John Terhorst, Ph.D.

Instructor

Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · September 2023–Present

• Develop, prepare, deliver, and facilitate general and organic chemistry courses of 100–400 students.
• Service on Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (EJI), Undergraduate Advising, Curriculum, and departmental hiring/search committees.
• OSU Search Advocate Program participant.
• Lead advisor for the Chemistry Minor (~1,400 students).

Adjunct Professor

University of Redlands · Redlands, CA · August 2020–Present

• Deliver 300+ lectures to classes of 10–30 students according to LAF/LAI learning objectives.
• Adjudicate 100+ undergraduate research projects and presentations in the Riverside County Science & Engineering Fair.

Adjunct Instructor and Subject Matter Expert

California Institute of Applied Technology · National City, CA · May 2023–May 2026

• Deliver lectures to classes of 10–30 students according to general education learning objectives.
• Lead redevelopment of chemistry lecture and laboratory curricula and course content for remote learning.

Private Tutor

WyzAnt, Inc. · Redlands, CA and Irvine, CA · October 2012–December 2023

• Delivered 1,800+ lessons, acquiring a 5.0/5 rating with 500+ student reviews.
• Implemented MCAT, DAT, and SAT II exam preparation plans.
• Empowered a diverse student body of 300+ students from 100+ schools and universities, serving specific and individual needs, leading to mastery of complex concepts, analytical reasoning, and study techniques.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Vanguard University · Costa Mesa, CA · April 2012–April 2023

• Delivered 1,800+ lectures to classes of 10–70 students.
• Coordinated the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• Directed research for 10 undergraduate students over 5 years with projects studying pure liquids, molecular mechanics, and design of HIV inhibitors.

Ph.D., Chemistry

Yale University · New Haven, CT · August 2006–December 2011

• Advisor: William L. Jorgensen, Sterling Professor of Chemistry.
• Computational solvent models, free-energy perturbation methodology, and molecular mechanics.
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, Yale Center for Science and Quantitative Reasoning.
• Dissertation: Continuum Solvent Models and Force Field Development in Computer-Aided Drug Design.

M.S., Chemistry

Yale University · New Haven, CT · August 2006–May 2008

• Courses in synthetic and physical organic chemistry, spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, chemical biology, and computational chemistry.
• Prospectus: Calculating Born Energies with the GB/SA Solvation Model in Monte Carlo Simulations.

B.S., Chemistry and Biology

University of Redlands · Redlands, CA · August 2002–May 2006

• Double major in Chemistry and Biology; graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Chemistry.
• Thesis: Theoretical Studies of Photopumping in Photofacilitated Liquid Membranes and The [3+2] Cycloaddition of Carbonyl Oxides in the Synthesis of 1,2-Dioxolanes.

Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Vanguard University · Costa Mesa, CA · 2015

Research Advisor, Computational Chemistry

Vanguard University · Costa Mesa, CA · 2013–2018

Studies of pure liquids, conformational dynamics, and design of anti-HIV agents. Advisees: Chris Bridges (B.S., 2014), Justin Pugh (B.S., 2014), Josiah Morales (B.S., 2014), Brennan Gregory (B.S., 2016), Chalane Records (B.S., 2015), Ashley Harris (B.S., 2016), Israel Sanchez (B.S., 2016), Emily Eggleston (B.S., 2018), Mia Kilekas (B.S., 2018), and Kacie Quiñones (B.S., 2019).

Graduate Student, Chemical Theory and Computation

Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2007–2011 · Advisor: William L. Jorgensen

Conformational dynamics, molecular mechanical force field parameters, and new methods for computing free energies of binding using continuum solvent models in a Monte Carlo manifold.

Undergraduate Student, Organic Chemistry

University of Redlands · Redlands, CA · 2004–2006 · Advisor: David P. Soulsby

The [3+2] cycloaddition of carbonyl oxides in the synthesis of 1,2-dioxolanes, preparation of carbonyl oxides from precursors other than primary ozonides, and total synthesis of jasmine ketolactone.

Undergraduate Student, Theoretical Chemistry

University of Redlands · Redlands, CA · 2003–2004 · Advisor: Teresa Longin

Theoretical investigations of photopumping in doubly illuminated liquid membranes containing photoactive carriers.