Dr. Evonne Rezler
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Science, [Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry]
| Email: | erezler@fau.edu |
Dr. Rezler received her B.S. with Honors (1996) and Ph.D. (2001) degrees in Chemistry from the University of Sydney, Australia. In 2002, she joined the laboratory of Dr. Laurence Hurley at the Arizona Cancer Center as a Postdoctoral Fellow where she carried out research investigating the formation and structure of G-quadruplexes in the promoter regions of oncogenes and their putative role in the onset and progression of various cancers. In 2005, Dr. Rezler was recognized with BioFlorida’s Legacy in Life Science Award for the research she conducted in Dr. Fields’ Lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow on developing drug delivery systems targeted to cellular receptors in metastatic melanoma cells, and investigating the mechanism of drug delivery by cell selective cell penetrating peptides (CPPs). In 2006, Dr. Rezler joined FAU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, teaching Organic and Inorganic Chemistry lab and lecture courses, and conducting Chemical Education research. Dr. Rezler currently serves as Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Science. She leads the College of Science and Pre-Health advising teams to help students achieve their academic, career, and timely graduation goals. Additionally, her responsibilities include leading College of Science SACS accreditation compliance, and academic program evaluation and assessment efforts.
In addition to her research with the Florida Atlantic STEM Research Group for Digital Laboratory Learning Dr. Rezler focuses her research efforts on the adaptation and incorporation of novel spectroscopy-based approaches into the undergraduate curriculum to enhance active participation, and engagement by students in their learning process. Dr Rezler is also committed toward enhancing academic student success for all science majors through improving/creating better pathways for science majors as they transfer into FAU from local state colleges. Lastly, Dr. Rezler continues to investigate and find solutions for the institutional barriers and structures that prevent women and underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in STEM fields from achieving their optimal promotion, research, and tenure goals.
Dr. Rezler is currently co-PI of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program GP-IMPACT grant: “A Geopathway Utilizing High-Tech Geoscience Experiences for Recruitment and Retention-A Collaboration between PBSC and FAU”, and the NSF Hispanic Serving Institutions IUSE Program grant: “STEM Articulation and Transfer Collaborative Project” with Palm Beach State College. She also recently served as co-PI on FAU’s NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation-Catalyst (IT-Catalyst) grant: “Transforming Faculty Gender Diversity at Florida Atlantic University”, and a PI of a NSF Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science (TUES) grant: “Vertical Integration of Raman Spectroscopy into the Chemistry Curriculum” that successfully incorporated a 'spectroscopy-to-learn' approach in the chemistry curriculum at FAU.
