{"id":1992,"date":"2026-03-10T05:49:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/?page_id=1992"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:49:41","slug":"mita-paul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/mita-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Mita Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1992","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Mita Paul","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1991 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/03\/DP-Debamita-Paul-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/03\/DP-Debamita-Paul-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/03\/DP-Debamita-Paul.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mita Paul &#8212; Professor of Chemistry<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I am a chemistry instructor at Austin Community College, where I teach general and environmental chemistry lecture and laboratories. My work focuses on student-centered, inquiry-based laboratory instruction that emphasizes quantitative analysis, instrumentation, and real-world applications. My research interests center on enzyme chemistry, particularly phosphatases, and on developing scalable undergraduate research experiences that integrate spectroscopy, kinetics, and data analysis. I am also engaged in LEAD initiatives and other high-impact practices (HIPs), with an emphasis on experiential learning, undergraduate research, and inclusive teaching strategies that support diverse and students in STEM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>debamita.paul@austincc.edu<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":false,"sidekick":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1993,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1992\/revisions\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/lead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}