Oversee nine full-time faculty, over two dozen adjunct faculty, and five classified staff. Create schedules, coordinate the hiring of both full-time and adjunct faculty, manage a six-figure budget, conduct department meetings, address faculty complaints, deal with student grievances, respond to pre-requisite challenges, monitor curriculum development, evaluate full-time tenured faculty, coordinate and submit program reviews, ensure compliance with state and federal directives, act as department spokesperson and advocate.

Teach a wide array of lecture and laboratory courses for STEM majors, allied health/nursing majors, and non-science majors. Involves lecturing & guided-inquiry; preparation of notes, handouts, PowerPoints & multimedia; creating quizzes & exams; grading; mentoring students. Laboratory portion includes lecturing, safety issues, laboratory techniques, grading, and developing new experiments. Additional duties include serving on committees, department meetings, course development, establishing budget priorities, hiring, program review, and student learning outcomes development & assessment. Have served as lead instructor for Introductory Chemistry, Chemistry & Society, and the General Chemistry sequence, as well as departmental Student Learning Outcome (SLO) lead. Developed three new courses: CHEM 103 - “Chemistry & Society”, CHEM 103L - “Chemistry & Society Lab”, and CHEM 140 - “Preparatory Chemistry”. Co-created a Certificate of Achievement in Global Studies. Developed and taught CHEM 103 as the first online Chemistry course at MiraCosta College which required the creation of 55 videos, multimodal assessments, interactive discussions, and engaging activities. Course material delivered via Canvas.

Oversaw eight full-time faculty, over two dozen adjunct faculty, and five classified staff. Created schedules, coordinated the hiring of both full-time and adjunct faculty, managed a six-figure budget, conducted department meetings, addressed faculty complaints, dealt with student grievances, responded to pre-requisite challenges, monitored curriculum development, evaluated full-time tenured faculty, coordinated and submitted program reviews, ensured compliance with state and federal directives, acted as department spokesperson and advocate.

Reviewing, editing, and creating content for the Knewton Alta adaptive courseware platform.

Online chemistry curriculum for remote and homeschool learners that includes video lectures, online simulations, home-based lab activities, scientist profiles, and thought-provoking assignments.

Created, recorded, and published dozens of video lectures and accompanying practice problems on high school and college chemistry topics that have been viewed over 2,000,000 times; developed accompanying online notes and PDF worksheets.

Contributed supplemental material to “Introductory Chemistry (7th edition)” textbook by Charles H. Corwin. Provided proofreading and accuracy checking on "Introductory Chemistry (7th edition)" by Charles H. Corwin; “Prentice Hall Laboratory Manual to Introductory Chemistry (6th edition)” by Charles H. Corwin; “Study Guide and Selected Solutions Manual” to accompany “Chemistry for Changing Times (13th edition)” by Hill, McCreary & Kolb; “Solutions Manual” to accompany “Principles of Chemistry: A Molecular Approach” (2nd edition) by Tro; and “Introductory Chemistry” (5th edition) by Nivaldo J. Tro. Tagged item library content with learning outcomes for “Chemistry” (7th edition) by McMurry & Fay.

When my wife & I became parents, we were disappointed to discover how many supposedly safe and gentle baby lotions & shampoos were really wolves in sheep's clothing - cleverly marketed, but with toxic, irritating ingredients. This led us to create our own line of baby skin care products that are as safe, natural, and organic as possible.

Authored questions for the Sapling Learning and LearningCurve online assessment and educational platforms; accuracy reviewed worksheet solutions to accompany “Quantitative Chemical Analysis” (10th edition) by Daniel C. Harris.

Teaching CHEM 3A, “Introductory General Chemistry”, and CHEM 101P, “Preparation for General Chemistry”; Involves lecturing & guided-inquiry; preparation of notes, handouts, PowerPoints & multimedia; creating quizzes & exams; grading; mentoring students. Laboratory portion includes lecturing, safety issues, laboratory techniques, grading, and developing new experiments. Additional duties include serving on committees, department meetings, establishing budget priorities, hiring, program review, and student learning outcomes development & assessment. Established a faculty development abroad program to the United Kingdom, as well as a student study abroad program to Sweden & Denmark. Developed a new chemistry course (CHEM 101P, “Preparation for General Chemistry”); co-developed a new Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T) degree program in chemistry; co-developed a new Certificate program in chemistry.

Taught CHEM 160, “Introductory Chemistry,” a preparatory course for General Chemistry with both lecture and laboratory components, and the laboratory portion of CHEM 11, “Basic Organic & Biochemistry”. Responsibilities include lecturing; preparation of notes, handouts, PowerPoints & multimedia; creating quizzes & exams; grading; mentoring students; safety issues; laboratory techniques.

Creating resources & tools, both online and in print, for organizations working with twenty-somethings; Role involves writing, editing, teaching, web design, and administration.

Created PowerPoints to accompany “Chemistry: Atoms First” by Julia Burdge & Jason Overby; updated PowerPoints for "General Chemistry: The Essential Concepts" by Raymond Chang and Kenneth Goldsby.

Taught CHEM 4, “Chemical Calculations,” a preparatory course for General Chemistry, and the laboratory portion of CHEM 106, “Chemical Concepts,” a chemistry course for K-8 teachers. Responsibilities included lecturing; preparation of notes, handouts, PowerPoints & multimedia; creating quizzes & exams; grading; mentoring students; safety issues; laboratory techniques.

Courses taught include: CHEM 300, “Beginning Chemistry”; CHEM 305, “General, Organic & Biochemistry” for allied health majors; CHEM 400, “General Chemistry I”; CHEM 401, “General Chemistry II”. Involved lecturing & guided-inquiry; preparation of notes, handouts, PowerPoints & multimedia; creating quizzes & exams; grading; mentoring students; curriculum development. Laboratory portion included lecturing, safety issues, laboratory techniques, grading, and developing new experiments.