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Barbara
Zingg
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Introductions
to my Classes:
Microbiology 1
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| Welcome
to my instructional web site at LPC! This semester (Fall 2008)
I am teaching Microbiology 1. My web pages are designed to enhance
your educational experience and help you succeed in my course. All webpages are
posted within Blackboard. In order to view them you need to be a registered student.
If you are a registered student go to the Blackboard
login page (http://clpccd.blackboard.com) and follow the directions to enter
the class.
Registered
students who do not show up the first day of class will be dropped from the roster. If
you have trouble loging into Blackboard and need technical assistance, contact
LPC Distance Education Support at LPCdistEd@laspositascollege.edu or (925) 371-3842.
Do NOT contact me for technical problems. Any
questions about course content or structure contact me directly. |
| How
to Contact Me:
Email (preferred mode!):
bzingg@laspositascollege.edu
Phone:
(925) 424-1387
Office
number: 2150 |
Office Hours Fall Semester 2008:
- Monday 12:30 – 13:30 Tutorial Center
- Tuesday 10:30 –11:30 in Tutorial Center
- Wednesday 12:30 –13:30 Tutorial Center
- Friday 13:20 – 14:30 1806/07
Click here for a complete schedule of my LPC hours.
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Educational
Background: - Ph.D.,
Comparative Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California,
Davis. 1993. - Med.
Vet., (Veterinary Medicine),
School of Veterinary Medicine, University
of Berne, Switzerland. 1985 | | Teaching
Experience: Teaching
at Las Positas College since 1997 |
  Short
Biography:
I
started out as a veterinarian in Switzerland and came to California in 1986 (no,
not for professional reasons!). After going back to school at UC Davis, I received
my Ph.D. in the graduate group of Comparative Pathology. My research area was
Molecular Medical Microbiology specifically I was working with Borrelia burgdorferi,
the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. After my Ph.D., I worked in research at
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a few years.
During that time
I started to teach part time at Las Positas College and soon discovered that I
really liked teaching a lot more than research. So, here I am today, a full-time
instructor for Microbiology and Physiology. Sometimes I also teach Anatomy and
Human Biology. I
live in Danville with my husband, my daughter Maia (we adopted her from China
in 2000), one dog named Kiko, a rat and two birds. In the summer we like
to go swimming and hiking. Coming from Switzerland, I also like to
ski and snowshoe in the winter. |
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at Las Positas College