The 2000 award from HHMI included funds to hire a half-time "Information Technologist," who would assist Barnard science faculty in the development of course web pages, web-based resources, and other technological innovations for their classes. Pankaj Singh has assisted all science faculty in the development of web pages for their courses and focused on several projects in the Biology Department.

Over the past three years Pankaj has devoted a substantial portion of his time to working with Science faculty to develop new web-based applications for their courses.  During this reporting period, Pankaj has successfully implemented a Web-based database management application for Professor Hilary Callahan's Plant Evolution Lab.  This is a very complex database application which helps students to register on the website, add, edit, delete (some allowed) data.  The instructor can manage the class data through the web interface, override student entries, reset information and perform other administrative functions from the comfort of their home or office.  

Pankaj also created a Lab Data Management System, an online data management program that allows the input, analysis, storage, and display of group data for several experiments in Professor Paul Hertz’s Ecology Lab.  The URL for this project is: http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/edtech/labonline/eco1.html.  As the GIS Administrator for the College, Pankaj manages the installation, deployment, and administration of ArcGIS on the campus.  He also setup and installed a GIS (Geographic Information System) Server on all the PCs  in a new “GIS ready” classroom which is now being used by the Environmental Science department.