Rachael M. Barry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Co-Director, Microbiology & Immunology Major
Secretary, Association for Biology Laboratory Education

2232 McGaugh Hall
School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697
Mail Code: 3900

office: 949-824-7998
rmbarry@uci.edu

Research Areas

• Best Practices in Scientific Teaching
  • Evidence-based strategies for increasing student engagement
  • Faculty-student interactions inside and outside of the classroom
• Curriculum Design
  • Dry lab and case study activities for introductory biology students
  • Combating antibiotic resistance in bacteria in the undergraduate teaching lab
  • Microbiology dry lab activities for allied health students

Background

• IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow (Leschziner Lab), UC San Diego, 2015-2019
• Ph.D., Molecular Biology (Gitai Lab), Princeton University, 2010-2015
• B.A., Biology (Rushlow Lab), New York University, 2006-2010