Roland J. Otto Email & Phone Number

Roland (Rollie) J. Otto President of a not for profit SEEd. Labs Inc. providing advanced learning labs for students interested in science and engineering careers. Roland (Rollie) J. Otto is Education Outreach and Global Teacher Academy Director for the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics at UC Berkeley. Rollie retired as scientists and educator from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he was Head of the Center for Science and Engineering Education (1988 – 2006). He was the Executive Director of the University of California statewide teacher professional development program – the California Science Project (1995-1998) and Assistant Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley (1986-1988). He held a variety of research and management positions at Berkeley Lab, Assistant Division Head of the Energy and Environment Division. Dr. Otto was a member of the Science Subject Matter Committee, California Commission for Teacher Credentialing (2001-2002) establishing subject matter content standards for science teachers. He was a consultant to the Academic Standards Committee for drafting California’s science standards for K–12 public schools, was principal writer and advisor for the California Science Framework Committee (1999–2001), was consultant and editor for the Science Framework for California Public Schools, and chaired the Content Review Panel for California’s Science Instructional Materials Adoption Process (1999). He recently served on a National Academy of Engineering panel to review and report on K-12 engineering education in the U.S. (2007-2009). Dr. Otto has a Ph.D. in nuclear/physical chemistry from Purdue University, and a B.S. in chemistry from Valparaiso University. He did his postgraduate work at Berkeley Lab with Nobelist Glenn T. Seaborg which began a close working relationship for the next 25 years. He has published research in the field of heavy ion nuclear reactions.Specialties: Teacher Professional DevelopmentPhysical Science EducationNuclear Science