Margareta Séquin

Brief Biography

Education

Diploma in Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland
minors in mathematics, physics and biology

Ph.D. thesis in Organic Chemistry, "Isolation, structure and synthesis of new mold metabolites from Phoma species; Ph.D. University of Basel, Switzerland

Postdoctoral:

"Heterocyclic synthesis of pteridines", Princeton University, NJ.

"Gas chromatographic analysis of bread flavors", Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Lebensmittelchemie, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Chemistry Teaching

1979-88 Teaching at Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
1988 till present: Lecturer at the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry of San Francisco State University, San Francisco

Teaching of Plant Chemistry Courses and Field Seminars (since 1994)

at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Tilden Park, Berkeley
at Yosemite National Park, for Yosemite Association
for San Francisco Botanical Garden, San Francisco
at Mono Lake, for Mono Lake Committee and Regional Parks Botanic Garden
at UC Crooked Creek Research Station, White Mountains, CA.
at UNC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

Community Service

Co-coordinator of ACS Family Science Nights

Docent at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley, since 1994
Boardmember and Webmaster, Friends Organization of Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley, till 2004