Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Fred Omega Garces
update 5/01/24

Office Address:

Chemistry Department
Miramar College, SDCCD
10440 Black Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92126
(619) 388-7493 
Rm: S6-112 F
e-mail: fgarces@sdccd.edu
gmail: fgarces.chem@gmail.com
webpage:  http://fogarces.com/


Education Background

1984-1988
 

Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara 
Dissertation Title:      Structural Characterization and Photophysical Investigation of Iridium-sigma Bonded Complexes.
Research Advisor:  Richard J. Watts
1978-1982

B.S. in Chemistry; Minor, Mathematics , San Diego State University
Senior Thesis:  Synthesis of 3α-Cholesterol
Senior Advisor:  Lars Hellberg (Emeritus)


Post Doctoral Experience

1990 - 1993 University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Advisor:  Richard J. Watts
1988 - 1990 Columbia University, New York 
Research Advisor: Nicholas Turro


Teaching Experience

1995 - Present Professor, Physical Science, Miramar College
10440 Black Mountain Road, San Diego, CA 92126
2015 - 2017 Acting Dean of Math, Biological, Exercise and Physical Science
San Diego Miramar College, SD., CA 92126
2012 Summer faculty instructor, Anaytical Chemistry
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
1993 - 1996 Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, 
University of San Diego, Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110
1991 - 1993 Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department, 
Santa Barbara City College, 711 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
1991 Summer faculty instructor, Introductory Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
1985 - 1990 Chemistry tutor / Instructor for EOP tutorial center
and Summer Transitional Educational Program (STEP)
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
1986 - 1990  Graduate Research Mentorship Program (GRMP)
and Summer Academic Internship Program (SARI)
Graduate Division, University of Calif., Santa Barbara
1984 - 1988 Teaching assistant, General chemistry, UCSB 
1980 - 1982  Chemistry Tutor for EOP tutorial center
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182
Honors & Accomplishments
NSF-EAGER Project, Active-Learning in Classroom
ChemDL CER, Division Chem Ed., Wash. DC (2011)
Exmplary Online Course (2006-2007)
Outstanding Faculty (Most Encouraging)
President's Dissertation Year-Fellowship, UCSB
The Dean's Prize, Graduate Division, UCSB
SARI Grant, Graduate Division, UCSB
GRMP Grant, Graduate Division, UCSB
Campus Minority Fellowship, UCSB
Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification, CA
Dean's List (1981-1982), SDSU
Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship, SDSU
Armijo High Foundation Scholarship, SDSU

Committees
Faculty Mentor: NSF Exito Grant (2022-2023)
Dean's Council (2015- 2017)
Faculty Mentor: Learning Pathways (2009-2012)
Distrace Ed., SDCCD & Miramar College (2009 - 2012)
SDCCD, Miramar Online Mentor (2009 - 2012)
(NSF) CCLI Grant Reviewer (2006 - 2008)
(Miramar) Facility Committee (2005- Present)
(Miramar) Hiring committees (too many to list)
(Miramar) Facility Committee (2005 - Present)
(Miramar) Academic Affairs (2001 - 2005)
(Miramar)  Chair of Natural Science (2001 - 2005)
(Miramar) Biology Faculty Search Committee (2002)
(Miramar) Chemistry Faculty Search Committee (2001)
(SD City) Chemistry Faculty Search Committee (1999)
(Miramar) Chemical Lab Tech Search Committee (1999)
(Chair '96) Planning and Budget, Miramar (1996-2000)
Club Advisor:  Science Club of Miramar College
Senator, Academic Senate, Miramar (1996-present)
NMR Committee, Chemistry Department, UCSB
Professional Affiliations
Two-Year College (2YC3) Chemistry consortium
American Federation of Teacher
American Chemical Society (National and Local)
Hobbies and Interest
Volleyball
SCUBA diving
Golf
Skiing

Additional Information:
• Strong instrumental and computer background.
• Good working knowledge in utilizing technology for chem education.

Commitment to Diversity:
Everyone should be given the chance to reach their collegiate and career goals. It is my responsibility to provide any and all resources to anyone who wants to excel in education to reach their goal no matter their gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, education, ability/disability, rurality/urbanity and/or socioeconomic status.


Professional Activities  
Publications
14. "Chem-Path to writing Chemical Names and Formulas"; F.O.Garces, ChemDL CER, Division of Chemical Education, 2011,
13. "Synthesis and Characterizations of Cyclometallated Iridium (III) Solvento Complexes"; Bruno Schmid, Fred O. Garces, R.J. Watts, Inorganic Chemistry, 1994, 33:1 9-14.
12. "Interpolymer Complexation of Poly(Acrylic Acid) and Poly(Acrylamide): Structural and Dynamic Studies by Solution and Solid-State NMR"; F.O. Garces, K. Sivadasan, P. Somasundaran, N.J. Turro, Macromolecules, 1994, 27:1 272-278.
11. "Structures of Ortho-Metalated [2-(p-Tolyl)pyridine] Iridium (III) Complexes"; F.O. Garces, K. Dedeian, N.L. Keder, R.J. Watts, Acta Cryst(C), 1993, C41 1117-1120.
10. "1H and 13C NMR Assignments with Coordination-Induced Shift Calculations of Carbon s-Bonded Ortho-Metalated Rhodium (III) and Iridium (III) Complexes"; Fred.O.Garces, Richard.J Watts, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 1993, 31 529-536.
9. "Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Tris(2-phenylpyridine) Iridium (III)"; H.A.Samha, T.J.Martinez, M.K.DeArmond, F.O.Garces, and R.J.Watts, Inorganic Chemistry, 1993,32:11 2583-2586.
8. "H-1, C-13, F-19 NMR Assignments of 3,3'- Difluoro-5a-Androstane-17?-ol Acetate"; Delphine Davis, Fred Garces,  Steroids, 1992, 57:11 563-568.
7. "A Comparison of 1H - 13C  Cross Polarization and Magic Angle Spinning Dynamics of the a-, ß- and g-cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes of Benzaldehyde"; Fred.O.Garces, V.Pushkara Rao, M.A.Garcia-Garibay, Nicholas.J.Turro, Supramolecular Chemistry, 1992, 1 65-72.
6. "A New Synthetic Route to the Preparation of a Series of Strong Photoreducing Agents: fac Tris-Ortho-Metalated Complexes of Iridium (III) with Substituted 2-Phenylpyridines."; K. Dedeian, P. Djurovich, F. Garces, G. Carlson, R.J. Watts, Inorganic Chemistry, 1991,30 1685.
5. "A New Ortho-Metalated Dichloro-Bridged Dimer Complex of Iridium (III) with 2,2'-bipyridine: [Ir(bpy-C3,N')(bpy-N,N')Cl]2Cl2";  Fred O. Garces, Richard J. Watts, Inorganic Chemistry, 1990, 29 582.
4. "Luminescence Properties of Two New Pt(II) 2-phenylpyridine Complexes; The Influence of Metal-Carbon Bonds"; C.A. Craig, F.O. Garces, R.J. Watts, R. Palmans, and A.J. Franks, Coord. Chem. Rev., 1990, 97 193.
3. "Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry and Photophysics of Methyl-Substituted Phenylpyridine Ortho-metalated Ir(III) Complexes"; F.O.Garces, K.A.King, R.J.Watts, Inorg. Chem. 1988, 27 3464.
2. "Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Ortho-Metalated Pd(II) Complexes Including Two Novel Pd(II)/Rh(III) Dimers"; C.A. Craig, F.O. Garces, R.J. Watts; p.135, Ibid.
1. "Photoproperties of Ortho-metalated Ir (III) and Rh (III) Complexes";  K.A. King, F. O. Garces, R. J. Watts; Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds; H. Yersin and A. Volger, Ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p.141, 1987.

Contributed Papers
30. “Iridium Rollover isomer of bipyridine Complexes", F.O.Garces, T.A.Nabout, A.Key, B.Lam, Title V HIS STEM Exito Project. Miramar College, San Diego, CA, Sept 22, 2024
29. "Iridium Polypyridyl Dimer Complexes", F.O.Garces, L.Cokic, J.J.Donato, L.Akai, Title V HIS STEM Exito Project. Miramar College, San Diego, CA, Sept 22, 2024
28. “Active Learning in Allied Health Chemistry, Chem100” , EAGER Project Poster Session Wrap-up. UCSD, San Diego, CA, Aug 16, 2018
27.  "From Library Resource Binder to World-WideWeb Pabe",  Fred.O. Garces, The 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii , December 14-19, 2000. 
26. "Stereochemical analysis of the Diels-Alder Adducts of Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone and Cyclopentene by Two-Dimensional  NMR", P. Traylor, M.A. Welp, F.O. Garces, 210th ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Ill., August 21, 1995. 
25. "NMR Techniques toward the Structure Elucidation of Iridium Polypyridyl Complexes", D. Huynh, J.M. Egaran, F. O. Garces, 4th Annual Student Research and Internship Conference., USD, April, 23, 1994.
24. "Structural Investigation of Ortho-metalated Iridium(III) Solvento Complexes by Two Dimensional NMR Techniques", D. Huynh, J.M. Egaran, B. Schmid, RJ. Watts, F.O.Garces, 207th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA., March 14, 1994.
23. "Sterically Hindered Ligands, V.DeTuri , M.A.Welp, P.S.Traylor, F.O.Garces, 207th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA., March 14, 1994.
22. "Solid State NMR Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Organics in Zeolites", F.O.Garces, R.Leheny, N.Han, Z.Zhang, N.J.Turro, 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 17-22, 1989.
21. "New Ortho-Metalated Complexes of 2,2'-Bipyridine with Ir(III)"; F.O.Garces, R.J.Watts, 1988 Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, San Francisco, CA., October 26-28 1988.
20. "Assignments of the Proton, Carbon and Fluorine NMR Spectra of 3,3'- Difluoro-5a-Androstane-17?-ol Acetate by Homo- and Heteronuclear Correlation Spectroscopy"; D.Davis, F.Garces, R.J.Watts, J.T.Gerig, 196th ACS National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA., September 25-30 1988. 
19. "X-Ray Crystal Structure of Dichloro-bridged Ortho-metalated Phenylpyridine Rh (III) and Ir (III) complexes."; F.O.Garces, N.L. Keder, G.Stucky, R.J.Watts, 196th ACS National Meeting, L.A., CA., September 25-30 1988.
18. "Structural and Photophysical Investigation of [Ir(bpy-N,N')(bpy-C3,N')Cl]22+: A Dichloro-bridged Ortho metalated Dimer"; F.O.Garces, P.J. Spellane, R.J.Watts, XII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Bologna, Italy, July 17, 22, 1988.
17. "Temperature and Solvent Dependence of Absorption and Emission of Ortho-metalated Complexes of Ir(III)"; A.P.Wilde, K.A. King, C. Miller, F.O. Garces, R.J. Watts, XII IUPAC Symposium on Photo-chemistry, Bologna, Italy, July 17, 22, 1988.
16. "Photophysics of Ortho-metalated Palladium(II) and Rhodium(III) Complexes, C.A.Craig, F.O.Garces, R.J. Watts, 195th ACS National Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 5-10, 1988.
15. "1H and 13C NMR Analysis of [Ir(bpy-C3,N')(bpy-N,N')Cl]22+: Evidence for an Ortho-Metalated Dimer Structure"; F.O.Garces, P.J.Spellane, R.J.Watts, 195th ACS National Conference., Toronto, Canada, June 5-10, 1988.
14. "Structural and Photophysical Studies of Metal-Carbon Sigma-Bonded Species: New Ortho-Metalated Complexes of 2,2'-Bipyridine";  R.J. Watts, F.O. Garces, A.P.Wilde, C. Miller, twelfth DOE Solar Photochemistry Research Conference,  Washington D.C., May 23, 1988.
13. "Ground and Excited State Properties of Cyclo-Metalated Ir (III) Complexes: A Potential Photocatalyst"; Fred O. Garces, R.J. Watts, Southwestern Regional ACS Conference., Las Vegas, NV., March 9, 1988.
12. "Photophysical Properties of Ortho-metalated Complexes of Palladium (II)"; C.A.Craig, F.O.Garces, R. J. Watts,  Southwestern Regional ACS conference, Las Vegas, NV., March 9, 1988. 
11. "Proton, Carbon, and Fluorine NMR Assignments of 3,3'- Difluoro-5a-Androstane-17?-ol Acetate by Homo- and Heteronuclear Correlation Spectroscopy' "; Delphine Davis, Fred Garces, R.J. Watts, J.T. Gerig, NMR Dedication Ceremony, Santa Barbara, CA., January 7, 1988.
10. "Analysis of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of [Ir(bpy-C3,N')(bpy-N,N')Cl]22+: Evidence for a Carbon Bonded Structure"; F.O.Garces, P.J.Spellane, R.J.Watts, NMR Dedication Ceremony, UCSB, CA., Jan.7, 1988.
9. "Excited State Characterization of Chemically-Modified Ortho-metallating Complexes"; Fred O. Garces, Mae Libunao, M.Torres, S.Tellechea, and R.J.Watts, SACNAS Conference., El-Paso, TX, Oct. 29-31, 1987.
8. "Photophysical Investigation of Palladium (II) Ortho-Metalates"; Carl A. Craig, Fred O. Garces, Richard J. Watts, Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Irvine, CA., October 28-30, 1987.
7. "Characterization of Methyl-Substituted Ir(III) Ortho-Metalated Complexes"; F.O. Garces; A scholarly paper submitted to the Dean's Prize Competition; UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA  March 1987.
6. "Energy Transformation in Organometallic Complexes"; K.A.King, F.O.Garces, C.Craig, A.Wilde, K.Ichimura, T. Kobayashi, and R.J.Watts, Eleventh DOE Solar Photochemistry Research Conference,  Lake Tahoe, California, June 8-11, 1987.
5. "Energy Transfer in Excited States of Ortho-metalated  Ir(III) and Rh(III) Complexes";  K.A. King, F. Garces, S. Sprouse, R.J. Watts; 193rd ACS National Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 5-10, 1987.
4. "Structural Characterization and Photophysical Properties of  Methyl-Substituted Phenylpyridine Iridium (III) Complexes";  F.O. Garces, K.A. King, C.A. Craig, P.J. Spellane, R.J. Watts; 193rd ACS National Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 5-10, 1987.
3. "Photophysical Properties of Ortho-metalated Pd(II) and Pd(II) / Rh(III) Complexes"; C.A. Craig, F. O. Garces, R.J. Watts; 193rd ACS National Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 5-10, 1987.
2. "Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Ortho-metalated Pd(II) Complexes Including Two Novel Pd(II) / Rh(III) Dimers" C.A.Craig, F.O.Garces and R.J.Watts, Seventh International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Elmau, FRG, March 29 - April 2, 1987.
1. "Photoproperties of Ortho-metalated Ir(III) and Rh(III) Complexes"  K.A.King, F.O.Garces, S.Sprouse, and R.J.Watts, Seventh International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Elmau, FRG, March 29-April 2, 1987.
Invited Seminars
17. 7/12 "Can Interactive, On-Line Tutorial Using Smart-Pen Technology Help Nursing Students Master Chemical Nomenclature?”, 2012 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, S5b Enhancing the Curriculum with Tested Online Instructional Materials, Division Chemical Education., ACS, Penn State, University Park, PA
16. 9/05 "Evolution of Miramar College's Online Allied Health Chemistry Course" Fred.O. Garces, 232 National ACS Meeting, Distance Learning and the Chemisry Laboratory, San Francisco, Sept. 14, 2005  
15.  4/01  "From Digital Resource Binder to Online Course"  Fred.O. Garces, 155th Two Year College Chemistry (2YC3), SDCCD, San Diego, March 30-31, 2001. 
14.  3/01  "Converting Documents to Web-Friendly Pages"  Fred.O. Garces, 221 National ACS Meeting, Web-Assisted Learning, Nuts and Bolts, San Diego,April 01-05, 2001. 
13.  5/95 "NMR Structural Characterization of Ortho-metalated Iridium complexes", Instituto Technologico de Tijuana Tijuana, Mexico.
12.  3/95 "Probing Chemical Structures with NMR Spectroscopy"; San Diego State University, SD, CA
11.  3/94  "Nuclear Magnetic Spectroscopy at the University of San Diego"; University of San Diego, SD, CA
10.  4/93  "Answering Chemical Questions with NMR Spectroscopy"; University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
9.  3/93  "Applications of NMR spectroscopy to Organometallic Complexes"; San Francisco State Univ.; SF, CA
8.  4/92  "Iridium(III) Orthometalated Complexes; Photophysical Characterization and investigation for use in Storage of Solar Energy"; Lebanon Valley College, PA
7.  9/90  "Photogeneration of Strong One and Two Electron Redox Agents from Transition Metal d6 Iridium Complexes"; SCIP Conference, UCLA-Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
6.  7/88  "[Ir(bpy-C3,N')(bpy-N,N')Cl]2Cl2, the First Dichloro-bridged Dimer of a Bipyridine Complex of Ir(III)"; SCIP Conference, UCSB-Lake Cachuma, California.
5.  10/87  "Structural Studies of Methyl Substituted Phenylpyridine Ir(III) Complexes"; Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Irvine, California.
4.  7/87  "Structural and Photophysical Properties of Methyl-Substituted Phenylpyridine Ortho-Metallating Ir(III)  Complexes";  Southern California Inorganic Photochemical Conference, Caltech-Capra Ranch, California.
3.  4/87  "The Role of Ortho-metallating Complexes in the Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide";  Graduate Research Mentorship Program Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.
2.  6/86 "Methyl-Substituted Phenylpyridine Ir(III) Complexes: A Better Photoreducing Agent";  Southern California Inorganic Photochemistry (SCIP) Conference, UCLA-Lake Arrowhead, CA.
1.  6/85  "Preliminary Results on the Characterization of Substituted Phenylpyridine Dichloro-bridge Iridium (III) Dimers";  Southern California Photochemistry Conference, USC-Catalina, California.
Intramural Grants / Workplans
13. 6/23 "SDCCD Community Online Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Project, Chemistry 100, Fundamentals of Chemistry", SDCCD, 2023 – 2024.
12. 9/19 "NSF Travel Grant to AAAS S-STEM Symposium", Washington, DC September 12-14, 2019
11. 6/19 “NSF-Travel Funds to S-STEM Proposal Preparation Workshop”, Reno, NV., June 5-7
10. 1/15 1/15. “ NSF-EAGAR, Supported Project on Active Learning in the Classroom. David Brown, PI., UCSD, San Diego,
9.  5/02
$2,000		 "Chemistry Lab Online; a.k.a. Kitchen Chemistry"  F.O. Garces; California Virtual Campus, Developing a Model Online Course, Southern California Regional Center for the California Virtual Campus, Coastline College
8.  9/01
$5,000		 "Chem-100 Lab; Developing an Online Lab Course"  F.O. Garces, Technology Innovation Grant (TIG), San Diego, Community College; Miramar College, San Diego, CA
7.  9/00
$5,000		 "Chem-100, Developing an Online Lecture Course"  F.O. Garces, Emerging Technology Innovation Grant (ETIG), San Diego, Community College; Miramar College, San Diego, CA
6  9/99
$2,500		 "Chemistry-100 Web Page Design, Converting Lecture Notes to a Digital Library"  F.O. Garces, Emerging Technology Innovation Grant (ETIG), San Diego, Community College; Miramar College, San Diego, CA
5.  9/98
$15.K		 " UV-Visible Spectrophtometer Varian Chem Station ",  F.O. Garces, Workplan proposal submitted to the Miramar College Planning and Budget Committee; Miramar College, San Diego, CA
4.  1/94
$1,000		 "Optimization of NMR Programs and the Study of Metal Compounds Interaction with Biopolymers", F.O. Garces; Irvine Summer Grant Program, USD, San Diego, CA
3.  12/93
$500		 "Video production for the operation of the Varian Unity-300 FT-NMR Spectrometer", F.O. Garces; Faculty Research Mini-grants, USD, San Diego, CA
2.  5/88
$2500		 "The Synthesis of Modified Ortho-metalated Ir(III) Complexes: A Potentially better Photocatalyst"; F.O.Garces; Summer Academic Research Internship Program (SARI), UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
1.  1/87
$2500		 "Ortho-metalating Ir(III) Complexes as a Photocatalyst in the Photoreduction of CO2"; F.O. Garces; Graduate Research Mentorship Program, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA