User:MichChemGSI

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I have a chemistry Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. And I was pretty much destined to become a chemist when my experiment in high school chemistry went awry and I set off the fire alarm.

I started editing Wikipedia when I started a project with my advisor for our students to edit Wikipedia pages as a class project and it was (and still is) a great success! The students loved it and were excited that their work would be up for the world to see. At the same time these pages reach out to the general public, informing them about advanced topics in chemistry. As topics like climate change and renewable energy are becoming more integrated in our political discourse, it is important to try to understand the scientific research behind these issues in order to make informed decisions. To see all of the entries that our students have worked on as well as comparisons to the entries previously, please go to User:UMChemProfessor.

I am interested in getting more students involved in the editing of Wikipedia and its sister projects, and to do so I started a student club, Michigan Wikipedians, on campus centered around teaching Wikipedia editing, media literacy, and general outreach. Along with that I am a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador.



Wikipedia Campus Ambassador
Courses at the University of Michigan editing Wikipedia Winter 2012
 * Chem215 - Organic Chemistry SSG
 * Environ 501 - Sustainable Systems

Courses at the University of Michigan editing Wikipedia Fall 2011
 * Environ 367 - Global Enterprise and Sustainable Development
 * Course Page
 * Mod 1 PP Oct. 24, 2011
 * Mod 2 PP Nov. 9, 2011
 * Handouts
 * Editing Reference Sheet
 * Uploading Images
 * Free License Pamphlet
 * Chem 511 - Materials Chemistry
 * powerpoint presentation Mod1&2
 * Course Page for Materials Chemistry
 * http://oggconvert.tristanb.net/screens/

Courses at the University of Michigan editing Wikipedia Spring 2011
 * Chem 215 H - Organic Chemistry
 * Chem 538 - Macromolecular Chemistry

Courses at the University of Michigan editing Wikipedia Fall 2010
 * Chem 507 - Inorganic Chemistry
 * Pages featured in the Did You Know section! Insertion reaction and Isolobal principle
 * Chem 511 - Materials Chemistry
 * Astro 533 - Structure and Content of Galaxies

Newbie Resources
Basic Editing Cheatsheet Campus Ambassador Resources How to move pages Requested_moves Chemistry Manual of Style /Resources for 215H Winter 2011

Leadership Experience
Founder of UM Wikipedians

Using Wikipedia in Higher Education

Wikimania 2011
Presentation: Student Clubs

IRC Channels
I hang out here.
 * '#wikimedia-gendergap
 * '#wikipedia-en-ambassadors

Work in Progress
Pages I'm trying to work on:
 * polyfluorene
 * science policy in the United States
 * | Wikiversity Project
 * /Sandbox
 * /Sandbox2
 * /Sandbox3
 * /Sandbox4
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Copy_to_Wikimedia_Commons_(bot-assessed)&filefrom=chemistry