About the Authors

About Mrs. Laura Stiles

Mrs. Laura Stiles has been a science educator since Oct 1990. Her first 13 years in the classroom were teaching Physical Science, Biology, and Biotechnology, a course which she started, in Glen Rock Pennsylvania. There she was also a coach for the Science Olympiad team and the advisor of the Student Council. In 2003 she made the move to Raleigh, NC, where she is currently teaching at Wakefield High School. At Wakefield she teaches Biology, Future Decisions in Science and Forensic Science. She is also the coach of the Science Olympiad team and has worked as freshman and sophomore class council advisor. Mrs. Stiles is a mentor teacher, a Professional Learning Communities leader and the chair of the Professional Growth and Development Committee. She holds a Masters degree in Biology from Towson University (1996), with thesis, and a Masters degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University (2006). In addition to being a 2004 Kenan Fellow, Mrs. Stiles is a 2006 CDC Science Ambassador. When she is not in her classroom, Mrs. Stiles spends her time with her husband and two children.

E-mail: Lstiles1@wcpss.net

Address:
Wakefield High School
2200 Wakefield Pines Drive
Raleigh NC 27614
Telephone: (919) 562-3600

About Dr. Howard Fried

Dr. Howard Fried is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received the BA degree in Biology from Johns Hopkins University (1972) and the Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Cornell University (1978), followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Fried has also been a guest investigator in the laboratories of Dr. Thomas Broker, Cold Spring Harbor Labs, Dr. Dirk Gorlich, University of Heidelberg (Zentrum fur Molekular Biologie), and Dr. Ulrike Kutay, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH, Zurich). Dr. Fried is founder of the NSF-funded UNC Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program, which he directed for thirteen years, and he is responsible for the creation of an Office of Undergraduate Research within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. He also served for several years on two National Science Foundation Study Panels. Dr. Fried's research focuses on mechanisms of macromolecular transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and on mechanisms of assembly of RNA-protein complexes.

E-mail: Refried@email.unc.edu

Address:
310 Mary Ellen Jones Bldg
Campus Box 7260
Chapel Hill, NC
Telephone: (919) 962-0118