Contact
Dr. Kameron R. Jorgensen
Department of Biology and Chemistry
1502 University Blvd, LBV 307
Texas A&M International University
Laredo, Texas 78041
956.326.2568 | Email | Appointments
Dr. Kameron R. Jorgensen
Department of Biology and Chemistry
1502 University Blvd, LBV 307
Texas A&M International University
Laredo, Texas 78041
956.326.2568 | Email | Appointments
Outreach and Internship Coordinator, ADVISE, Title V, Fall 2018 - Present
Joint Admissions Medical Program (JAMP) Faculty Director, Fall 2019 – Present
FOS Chemistry Advisory Committee, Tx Higher Education Coord. Board, Fall 2019 - Present
Education subcommittee Member for the Imagine 2045 Committee, Spring 2018 - Present
Co-Program Chemistry Assessment Coordinator, Chemistry, 2017 - Present
BEATS, outreach partnership with The Outlets at Laredo, Fall 2018 - Present
Program Chemistry Assessment Coordinator, Chemistry, 2016-2017
Hiring Committee Member for the Assistant Professor of Art, 2017-2018
Departmental Curriculum Committee Member, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Fall
2013-Present
University Core Curriculum Committee Member, 2017 - Present
University Research Council, Fall 2014-Spring 2016
Hiring Committee Member for the Assistant Professional of English, 2015-2016
Hiring Committee Member for the Assistant Professional of English, 2014-2015
University Risk Management Committee Member, Fall 2013-2018
Building Emergency Coordinator, 3rd Floor LBV, Spring 2013-Present
Faculty Advisor, TAMIU ACS Student Chapter, Chemistry Club Fall 2012-Present
Student Chapter Awards: Commendable (2016), Honorable Mention (2017)
Faculty Advisor, American Medical Student Association, TAMIU, Fall 2014-2018
Pre-Med Advisor, 2014-2015
JAMP Faculty Director, Fall 2014-Summer 2015, Fall 2019-Present
TAAHP Meeting, Ft. Worth, TX, Spring 2015, Spring 2020
JAMP Faculty Directors Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Fall 2014, Fall 2019
Judge, PATHWAYs Conference, TAMIU, Fall 2019
Judge, LBV Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2019
Judge, LBV Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2018
Lead Judge, FIRST Tech Challenge, Robotics Competition, TAMIU, Spring 2018
Café Prof, Fall 2017
Judge, First Year Experience Research Symposium, TAMIU, Spring 2017
Chief Judge, LBV Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2017
Judge, FIRST Tech Challenge, Robotics Competition, TAMIU, Spring 2017
Café Prof, Fall 2016
Judge, LBV Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2016
Judge, FIRST Tech Challenge, Robotics Competition, TAMIU, Spring 2016
Café Prof, Fall 2015
Judge, Pathways Conference, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX, Fall 2015
Assistant Chief Judge, LBV Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2015
Judge, LBV Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2014
Judge, Robotics Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2014
Judge, Pathways Conference, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Fall 2013
Judge, LBV Conference, TAMIU, Spring 2013
Invited and Organized Guests to Present at TAMIU
Forensic Scientist, Department of Public Safety Crime Lab, Natalia Sanchez, Spring 2018
NSF Program Manager, Chemistry Division, Anne-Marie Schmoltner, “How to write a successful grant”, TAMIU, Fall 2017
Regents Professor, UNT, Thomas Cundari, “The Aldehyde Water Shift Reaction. Integrating Theory and Experiment to Deconvolute an Unusual Catalytic Transformation”, Spring, 2017
Forensic Scientist, Department of Public Safety Crime Lab, Natalia Sanchez, Spring 2017
May the FORCE be with you, Chemistry Demo, The Outlets at Laredo, Chemistry Demo event, Spring 2019
Visiting Chemist Demonstrations, Schorlemmer Elementary, Victoria ISD, Fall 2018
Chemistry on the Border, Holiday Chemistry Fun, The Outlets at Laredo, Chemistry Demo event, Fall 2018
Career Day Presenter, JB Alexander High School, Fall 2017
Judge, UISD District Science Fair, Laredo, TX, Spring 2016
Judge, LISD District Science Fair, Laredo Civic Center Ballroom, TX, Fall 2015
Judge, Blessed Sacrament School Science Fair, Laredo, TX, Spring 2014
Chemistry Demonstration, Blessed Sacrament School Science Fair, Laredo, TX, Spring 2014
Judge, Ryan Elementary School Science Fair, Laredo, TX, Fall 2012
Book and Journal Reviews
Journal article reviewer, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Elsevier, 2018
Textbook reviewer, Physical Chemistry for Engineers, Cognella, 2017
Journal article reviewer, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Elsevier, 2017
Textbook reviewer, General Chemistry, Macmillan, 2017
Textbook reviewer, General Chemistry, Cengage Learning, 2015
Textbook reviewer, Physical Chemistry, Oxford University Press, 2015
Journal article reviewer, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Elsevier, 2015
National Judge and Moderator Appointments
Moderator, COMP division, 250th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, Fall 2015
Moderator, COMP division, 249th ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, Spring 2015
Judge, Undergraduate Poster Session, ACS Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM), Fort
Worth, TX, Fall 2014
Judge, Physical Division Poster Session, American Chemical Society (ACS) National
Meeting, Dallas, TX, Spring 2014
Judge, First Tech Challenge Robotics Competition at TAMIU, Laredo, TX, Spring 2014
Moderator, Quantum Chemistry: Applications, ACS Computational Division Oral Session,
246th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Spring 2014
Moderator, Drug Discovery Methodology: Old Problems Require New Solutions, ACS
COMP Division Oral Session, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Spring 2013
Moderator, South Western Theoretical Chemistry Conference (SWTCC), Texas A&M
University, Bryan, TX, Fall 2012
Moderator, Quantum Chemistry: Applications, ACS COMP Division Oral Session, 243rd
ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, Spring 2012
TAMIU Trainings and Workshops: Active Learning and Universal Capture Tools Fall 2019 • Using Top Hat Test to Streamline Exams in Large Classes Fall 2019 • Quality Matter Update Certification Spring 2019 • Top Hat Active Learning Tool Fall 2018 • ECHO 360: Going Beyond Lecture Capture Fall 2018 • Workday Training July 2018 • Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) Summer 2018 • Top 10 Things You Might Not Know Blackboard Learn Could Do!, Fall 2017 • Using eLearning Technologies to Improve Teaching Quality, Fall 2017 • You Cannot Just Google It - Using Softchalk to Introduce Library and Research Skills, Fall 2017 • DE Week: Work SMARTer, Not Harder: Using Interactive podiums in your teaching, Fall 2015 • DE Week: Blackboard 101: The Next Level, Fall 2015 • DE Week: Capture Your Lecture in the Classroom, Office or on the Fly!, Fall 2015 • Blackboard Tests, Fall 2015 • Blackboard Grade Center Training, Fall 2015 • Writing Grants workshop, Spring 2015 • Hands on SPIN workshop, October 22, 2014 • NMR Spin training, January 20th, 2014 • 2014 Challenge - Based Instruction (CBI) Faculty Development Workshop, October 24, November 7 & 8, and December 4, 2014 • Faculty Development Workshop: Writing Issues and Efficiency in STEM Disciplines, September 21, 2013 • MAESTRO Training, June 26th 2013
NASA Funding Opportunities for MSIs: Building STEM Capacity, Webinar, Spring 2019
NSF Early Career Workshop, Arlington, VA, Summer 2017
Data-Collection, Vernier Workshop, San Antonio, TX, Fall 2016
Webinar, Major Research Instrumentation Grant Writing, NSF, Fall 2016
MRI Grant Writing Workshop, NSF, Baltimore, MD, Summer 2016
Army Research Laboratory Open Campus Open house, Aberdeen, MD, 2015
Army Research Laboratory open campus/open house, Silver Springs, MD, 2014
TAMUS New Researcher Orientation, Webinar, January 24, 2014
XSEDE New User Training, Webinar, October 22, 2013
ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy, Colorado School of
Mines, Golden, Colorado, July 22-30, 2009
DOE Summer School in Multiscale Mathematics and High Performance Computing, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, August 4-6, 2008
Texas Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, 2014-2015, 2019-present
American Chemical Society, 2009-present