Andrei Straumanis

Andrei Straumanis has a B.A. in chemistry from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stanford University. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle, on leave from his faculty position at the College of Charleston. During this leave he is testing POGIL in 400-student sections of organic chemistry at UW. He is the author of POGIL materials for organic chemistry, the Principle Investigator of a FIPSE grant to develop and study large-class POGIL, serves on the Steering Committee of the NSF-funded POGIL Project, and was one of the co-Principal Investigators of the original NSF POGIL grant. Since 1997, he has given numerous talks and workshops on active learning in organic chemistry, and the use of POGIL in large classrooms.

Selected Publications

Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry, A. R. Straumanis; Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 2004.

Solutions Manual for Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry, A. R. Straumanis; Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 2004.

Instructor's Guide for Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry, A. R. Straumanis; Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 2004.


Andrei Straumanis
University of Washington
Department of Chemistry
Box 351700
Seattle, WA 98195
206-473-0542 (Voice)
straumanisa@cofc.edu