data
Wrote research narrative
Worked independently 40 hrs/wk
Student perceptions of Creative Exercises in organic chemistry
2020 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Abstract accepted March 31, 2020.
Amanda Lam(1); Krystal Grieger(2); Alexey Leontyev(3). 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.
Polymer content coverage in organic chemistry textbooks
2020 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Abstract accepted March 31, 2020.
Amanda Lam(1); Alexey Leontyev(2). 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.
Research Assistant in Computational Biochemistry
Summer 2019
Performed research at Wittenberg University
Worked independently for 40 hrs/wk with weekly meetings/check-ins with project adviser
Values were obtained for the relative free energy changes in binding of glucose and mannose for GGBP using GROMACS
Advised by Dr. Amil Anderson
Project presented at the MERCURY Conference at Furman University, SC on July 25, 2019
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Chemistry B.S. Student at Wittenberg University
Class of 2022
