Penny Le Couteur
Penny Le Couteur | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland, New Zealand, B.Sc., M.Sc.; University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D. |
| Genre | non-fiction |
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Penny Le Couteur is a chemist, teacher and writer. She thought chemistry at Capilano University for forty year.[1]. In 2003, she and Jay Burreson published Napoleon's Buttons: How Seventeen Molecules Changed History[2][3].
Life and career[edit]
Penny Le Couteur was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She studied science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In 1968, after receiving her doctoral degree in chemistry from University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, she moved to Vancouver, Canada[4].
During her academic career, she participated in the Eastern Indonesia Universities Development Project, funded by the Government of Canada and the Government of Indonesia[5] and wrote textbooks and curriculums for online and in classroom chemistry courses[6]
One of the Canadian women pioneers in science and technology she volunteered for Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology since 1990[7].
After retiring in 2008, she continued working as an independent contractor for Micron Geological Ltd.[8]
Recognition[edit]
- Polysar Award for outstanding chemistry teaching in Canadian colleges[9]
- Dean of Arts and Sciences, Capilano University[10]
- Honorary member of Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ Mackie, John (11 September 2018). "Capilano University celebrates 50 years". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ "ABOUT THE AUTHOR". Penguin Random House Network. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
She has written chemistry distance-education courses, coauthored a chemistry textbook, and served as a project adviser in chemistry for universities in eastern Indonesia
- ↑
Le Couteur, Penny; Burreson, Jay (2003). NAPOLEON'S BUTTONS: How 17 Molecules Changed History. Tarcher/Putnam. p. 376. ISBN 1585422207. Search this book on
- ↑
"Le Couteur, Penny 1942-". THE WORLD’S #1 ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
Rather than teaching chemistry to high school students, she left Auckland for the University of California, Santa Barbara, to pursue a Ph.D
- ↑ "The Informer". Capilano University. 3 December 1991. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ Robertson, Marlene (2 April 2012). "Science plays a big part in historical events". BC Local News. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
She served as an advisor for curriculum development and pedagogy in chemistry with several universities in Eastern Indonesia, has written distance education chemistry courses for B.C.’s Open University, is a co-author of a Canadian Grade 12 chemistry textbook and was visiting tutor at Quest University Canada in Squamish.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Our history". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ "Penny Le Couteur Contact Details". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ DALTON, LOUISA (6 October 2003). "Chemistry's Ubiquitous Nature". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ Calendar-2008-2009 (PDF) (Report). Capilano University. 9 July 2008. p. 23. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
External links[edit]
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