Sarah M. Kopac
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- School: Wesleyan University
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- Department: Biology
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Location:
45 Wyllys Ave
Middletown, CT - 06459 - Dates at Wesleyan University: November 2017 - October 2019
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Prof. Kopac is terrible. She's a nice person but a confusing prof. I wouldn't recommend taking her. She isn't that great at keeping up with grading. Her tests can be whack as well.
Biography
Sarah M Kopac is a/an Faculty/Staff in the University Of Connecticut department at University Of Connecticut
Wesleyan University - Biology
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Middlesex Community College
Higher Education
Sarah
Kopac
Middletown, Connecticut
I am a professor working to bring data-driven teaching techniques into the classroom. I teach through active learning, including live polling methods and problem-based learning. Classes are built around learning and enforcing core concepts. My aim is to be available to any student who wants to meet, since some individuals learn best in a one-on-one environment. Keeping students engaged by making connections to their everyday lives and outside interests is another forte of mine. I am known as an enthusiastic and empathetic professor by my students.
Please visit my ResearchGate page to view my publications:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Kopac/?ev=prf_highl
Experience
Wesleyan University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Sarah worked at Wesleyan University as a Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Saint Joseph
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Sarah worked at University of Saint Joseph as a Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Saint Joseph
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Sarah worked at University of Saint Joseph as a Adjunct Assistant Professor
Middlesex Community College
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Sarah worked at Middlesex Community College as a Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
University Post Doctoral Fellow
Isolating, culturing, and testing bacterial strains for bioactivity against other bacteria from the fungus garden of the ant species T. septentrionalis, as well as using high-yield protocols to isolate whole bacterial genomes for PacBio sequencing
University of Rhode Island
Lecturer
Sarah worked at University of Rhode Island as a Lecturer
University of Rhode Island
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Sarah worked at University of Rhode Island as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Education
Wesleyan University
Ph.D.
Biology
Determined the ecological dimensions of diversification in the Bacillus subtilis-B. licheniformis clade, finding that ecotypes (evolutionarily significant populations) in our sample set differed in their associations with iron, boron, pH, and the proportion of clay in the soil. I also compared growth of ecotypes from the B. subtilis-B. licheniformis clade, challenging them in media with different levels of boron, copper, and sodium chloride. In a separate project, I compared the genomic content of five strains of Bacillus subtilis subspecies spizizenii, finding that some genome content differences in carbohydrate utilization were ecologically significant.Wesleyan University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Fairfield University
B.Sc.
Biology, Molecular Biology
Sampled and grew Microcystis aeruginosa, testing growth parameters for light, temperature, and inoculation density.
