J.C. Chiao received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology. He served as a Research Scientist at Bell Communications Research, an Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii, a Product Line Manager and Senior Technology Advisor with Chorum Technologies. Dr. Chiao joined Electrical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington as an Associate Professor in 2002. He has published 117 peer-reviewed technical papers, authored two book chapters, edited seven proceedings and three books. Dr. Chiao holds 4 patents in MEMS technologies and 2 pending patents in medical devices. He is a co-founder of American Academy of Nanomedicine, chairs for five international conferences and with the editorial board of the Journal of Nanomedicine. His website is at http://www.uta.edu/faculty/jcchiao where illustrates his research works and hobbies.

Tim Sanchez
Micro and Nano Technologies

Tim and his wife are the parents of five beautiful daughters. After receiving a BS in Education from The University of Oklahoma in 2002 he and his family moved to Denton, TX. At Denton High, Tim has taught physics at every level from ESL Physics to AP Physics B.

His former involvement with gangs has shown him that many kids just need options and a role model to help them get on the right path. So, he founded an organization called saavy (students against a violent youth) to bring kids together and strive for more from their lives and education.

Both his Mom and Grandma left abusive, alcoholic husbands to raise their children alone. Despite being illiterate, his Grandma graduated more than half of her eleven children from high school and 100% of her grandchildren while she was alive. Even since her passing in 2004, she is still the single most driving force in Tim's life.

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Chris Smith
Mr.Smith's and Dr.P's Energy Boot Camp

Chris Smith teaches science, primarily Physics, at Ryan High School in Denton, Texas.  He qualified for a Composite Science teaching certificate in 1990, after earning his Masters of Science degree in Applied Sciences and his Bachelors of Arts in Social Sciences from UNT in 1983 and 1981, respectively.  Prior to entering the teaching field, Chris worked for a solar energy firm, and as an energy management specialist in City government.

Chris enjoys making things work; this sometimes qualifies as a hobby called "tinkering."  He lives in Denton in a 32 year old house with his wife of 26 years, and has a 23 year old daughter in seminary, and a 16 year old son at home.  He seldom lacks something to fix.

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Patrick Matous
Chemistry in Everyday Life

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Scott Dean
To Infinity and Beyond!

Scott Dean is the math department chair at Guyer High School in Denton, TX.  He has taught in Denton for 7 years and has been teaching math for 20 years.  He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education/Math from Black Hills State University in 1985 and a Master's Degree in Computer Education and Cognitive Systems from the University of North Texas in 1992.  Mr. Dean has two children, Chandler, age 10, and Jackson, age 7, and a lovely wife of 16 years, Jessica.  He is very excited about the Texas Governor's School and looks forward to the experience.

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Iaia was born and raised in Connecticut. He received his BA from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA in 1986 and received his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. Iaia has been a member of the Mathematics Department at UNT since 1991 and was promoted to associate professor in 1997.

He enjoys reading history and biographies - especially about the U.S. Presidents - and loves presidential trivia and other interesting but essentially worthless bits of information.

He also enjoys following politics and has seen the movies It's a Wonderful Life and Casablanca numerous times. He likes a lot of different types of music but his heroes are Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. He enjoys being with his family and lives in Denton with his wife, Johanna, and their three wonderful kids.

Pam Padilla
What's in a Cell...Is There More???

Dr. Pam Padilla received her Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in Biology with an emphasis in Genetics and Molecular Biology. She then did her post-doctoral research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA. She moved to UNT as an Assistant Professor in 2002, where her lab conducts research on the genetic and cell biological responses to oxygen deprivation. She publishes many papers in the field of Genetics and holds a patent on a technology to assist injured cells and tissues. Her research is supported by the National Institutes of Health. She teaches Genetics and Advanced Genetic courses for both undergraduate and graduate students and is actively involved with science education within the community. She has a very supportive spouse and a beautiful daughter who understand her desire to have science a part of their everyday life. Her hobbies- besides scientific research- includes running, playing with her dogs, gardening and listening to loud alternative music.

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Ms. Powers has a B.S. in Biology from Texas Women?s University.  She currently teaches Pre-AP Biology and Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology and AP Biology at Lake Dallas High School in Corinth, Texas.   She was nominated as Texas Teacher of the Year in 2006.

Her special interests in science are differences in male and female brain structure and function, forensic anthropology (http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm) and anything really gross.  Except bugs.  Especially arachnids.

For fun, Ms. Powers reads just about anything (Stephen King - favorite author, Scientific American - favorite magazine), keeps and breeds African cichlids, tromps around the lake with field guides in hand, and never misses an episode of "House."   She?s also a terrible bowler.