SPUR Editorial Board

Dr. Patricia Ann Mabrouk, SPUR editor-in-chief, is professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern University in Boston. She earned her AB in chemistry and mathematics from Wellesley College and her PhD in physical chemistry from MIT. Dr. Mabrouk held an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University before she joined Northeastern University, where her administrative roles have included co-director of undergraduate research and associate dean for academic affairs and faculty affairs for the College of Science. Her research interests encompass pedagogy of undergraduate research, research ethics, active learning methods, mentoring, and green chemistry. Dr. Mabrouk has mentored more than 125 undergraduates and high school students.  She served as the editor for two ACS Symposium series volumes and has authored 55 peer-reviewed publications of which 17 were coauthored with undergraduate and high school mentees. Dr. Mabrouk was an associate editor for the Analytical Sciences Digital Library and an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching. For SPUR, she has served as the divisional editor for chemistry and editor of the SPUR volume 4 content on the theme “Undergraduate Research during Times of Disruption.”