Elisabeth Freeman

President, International Center for Professional Development

B.S., Biology (2006)

Founder and president of the International Center for Professional Development which promotes career success of ethnically diverse and underrepresented groups in STEM fields.
Supervised mentoring and scientific fellowships for more than 300 graduate and post-doctoral researchers in the United States and Africa.
Through an internship with Amgen obtained through CSU Channel Islands, co-discovered a new protein formulation for medical drugs.
Initiated the Jatropha Tree project for the people of Africa, which provides low-maintenance trees that produce biodiesel that can be sold to pay for medication.
Devotes much of her volunteer work to improving the medical and educational infrastructure of villages in her native Zimbabwe through programs that are sustainable, self-supporting and empowering to those who live there.

Notable CSU Alumni in science & technology