Joyce J. Diwan
Professor Emerita
Department of Biological Sciences
Biology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States of America
Biography
Diwan joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in 1969-2010. Previous Positions at Rensselaer: Professor of Biology, and Director, Biochemistry and Biophysics Undergraduate Degree Program. She completed her Postdoc, in Physical Biochemistry and Physiology, from University of Pennsylvania in 1966-69 and received her Ph.D. in Physiology, from University of Illinois at the Medical Center, 1967 and done her A.B. in Physiology from Mount Holyoke College, 1962.
Research Interest
Development of web-based materials for teaching biochemistry in studio-format.
Publications
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[1].Traver, H. A., M. J. Kalsher, J. J. Diwan, & J. T. Warden (2001). Student reactions and learning: Evaluation of a biochemistry course that uses Web technology and student collaboration. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education29, 50-53. [2].Roy, H., J. Diwan, L. D. Segel, and I. H. Segel (2001) Computer-Assisted Simulations of Phosphofructokinase-1 Kinetics Using Simplified Velocity Equations. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 29, 3-9. [3].Murphy, R. C., J. J. Diwan, M. King, and K. W. Kinnally (1998) Two high conductance channels of the mitochondrial inner membrane are independent of the human mitochondrial genome. FEBS Letters 425, 259-262.
