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I am an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Center for Learning Innovation https://r.umn.edu/academics-research/cli/ at the University of Minnesota Rochester. Mail address: University of Minnesota Rochester; 111 South Broadway, Suite 300 Rochester, MN 5590 E-mail: “pratr001″ and then don’t forget to type @umn.edu Scholar sites: researchGate, google Scholar, ORCID orcid.org/0000-0002-1380-6025 Web 2.0: linkedin, skype (xavierprat), facebook, twitter, google+, slideshare, prezi |
Professional interests:
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Teaching Chemistry and Biochemistry with a strong focus on the use of technology to improve higher-order thinking. My teaching style includes active learning, flipped classroom and the use of web materials and large question banks for students' self-assessment.
- Visualization and navigation of chemistry data. Using cheminformatics tools to build resources that may help chemistry learning.
- Visualization and navigation of student data. Using learning analytics tools to understand student learning at a larger time scale.
- Computational and theoretical chemistry. Modelling of chemical and biochemical reactions. Dynamical and statistical methods applied to condensed phase systems: enzymatic reactions and proton channels
Other interests:
- Parenting, above all. Coffee, hoppy locally brewed ales, running, pretending to read while staring out the window, dolce far niente.
My life so far:
- 1976-1994 A laid back and cheerful kid running around Esparreguera.
- 1994-1999 B. Sc. in Chemistry, major in Physical and Organic Chemistry (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain).
- 1999-2000 M Sc in Chemistry: 2000 Universitat de Barcelona and Univ.Studi di Bologna (Italy). See my master thesis (doc or pdf)
- 2000-2004 PhD in Theoretical Chemistry (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona). Directed by Prof. JM Lluch and Prof A. Gonzalez-Lafont.
See my thesis (html or pdf)
- 2005-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate (MEC/Fulbright fellowship) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
- 2007 “Juan de la Cierva” researcher at the IMIM/GRIB, Barcelona.
- 2008-2009: Research Associate at the Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin and the Journal of Chemical Education.
- 2010-2018: Assistant Professor at the Center for Learning Innovation, University of Minnesota Rochester.
- 2018-Present: Associate Professor at the Center for Learning Innovation, University of Minnesota Rochester.
My name:
My name is pronounced in the Catalan language and it sounds in English like “Cha-vee-ay”(listen to the pronunciation: http://www.forvo.com/word/xavier#ca ). In Spain's tradition, people have two last names, the father’s (Prat) and the mother’s (Resina). In the US I write my last name hyphenated... when they let me.
