Winn graduated from UCLA with a Chemistry-Materials Science B.S. with a minor in Science Education and with a Chemistry Ph.D. (Inorganic Concentration) at UC Riverside. At UCLA, he taught K-12 science, and at UCR he has taught class sizes of 20-250. By nurturing a mentor relationship with his students, he has written recommendation letters that have landed students with a career at Loma Linda Health, a volunteer position at the competitive Kaiser Permanente COPE program, and prestigious research fellowships at both the NSF-BITSURE and UC LEADS program. 

Winn has written successful applications to scholarships including the UC LEADS Fellowship, the Cota-Robles Fellowship, and the US Department of State Gilman Scholarship. He has also edited essays which have yielded successful admissions letters to top colleges.

Winn is currently a chemistry professor at Los Angeles Pierce College, and he is involved in creating avenues towards making chemical education more equitable and accessible.  

Chemistry Professor | Advisor: Chem Club

Teaching Experience:

CHEM 211 - Organic Chemistry I - (2023 Summer)
CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I - (2022 - Present) 

Teaching Style & Contributions:

• design of in-person, student-centered, hands-on curricula that involve a variety of learning styles

• facilitation of active learning via regular questioning, problem solving, and collaborative in-class activities

• lab manual revisions to better clarify procedures, emphasizing growth mindset & collaborative learning

• content creation & curation towards addressing accessibility to meet digital & modern educational needs

In Progress:

• gamification, storyboarding, and animation of chemistry | formative assessment 

Postdoctoral Associate  - STARS 

Projects involved organometallic synthesis,  X-ray crystallography, and computational modeling.

Involvement: 

• Led workshops to teach undergraduate researchers abstract writing, literature reviews, and data analysis

• Attended workshops for crystallography, teaching inorganic chemistry, and motivational learning

• Mentorship of 30+ undergraduate STARS scholars and undergraduate researchers in the group.

• Calculated energies of conformers of bis(imidazolium) ligands on Ni(0) C-F activation products

Ph.D. Chemistry - Inorganic Concentration

Previous projects involved the elucidation of chemical structure using a combination of solid-state NMR and computational modeling.

For a complete list of academic contributions, please visit Google Scholar.

Teaching Experience:
Associate Faculty | Riverside City College (1 semester)
Adjunct Professor | La Sierra University (2 quarters)
Chemistry TA (General, Organic, Inorganic) | 6 years
Head Teaching Assistant 6 terms | 3 x Guest Lecturer for Organic Chemistry

Selected Awards: Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, UCR Chemistry Alumni Award 

Campus & Community Involvement: International Student Orientation Leader, Science Fair Volunteer Judge

B.S. Chemistry - Materials Science  
Minor in Science Education 

UCLA - Specific Extracurriculars: UC LEADS Research Fellowship, Grand Challenges, CA Teach, Undergraduate Student Initiated Education, Mortar Board Honor Society, Notetaker, Residence Hall Government, Marching Band

National Organization Involvement: Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, Reach the World

Other Extracurriculars: UCLA Facebook Mentor 2016-2019, Chalky Mentor, Fiesta Parade Floats

Selected Awards: Chancellor's Service Award, U.S. Dept. of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Article Features: UCLA Daily Bruin |  UCLA Chemistry