Jocylin Pierro
Jocylin is available for virtual presentations only.
Jocylin attended Houghton College in Western, NY, majoring in Sociology and minoring in political science, environmental science, and philosophy. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, Jocylin joined the Peace Corps as a Community Natural Resource Advisor in the West African country of Benin for two years. While in the Peace Corps, Jocylin helped a county government with reforestation efforts and waste management techniques.
Jocylin went on to obtain an Environmental Science master’s and a master’s in Public Affairs. While pursuing her masters, Jocylin worked on environmental policy at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, DC. She pursued a doctorate degree in Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University. Jocylin used data from short-term laboratory experiments to develop mathematical models that predict the long-term effects of organic chemicals on sea turtle cells.
In January 2020, Jocylin rejoined the EPA as a postdoctoral computational toxicologist. Her current work focuses on developing virtual human embryo models for computational simulations of toxicological experiments. As a minority and having grown up impoverished, Jocylin especially enjoys sharing science and her story with underrepresented populations.
| Presentation | Audience | Duration | Availability |
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My journey to becoming a scientist as a woman, racial minority, and underprivileged individual |
Flexible |
Flexible |
Flexible |
| What is a Computational Toxicologist? | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| What does it mean and take to have a Ph.D. in science? | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| What is a Toxicologist? | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Environmental Issues and Sustainability in Developing Nations | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Environmental Justice | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Student-led DNA Extraction from Strawberries | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Risk Assessment | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Materials Management/Trash Talk (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle) | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Computational Toxicology – Modeling the Effects of Chemicals | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| The Management, Toxicology, and Environmental Justice Issues of Electronic Waste (E-Waste) and Electronics Recycling (E-Cycling) | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Climate Change Implications of Waste Management and Sustainable Materials Management | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
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Toxicology for Young Children (Tangible, Safe Dose-Response Experiment) |
Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
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Hazardous Materials Management – Laws, Waste, Recycling, and Quality Control |
Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
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