Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Fred Omega Garces
update 6/01/23

F. Garces


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 (Abstract).
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
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

Honors & Accomplishments
NSF-EAGER Project, Active-Learning in Classroom
ChemDL CER, Division Chem Ed., Wash. DC (2011)
Exmplary Online Course, SDCCD(2006-2007)
Outstanding Faculty (Miramar College)
President's Dissertation Year-Fellowship, UCSB

Professional Affiliations
Two-Year College (2YC3) Chemistry
American Federation of Teacher
American Chemical Society (National and Local)

Committees
 Dean's Council (2015- 2017)
Facility Committee (2005 - Present)
Distrace Ed., SDCCD & Miramar College (2009 - 2012)
SDCCD, Miramar Online Mentor (2009 - 2012)
NSF, CCLI Grant Reviewer (2006. 2007 & 2008)
(Academic Affairs Committee (2001 - 2005)
Departent Chair of Natural Science (2001 - 2005)
Planning and Budget, Miramar (1996-2000)

Professional Activities Selected  
Publications
7. "Chem-Path to writing Chemical Names and Formulas"; F.O.Garces, ChemDL CER, Division of Chemical Education, 2011,
6. "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.
5. "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.
4. "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.
3. "A Comparison of 1H - 13C  Cross Polarization and Magic Angle Spinning Dynamics of the α-, ß- and γ-cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes of Benzaldehyde"; Fred.O.Garces, V.Pushkara Rao, M.A.Garcia-Garibay, Nicholas.J.Turro, Supramolecular Chemistry, 1992, 1 65-72.
2. "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.
1. "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.
Invited Seminars
7. 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
6. 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  
5.  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. 
4.  5/95 "NMR Structural Characterization of Ortho-metalated Iridium complexes", Instituto Technologico de Tijuana Tijuana, Mexico.
3.  9/90  "Photogeneration of Strong One and Two Electron Redox Agents from Transition Metal d6 Iridium Complexes"; SCIP Conference, UCLA-Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
2.  10/87  "Structural Studies of Methyl Substituted Phenylpyridine Ir(III) Complexes"; Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Irvine, California.
1.  6/86 "Methyl-Substituted Phenylpyridine Ir(III) Complexes: A Better Photoreducing Agent";  Southern California Inorganic Photochemistry (SCIP) Conference, UCLA-Lake Arrowhead, CA.