Jenifer Saldanha (she/her)

Assistant Professor

During my PhD and as a Postdoctoral fellow, I studied stress responses and resistance in the model organismCaenorhabditis elegans and also developed and led a Learning Community for undergraduate, exploratory students. I am involved in research focused on developing strategies and innovations to promote student retention and success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) classrooms.
I care deeply about science and science education and genuinely want my students and mentees to be successful. I love collaborating with my colleagues to create exciting and engaging opportunities for students to learn about and apply the process of science in the classroom.