Karen Watanabe
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Phone: 602-543-5811
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Mail code: 2352Campus: West
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Karen Watanabe is an associate professor in the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences who develops mathematical models of biological systems to better understand and predict how chemicals in the environment cause adverse effects in living organisms. Prior to joining Arizona State University in 2016, she was a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University where she taught a variety of graduate courses including Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment, and a seminar focused on scientific communication and presentation skills. She received her doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley where she majored in bioengineering and conducted research in collaboration with the School of Public Health to develop a model of benzene toxicokinetics in humans that accounted for measurement uncertainty and biological variability in the population.
Watanabe has received Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for research related to modeling endocrine active chemicals and their effects upon reproduction in the context of ecological risk assessment. She has also participated in national and international workgroups focused on adverse outcome pathways and cancer risk assessment.
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering. University of California-Berkeley
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley
- B.S. Chemical Engineering (Biomedical Engineering), Northwestern University
Dr. Watanabe develops computational models of biological systems. Her current research focuses on reproductive health both under normal conditions and in response to endocrine active chemicals. This includes modeling early ovarian development in mice, and in fathead minnows modeling the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and oocyte growth dynamics. As part of a National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) workgroup on Modeling Molecules to Organisms, she collaborated on the development of dynamic energy budget models in fish that will account for tradeoffs between growth and reproduction under food-limited conditions. She is also actively engaged in developing quantitative adverse outcome pathway models for applications in predictive toxicology and risk assessment.
Learn more about Dr. Watanabe’s research at http://www.public.asu.edu/~kwatana6/index.html
For a current list of publications and research activity since joining ASU visit Experts.asu.edu
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 519 | Applied Learning Lab |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 593 | Applied Project |
MAT 251 | Calculus for Life Sciences |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 519 | Applied Learning Lab |
MAT 593 | Applied Project |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 519 | Applied Learning Lab |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MAT 251 | Calculus for Life Sciences |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 519 | Applied Learning Lab |
MAT 593 | Applied Project |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 519 | Applied Learning Lab |
BIO 595 | Continuing Registration |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 592 | Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 251 | Calculus for Life Sciences |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
BIO 595 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 595 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 451 | Mathematical Modeling |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 519 | Applied Learning Lab |
BIO 595 | Continuing Registration |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
BIO 592 | Research |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LSC 486 | Peer Mentoring in STEM |
MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PTX 301 | Basics Pharmacology&Toxicology |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 493 | Honors Thesis |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LSC 486 | Peer Mentoring in STEM |
MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MAT 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PTX 301 | Basics Pharmacology&Toxicology |
MAT 251 | Calculus for Life Sciences |
PTX 499 | Individualized Instruction |