Didem VARDAR ULU
Roles and Responsibilities at Boston University
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Academic advisor for 5-10 majors/year.
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Supervisor and Mentor for 2 Postdoctoral Faculty Fellows (PFFs), 42 Teaching Fellows (TFs), 5 Undergraduate Assistants (UAs), 2 Learning Assistants (LAs), and 10 Peer Course Facilitators (PCFs).
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Faculty Advisor for College of Arts and Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Student Council
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Chemistry Department Representative for ARROWS (Advance, Recruit, Retain, And Organize Women In Stem) HERStories Project
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Point person for hiring and training of two new biochemistry stockroom supervisors, both recent college graduates
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Training and supervision of over 30 work study students working in the biochemistry stockroom many of them freshman (included in the BU’s first year conversation initiative)
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Research advisor for 20 undergraduate students/projects
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Master thesis reader for 1 graduate student
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Informal research advisor for many graduate teaching assistants on their ongoing thesis work
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Letter of recommendation provider for more than 100 undergraduate students applying to Medical, Dental, Veterinary, or other Health related programs or Graduate Schools, variety of scholarships and fellowships such as Goldwater Scholarship, Beck Fellowship, NSF GRFP program, and numerous internships, as well as many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for their job applications.