Patricia Ann Mabrouk (PAM) is Associate Dean of Academic & Faculty Affairs and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Science at Northeastern University (Boston, MA). She received her A.B. in mathematics and chemistry from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For the past 21 years, Pam has been a faculty member at Northeastern University. There she has developed nationally recognized research programs in both traditional chemical research (nonaqueous enzymology, bioelectrochemistry, advanced materials, and green chemistry) and in chemical education (in science ethics, graduate education, the applicati...