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Owner of STEM Factually
Dr. Civic started STEM Factually with the goal of offering personalized STEM educational services to a broad audience of students, families, educators, and businesses.
Credentials
Dr. Civic obtained her Ph.D. in chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY (2016) and her B.S. in chemistry from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY (2011). She specialized in inorganic chemistry with a focus on development of novel, tunable materials for application in alternative energy devices, such as solar cells. Dr. Civic's former research is published and she has presented at several conferences and seminars.
Former Professor
Dr. Civic was a professor at SUNY Binghamton. During her time working for the First Year Research Immersion Program, she developed skills teaching advanced graduate research concepts to freshmen students through CUREs and maintained an active research lab. She has taught classes at Siena College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a lecturer and teaching assistant, respectively.
Dr. Civic has always enjoyed teaching and research, and appreciates the challenge of determining new ways to teach science to larger audiences.
Stay at Home Parent
Since 2020, Dr. Marissa has been a proud stay at home parent to Vincent (2020) and Theodore (2021). She has enjoyed sharing her passion for chemistry with her children; Vincent knows every element and Teddy's favorite element is iodine. Together they do experiments and like to dance to songs about the periodic table.
Dr. Civic believes that being a stay at home parent does not weaken one's abilities and opportunities as a scientist; instead, it offers a chance to see and understand science through a different lens. She also homeschools her a children as she enjoyed being homeschooled by her mother throughout primary and secondary school.
Outreach
Having witnessed and personally encountered the extreme difficulties of working as a female in the male-dominated field of the physical sciences, Dr. Marissa has a strong interest in empowering, mentoring, and supporting women in the physical sciences. She is interested in outreach with the focus of supporting respect and proper treatment of diverse members in the scientific community and strongly supports DEI intiatives.
Through STEM factually, Dr. Marissa has created several open-access educational resources from a podcast for children to guides on how to choose a graduate school. Check our our Connect page to access some of our free resources.
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