Dr. Jon Breiner received a BS in Chemical Engineering and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. Jon is currently an associate professor of Chemistry and STEM Education at the University of Cincinnati (UC) with a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry and School of Education. He has taught chemistry for twenty-one years, with the past 12 years focused on Middle Childhood and Special Education majors. Jon has worked extensively with at-risk, nontraditional, and traditional students in six different colleges and universities and was a member of UC’s inaugural class of teaching fellows.