Dr. Chuck Downing has a BS in Biology and an MA and PhD in Science Education. He taught high school and university science courses for 40 years during which time he was a San Diego County Teacher of the Year, a Christa McAuliffe Fellow, a Fellow of the American Society of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and a Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching. His credentials include: author/editor of Making Connections, a four-textbook series of integrating science concepts from various disciplines around common theme; co-author of an alternative laboratory manual for Advanced Placement Biology for People's Education; designer/developer of six educational laboratory exercises for Science Kit and Ward's Biological Companies; designer/developer of biotechnology laboratory kits for Stratagene Cloning, Systems; and author of a series of abstracts/commentary on articles of scientific interest for AccessExcellence.org. He has been writing stories since the early 1980s and won a Teachers as Writers competition and a short story writing contest through Writer's Digest. Both his Masters Thesis and his Doctoral Dissertation were finalists for "Outstanding Submission" in their respective years. In March of 2014, Traveler's HOT L will be released.
