SCIENCE FOR COLLEGE

"...they are all passionate about what they teach which helps to make me more interested too."*

"...[the instructor] constantly encouraged everyone’s opinions in discussions. I liked his creative approach to the sciences."*

Program Faculty

Paul Burgmayer, Director and Instructor (Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry, University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill ) is relishing his second career as a teacher of chemistry at Great Valley High School in Malvern PA. Previously a research chemist and manager at Polaroid Corporation and Betz Laboratories, Dr. Burgmayer brings a wealth of practical experience in the discovery process with 14 papers and 10 patents in his former areas of research. His current research includes professional development work with high school teachers and students on how to integrate students’ perspectives on their learning needs into school reform efforts.

Guest Lecturers from the Bryn Mawr College faculty include:

Donald C. Barber (Ph.D., University of Colorado ), Associate Professor of Geology

Sharon Nieter Burgmayer (Ph.D., University of North Carolina), Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Tamara Davis (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley), Associate Professor of Biology

Victor Donnay (Ph.D. New York University, Courant Institute), Professor of Mathematics

Paul Grobstein (Ph.D., Stanford University), Eleanor A. Bliss Professor of Biology

Deepak Kumar (Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo)
Professor of Computer Science

Elizabeth McCormack (Ph.D., Yale University), Professor of Physics

Administrators

Jean Lacovara, the Coordinator of Science for College, is also Information Services, Assistant Director, Communications, Planning, and Research, at Bryn Mawr College.

Alison Cook-Sather, the Director of the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program, serves as a consultant for Science for College.

*Feedback from students excepted from an anonymous survey given at the end of each program.