Angela Renee Vogel Rivera

Department of Biological Sciences

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529-0266

avoge001@odu.edu

Experience Honors & Awards Scholarships Service Research & Grants Presentations Societies

B.S. in Biology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA - May 2000

M.S. in Biology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA - In progress

        Thesis:  Study of embryonic development and staging with an emphasis on scale and elastin development in the 

                     brown house snake, Lamprophis fuliginosus.

        Advisor:  Dr. Alan H. Savitzky

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Old Dominion University Enological Research Facility - Research Assistant (1998-2000)

National Science Foundation REU participant; responsible for cataloging and curating a collection of reptilian embryos (NSF Project No. 390799) (1999-2000)

National Science Foundation grant; Research Assistant (2002-2003); responsible for curating a collection of reptilian embryos, compiling specimen data into a database, and creation/maintenance of an online database of the collection

Graduate Teaching Assistant – Basic Bacteriology Lab (Fall 2001)

Graduate Teaching Assistant – General Biology (116) Lab (Spring 2002)

Graduate Teaching Assistant – General Biology (115) Lab (Fall 2002)

Graduate Teaching Assistant – General Biology (116) Lab (Spring 2003)

HONOR SOCIETIES & AWARDS

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society

University Scholar Award – Old Dominion University (2000)

Old Dominion University College of Sciences Alumni Award Recipient (2000)

Old Dominion University College of Sciences Outstanding Senior in Biology (2000)

Old Dominion University Honors College Award for Academic Excellence (2000)

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Junior of the Year (1998)

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Sophomore of the Year (1997)

Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society

Golden Key National Honor Society

Organic Chemistry Student of the Year (1998)

Member of Old Dominion University Honors College

Dean’s Perfect Scholar List

Honor’s Dean’s List

SCHOLARSHIPS

Virginia S. Bagley Scholarship (2000 – 2001)

Old Dominion University Biology Department Dominion Scholarship (2000 – 2001)

C. S. Sherwood III Chemistry Scholarship (1999 – 2000)

Claire Nesson Academic Honors Scholarship (1997 – 2000)

Old Dominion University Monarch Scholarship (1996 – 2000)

Old Dominion University Honors College Academic Scholarship (1996 – 2000)

Old Dominion University Honors College Academic Achievement Award (1996 – 1997)

Wetland Cleanup Organizer, Biology Graduate Student Organization, Old Dominion University

Biology Graduate Student Organization – Created & maintain web site for the BGSO

Independent research titled "Synthesis and Characterization of New Phytoestogenic Compounds" supported by a 1998 Old Dominion Undergraduate Research Award ($1000)

PRESENTATIONS

• 2002 ASIH, SSAR, HL annual meeting - "Establishment of an embryonic staging sequence for Lamprophis fuliginosus". Poster.

• 1999 Virginia Academy of Science annual meeting - Co-author of paper entitled "The Synthesis and Characterization of Isoflavonoid-3-ols"

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

Animal Behavior Society (ABS)

Herpetologist’s League (HL)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)

Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)

Virginia Academy of Science (VAS)

American Chemical Society

Society for Conservation Biology