<img height="221" border="" width="151" alt="Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross" src="http://www.mtsu.edu/chemistry/images/judith.jpg" align="right" /><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>CONTACT INFO:</strong><br /><br /> <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>E-mail:</strong></span> <a href="mailto:jiriarte@mtsu.edu">jiriarte@mtsu.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><br /> <strong><span style="color:#333333;">Phone:</span></strong> (615)</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">904-8253</span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><br /> <span style="color:#333333;"><strong>Office:</strong></span> Wiser Patten Science 111C<br /> <strong><span style="color:#333333;">P.O. Box</span></strong>: X161<br /> <strong><span style="color:#333333;">Web:</span></strong> <a href="http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Ejiriarte" target="_blank">www.mtsu.edu/~jiriarte</a></span>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><strong>EDUCATION/INTERESTS:</strong><br /><br /> (1996) B. S. Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park; M. S. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park; Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Inorganic Polymers, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; Analytical Chemist, FDA Laboratory, Dallas; Polymer Chemist and Lab Manager, Fresnel Technologies, Fort Worth; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth; University of Dallas, Irving; University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington; and Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;">Please visit my <a href="http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Ejiriarte" target="_blank">homepage</a> for information about the courses that I teach, my research interests, and my students. On my <a href="http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Ejiriarte" target="_blank">homepage</a>, you will find information about my involvement with the MTSU Women's Studies Program, National Women's History Month and about other issues of interest to women in science, technology, engineering and math, STEM. You can also learn about my passion to encourage young women to consider STEM careers through my Expanding Your Horizons webpage, <a href="http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eeyh" target="_blank">www.mtsu.edu/~eyh</a> and about TWISTER, Tennessee Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Research for high school women. I have also included information about my family, my husband, Charles, and my furry, feline "girls".</span></p>