She earned her B.S. in chemistry, B.A. in history, and Ph.D. in chemistry from Case Western Reserve University. She taught as a visiting professor for two years at Denison University before accepting a position at Utica College in 2005. Her research interests include the modification of silicate surfaces as reinforcement or alignment tools. Michelle is part of the pre-health advising committee and faculty advisor for Alpha Epsilon Delta. She is also active in the American Chemical Society, serving on the Undergraduate Programming Advisory Committee and the inChemistry Advisory Board and is student chapter co-advisor. Michelle has learned to embrace the challenges and freedom that being the only organic chemistry professor offers, and this is her second year teaching out of the Joel Karty’s text.