Introduction to Dr. Kaplan

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Introduction to Dr. Kaplan

• Some things about my background
• Some things about me
• What I believe in

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Where I went to school

• Oceanside High School, Long Island, NY
• B.S. at Albany State University
• Ph.D. at Princeton University

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Work Experiences

• High School Teacher
• Research and Development
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• SUNY Albany
• Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ
• Information Technology
• Lucent Technologies
• Agere Systems
• Types of jobs before teaching
• Technical Research and Development
• Developer and support of Software
• Manager of Teams of People

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Types of Technical Research

• Nuclear accelerators
• Alpha particles probing solids
• X-ray Physics
• X-ray microscopes looking in between atoms
• Developing lasers, light emitting diodes, and
  photo-detectors for fiber optic communications
• Ultra-high reliability devices for undersea
  communication

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What I do for fun

• Spending time with friends and family
• Reading Fiction and Scientific
• Long distance cycling
• Spinning
• Hiking
• Yoga
• Drums
• Guitar

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Ariella My granddaughter (at 6 months born
1/31/07)
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Appalachian Trail Mount Washington
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Why I teach

• I have a very strong belief that everyone has the
  ability to be amazing.
• I enjoy interacting with high school students.
  They see the world in unique ways.
• I believe that the study of science provides
  students with special skills to address and solve
  problems of all types.
• I want to teach students that they can take on
  challenging problems with confidence, using what
  they know, what they can learn, what they can
  research, and what they can deduce.
• Whether or not they go on to study science, these
  skills will give them a distinct advantage.