Crystal Lee

I'm excited to teach physics at Woodland Community College!

I was a very nontraditional student—at 28, with roughly a middle school education, I enrolled in community college. Starting with adding fractions and graphing circles, I fell in love with math and science, especially physics. After earning my A.S. in Mathematics, I transferred to UC Davis, where I completed a B.S. with Honors in Physics and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics. It was during grad school that I really discovered my love for teaching.

I've had the opportunity to work in several amazing research labs. At UC Berkeley, I studied sudden oak death and wrote code for a plant biology lab. As an undergraduate, I worked in the Hellman Lab, exploring ideal glass in physics and materials science. At UC Davis, I participated in geophysics and information theory research in the Complexity Sciences Center, where I got to combine my passion for fundamental physics with the beauty of abstract mathematics.

I believe that everyone can learn anything—and that the world is better when we try.

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