Socrates Fellows Who We Are 2009-2010 Andro Rios
Andro is currently a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UC San Diego pursuing research in organic chemistry. In addition to research, About Socrates"If you demonstrate a genuine care for the students, and share your own experiences and enthusiasm for science, most will readily join you on paths of scientific inquiry."Andro maintains his teaching interests every quarter, and is quite fond of a course called Chemistry of the Universe, which is an astrobiology class geared for the non-science major.
Andro Rios pursued a career in Jazz and Latin-Jazz music before turning to science which was catalyzed by a three month stay in Nicaragua. The immense diversity of life he observed during his frequent visits to the rain forests re-ignited his passion to learn more about the natural world and his fascination with the question to the origin of life. During his undergraduate years as a chemistry major at California State University Sacramento, he pursued research as a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, won an American Chemical Society Scholar award and was heavily involved in working with the Science Educational Equity (S.E.E) program as a mentor, adjunct teacher and tutor. Andro is currently a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UC San Diego pursuing research in organic chemistry. In addition to research, Andro maintains his teaching interests every quarter, and is quite fond of a course called Chemistry of the Universe, which is an astrobiology class geared for the non-science major.
