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David L. Nelson

David L. Nelson is Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is also the Academic Program Director for university's Institute for Cross-college Biology Education.

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George Odian

George Odian is a tried and true New Yorker, born in Manhattan and educated in its public schools, including Stuyvesant High School. He graduated from The City College with a B.S. in chemistry. After a brief work interlude, George entered Columbia University for graduate studies in organic chemistry, earning M.S. and Ph. D. degrees. He then worked as a research chemist for 5 years, first at the Thiokol Chemical Company in New Jersey, where he synthesized solid rocket propellants, and subsequently at Radiation Applications Incorporated in Long Island City, where he studied the use of radiation to modify the properties of plastics for use as components of space satellites and in water-desalination processes. George returned to Columbia University in 1964 to teach and conduct research in polymer and radiation chemistry. In 1968, he joined the chemistry faculty at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, and has been engaged in undergraduate and graduate education there for three decades. He is the author of more than 60 research papers in the area of polymer chemistry and of a textbook titled Principles of Polymerization, now in its fourth edition, which translates in Chinese, French, Korean, and Russian. George has a son, Michael, who is an equine veterinarian practicing in Maryland. Along with chemistry and photography, one of George’s greatest passions is baseball. He has been an avid New York Yankees fan for more than five decades.

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Tina Overton

Tina Overton worked in industry and in the National Health Service whilst completing her first degree by part time study. She then completed a PhD and postdoctoral work in heterogeneous catalysis. She joined the chemistry department at the University of Hull in 1992, first as a teaching fellow, then as lecturer, senior lecturer, and then as Professor of Chemistry Education. During her time at Hull she became increasingly interested in chemical education research. She has published on the topics of critical thinking, context and problem-based learning and their role in developing conceptual understanding and cognitive skills and the development of problem solving skills. She has published learning resources which have been adopted in many institutions and has co-authored several textbooks in inorganic chemistry. She is Director of the national Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Centre which aims to enhance the student learning experience across chemistry, physics and astronomy. She has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s HE Teaching Award, Tertiary Education Award and Nyholm Prize and is a National Teaching Fellow and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Hasan Palandoken

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James M. Postma

Dr. James Postma is a physical chemist at California State University, Chico. He received his Ph.D. from UC Davis in 1982, studying electrochemistry with Dr. Peter Rock to evaluate the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation. He joined the faculty at CSU, Chico in 1982 and teaches courses in physical and analytical chemistry as well as general chemistry courses. He is the co-author of General Chemistry in the Laboratory, 7th edition, a widely-used laboratory textbook in freshman chemistry classes. He is the chair-elect of the California Section of the American Chemical Society and is currently the Chair of the Academic Senate of the California State University system. He has been a member of the California Science Project Advisory Board since 1995 and has chaired the Board since 2000.

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Geoff Rayner-Canham

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Julian L. Robert Jr.

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Sapling Learning

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Paul F. Schatz

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Paul R. Schimmel

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Neil E. Schore

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Duward Shriver

Duward F. Shriver is the former Morrison Professor and Chairman of the Chemistry Department at Northwestern University, where he was also a member of the Materials Research Center and the Ipatieff Catalysis Center. His most important work has been in organometallic chemistry. His book, Manipulation of Air-Sensitive Materials, is the standard reference in the field.

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Lubert Stryer

Lubert Stryer is Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, Emeritus, in the School of Medicine and Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, at Stanford University,
where he has been on the faculty since 1976. He received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Professor Stryer has received many awards for his research on the
interplay of light and life, including the Eli Lilly Award for Fundamental Research in Biological Chemistry, the Distinguished Inventors Award of the Intellectual
Property Owners’ Association, and election to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He was awarded the National Medal
of Science in 2006. The publication of his first edition of Biochemistry in 1975 transformed the teaching of biochemistry.

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Roy Tasker

Roy Tasker is the Associate Head of School for Teaching and Learning, and Associate Professor of Chemistry, at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. His PhD research background was in synthetic inorganic chemistry, but his current interests are in the use of molecular-level visualisation to promote a deeper understanding of chemistry by students. Resources developed in his R&D project, VisChem, have been used in university-level textbooks and secondary-level resource sites all over the world.

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John L. Tymoczko

John L. Tymoczko is Towsley Professor of Biology at Carleton College, where he has taught since 1976. He currently teaches Biochemistry, the Metabolic Basis
of Human Disease, Oncogenes and the Molecular Biology of Cancer, and Exercise Biochemistry and co-teaches an introductory course, Energy Flow in Biological
Systems. Professor Tymoczko received his B.A. from the University in Chicago in 1970 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Chicago with
Shutsung Liao at the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research in 1973. He then held a postdoctoral position with Hewson Swift of the Department of Biology at
the University of Chicago. The focus of his research has been on steroid receptors, ribonucleoprotein particles, and proteolytic processing enzymes.

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