Sarah Malmquist
Office Address

3-154 Molecular and Cellular Biology
515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Sarah

Malmquist

Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies - Cellular and Organismal Physiology Major
Biology Teaching and Learning

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Research interests

Student learning of core concepts in physiology in active learning environments; Improving success and retention in physiology for historically-underserved student populations; Hybrid-online and flipped classroom learning

Professional experience

  • Teaching Assistant Professor of Physiology, Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, August 2017- present
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, June 2016-July 2017
  • Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, August 2013-May 2016
  • Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Washington-Seattle, June-August 2013
  • Teaching Associate, Department of Biology, University of Washington-Seattle, April-June 2013 

Background information

Honors and Awards 

  • American Society for Microbiology Scholar in Education Research, 2016
  • Certificate, Excellence in Teaching for New Faculty, SUNY School of Professional Development, 2014
  • Stony Brook University TALENT Grant, 2014
  • National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences, 2013-2014
  • Science Communication Fellow, Pacific Science Center 2012-2013
  • NIH Predoctoral Developmental Biology Training Grant, University of Washington, 2009-2012 

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

  • BIOL1010: Human Biology, Concepts and Current Ethical Issues 
  • BIOL3211: Physiology of Humans and Other Animals