Plantae Community | Kristen Van Gelder | Activity https://community.plantae.org/members/kristen-van-gelder/activity/ Activity feed for Kristen Van Gelder. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:13:09 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.3.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 bfc1158247cc6813256d2c7f74ee02a6 Kristen Van Gelder replied to the discussion EDI development in your institutes in the forum Open Forum https://community.plantae.org/forums/discussion/edi-development-in-your-institutes/#post-1830 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:19:00 -0500 Reply to EDI development in your institutes

I had the opportunity to be a graduate student representative on a faculty hiring committee. One part of the application for prospective hires, was including an EDI statement. Around this time, a thorough review was conducted university wide to determine the gender pay gap and fix it and our new president was, for the first time, a woman. I…

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]]> bd28a035affc76ea179a4400f44958aa Kristen Van Gelder replied to the discussion Welcome! Let us know a little bit about you and your interest in plant sciences. in the forum Open Forum https://community.plantae.org/forums/discussion/welcome-let-us-know-a-little-bit-about-you-and-your-interest-in-plant-sciences/page/2/#post-1829 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:16:51 -0500 Reply to Welcome! Let us know a little bit about you and your interest in plant sciences.

Hello everyone! My name is Kristen Van Gelder, and I am a PostDoc at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. My research area is in synthetic biology with a focus on “plantizing” microbial enzymes through continuous directed evolution. I am currently working on evolving enzymes of thiamin biosynthesis. During my…

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