Experience

Mayfield Senior School
• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Physics & Chemistry Teacher

  • Aug 2016 - Present

Elsevier, Chemical Physics Letters
• Editorial Assistant

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

Mayfield Junior School
• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Science & Math Teacher

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2016


Caltech Tectonics Observatory

• Education & Public Outreach Program Manager

  • 2008 - 2013

  • Initiated on-site tours of the Tectonics Observatory (TO) for local K-12 students • Authored in-depth web articles to inform and educate the public on TO research discoveries • Managed TO web site to explain and highlight TO research activities • Established and expanded relationships between Caltech and local community • Helped design and deliver professional development workshops for Earth Science teachers • Co-hosted meeting of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Show less



NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Scientist

  • 2002 - 2008

  • Team member on the satellite-borne Microwave Limb Sounder project • Computer-modeled stratospheric photochemical processes to see how they affect ozone loss • Team member on the satellite-borne Microwave Limb Sounder project • Computer-modeled stratospheric photochemical processes to see how they affect ozone loss



JILA, University of Colorado Boulder

• Co-Head Science Communications Office

  • 1997 - 2002

  • Co-headed communications office at JILA, an interdisciplinary scientific research institute • Taught writing and public speaking classes to graduate students in sciences and engineering • Developed and managed JILA web site • Designed, edited, and produced recruiting brochures for the university's graduate program • Assisted scientists with technical aspects of publications and presentations • Initiated team-based projects, including interfacing web sites to databases Show less



Eckerd College

• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Assistant Professor of Physics

  • 1992 - 1997

  • Designed and taught undergraduate courses in physics, mathematics, and Western heritage • Created advanced physics laboratory course and science for non-majors course • Mentored undergraduates in original scientific research • Conducted research on alignment effects in atomic and molecular collisions • Designed and taught undergraduate courses in physics, mathematics, and Western heritage • Created advanced physics laboratory course and science for non-majors course • Mentored undergraduates in original scientific research • Conducted research on alignment effects in atomic and molecular collisions



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • 1990 - 1991

  • Analyzed particulates for trace organics using laser-induced desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, with application to analysis of meteorites • Analyzed particulates for trace organics using laser-induced desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, with application to analysis of meteorites



US Peace Corps

• Philanthropy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Peace Corps Volunteer

  • 1984 - 1986

  • Taught high school physics and chemistry (in French language) • Trained first-year Peace Corps Volunteer science and math teachers • Assisted a maternal and child health and nutritional recuperation project • Taught high school physics and chemistry (in French language) • Trained first-year Peace Corps Volunteer science and math teachers • Assisted a maternal and child health and nutritional recuperation project