Jennifer Casey

Jennifer Casey is a Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), affiliated with the Chemistry Education Institute. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry (2007) from California State University, Long Beach, and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (2014) from UCLA, where she studied the structural properties of the hydrated electron under Dr. Benjamin Schwartz using mixed quantum/classical molecular dynamics simulations.

• Education:
  • B.S., Chemistry (2007), California State University, Long Beach
  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry (2014), UCLA
• Teaching:
  • General Chemistry (UCLA, 2016–present)
  • Organic Chemistry (UCLA, 2016–present)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor at Sonoma State University (2014–2015) and Loyola Marymount University (2015–2016)
• Research Focus:
  • Chemical education research (student engagement, curriculum design)
  • Physical chemistry (hydrated electron dynamics, molecular simulations)

Publications highlight her work on student belonging in chemistry courses and computational studies of hydrated electrons. She received the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award (2019) and the Department-level Teaching Award (2020) at UCLA. Currently on leave, she serves as an Education Development Officer for the Department of Chemistry at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.