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Stephen P. Mir

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Professor Mir is friendly and patient, and amazing at explaining the material. It's obvious that he loves what he does. However, he is a very tough grader when it comes to tests which was ultimately my downfall. Now I am retaking the course with a different professor and I'm having an easy time understanding the info because Mir's class taught me so much.

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Biography

Palomar College - Chemistry

Chemistry Professor Palomar College
Education Management
Stephan
Mir
La Jolla, California
I am a very active individual who has studied metabolic chemistry and currently have two years of teaching experience of metabolic chemistry at UCSD. Using my knowledge of molecules and how the human body works, I gear my diet to maximizing my potential in human strength and endurance and enjoy teaching how easy it can be to learn these concepts.

I am focused on using teamwork and collaboration to overcome difficult obstacles, and I enjoy teaching the advanced sciences to students. Currently I offer the following subjects for tutoring:

Physics - Kinematics, Electricity and Magnetism, Waves and Optics, Nuclear physics, Quantum physics
Chemistry - General Chemistry Structure, Atomic properties and trends, VSEPR Theory, Rate Laws, Redox Reactions, Electrovoltaic Cells, Percent Weight Composition, Ideal Gas Law, Organic Chemistry Structures, Organic Chemistry Reactions, and others.
Mathematics - Calculus introductory, intermediate, and advanced. Differential equations and Rate Equations.

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Experience

  • University of California, San Diego

    Master Student

    There are a class of proteins called NFKB (nuclear factor kappa beta) that are composed of homo-dimers and hetero-dimers from five different motifs named RelA (aka p65), RelB, cRel, p50, and p52. Depending on what the dimer concentrations are and also depending on which cell line we look at, different programs can be initiated and we are interested in the ones that become malignant.

    For example, using 2% cigarette smoke extract on alveolar epithelial tissue shows an increase in cRel/RelA hetero-dimer inside the nucleus. Since cRel/RelA is a protein that is typically expressed during growth and replication the life-time for it is about 4 hours. If the concentrations remain high and a point mutation to express bcl-2 (apoptotic gene inhibitor) occurs then a malignant cell line is formed.

    We are currently looking at the dimer ratios of malignant cells to normal cells. Knowing the ratio for the proteins allows us to understand which dimers are potential dangers for different cell lines and may be an early indicator for detection of malignant cell lines.

  • University of California, San Diego

    Senior Teaching Assistant - Chemistry

    Responsible for maintaining structured laboratory environments across all of the chemistry labs and helping to ensure the safety of the students and teaching assistants.

    Additionally, due to the typical size of the average class of 500 students, I act as a liaison between the professor and the teaching assistants.

    I also maintain my own chemistry lab with students which are taught analytical chemistry, gravimetric analysis, titration, oxidation and reduction, spectrometric analysis, and spectroscopic analysis.

  • University of California, San Diego

    Duties included mutation of DNA to introduce single mutation on proteins of interest, amplification of DNA using PCR, isolation of proteins with isolation procedures, and identification of DNA sequences.

  • Single Source Wellness

    Synthetic Chemist

    Synthetically create organic molecules and using basic techniques for purification and extraction.

  • Palomar Community College

    Chemistry Professor

    Stephen worked at Palomar Community College as a Chemistry Professor

  • Palomar Community College

    Supplimental Instructor

    Instructed students regarding the physical sciences. Also helped build the STEM facility inside Palomar's Science Facility. The classes which I helped students were general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, and mathematics.

  • Mount San Jacinto College

    Chemistry Professor

    Stephen worked at Mount San Jacinto College as a Chemistry Professor

Education

  • Palomar College

    Chemistry
    I helped develop the MSTP center at Palomar College. I worked there as a Supplemental Instructor in physics, math, biology, and chemistry.

  • University of California, San Diego

    Masters in Chemistry and Biochemistry

    Emphasizing on Chemical Education for students
    Focused on chemical education with organic chemistry and metabolic chemistry. Refining the lab procedures processes the general chemistry 7L to make understanding qualitative and quantitative concepts easier for large student bodies working in micromanaged lab classes.

  • University of California, San Diego

    Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm)

    Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics
    Inorganic Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Waves, Biochemistry I-III, Biophysics, Analytical Chemistry, DNA modification, polymerase chain reactions, analyzed bacterial growth, and expressed proteins.

  • University of California, San Diego

    Master Student


    There are a class of proteins called NFKB (nuclear factor kappa beta) that are composed of homo-dimers and hetero-dimers from five different motifs named RelA (aka p65), RelB, cRel, p50, and p52. Depending on what the dimer concentrations are and also depending on which cell line we look at, different programs can be initiated and we are interested in the ones that become malignant. For example, using 2% cigarette smoke extract on alveolar epithelial tissue shows an increase in cRel/RelA hetero-dimer inside the nucleus. Since cRel/RelA is a protein that is typically expressed during growth and replication the life-time for it is about 4 hours. If the concentrations remain high and a point mutation to express bcl-2 (apoptotic gene inhibitor) occurs then a malignant cell line is formed. We are currently looking at the dimer ratios of malignant cells to normal cells. Knowing the ratio for the proteins allows us to understand which dimers are potential dangers for different cell lines and may be an early indicator for detection of malignant cell lines.

  • University of California, San Diego

    Senior Teaching Assistant - Chemistry


    Responsible for maintaining structured laboratory environments across all of the chemistry labs and helping to ensure the safety of the students and teaching assistants. Additionally, due to the typical size of the average class of 500 students, I act as a liaison between the professor and the teaching assistants. I also maintain my own chemistry lab with students which are taught analytical chemistry, gravimetric analysis, titration, oxidation and reduction, spectrometric analysis, and spectroscopic analysis.

  • University of California, San Diego


    Duties included mutation of DNA to introduce single mutation on proteins of interest, amplification of DNA using PCR, isolation of proteins with isolation procedures, and identification of DNA sequences.

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