Meet The Mother-and-Son Duo Teaching Organic Chemistry at UVA

University of Virginia students interested in organic chemistry this semester may have noticed two professors with the same last name on the course list. For the first time, Laura and Vlad Serbulea, mother and son, are teaching the same subject at the same time.

The pair have been at UVA for 12 years now. Vlad began his doctorate in pharmacology in 2012 and Laura began teaching in the chemistry department that same year. 

A doctorate and a postdoctoral fellowship later, Vlad is also part of the UVA faculty, working as an assistant research professor of pharmacology. He’s taught vascular biology for the past four years and, when looking for more teaching opportunities, found himself teaching a course similar to the one his mother has taught for more than a decade.

Read more on the UVA Today website here: https://news.virginia.edu/content/meet-mother-and-son-duo-teaching-organic-chemistry-uva