CPLC Education and Outreach
Our educational outreach mission is to relate forefront CPLC research to many audiences – the scientific community, K-12 students and teachers,
and the general public. Through our programs, we strive to
increase diversity in the field of biological physics, and impact science education for
minority and underrepresented populations. The CPLC is working to create a global network of young scientists specializing in the physics of living
systems through our CPLC summer school and Graduate Student Exchange programs.
We also are continuing to establish educational programs
with local secondary schools and community groups that incorporate biophysically-based computational and experimental tools into middle and high school
curriculum (K-12 and Public Outreach). A key element of many of our outreach programs is to provide
our Center graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
with valuable training in teaching peer scientists, secondary school students/teachers, and the community at large. The Center also participates in a variety
of activities ranging from — faculty lectures for the Illinois Saturday Physics Honors Program and
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to conference outreach for
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Biophysical Society (BPS),
Midwest Undergraduate Women in Physics, and
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), to sponsorship of the 1st Annual Midwest Single Molecule Meeting
as well as the BioBus visit to Champaign-Urbana.
Read More About Our Programs
Contact Us
Jaya Yodh, Ph.D.
Director of Education and Outreach
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for the Physics of Living Cells (CPLC)
1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217.244.1155; Fax: 217.333.4778
E-mail: jyodh@illinois.edu
Sharlene Denos, Ph.D.
K-12 Outreach Coordinator
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for the Physics of Living Cells (CPLC)
1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217.244.0672; Fax: 217.333.4778
E-mail: denos@illinois.edu