Resume

• 2017

  Pasadena City College

  Pasadena

  CA

  • Worked collaboratively with BIO 11 Faculty Inquiry Group to evaluate and revise existing course content and implementation

  and train new instructors in best practices.\n• Created online content for Canvas and SoftChalk to better support face-to-face lecture activities for hybrid class\n• Developed and implemented student-centered active learning modules for face-to-face lecture activities\n• Fully certified for Online Teaching\n• Taught General Biology

  Physiology

  Microbiology

  and First Year Seminar

  Adjunct Instructor

  Pasadena City College

• 2016

  California State University-Los Angeles

• 2015

  University of California

  California State University-Los Angeles

  Fullerton College

  University of Minnesota

  Los Angeles Valley College

  Fullerton

  CA

  • Taught and adapted course materials for introductory biology non-majors students.\n• Taught General Biology Lab and Human Biology lecture and lab

  Adjunct Instructor

  Fullerton College

  Los Angeles

  CA

  • Taught courses with content applicable to allied health fields.\n• Worked cooperatively to co-teach a course with a full time faculty member.\n• Courses include The Science of Biotechnology and General Microbiology

  both with labs.

  Adjunct Instructor

  Los Angeles Valley College

  Los Angeles

  CA

  • Taught a wide range of courses for majors and non-majors

  including introductory large-lecture sequence and upper division specialty seminars. Subjects include introductory biology

  ecology

  evolution

  genetics

  microbiology

  and fungal pathogenesis.\n• Consistently rated Outstanding (highest level) for teaching in annual lecturer review in multiple consecutive years.\n• Developed and updated lab and recitation manuals for introductory biology majors series.\n• Developed project-based activities based on urban ecology and misconceptions of evolution.\n• Coordinated staff

  lecturers

  and TAs of introductory labs for classes with up to eight concurrent sections

  including mid-semester transition to remote learning in response to COVID-19.\n• Observed and provided pedagogical feedback and content support for biology student teachers in LAUSD.

  Lecturer

  California State University-Los Angeles

• 2014

  Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

  Genetics

  Mycology

  R

  Ecology

  Biotechnology

  Instructional Design

  Botany

  Plant Ecology

  Biology

  Molecular Biology

  Microbiology

  Genomics

  University Teaching

  Curriculum Development

  Python

  Gibberellic Acid Induces Asymbiotic Germination of the Obligate Mycoheterotroph Pterospora andromedea (Ericaceae)

  Wong VL and Bruns TD. Gibberellic acid induces seed germination in the mycoheterotroph Pterospora andromedea. Madroño. 60(3):186-192. 2013.

  Gibberellic Acid Induces Asymbiotic Germination of the Obligate Mycoheterotroph Pterospora andromedea (Ericaceae)

  Seed Germination: Plants Rise and Shine (Oral Presentation)

  Wong VL and Mattheis AH. Communicating across academic disciplines for climate change education. UC-CSU Knowledge Action Network Nearly Carbon Neutral Conference. 2017.

  Communicating Across Academic Disciplines for Climate Change Education

  Wong VL

  Ellison CE

  Eisen MB

  Pachter L

  Brem RB (2014) Structural Variation among Wild and Industrial Strains of Penicillium chrysogenum. PLoS ONE 9(5): e96784. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096784

  Structural Variation among Wild and Industrial Strains of Penicillium chrysogenum

  Stanford JS

  Lieberman SL

  Wong VL

  Ruderman JV. Regulation of the G2/M transition in oocytes of Xenopus tropicalis. Dev Biol. 260(2):438-48. 2003.

  Regulation of the G2/M transition in oocytes of xenopus tropicalis

  Boreal Plant Symbionts in a Changing Climate (Oral Presentation)

  Valerie

  UCLA Extension

  Los Angeles

  CA

  • Created and delivered new course content for face-to-face meetings

  field trips

  and online lessons.\n• Successfully converted two core courses to hybrid format

  increasing accessibility to a diverse student population.\n• Adapted courses to fully remote delivery in response to COVID-19.\n• Evaluated

  revised

  and redesigned courses as part of Horticulture and Gardening program review.

  Instructor

  UCLA Extension

  St. Paul

  MN

  Postdoctoral Associate

  University of Minnesota

• 2003

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Plant and Microbial Biology

  University of California

  Berkeley

• 2001

  Harvard Medical School

  Harvard Medical School

  English

  Spanish

• 1997

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  Biological Chemistry

  Wellesley College