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Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Kano University of Science and Technology, Nigeria; President/founder of Brilliant Scientists of Tomorrow, 501c3; Presidential Volunteer Award; NASA faculty Fellow; Teacher of the Year – Malawi, and NPSC fellow.She has over a decade of teaching experience in both an online and a traditional environment. Her PhD is in Physical Chemistry, and her research background is quite diverse: ranging from ab initio computations to FT IR characterizaton of dioxin compounds. She currently works as a visiting physical chemistry professor at Kano Univesity of Science and Technology in Nigeria.
Her work is quite fulfilling. Outside of teaching students, She is involved in a great deal of community service projects like providing resources to secondary and primary schools, training teachers, working as a role model for girls in science, helping with gender equity issues in the sciences, and helping orphans and the hungry as well.
Additionally, she has developed a nonprofit org called Brilliant Scientists of Tomorrow that provides educational opportunities to those from disadvantaged communites both here and abroad. So, her main focus at the moment is to raise more funds so that she can help more people.
Specialties:Solid state NMR, teaching at the high school and college level, quantum mechanics, physical chemistry, nutrition.
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Dr. Patrick Blessinger is an adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, a math and science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the United Nations). Dr. Blessinger is the editor and author of many books and articles and he is an educational policy analyst and contributing writer with UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Lab, University World News, The Hechinger Report, and Higher Education Tomorrow, among others. Dr. Blessinger teaches courses in education, leadership, and research methods and he serves on doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Blessinger has been involved with accreditation certification for universities and colleges and he has been involved in various educational consulting projects. Dr. Blessinger provides professional development workshops and classes to teachers and educational leaders and regularly gives presentations at academic conferences around the world. Dr. Blessinger has received several educational awards, including: Fulbright Senior Scholar to Denmark (Department of State, USA), Governor’s Teaching Fellow (Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, USA), and Certified Educator (National Geographic Society, USA).
