Catherine Franssen, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Farmville, VA, US

Farmville, VA, US

Dr. Franssen provides innovative, entertaining professional development workshops to inspire lifelong learners. Her exciting lineup of NeuroLeadership topics addresses many of the biggest challenges in the modern workplace- addressing everything from burnout and mental health to conflict resolution and professionalism.

I provide practical, research-based stress management for improved productivity. Based on a solid foundation of neuroscience research, I create customized training packages to convey concrete strategies to enhance individual and team development, update corporate culture, and help employees meet the challenges of today's workplace and thrive.

NeuroLeadership. I bring a bit of neuroscience to the business world with innovative, interactive professional development workshops for corporate leaders.Leadership Workshops:-Build Mental Toughness-Building Trust, Credibility, and Respect-Burnout Prevention & Recovery-How to Project a Professional Image-Mental Health in the Workplace-Resolving.

Biopsychology

Farmville, Virginia, United States

Anatomy & Physiology, Animal Behavior, Integrative Biology, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Content lead for life science experiences throughout the Science Museum of Virginia network, including permanent galleries, traveling exhibitions, educational programs and social platforms.

Since the Science Museum of Virginia was founded in 1977, it has had three staff scientists: a physicist, a biologist and a climatologist. The Museum has never had a neuroscientist on staff full time, nor has it ever had a female scientist. Last month, it got both. Catherine Lowry Franssen, Ph.D., has joined the Museum’s staff as scientist in residence..

Farmville, Virginia

Farmville, VA

Farmville, VA

I teach Biopsychology (Psyc 385) and Comparative Animal Behavior (Bio/Psyc 395)... two of my very favorite classes. I'm busy with lots of research assistants... analyzing data from past research, designing experiments, and writing up several papers.

2012-2013 Full-time lecturer, Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II; Vertebrate Physiology.2011-2012 Full time lecturer; teaching Biology of Stress (my own design) and Biology 101 for non-majors.Plus, I managed to get some research done on the side!

In 2011-2012 and again in 2012-2013 I taught a year-long course entitled "Mythbusters: Why People Make Dumb Decisions"... this is part of the First-year Experience Curriculum (FYEC) at RMC, and involved advising the freshmen students. My teaching partner (professor of Business at RMC, and dad, George Lowry) and I are used the new field of neuroeconomics to.

• Manage personnel, equipment, and facilities for USDA certified animal research on six rodent species (requires working knowledge of GLP)
• Supervise and train 5-20 undergraduate researchers each semester on all laboratory techniques and execution of research projects leading to presentation and/or publication
• Discover and test new methods and techniques to accomplish research agenda; requires collaboration with local, national, and international scientific community
• Conduct behavioral, physiological, and neurological research, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals
• Construct and present over 20 research presentations to local, national, and international scientific and non-scientific audiences (CV available)
• Develop and teach at least one course per semester; 8 courses in 6 semesters, 4 new

- Prepared research-based workshop on neurotoxicity testing for FDA reviewers; required full knowledge of US and international regulatory affairs governing drug development- Constructed research-based oral presentations and take-away literature for scientific community relevant to goals of company; - Interacted with scientific community at multiple.

Ph.D., Neurobiology

-Dissertation: "Context and Chemistry as Factors for Innate Odor Responses." (2005) Laboratory of Leslie M. Kay. -Elected President (two.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship; Psi Chi (National Honorary Psychology Fraternity,President and.