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Patty Pieper, Ph.D.
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Bailey and Bree	Rich and Patty

Welcome to my Personal Homepage. 
Here you can learn about my professional background, family and interests.

Professional/Educational Background

I grew up in the Twin Cities and attended Spring Lake Park High School.  After graduating in 1985 I went to Augsburg College in Minneapolis where I obtained a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish in 1990.  I then pursued graduate studies in chemistry at the University of Minnesota, where I received my Ph.D in Bio-Organic Chemistry in 1996. The focus of my research was mechanistic enzymology and my research advisor was Dr. Hung-wen Liu. I next became an adjunct chemistry instructor at Augsburg College and at the University of Minnesota (1996-97) and then obtained a position as a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota (1997-98). I have been a chemistry instructor at Anoka-Ramsey Community College since fall semester of 1998.  During the years I have been at ARCC I have usually taught first and second semester Organic Chemistry (Chem 2061 and Chem 2062), first semester General Chemistry (Chem 1061) and Introductory Chemistry (Chem 1020).

Family

I am married to Rich (see photo above) and I have two children, Sarah (born '93) and Meghan (born '96), and three stepchildren, Katie (born '79), Anna (born '81) and David (born '83).  We have two dogs named Bailey and Bree (see photo above) and also a cat named Snuggles. 

Interests

In my free-time I like to read, spend time with my family and friends, work on home-improvement projects, and travel. I have been a Girl Scout co-leader for my daughter Meghan's troop since 2002. Since I have two daughters who are active in sports (especially soccer), I spend some of my free-time watching my kids in sporting events.