Stacey Lowery Bretz
Dr. Bretz is a University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Miami University. She graduated from Perkins High School in Sandusky, OH (1985) where she participated in State Science Day for three years, earning the Best Chemistry Research Award from Dow Chemical, and represented the Ohio Academy of Science at the national AAAS meeting. Dr. Bretz supports the Academy because, “they invest in young people’s future and catalyze the development of their dreams as scientists and engineers.”
Dr. Bretz earned her B.A. Chemistry from Cornell University (1989), an M.S. Chemistry from Penn State (1992), a Ph.D. in chemistry education research at Cornell University (1994), and a post-doc at UC Berkeley. Her research includes the development of assessments to characterize students’ understanding of multiple representations and learning in the laboratory. Dr. Bretz is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an ACE Fellow (American Council on Education). She is the Immediate Past Chair of the ACS Division of Chemical Education and served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for the ACS Examinations Institute.