Curriculum Vitae |
Russell VernonClark, Ph.D. |
March 23, 1998 |
Environment, Health & Safety Specialist |
Employment Experience | |
| 1994 - 1998 | Environment Health & Safety Specialist, University of California, San Diego, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. |
| I took the leadership in rewriting the course labs to significantly minimize the hazardous waste production in the teaching labs resulting in a fifty percent reduction overall with more than an eighty percent reduction in specific courses. By working as a team with the faculty and staff, we have dramatically improved the hazardous materials management practices in the teaching labs and preparation areas. Over the course of my tenure here I have developed specialized management and health & safety training for the students, lab staff and faculty. Part of the results have included our attaining a significant level of regulatory compliance. Other projects that I created and supervised include inventory control, hazard identification, chemical hygiene plan creation and implementation, ergonomic assessment and stress reduction. The labs are significantly safer and better managed as a result of my efforts. | |
| 1995 | Chemistry Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. |
| I taught the beginning general chemistry course, Chem. 6A, during both the Winter quarter, with 384 students and Spring quarter, with 203 students. To accomplish this I produced lectures, developed course materials, created quizzes and examinations, graded exams and assigned grades. In addition I encouraged student participation with two different types of extra credit projects. During the first quarter we created a custom, large periodic chart with each of the students completing one square for each element. The second quarter we created a world-wide web based course page with problems and solutions written by the students. My current teaching philosophy is available on the web. | |
| 1992 - 1994 | Postdoctoral Researcher with Edward D. Goldberg at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. |
| We investigated the constituent and transitory natures of the marine colloidal material. I also developed a method using ultrafiltration and reverse phase chromatography to extract the particulate, colloidal and 'hydrophobic' dissolved fractions from ocean waters. The I analyzed the isolates by both C-13 and H-1 NMR (carbon and proton nuclear magnetic resonance), GC/MS (gas chromatography coupled mass spectroscopy), amino acid analysis, ICP/MS (inductively coupled plasma - mass spectroscopy) and IR (infrared radiation spectroscopy). | |
| 1987 - 1992 | Both a Teaching Assistant in lecture and laboratory classes, and as a Research Assistant with Jay S. Siegel, University of California, San Diego, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. |
| I used organic synthesis to create molecular structures with specific properties. We analyzed both the actual physical properties and the theoretical predictions of structures with various computer programs including molecular mechanics, semi-empirical and ab initio methods. We determined that a 'Through-Bond-Coupling' effect that had been touted for eighteen years was non-existent. | |
| 1986 - 1987 | Undergraduate research on fulvic acid mimic synthesis with Prof. Mike Makita at the University of Colorado, Denver. |
| Prior Experience | Locksmith (part and full time for ~ 10 years) with expertise in all areas of the craft including sales, service, repair and entry of safes and locks at four separate retail lockshops located in Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington and Bellingham, Washington. Additionally I opened cars made estimates and installed all types of security devices. I also interacted well with the public. I dispatched service personnel and interacted well with the public. |
| Technical Theatre, as a technical director, lighting designer, carpenter, electrician, and others. (part time for ~ 2 years). | |
Computer Skills, Platforms and Applications | ||
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Consulting Experience | |
| 1995 - 1998 | High-Energy Metal-Sulfur -- GEM Battery Development; Advising on the development of proprietary technology and products; contributed to their successful acquisition of a patent. Work is in progress. |
| 1997 | Drummond & Duckworth, David Duckworth; Advising on inorganic chemical analysis and instrumentation; civil suit settled out of court. |
| 1996 - 1997 | Hinchy, Witte, Wood, Anderson & Hodges, A Law Corp., Ken Wood; Advising on organic chemical analysis and instrumentation; civil suit - Melaleuca Inc. v Hulda Clark. The client prevailed. |
| 1994 | Sierra Club, San Diego Advised on the potential hazards associated Tijuana sewage. A complete sewer treatment facility is being constructed at the border. |
| 1993 | Winfield Environmental; Advised on methods to minimize the hazards of a potential biohazardous destruction product and process. |
| 1993 | Provided graphic representations of tuberculosis and other chemical and biohazards. |
R. VernonClark, J.G. Palmer, "Electronic Media in Chemical Safety Education at UCSD" accepted by the American Chemical Society, Chemical Health and Safety Division for publication in a monograph of "Educating OSHA Savvy Students".
R. VernonClark, T. Battersby, K.K. Baldridge, J.S. Siegel. " Does Pi- Sigma-Pi Through-Bond Coupling Significantly Increase C-C Bond Lengths?" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 7048 (1997)
K.K. Bertine, R. VernonClark. "Elemental composition of the colloidal phase isolated by cross-flow filtration from coastal seawater samples" Marine Chemistry, 55, 189 (1996).
K.O. Buesseler, J.E. Bauer, R.F. Chen, T.I. Eglington, O. Gustafsson, W. Landing, K. Mopper, S.B. Moran, P.H. Santschi, R. VernonClark, M.L. Wells. "An intercomparison of cross-flow filtration techniques used for sampling marine colloids: Overview and organic carbon results" Mar. Chem., 55, 1 (1996).
R. VernonClark K.K. Bertine, E.D. Goldberg. "Characterizations of Organic and Inorganic Materials in Marine Colloids." Chemistry and Ecology, 11, 69 (1995).
B. Kahr, C.A. Mitchell, J.M. Chance, R. VernonClark, J.S. Siegel. "The Central Bond Length in 1,2-Diarylethanes." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117, 4479 (1995)
M. Lofthagen, R. VernonClark, K.K. Baldridge, J.S. Siegel. "Synthesis of Trioxatricornan and Derivatives - Useful Keystones for the Construction of Rigid Molecular Cavities." J. Org. Chem., 57, 61 (1992)
Earlier work history with further detail and details of scholarly works in progress available upon request.