about

For more than three decades it appears I have been spending nearly all my time doing the following:
• research organic synthetic methodology and biomedicinal chemistry leading to nearly 350 research papers, around ten patents, and one compound in phase III clinical trials in the US
• lecturing in more than ten countries including Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Holland, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, South Africa, Canada, as well as the US
• serving as an expert witness many times in the US, and occasionally in Malaysia, and The Philippines
• teaching regularly on sophomore organic chemistry, graduate organic synthesis, and graduate spectroscopy
• writing three workbooks for student self-study of organic chemistry (two sophomore, one graduate level), and producing nearly 30 YouTube videos on aspects of organic chemistry

It’s true, I have.
More recently I realized that’s not all. There is another interest that underlies all of the above: phycology relating to teaching, learning, and researching, and particularly in the areas of organic and biomedicinal chemistry. What are important approaches to collecting, cataloging, accumulating, and recalling data? Which strategies underly most quality research? How do we learn most efficiently? How and what should be taught?
Does this overlap completely with subjects that should be learned? How to approach technical writing. These interests border on other more general perspectives. Are habits like vegetarianism, yoga, and meditation help to overall well-being, productivity, and mindfulness? Why do some people over-achieve, others try hard and make less progress, and some act in ways that appear irrational and detrimental to their own success and happiness?
When I started these ventures more than three decades ago, I did not know how my life would evolve: there were no grand plans, just modest ideas, and ideas. This site expresses is to bring things together, learn from mistakes, think about directions,
prioritize, and develop plans that may not be grand, but are at least more definite. It is for nobody but me, but public for everyone to contribute to, criticize praise or consider.

Please, join me if you wish.

for more information about:

our research, please visit burgessresearch.org
teaching sophomore organic chemistry: sophomoreorganic.org

workbooks I self-publish: byinquisition.org
me personally kevinburgess.org

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