I am interested in how active learning may lead to different experiences or outcomes for students with varied personality types or learning styles. I am also pursuing ongoing research in molecular biology and development. In particular, I am exploring genetic control of developmental timing and the role of microRNAs in development.

TD Resnick, B Werre*, E Porter*, D Hernandez Aquino*, A Frand, AE Rougvie. Regulatory elements of the mir-241/mir-48 locus in C. elegans developmental timing. (in preparation) *indicates undergraduate student

S Katz, V Meli, G Monsalve, H Maul-Newby, I Kasgarli, T Resnick, J Yochem, D Fay, A Frand. C. elegans FBN-1 is an apical ECM protein essential for epidermal morphogenesis and tensional integrity during molting. (submitted)

TD Resnick, KA McCulloch, AE Rougvie. miRNAs give worms the time of their lives: small RNAs and temporal control in Caenorhabditis elegans, Dev Dyn. 2010 May; 239(5):1477-89.

TD Resnick, KJ Dej, Y Xiang, RS Hawley, C Ahn, TL Orr-Weaver. Mutations in the chromosomal passenger complex and the condensin complex differentially affect synaptonemal complex disassembly and metaphase I configuration in Drosophila female meiosis, Genetics. 2009 Mar; 181(3):875-87.

TD Resnick, DL Satinover, F MacIsaac, T Stukenberg, WC Earnshaw, TL Orr-Weaver, M Carmena. INCENP and Aurora B promote meiotic sister-chromatid cohesion through localization of the Shugoshin MEI-S332 in Drosophila, Dev Cell. 2006 Jul; 11(1):57-68.

Degrees earned

• ScB, Biology, Brown University, 2000
• PhD, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

 Curriculum Vitae

Awards/Honors

• Golden Pipette Award winner – Most Engaging Professor, Lower Division, 2017
• National Institutes of Health NRSA Fellowship, 2009 - 2011
• College of Biological Sciences Developmental Biology Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2008-2009
• Anna Fuller Graduate Fellowship, MIT, 2005-2006
• Harvey Lodish Service Award, Whitehead Institute, 2006
• Presidential Fellowship, MIT 2001-2002
• William Gaston Prize for Academic Excellence in Biological Sciences, Brown University, 2000

Teaching statement

Guiding students through a process of learning, not only to understand scientific concepts, but to begin to think like a scientist is uniquely rewarding for me. My first training as an educator was around service learning, and I was amazed by the way in which students demonstrated fantastic enthusiasm, creativity, and mastery of the course material when they were asked to apply their knowledge to a real-life scenario. One of my important roles as a teacher is to help students see how systems fulfill important biological needs. I want my students to think critically about these systems and cultivate analytical methods for solving problems, testing ideas, and explaining observations.

Favorite teaching innovation or approach

I love the flipped classroom – using class time for active and investigative learning – it is especially terrific for the sciences, which are fundamentally about inquiry and problem solving.

Courses taught

• General Biology (Biol 1009), University of Minnesota
• Foundations of Biology (Biol 1951), University of Minnesota
• Foundations of Biology (BIOL 2003), University of Minnesota
• Cell Biology and Genetics (Biology 125), St. Olaf College
• Biology of Women (Biology 124), St. Olaf College

Recent presentations, invited seminars and workshops

Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Meeting participant, 2014

National Academies NorthStart Summer Institute for Undergraduate Biology Education participant, 2013

Poster: Regulation of the mir-241/mir-48 locus in C. elegans developmental timing,

T. Resnick, B. Werre, E. Porter, D. Hernandez Aquino, A. Rougvie. Developmental Biology Symposium, Minneapolis, MN. September 2013.

Seminar: Regulation & function of mir-48/241 in developmental timing, T. Resnick, B. Werre, E. Porter, D. Hernandez, A. Rougvie. Frand lab, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. February 2013.

Poster: Regulation and function of the let-7-related miRNA miR-48 in developmental timing, T. Resnick, B. Werre, A. Rougvie. 18th International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. June 2011.

Professional experience

• Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, 2014-present
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota, 2007-2014
• Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College, 2011-2012
• Practicum in Science Education: Service Learning, Portland State University, 2000-2001

Professional service

• STE(A)M Education Day presenter, Lake Harriet Community School, 2014-2015
• Peer Review Board member, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2011-Present
• Reviewer of Undergraduate Honors Theses, April 2009