David Jeffrey

Highly experienced and effective chemistry educator
 Male, 65 Years|Atlanta, United States

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About David Jeffrey

Dr. David Jeffrey was born and raised in New York City and environs. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the State University of New York/Buffalo, graduating Magna Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa and the recipient of the Merck Award for outstanding graduating senior in chemistry. From Buffalo, Dr. Jeffrey entered the PhD program in organic chemistry at Harvard, beginning research in organic synthesis with Prof. E.J. Corey, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Dr. Jeffrey continued and completed his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at U.C. Berkeley, with a novel dissertation combining early computer-aided synthesis planning with wet chemistry experimentation. This dissertation has been heavily cited by many future and reknown investigators. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Jeffrey undertook two post-doctoral research fellowships, both in organic synthesis, the first appointment at UCSF Medical, the second at Stanford. At Stanford, Dr. Jeffrey worked on a team of post-docs to achieve the first synthesis of the novel carbocyclic subunit of the potent and promising anti-tumor agent, neocarzinostatin.

Following this extensive background in organic chemistry, Dr. Jeffrey became interested in environmental science, which led to a 15-year career as a human health risk assessment expert, rising to Managing Principal with a national engineering and consulting firm.

More recently, for the past eight years, Dr. Jeffrey returned to his first passion, teaching. Over this period, he has been Course Instructor for general, organic, and environmental chemistry, teaching these lecture and lab courses at various colleges and universities in the Atlanta area. Dr. Jeffrey also has more recent high school science teaching experience, and is GACE-certified. Due to Dr. Jeffrey's diverse background and interests, he is able to teach across an unusually broad range of STEM subjects and disciplines.

Teaching Preferences

Online Teaching

One-on-One and Group Teaching

Teaches following Subjects/Exams
Chemistry (Bachelor of Science: Chemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
Chemistry (Bachelor of Science: Chemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
organic chemistry, environmental chemistry, general chemistry, biochemistry
Chemistry A molecular science (Bachelor of Science: Biochemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
Chemistry A quantitative Science (Bachelor of Science: Biochemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
Organic Chemistry (Bachelor of Science: Biochemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
Proteins and Molecular Mechanisms (Bachelor of Science: Biochemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
Chemistry Principles (Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering)
Language of Instruction: English
Chemistry- A Quantitative Science (Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering)
Language of Instruction: English
Organic Chemistry (Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering)
Language of Instruction: English
Natural Sciences (Bachelor of Science: Geology)
Language of Instruction: English
organic chemistry, environmental chemistry, general chemistry, geochemistry
Chemistry A molecular science (Bachelor of Science: Microbiology)
Language of Instruction: English
Chemistry A quantitative Science (Bachelor of Science: Microbiology)
Language of Instruction: English
Organic Chemistry (Bachelor of Science: Microbiology)
Language of Instruction: English
Organic Chemistry (Bachelor of Science: Botany)
Language of Instruction: English
Chemistry A molecular science (Bachelor of Science: Botany)
Language of Instruction: English
Organic Chemistry (Bachelor of Arts: Chemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
Writing & Speaking (Bachelor of Arts: Chemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
Environmental Science (Bachelor of Arts: Chemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
MCAT (Others)
Language of Instruction: English
organic chemistry, general chemistry
Writing & Speaking (Bachelor of Science: Chemistry)
Language of Instruction: English
environmental Science (Others)
Language of Instruction: English
risk assessment, fate and transport/modeling
Chemistry (Advanced Placement Program-AP)
Language of Instruction: English
Chemistry (International Baccalaureate-IB)
Language of Instruction: English
Environmental Systems (International Baccalaureate-IB)
Language of Instruction: English
Teaching Experience

MCAT Test Prep Instructor

The Princeton Review, United States

Jan 2006 - Present

organic chemistry, general chemistry

Lecturer/ Organic Chemistry

Spelman College, United States

Jan 2008 - Present

organic chemistry lecture and lab


led technical/scientific writing/presentations seminars

Lecturer/ Organic Chemistry

Oglethorpe University, United States

Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

organic chemistry lecture and lab

Lecturer/ Organic Chemistry

Agnes Scott College, United States

Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

organic chemistry lecture and lab

Lecturer/ Organic Chemistry

Agnes Scott College, United States

Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

organic chemistry lecture and lab


intensive summer organic course sequence for select, post-bac students

Lecturer/ Organic Chemistry

Georgia State University, United States

Aug 2006 - May 2007

organic and general chemistry lecture and lab

Lecturer/ Organic Chemistry

Oglethorpe University, United States

Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

organic chemistry lecture and lab


intensive summer organic course sequence

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Kennesaw State University, United States

Aug 2005 - May 2006

organic and general chemistry lecture and lab

Mentor

SECOR, United States

Jan 2000 - Apr 2004

environmental risk assessment, fate and transport/exposure modeling


Led junior environmental engineering and consulting staff professional development

Short Course Instructor

Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (SETAC), United States

Nov 1999 - Dec 1999

environmental organic chemistry


continuing education for environmental engineers and geologists

Teaching Assistant

Harvard, Berkeley, United States

Sep 1979 - May 1985

organic chemistry labs

Professional Experience
environmental consulting
Multiple environmental engineering and consulting firms, Georgia, United States
Jan 1990 - Present

I am an expert in environmental human health risk assessment. Risk assessment is a multi-disciplinary process drawing from chemistry, physics, engineering, statistics, biology, biochemistry, toxicology, and IT which aims to balance the desire for a clean environment, with the need for industrial and technological development and a healthy economy.

A risk assessor combines site chemical data with the toxicological properties of the chemicals, site use and human receptor types, known or p

Education

Post-doc

Stanford University, California, United States

Apr 1986 - Apr 1987


Organic chemistry, organic synthesis, synthesis of anti-cancer agents

Post-doc

University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine, California, United States

Jun 1985 - Apr 1986


Organic chermistry, organic synthesis, amino acids

Ph.D./ Organic Chemistry

University of California, Berkeley, California, United States

Jun 1980 - May 1985


Chancellors Patent Fund Award
Exxon Fellowship
3.996 GPA

Ph.D. program/ organic chemistry

Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States

Sep 1979 - May 1980


Research under Prof. E.J. Corey, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

B.S./ Chemistry

State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, United States

Sep 1975 - May 1979


Phi Beta Kappa
Magna Cum Laude
Merck Award
Undergraduate research with publication in JACS
Accepted to PhD programs: Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Berkeley

Professional Exams & Certifications

Teaching rates are negotiable.

N/A, United States

Year Of Passing: 2009

Not applicable

Georgia, United States

Year Of Passing: 2009

Associations & Membership
Phi Beta Kappa Key Sociey
New York, United States
Jun 1979 - Present
Association of Harvard Chemists
Minnesota, United States
May 1980 - Present
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Florida, United States
Jan 1995 - Present
American Chemical Society
Massachusetts, United States
Jan 1979 - Present
Publications and Research
Multiple
David A. Jeffrey and others

Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health, and Technology (2000), Ed. J. Lehr, McGraw-Hill. "Chapter 2, Classes of Chemicals: 2.1: Hydrocarbons, 2.2: Pesticides and PCBs; Chapter 12: Toxicology and Risk: 12.4: Selecting Indicator Pathways; Chapter 17: System Level Risk Assessment: 17.4: Weighing the Risks of Remediation." D.A. Jeffrey, SECOR International, Lafayette, California. Mediterranean Oil Spills Conference Proceedings (1998), September, Istanbul, Turkey: "The Risk Assessment of Oil Spills in the Turkish Straits" D.A. Jeffrey. SECOR International, Lafayette, California. Book of Abstracts, 213th ACS National Meeting (1997), San Francisco, April 13 - 17,. "Physico-chemical properties of MTBE and predictions of preferred environmental fate and compartmentalization." Jeffrey, D.A. SECOR International, Lafayette, California. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. (1991), 41(10), 1334-40. "The potential inhalation hazard posed by dioxin contaminated soil." Paustenbach DJ, Sarlos TT, Lau V, Finley BL, Jeffrey DA, Ungs MJ. ChemRisk, Alameda, California. Chemosphere (1991), 23(11-12), 1719-29. "The potential inhalation hazard posed by dioxin contaminated soil." Paustenbach DJ, Sarlos TT, Lau V, Finley BL, Jeffrey DA, Ungs MJ. ChemRisk, Alameda, California. Tetrahedron Letters (1988), 29(8), 909-12. "Studies on DNA-Active Agents: the Synthesis of the Parent Carbocyclic Subunit of Neocarzinostatin Chromophore-A". Wender, P. A.; Harmata, M.; Jeffrey, D.; Mukai, C.; Suffert, J. Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Journal of Organic Chemistry (1986), 51(16), 3206. “Synthesis of Derivatives of the Novel Tricyclo [4.4.2.0]dodecane Skeleton”. Jeffrey, D.A.; Cogen, J.M.; Maier, W.F. Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley. University of California at Berkeley, Dissertation Abstracts International B (1986), 46(9), 3054. "I. Synthetic approaches toward orthogonene. II. Calculational s

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