Opportunities to teach and conduct research at educational institutions and research centers around the world are available. This panel will highlight scholars who have enhanced their teaching and research through international collaboration. One scholar focused on developing new methods of synthesizing degradable polymers which are simple and easy to perform. As part of the search to expand these approaches and utilize the novel properties of these materials, collaborations were sought in Slovenia. He will discuss how these connections were established, how funding was secured and what living in Ljubljana taught him. Another scholar is a quantum chemist, and computational valence bond theory (VBT) is orthogonal but complimentary to the molecular orbital methods that she routinely employs. She spent time in Israel learning computational VBT. The ability to learn a new technique and spend time in a different culture allowed her to communicate with others about how education is structured in the US and to learn more about educational practices abroad. The next scholar’s observation after teaching in India is that the vast majority of people are all alike in terms of loving their families, wanting a job that is fulfilling, concern and pride for their communities, and wanting peace and security. Professionally, he learned to be much more flexible and adaptable in his teaching and appreciate the challenges his foreign students face attending school in a different culture. The final scholar worked in Argentina for 3 months, ultimately publishing three joint organometallic chemistry papers in high-impact scientific journals. In Argentina she also presented talks on the US liberal arts education in STEM. Subsequently she hosted Argentine scientists and international speakers in her home institution. Beyond their specific research or teaching objectives, these scholars were able to build lasting relationships that will serve as the foundation for future collaborations.

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