EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, NY

Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Expected 2005.
M.Phil. in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2003.
    Orals Thesis: "A large compsognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China."
M.A. in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2002.
    Major field: Vertebrate Paleontology
    Minor fields: Sedimentology/Stratigraphy and Biogeography
    Master's Thesis: "New Specimens of Microraptor zhaoianus (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from Northeastern China."
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 1998.

AWARDS
 

2000-2005		Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, Columbia University
2002		Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant, American Museum of Natural History
2003		Charles H. Sternberg Scholarship, Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences
2004		Doris and Samuel P. Welles Fund, University of California Museum of Paleontology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 

2003-present		Volunteer Tutor      Learning Leaders, Manhattan Comprehensive Day and Night High School (MCDNHS), New York, NY Tutor students at MCDNHS, an alternative public high school open from 11 am to 11 pm every day for students aged 17-22, the majority of whom are newly arrived immigrants who work during the day.  Help students with all subjects -- from math to essay writing to science -- and with spoken English skills.
Spring 2002		Teaching Assistant      Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY Assisted Professor Paul Olsen in his course "Dinosaurs and the History of Life."  Graded all written assignments, taught laboratory sections, and determined final grades for all students.
2001-2002		Course Scientist       American Museum of Natural History/Connected University Seminars on Science, New York, NY Co-author of online course "Theropods Among Us."  Helped develop course content, assignments, and online resources.  Participated in course offerings by answering questions of students and leading discussions.
1999-2000		Associate Instructor      Columbia University Department of Chemistry, New York, NY Oversaw the course "General Chemistry Laboratory."  Lectured on theory of labs, supervised and trained teaching assistants for the course, edited and printed each edition of the lab manual, scheduled individual course sections, and taught two sections of the course per semester.
Fall 1998		Science Teacher      New York City Board of Education, Community Intermediate School (CIS) 147, Bronx, NY Instructed the top four seventh grade classes of CIS 147 in physical science.
1997-1998		Teaching Assistant      Columbia University Department of Chemistry, New York, NY Demonstrated laboratory techniques, supervised experiments, and graded laboratory reports and quizzes.

RELATED EXPERIENCE
 

2000-present		Science Writer/Expert Reviewer      The Princeton Review, New York, NY Write practice questions for standardized tests in chemistry, create online resource packs in math for Homeroom.com, and review practice questions in science topics written by others.
2001-2002		Scientific Consultant      Non-Violent Games/American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Develop and verify scientific accuracy of the games "Journey through Time" and "Evolution Revolution."
2001-2002		Content Editor      Scholastic Books, New York, NY Verified scientific accuracy of text and artwork of a children's dinosaur encyclopedia.
Spring 2000		Content Editor     Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia, PA Checked accuracy of solutions manual for the textbook "Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers."
1998-1999		Laboratory Technician      Columbia University Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, New York, NY Studied the role of transcription factors eHAND and dHAND in early mouse development using various molecular biology and histological techniques.
1995-1998		Research Assistant      Columbia University Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, New York, NY Aided Dr. Peter Cserjesi in developmental biology research by performing various histological and molecular biology procedures and maintaining a colony of transgenic mice.
Summer 1997		Research Intern      Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY Analyzed climate signal of Plio-Pleistocene African terrestrial sediments from Lake Turkana and compared signal to that seen in the marine sediment record.

FIELDWORK AND COLLECTIONS STUDY
 

Spring 2003		Collections study, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China
Summer 2002		Paleontological field work, American Museum of Natural History and Mongolian Academy of Sciences joint expedition, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Spring 2002		Collections study, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, China
Summer 2001		Paleontological fieldwork, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Field Expedition, Niobara County, Wyoming
Summer 2001		Field mapping, Catskill, NY
Fall 2000		Paleontological fieldwork, Newark Supergroup, eastern North America

PUBLICATIONS

Papers:

Norell, M.A. and S.H. Hwang.  2004.  A troodontid dinosaur from Ukhaa Tolgod (Late Cretaceous Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3446:1-9.
• download PDF of Norell and Hwang 2004 (324 kb) 
Hwang, S. H., M. A. Norell, Q. Ji, and K. Gao. 2004.Ý A large compsognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China.Ý Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2:13-30.
 
• get datasets from this paper
• download PDF of Hwang et al. 2004 (1.1 MB) 
Hwang, S. H., M. A. Norell, Q. Ji, and K. Gao.  2002.  New specimens of Microraptor zhaoianus (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from northeastern China.  American Museum Novitates 3381:1-44.
• get datasets from this paper
• download PDF of Hwang et al. 2002 (4.8 MB) 
Dai, Y-S., J. Hao, K. Bonin, S. Hwang, S. Chun and P. Cserjesi.  Submitted.  The basic helix-loop-helix factor HAND2 activates the peripheral nervous system developmental program.

Hwang, S. H. 2004.  Patterns of enamel evolution in dinosaurs.  Building Bridges: Integrating Approaches to Evolutionary Biology, a symposium at New York University.

Hwang, S. H.  2003.  Patterns of enamel microstructure in dinosaurs.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (suppl to 3): 64A.

• download MS Word version of Hwang 2003 abstract (28 kb) 
Hwang, S. H., M. A. Norell, Q. Ji, and K. Gao.  2002.  A large primitive coelurosaur from the Yixian Formation of Northeastern China.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22: (suppl to 3) 69A.
• download MS Word version of Hwang et al. 2002 abstract (28 kb) 
Cserjesi, P., S. Hwang, J. Hao. 2002.  Interaction of the HAND bHLH transcription factors with p300 during sympathetic nervous system development.  FASEB (New Orleans).

Dai, Y-S., Y. Morikawa, J. Hao, K. Bonin, S. Hwang, S. Chun, J. Venuti, P. Cserjesi.  2002.  The transcription factor HAND2 regulates development  in neuroblastoma cells.  Advances in Neuroblastoma Research (Paris).

Hwang, S. H., M. A. Norell, K. Gao, and Q. Ji.  2001.  New information on Jehol theropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21: (suppl to 3) 64A.

• download MS Word version of Hwang et al. 2001 abstract (24 kb) 
Hwang, S. and Cserjesi, P.  1997.  Developmental expression and mutational analysis of the mouse bHLH gene eHAND.  Developmental Biology 186:322

In preparation:

Hwang, S. H. Phylogenetic and functional patterns of enamel microstructure in dinosaur teeth.

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Association of Women Geoscientists