Dr. Jenkins is a biophysical chemist and a full Professor of chemistry at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) in Lawrenceville, Ga. Prior to joining the GGC faculty, she was a tenured professor at Purdue University North Central (now Purdue Northwest) and served as Co-Pi on a NSF-funded program designed to recruit youth into STEM fields. She has published several books and papers in academic journals and continues to design innovative research projects for undergraduate research.