Elisa Cooper

Post-Secondary Education

University of California Santa Cruz
Doctor of Philosophy
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, Austin Community College, 2009 – current

Instructor/Lab Coordinator, Portland State University, 2006 – 2009.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, 2000 – 2004.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, San Francisco State University, 1998 – 2000.

Instructor, Pre-Health Professions Student Alliance, San Francisco State University, 06/99 – 07/99.

Student Assistant, RISE (Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancements), San Francisco State University

Professional Publications

Munishkina, L.A.; Cooper, E.M.; Uversky, V.N.; Fink, A.L. 2004  The effect of macromolecular crowding on protein aggregation and amyloid fibril formation.  J. Mol. Recognit. 17, 456-464.

Uversky, V.N.; Cooper, E.M.; Bower, K.S.; Li, J.; Fink, A.L. 2001  Accelerated a-synuclein fibrillation in crowded milieu.  FEBS Letters 515, 99-103. 

Cooper, E.M.; Hjülberg, D.; Villa, J.; Andrews, J.; DeWitt, J.G. 1997  Changes in Nickel and Lead Speciation Upon Accumulation by Metal Tolerant Datura innoxia Plant Tissue Culture.  SSRL Activity Report.