Laboratory Applications in Microbiology: A Case Study Approach, 3/e
Barry Chess,
Pasadena City College
ISBN: 0073402427 Copyright year: 2015
About the Author
Barry Chess has been a microbiologist at Pasadena City College since 1996. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from California State University, Los Angeles, and completed several years of post-graduate work at the University of California, Irvine, where his research centered on the expression of genes involved in the development of muscle and bone.
At Pasadena City College, Barry developed a new course in human genetics and helped to found a biotechnology program at the campus. He regularly teaches courses in microbiology, biology, and genetics and has supervised students completing independent research projects in biology and microbiology. Over the past several years Barry’s interests have begun to focus on innovative methods of teaching that lead to greater student understanding. He has written and reviewed cases for the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science and presented papers and talks on the use of case studies in the classroom. He is a coauthor of the microbiology textbook Foundations in Microbiology, having recently joined Kathy Talaro on the project.
Barry is a member of the American Society for Microbiology and regularly attends meetings in his fields of interest, both to keep current of changes in the discipline and to exchange teaching and learning strategies with others in the field.
2015