Resume

//Kurt Zeppetello's Resume //
**CERTIFICATION ** Provisional Educator Certification, [|State of Connecticut] Chemistry, Earth Science, General Science  Arizona State Community College Teaching Certificate, #0188 **EDUCATION ** 6 th  Year Teaching Certificate, (2008) [|Southern Connecticut State University], New Haven, CT Teacher Licensure, (2002), Accelerated Pathways to Teaching, [|Bridgewater State University], Bridgewater, MA  M.S., (1992), Geology (Emphasis in Chemistry), [|Arizona State University], Tempe, Arizona. B.S., (1989), Geochemistry, [|State University of New York], Oswego, NY. A.A.S., (1986), Math/Science, [|Onondaga Community College], Syracuse, NY. **TEACHING EXPERIENCE ** **[|Seymour High School], Seymour, Connecticut (2003-present) ** **Chemistry Teacher (2003-present) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Teach full-year, Extended Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, and AP Chemistry. Instrumental in developing AP Chemistry at Seymour High School and for allowing high achieving science oriented ninth graders to enter into Biology rather than General Science. Coached [|Chemistry Olympiad] students from our school since 2009. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">General Science Teacher (2003-2005, 2010) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Taught introductory science to Freshman. Topics included chemistry, earth science, and physical science.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[| Stoughton Public Schools], Stoughton, Massachusetts (2002-2003) ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Chemistry Teacher (2002-2003) ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: justify;">Taught full-year, Extended Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, and AP Chemistry. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Earth Science Teacher (2002-2003) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Taught introductory science to Freshman. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[| Mesa Community College], Mesa, Arizona (2000) ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Environmental Geology, Fall 2000 <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Physical Geology, Spring 2000 <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Physical Geology Lab, Spring 2000

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">PUBLICATIONS
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Online CFAs – What A Relief! (2010): ** [] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(By K. Zeppetello and M. Sirowich, From the Connecticut Journal of Science Education, V. 48 No. 1, Fall - Winter 2010, A publication of the Connecticut Science Teachers Association, [|CSTA]).

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Dinosaur Demise from a Collision: A Theory in the Making (2008): ** [|Dinosaur Demise From a Collision.pdf] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(From the Connecticut Journal of Science Education, V. 47 No. 1, Fall - Winter 2008 2009, A publication of the Connecticut Science Teachers Association, [|CSTA] - Join Now).

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Amino Acids in Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Outcrops in the Raton Basin (1992): ** Raton Basin <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Master's Thesis submitted to Arizona State University, 1992)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">PRESENTATIONS
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Presented a talk 'Biodegradation at the [|Estes Landfill WQARF Site]', September 1999 AHS Symposium, Hon Dah, AZ. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Presented a talk 'Remediation of the [|Pinal Creek WQARF Site]', 1997 AALE Convention, Phoenix, AZ. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Presented a talk 'Remedial Investigation at Pinal Creek and Huntington Square', December 1996, ASU. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Invited speaker on 'Soil [|VOC] Methanol Preservation', 1996 EPA Region 9 [|RCRA] Corrective Action Conference, San Francisco, CA. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Masters Thesis Defense, Extraterrestrial Amino Acids Associated with the K/T Boundary, 1992. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">SHORT COURSES ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[|Seymour High School], Seymour, Connecticut ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Instructed other Seymour Public School teachers how to create and use Wikispaces in their classrooms, Professional Development, November 2010. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Instructed other Seymour Public School teachers how to create and use Wikispaces in their classrooms, Professional Development, November 2009. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Instructed other Seymour Public School teachers how to create and use Google Docs in their classrooms, Professional Development, November 2009.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Arizona Department of Environmental Quality], Phoenix, Arizona ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Trainer of [|GIS] applications in the Remedial Investigations Hydrology Unit, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), 2000. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Instructor for Environmental Sampling Workshop, Groundwater sampling, ADEQ, June 1996. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Instructor for Environmental Sampling Workshop, Soil sampling, ADEQ, November 1995. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Teaching Assistant for Historical Geology Lab, Spring 1992. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Teaching Assistant for Mineralogy Lab, Fall 1991 and Fall 1990. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Teaching Assistant for Petrology Class and Lab, Spring 1991. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Instructor for Physical Geology Lab, two classes, Spring 1990. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">OTHER EXPERIENCE ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> //Senior Project Scientist//, [|Roy F. Weston, Inc.], May 2001 to July 2002. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Provided hydrogeologic technical support to [|Environmental Protection Agency] (EPA). <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Directed field-sampling operations. This included: surface water, discharge points, ground water, drinking water, surface soil, and subsurface soil. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Managed potential remediation sites as part of the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) for the EPA. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Constructed Site Location maps and Sample Location maps for sites using (GIS) and Autocad. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Developed site Health and Safety Plans, Task Work Plans, Quality Assurance and Quality Control, and other reports on behalf of the EPA. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">**//Hydrogeologist//** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">//**[|Arizona Department Environmental Quality], May 1994 to January 2001.**// <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Was responsible for hydrogeologic evaluations for a Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (WQARF) site. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Constructed Site Registry maps for state and federal Superfund sites using (GIS). <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Developed site specific ground water flow models using Visual MODFLOW to evaluate remedial alternatives. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Provided hydrogeologic technical support to the state for a federal Superfund site in Goodyear. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Managed a state Superfund site in Yuma. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Provided expert testimony on behalf of the State of Arizona for a RCRA site in Tempe. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Was responsible for hydrogeologic reviews of hazardous waste generator and storage facilities. Reviews included: delineating soil and ground water contamination plumes and remedial alternatives as applied to RCRA rules. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Taught soil and ground water sampling procedures to state and private sector personnel at the Environmental Sampling Workshop sponsored by the State of Arizona. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Was responsible for hydrogeologic evaluations of Aquifer Protection Program facilities. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">**//Staff Hydrogeologist//, South Pass Resources, Inc., May 1993 to March 1994.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Conducted soil & ground water contamination investigations from which remediation alternatives were evaluated. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Managed and supervised the removal of contaminated soils in accordance with EPA regulations. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Processed piezometric and geochemical data from a New Mexico mine. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Supervised numerous drilling operations. **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Assistant Hydrogeologist //** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[|Dames & Moore], July 1992 to May 1993. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Was responsible for drill spoils generated from remedial activities. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Supervised the monitoring operations of a seven-day aquifer test. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Performed rising-head (slug) tests on eight Westbay wells. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Designed and installed Westbay wells as part of the 52nd Street CERCLA site and 56th Street RI/FS. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Worked on an inorganic ground water investigation at the 52nd Street CERCLA site to determine the effects of bedrock on the ground water. Bedrock close to the facility and core from near-by wells were sampled for Arsenic and Fluorine bearing minerals and input to geochemical thermodynamic models.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">RESEARCH
**//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Graduate Assistant //****<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, [|Arizona State University], January 1990 to June 1992. ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Directed an investigation to determine if rare to nonexistent non-biogenic amino acids could be associated with Cretaceous-Tertiary outcrops from the Raton basin in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Extracted amino acids from sediments with water and using acid reflux. Identified amino acids with an amino-acid analyzer and a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GS/MS). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Developed a modeling program in FORTRAN that used the finite-difference formulation as a class project. Instructed students how to use the polarizing microscope used for rock and mineral identification.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">HONORS
<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Arizona Groundwater Cleanup Task Force, 1996 - 1997. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">EPA Region 9 Letter of Recognition, 1996. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Geology Teaching Assistant of the Year, ASU, 1991. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">Outstanding Geology Graduate, SUNY at Oswego, 1989.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">[|American Geophysical Union] <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">[|National Geographic Society] <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;">[|Connecticut Science Teachers Association]