Mailing address:
Dr. Kalju Kahn
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UC Santa Barbara
CA 93106
Email: kalju@chem.ucsb.edu
Phone number: 805-893-6157
Current position: Senior Lecturer
Institution: UC Santa Barbara (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Courses taught: Biochemistry Labs (3-quarter series: CHEM 110L, CHEM 125L CHEM 112L with 40-70 students)
Biochemistry Lecture (CHEM 142A, usually as Summer Session Online Class, 20-30 students)
Chemical Kinetics (CHEM 111, 15-20 students)
Enzyme Mechanisms (CHEM 162, 10 students)
Drug Design (CHEM 162 A / B, 5-15 students)
Computational Chemistry (CHEM 126, 10-15 students)
Organic Chemistry (CHEM 109C, 60-100 students)
Meetings: A few local biochem education meetings
Southern CA Undergraduate Research Conference in 2011 (organizer)
UC ILTI Southern California Planning Day in 2013
Presentations: Engaging Students in Online Chemistry and Biochemistry Courses (see http://web.chem.ucsb.edu/~kalju/SAC/)
Research interests: Chemistry and Biochemistry Education
Learning in On-line Environments
Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry and Enzymology