Mark Paddock, Ph.D University of California, San Diego

Summary: Obtained Ph.D. in physics (biophysics) and have twenty additional years of academic teaching and research experience. Currently hold a full time Lecturer position in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Have taught over 3,000 students at UCSD, predominantly in the Physics 1 series, with great success and consistently favorable student evaluations. Utilize iClicker technology to engage students in lecture to encourage think pair share strategies and receive immediate feedback for problem solving strategy. Introduced online technology WebAssign and Mastering Physics for pre-lecture and homework assignments to encourage student participation and responsibility. Developed new demonstrations to engage students in physics 1 and physics 2 lecture and laboratory courses. Currently recording a set for Physics 1A. Have made changes to the Physics 1A content, working with faculty involved in teaching other sections of the Physics 1 series to promote continuity and consistency for the students. I am also currently contracted to assist with the revised edition of Serway and Jewett which has been the Physics 1 textbook for many years. Developed core course on Genetics and Physiology of Photosynthetic Microorganisms for the Biofuels Science Technician Certificate Program, part of the EDGE (Educating and Developing workers for the Green Economy) initiative. Supervised students and postdocs on projects and initiated international collaborations in UCSD research laboratories in physics, chemistry and biology. Have used this portal to connect undergraduate and underrepresented students to direct hands-on research at UCSD.

• Ph.D. Physics (Biophysics), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1991 Advisors: Prof. Melvin Okamura, Prof. George Feher
• M.S. Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1984
• B.S. Physics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, 1983

• Include specific examples of how physics is related to the life sciences and in research and technology used in the student’s major field of study. For example, I have introduced biological, environmental and engineering examples for Physics 1 courses. This helps to connect physical concepts in a manner to which they can better relate.
• Create new demonstrations to engage students in Physics 1 and Physics 2 lecture and laboratory courses. This is to connect the physics to a real physical process that the students can experience. This is particularly useful for students who are more visual in their learning process.
• Develop new course on Genetics and Physiology of Photosynthetic Microorganisms for the Biofuels Science Technician Certificate Program, part of the EDGE Initiative. This course is serving as a model for the joint development of a similar program with the University of Queensland, Australia. Topics include microbiology, genetics, molecular biology and biophysics of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms. The program is intended to help accelerate the education and development of a skilled technical workforce for California’s emerging “green economy”.
• Connect students to laboratory research at UCSD. My connection to research in biophysics, chemistry and biology has been a convenient portal through which I could connect students to hands-on research. Many of whom were from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Introduce WebAssign, Mastering Physics and Facebook online technology at UCSD for assignments outside of lecture and tests. Using WebAssign or mastering Physics has allowed me to assign, assist and grade homework that was otherwise unfeasible given the limited TA support for the Physics 1 courses. The technology also includes convenient messaging between student and teacher on homework questions. I have developed a set of assignments that follow the lecture material, is more problem based and can be easily transferred to other sections of the course. Using Facebook has provided an almost immediate means for disseminating information (responses as fast as ten seconds) and it provides a nexus for student-to-student communication outside of class.

• Phys 1A - Mechanics.
  Topics included: Equilibrium and motion of particles in one and two dimensions in the framework of Newtonian mechanics, force laws (including gravity and resistive forces), energy, momentum, rotational motion and conservation laws. Examples will be drawn from biology and current events.
  
• Phys 2A - Mechanics.
  Part of the new Chemistry Academy for Community College Transfer Students. Topics included: Equilibrium and motion of particles in one and two dimensions in the framework of Newtonian mechanics, force laws (including gravity and resistive forces), energy, momentum, rotational motion and conservation laws. Examples will be drawn from engineering, astronomy, biology and current events.
  
• Phys 2BL - Physics Laboratory: Experimental Methods of Physics.
  Topics included: Measurements and errors; propagation of uncertainties; statistical analysis of random errors; normal distribution; least square fitting; probability distributions; physics of resonance; voltametry; measure density of the earth.
  
• Phys 2CL - Physics Laboratory: Electricity and Magnetism, Waves and Optics.
  Topics included: Measurements and errors; RLC circuits and circuit analysis; propagation of uncertainties; statistical analysis of random errors; normal distribution; least square fitting; probability distributions; physics of light reflection, refraction and interference; indices of refraction; lenses and the human eye.
  
• Phys 1C - Waves, Optics and Modern Physics.
  Topics included: oscillations and waves, lenses, mirrors, cameras and telescopes, interference, diffraction and polarization, quantum mechanics, atoms, molecules, transistors, lasers and radioactivity and nuclear energy.
  

• 2016-present Physics Lecturer
  Prepared lectures for Physics 1 and Physics 2 series courses, supervised teaching assistants, coordinated with lab technician, teaching assistant and tutors for lecture and lab setups.
  
• 2005 - 2016 Project Scientist
  Implemented several photosynthetic research projects using site-directed mutagenesis, biochemical quinone substitution, EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography. Implemented biophysical and structural characterization of a new class of 2Fe-2S mitochondrial proteins associated with human health and longevity. Supervised technical and graduate research.
  

• Professor Susan Golden, University of California, San Diego - Circadian Rhythms
• Professor Stephen Mayfield, University of California, San Diego - Algal Biotechnology Certificate Program (UCSD Extension)
• Professor Melvin Okamura, University of California, San Diego - Proton transfer and proton-coupled electron transfer srudies on bacterial reaction centers (RCs); studies of the CDGSH 2Fe-2S proteins.
• Professor Patricia Jennings, University of California, San Diego - Biochemical and biophysical characterization of the novel 2Fe-2S outer mitochondrial membrane protein mitoNEET.
• Professor Rachel Nechushtai, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel - characterization of native and mutant ferredoxin, purification and quantum efficiency of LH1:RC supercomplex; biochemical and biological investigations of mitoNEET orthologs in plants.
• Professor J. David Britt, University of California, Davis - Pulsed EPR studies of the 2Fe-2S protein mitoNEET.
• Professor Judy Kim, University of California, San Diego - Resonance Raman studies of mitoNEET.
• Doctor Herbert Axelrod, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Menlo Park, California - X-ray diffraction data collection on RC, LH1:RC crystals and mitoNEET crystals.
• Doctor Aina Cohen, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Menlo Park, California - X-ray diffraction data collection on RC, LH1:RC crystals and mitoNEET crystals.
• Professor Susan Golden, Biology Department, University of California, San Diego - on the study of the CDGSH 2Fe-2S protein in the photosynthetic cyanobacteria Synechococcus elongatus.

Complete CV available here.

Full list of publications available here.