Editor Degrees

Ph.D., M.A. and B.A. from Oxford University, UK

About Teaching and CourseSource

After almost 40 years of teaching students everything from introductory biology and chemistry, to biochemistry, to advanced topics in protein structure, function and biophysics I have found that each year I lecture less and less and try to engage students in more active learning activities. I try to align my teaching with the concepts of “Vision and Change” with a focus on foundational concepts and the skills necessary to be a scientist. For me, the most effective scenarios involve interdisciplinary aspects of biochemistry and molecular biology, integrating meaningful research projects into a student's education via courses and independent research, and encouraging and enabling students to communicate science in a variety of ways to different audiences.