Dr. Joan Schellinger joins University of San Diego as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. A native of the Philippines, Dr. Schellinger received her doctorate in organic chemistry from University of California Davis in 2010 under the supervision of Professor Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague. She was as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington Seattle in Professor Suzie H. Pun’s laboratory where she mentored and worked with graduate and undergraduate students. She was one of the recipients of the very first Postdoctoral Mentoring Award in 2013 offered by the University of Washington Graduate School. The award was created to honor and acknowledge the significant role that postdoctoral trainees play in the lives and education of graduate and undergraduate students.