CHEM 4: Chemical Thinking

Meet Your Professor

Prof./Dr. Stacey Brydges

Teaching Professor

Email: sbrydges@ucsd.edu

Office Hours:

Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 PM via Zoom ( https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/91334942013)

Fridays, 9:30-10:30 AM in Urey Hall Room 6222

Hello and Welcome to CHEM 4: Chemical Thinking!

I'm Professor Brydges (Sounds like 'bridges'). I am a Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC San Diego and an affiliate faculty member of the Mathematics and Science Education Doctoral Program with San Diego State University. I am also the Faculty Equity Advisor for the School of Physical Sciences and the Director of Education, Outreach & EDI Initiatives for the NSF-funded Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) at UC San Diego. In my teaching, scholarship and service, I am driven to expand engagement pathways, foster belonging, and bolster success in the (chemical) sciences, focusing on key transition points in K-12, undergraduate and graduate studies as well as STEM educator development. These efforts are inspired by my own experiences as a first-generation graduate with roots in rural Canada and as a woman in science. I earned my Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with Honors in Chemistry (and a Minor in Economics) and my doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Inorganic Chemistry from McMaster University, Canada. I launched my independent career in Chemical Education Research and Practice in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University in New York (2004-2008) before relocating to UC San Diego in 2008. You are always welcome to ask me about my research, my career trajectory, and my experiences as a student and international scholar!

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