1. CRISTINA DRUMMOND MOREIRA
5704 Fox Meadow Drive
Oak Ridge, NC, 27310
Ph#: (336) 430-7106
Email: cdrmoreira@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 1997
M.S., Agronomy, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1988
B.S., Agronomy Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1983
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish and Portuguese
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BENNETT COLLEGE, Greensboro, NC
Interim Chair, Dept. of Biological and Chemical Sciences 2015
Associate Professor of Biology 2013-2016
Assistant Professor of Biology 2006- 2013
♦ Course teachings of Biological Sciences, Botany, Ecology, Cell Biology, Genetics,
Microbiology, Evolution and Molecular Biology.
Project Director of the VA-NC Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) at
Bennett 2007- 2016
♦ Program supported by the National Science Foundation to increase the amount of minority
students pursuing graduate studies in STEM.
♦ $400,000 grant administration, mentoring of LSAMP scholars into STEM.
Sisters & Brothers-in Science Collaboration 2011- 2016
♦ Created and secured funding for a collaboration between Bennett College LSAMP
scholars (mentors) and the high school students at the Early/Middle College at Bennett
(mentees) interested in sciences. This collaboration was expanded to include students
from another Guilford County school, Aycock Middle School, due to extra fundraising
efforts.
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2. UNCF-Mellon and Anna Julia Cooper (Wake Forest University) student mentor 2015-16
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant 2011- 2015
♦ Representative of the MSEIP grant at Bennett College which focused on the use of
technology in the STEM classroom to increase the critical thinking of students in sciences.
Research Grant 2008-
2011
♦ Co-Principal Investigator of a research grant (National Science Foundation # 0816782)
entitled “Mitochondrial cell death signaling in S male-sterile maize” with Drs. Christine D.
Chase and Maria Gallo from the University of Florida (UF).
♦ Three Bennett students were trained at UF and at Bennett College due to funds awarded
to this research.
♦ A research lab was set up at Bennett College due to this award.
ETS, Princeton, NJ 2008-present
♦ Hired to create questions for the Praxis Biology test.
OAK RIDGE MILITARY ACADEMY, Oak Ridge, NC 2005- 2006
Biology, Biology Honors and Chemistry High SchoolTeacher
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Stuart, FL 2003-2004
Middle School Science Teacher
SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, Stuart, FL 2003
Environmental Science High School teacher
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (IRREC), Fort Pierce, Florida 2002
Adjunct Lecturer, Genetics
♦ Course teaching (AGR3303) of Mendelian Genetics and Molecular Biology with
outstanding student reviews.
USDA – ARS, Fort Pierce, FL 2001-2002
Postdoctoral Research Associate with Dr. Robert Shatters
♦ Study of gene expression in maize utilizing RT-PCR techniques following nuclear
transformation with a soybean gene for increase of protein content.
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3. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, HORTICULTURAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT, 1998-2001
Gainesville, FL
Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor C.D. Chase 2000-2001
♦ Utilized molecular markers, RT-PCR technique and Citrus as a model system to study the
evolutionary transfer of mitochondrial genes to nucleus.
Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor G.A. Moore 1998-2000
♦ Research focused on expression studies of carotenoid genes during citrus fruit
development.
SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Gainesville, FL 2000
Instructor, Biology
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL 1993-1997
Doctoral Student with J.W. Grosser and C.D. Chase
AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CAMPINAS (IAC), 1992-1993
CITRUS EXPERIMENTAL STATION, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Researcher utilizing RAPDs to screen IAC’s citrus germplasm bank
PRO CLONE, INC., Sao Paulo, Brazil 1989-1991
Co-ownership of plant propagation laboratory utilizing Biotechnology Techniques to supply
ornamentals to the Dutch Cooperative of Farmers, HOLAMBRA.
BIOTECH, INC., Sao Paulo, Brazil 1987-1988
Manager, Fruit Sciences Department
HONORS AND AWARDS
Awarded the “Teaching Excellence Award” by the Bennett College Board of Trustees 2011
Awarded Sciences Division Teacher of the year by the Student North Carolina Association of
Educators (SNCAE) and the student body of Bennett College 2010
Awarded Bennett College National Alumnae Association’s Faculty Service Award 2010
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4. Awarded North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) funds to attend the 21st
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International Conference on Arabidopsis Research in Yokohama, Japan. 2010
Awarded QEM (Quality Education of Minorities Network) funds to attend the NSF Faculty
Early Career (CAREER) Development Proposal Workshop in Las Vegas, USA.
2010
Awarded North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) funds to attend the 20th
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research in Edinburgh, Scotland. 2009
Installed as a member of the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars 2009
Keynote speaker for the 2nd
Bennett College’s Interdisciplinary Research Day 2009
Bennett College Faculty Senate Teacher’s Award 2008
Invited Baccalaureate Speaker for the Graduating Class of the Oak Ridge Military
Academy 2007
Teacher of the Month Award, Oak Ridge Military Academy 2006
Nomination for the UF/IFAS Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, University of Florida 1998
Best Student Speaker Award, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Workshop, 1997
University of Florida
Award for Academic Achievement by an International Student, University of Florida 1996
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Haw River Assembly board member 2015-
present
American Association of University Women 2015-
present
Bennett College’s Biology Club Advisor, Greensboro, NC 2007-2015
Fundraiser Coordinator, Northwest High School Band, Greensboro, NC 2005-2006
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5. Volunteer, Greensboro Urban Ministry, Greensboro, NC 2004- 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Anderson et al. 2015 Critical Thinking Through Technology Applied in Collegiate Pedagogy –
Resource Manual and Analysis of a Special Cooperative Project in the Minority Science
and Engineering Improvement Program. 52 p.
Grando, M.F.,Smith, R., Moreira, C., Scully, B.T., Shatters, R.G. 2005. Developmental
changes in abundance of the VspBeta protein following nuclear transformation of maize
with the soybean Vspbeta Cdna. Plant Biology. 5(3): 1471-2229.
Moreira, C.D., C. D. Chase, F.G. Gmitter and J.W. Grosser. 2002. Inheritance of organelle
genomes in a citrus sexual cross – Journal of Heredity 93 (3): (174-178).
Moreira, C.D., C. D. Chase, F.G. Gmitter and J.W. Grosser. 2000. Inheritance of organelle
genomes in citrus cybrids. Molecular Breeding 6 (4): 401-405.
Moreira, C.D., C. D. Chase, F.G. Gmitter and J.W. Grosser. 2000. Inheritance of organelle
genomes in citrus somatic hybrids. Plant Cell Organ and Tissue Culture 61 (2): 165-168.
Coletta Filho, H.D. Machado, M.A. Targon, C.D. Moreira and J. Pompeu, Jr. 1998. Analysis of
the genetic diversity among mandarins (Citrus spp.) using RAPD markers. Euphytica 102
(1): 133-139.
Moreira, C.D., C. D. Chase, F.G. Gmitter and J.W. Grosser. 1998. Mitochondrial genome
organization in the progeny of a citrus intergeneric cross. pp. 33-36 in Plant Mitochondria:
from gene to function (IM Moller, P. Gardestrom, K. Glimelius and E. Glaser, eds.)
Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, Sweden.
Moreira, C.D., Moreira, C.S. and G.A. Sarries. 1996. “Estudo da abscisao de frutos de
laranjeira ‘Natal’ na fase de pre-colheita.” Revista da Agricultura 71 (3): 361-376.
PRESENTATIONS
Mentoring of minorities in STEM- SPARC 3 Professional Development Conferece, Gaston
College, Dallas, NC, March 2016
Mentoring of women in STEM – CPCC Faculty development conference “Rethinking
Community College Math”- April 2015
Mentoring and Retention Strategies – Louis Stokes Midwest Center for Excellence (LSMCE)
Annual Conference, Indianapolis, October 2013
Sisters in Science: a pipeline to increase minorities in STEM – Poster presentation at the
annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists – Plant Biology 2012
Transient expression of mitochondrial-targeted peptides linked to cell death signaling and
pollen collapse of S male-sterile maize – Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the
American Society of Plant Biologists– Plant Biology 2010
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6. Introduction and Expression of Soybean vsp-b Gene in Maize by Genetic Transformation.
Poster Presentation at the 10th
IAPTC&B Congress, Orlando, FL. June 2002.
Developmental Expression of Carotenoid Biosynthetic Genes in Citrus. Poster Presentation at
the 9th
. Int. Citrus Congress, Orlando, FL. December 2000.
Inheritance of organelle genomes in a citrus sexual cross. Poster Presentation at the
International Congress in Plant Mitochondria. Stockholm, Sweden. June 1998.
Inheritance of organelle genomes in a citrus sexual cross. Poster Presentation at the
American Genetic Association Symposium on Mitochondrial Genetics. Raleigh, North
Carolina. May 1998.
Mitochondrial genome organization in the progeny of a citrus intergeneric cross. Oral
Presentation at the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Workshop. Marineland, Florida.
May 1997.
Mitochondrial genome organization in the progeny of a citrus intergeneric cross. Poster
Presentation at the Plant and Animal Genome V. San Diego, California. January 1997.
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7. Introduction and Expression of Soybean vsp-b Gene in Maize by Genetic Transformation.
Poster Presentation at the 10th
IAPTC&B Congress, Orlando, FL. June 2002.
Developmental Expression of Carotenoid Biosynthetic Genes in Citrus. Poster Presentation at
the 9th
. Int. Citrus Congress, Orlando, FL. December 2000.
Inheritance of organelle genomes in a citrus sexual cross. Poster Presentation at the
International Congress in Plant Mitochondria. Stockholm, Sweden. June 1998.
Inheritance of organelle genomes in a citrus sexual cross. Poster Presentation at the
American Genetic Association Symposium on Mitochondrial Genetics. Raleigh, North
Carolina. May 1998.
Mitochondrial genome organization in the progeny of a citrus intergeneric cross. Oral
Presentation at the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Workshop. Marineland, Florida.
May 1997.
Mitochondrial genome organization in the progeny of a citrus intergeneric cross. Poster
Presentation at the Plant and Animal Genome V. San Diego, California. January 1997.
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