Professor Diane Husic
Department of Biological Sciences,
Office: 311B Collier Hall of
Science
Phone Number: (610) 625-7100
E-mail Address: dhusic@moravian.edu
Title:
Chairperson and Professor,
Department of Biological
Sciences,
President, Council on Undergraduate Research
Board Member, Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Summer 2009
“Special Topics in Environmental Science” Workshops at the Lehigh
Gap
Background Information:
Other positions held:
LVIAC Consortial Professor (at
Lafayette College, Fall 2006)
Chairperson and Professor,
Department of Chemistry, East Stroudsburg University
Coordinator, Biochemistry and
Chemical Biotechnology Degree Programs
Faculty member at ESU from August
1988 to August 2004
Postdoctoral
Experience:
(1986 - 1988) The Wistar
Institute, Philadelphia, PA;
Studies of protein kinase C
(PKC) and the mechanisms of phorbol ester-induced differentiation in HL-60
leukemia cells.
Education:
Ph.D. Biochemistry (1986)
"The Metabolism of
D-Lactate and Structurally Related Organic Acids in Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii"
B.S. Biochemistry (1981)
Northern
Current Research Interests:
v Ecological Restoration; Bioremediation of
zinc-contaminated sites; plant adaptations and species recovery inventories
v Photorespiration
v Evolutionary relationships of peroxisomal and
mitochondrial enzymes involved in alpha-hydroxy acid metabolism
v Biochemical adaptations of photosynthetic organisms to
environmental stress
v Regulation
of chloroplast transcription and translation
v Chloroplast
and mitochondria biogenesis
Selected Recent Publications:
1. Husic, D. (2009)
“Advocacy and the Political Process:
It’s Not for Me. Is
it?” CUR Quarterly 29: 6 – 7.
2.
Husic, D. (2009)
“Providing a Framework for Environmental Leadership in the 21st
Century”, Wildlife Activist 63: 5 – 8.
3. Husic, D. (2008)
“Environmental Leadership in the
4.
Husic, D. (2008) “Confessions of a Newly Diagnosed
Birding Addict”, Wildlife Activist: 61: 7 – 9.
5.
D. Kunkle, J.
Dickerson, and D. Husic (2008) “The Use of
Native Grasses at the Palmerton Superfund Site”, In: The Conference Proceedings of the Sixth Eastern Native
Grass Symposium, (
6. Husic, D.W. (2006) “Navigating through Interdisciplinary
Pitfalls and Pathways to Success”, CUR Quarterly, 26: 169 - 176.
(A photo of our research
consortium was featured on the cover of this edition.)
7. Husic, D.W. (2005) "Technology and Ethics", In Ready Reference: Ethics,
2nd edition, J. K. Roth, ed., Salem Press (Pasadena, CA); pp. 1456 -
1464.
8. Husic, D.W. (2005) “Ethics of Genetically Modified
Foods”, Ibid, pp. 575 -578.
9. Husic, D.W. and
10.
Husic, D.W. (2003) “Politics and Higher Education: Barriers
to Undergraduate Research Opportunities at Public Comprehensive
Institutions”, http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/depts/chemistry/twenzel/researchpolitics3.pdf
11.
Husic, H.D. and Husic, D. W.
(2002) “The Oxidative Photosynthetic Carbon (C2) Cycle: An
Update and Unanswered Questions” In
Reviews in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 1: 33 - 56, A. Goyal,
S.L. Mehta, M.L. Lodha, eds.
Grants:
Current:
Title: Climate
Change Art Competition for Regional Schools
Funding Source: Audubon Global
Warming Chapter Activity Programs
PI: D.
Husic
Status: Funded
for 2009
Title: Research
and Education in the
Funding Source: LiCOR LEEF Program
PI D.
Husic
Status: Funded,
March, 2009
Title: “Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge Ecological Assessment, Part
II”
Funding Source: Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Wild
Resource Conservation Program
PIs: D.
Kunkle,
Status: Funded,
June 2008
Title: Establishment
of a Consortium for Educational and Research Opportunities in the Chemical and
Molecular Aspects of Plant Science
Funding Source: Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation; Special Program in
Chemical Sciences
Authors: H.D.
Husic and D.W. Husic (with other participating scientists)
Status: Funded: Spring 2004
Previous:
·
·
NSF –
Division of Chemistry (
·
Technology
fee program (ESU and SSHE) grant
for incorporating molecular modeling and computational chemistry into the
department curriculum, 2003 and 2004 (with M. Jones-Wilson) -- for new
computers, supporting hardware and modeling software.
·
U.S.
Department of Education, grant
for supporting science and technology initiatives at ESU, 6/2002 - 8/2003.
·
State
System of Higher Education of PA,
Venture Capital Grant to develop Biotechnology and Chemical Biotechnology
Initiatives at ESU, 6/2000 - 6/2003.
·
National
Science Foundation, Instrumentation
and Laboratory Improvement Grant; Integration of Biotechnology into the
Biochemistry and Biology Curriculum at ESU, 6/1998 - 6/2001.
·
National
Science Foundation, Steering Committee
Member for a Special Project Grant, Undergraduate Research
Courses Taught at Moravian:
BIOL 107: Environmental Science (for LinC curriculum, non-science majors)
BIOL/CHEM 328 Biochemistry II
IDIS 213: The Impact of Technology
on Diet and Disease
IDIS 297: Climate Crises: Past, Present and Future
BIOL 370:
Biology Seminar (various themes)
ENVR 370: Environmental Seminar
BIOL 392:
Conservation Biology
Courses
Previously Taught at ESU:
Biochemistry
Biochemistry Laboratory
Physical Biochemistry
Physical Biochemistry Laboratory
Contemporary Topics in Biochemistry
Environmental Chemistry (for non-science majors)
Molecular Toxicity
Protein Chemistry
Bioseparations
Organic and General Chemistry Labs
Hobbies/Interests
My two sons, birding, gardening (indoors and out; completion of Master Gardener certification - 2004), horses, orchids and other tropical plants, intercollegiate athletics, hiking, old houses and antiques