Mindy Tidrick

Melinda Tidrick

Office:	M-118
Office Phone:	217-356-0155
Email:	mtidrick@parkland.edu

Came to Parkland:	August, 2003
Classes Taught:	Chemistry 101
Professional Interests:	Low-temp. aqueous geochemistry, K-T boundary, IL River restoration, technology integration into science curriculum
Interesting Factoid:	I always try new foods when traveling, although sometimes during field research it isn’t so much a choice. Classic examples: peanut butter ice cream (Bonaire, N.A.); buffalo chili (Pecos Mine, New Mexico); buckwheat bagels (sitting atop the Elizabeth Mine tailings, Vermont...now a Superfund site); and for breakfast one day, fried chicken’s feet with rice (Guangdong province, China).