Sabine Eileen Stieber
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
Pomona,
CA |
2023
The Presidential Award highlights the life-changing effects that strong mentoring communities have on students. I am honored that my work in creating inclusive and supportive research experiences at a primarily undergraduate institution is being recognized, and the award encourages me to continue building these opportunities for broadening participation in STEM.
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Sabine Chantal Stieber is an associate professor of chemistry at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) focused on creating inclusive and supportive research experiences at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI). She engages undergraduates in research early in their college careers, particularly supporting low-income and underrepresented minority (URM) students. Students learn advanced inorganic chemistry methods, such as air-free work and novel instrumentation, that are usually not taught until graduate school. Chantal’s research in sustainable chemistry via synthesis, spectroscopy, and computations is funded by NSF and the Department of Energy. Chantal mentored 80 undergraduate, master’s, and postdoctoral students since 2015. Of her mentees, over 50% are first-generation college students, over 50% are low income, 16% community college, 20% disabled, and over 50% are URM.
Chantal is in mentoring groups such as the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, McNair Scholars, Office of Undergraduate Research, Student Success and Transfer Articulation through Research and Support Services, Achieve Scholars, Research through Inclusive Opportunities, and Remote Supergroup for Chemistry Undergraduates. Chantal founded a postdoctoral future PUI faculty program at Cal Poly Pomona to train future URM faculty via a collaborative Department of Education grant. Her mentees gave 182 poster and 55 oral presentations, co-authored 12 papers, and earned over 150 awards.
Chantal earned a bachelor’s degree from Whitman College, master's degree from Cornell University, and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Her honors include the Provost Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities, Kavli Fellow, and the Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award.