Mr. Bigler

Professional

I am a chemistry teacher at Waltham Senior High School. Next year, I expect to teach three sections of C1 Chemistry I, and one joint section of AP Chemistry II and C1 Chemistry II.

Prior to teaching, I worked in industry, for five years as a pharmaceutical engineer and eight years as a software engineer.

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Mini Biography

I was born in December 1964, which places me squarely on the cusp between the "baby boomers" and "generation X". I grew up in Corning, NY, where I graduated from Corning-Painted Post East High School in 1983. I earned two bachelor of science (S.B.) degrees from MIT, in chemical engineering (1987) and biology (1988).

After college, I worked for five years as a chemical process engineer for Advanced Magnetics, and then eight years as a software engineer and operations manager for several startup companies. I have been a high school chemistry teacher since the 2003-04 school year.

I married my wife Nancy (a fellow MIT graduate) in 1996, and we went to Antarctica on our honeymoon. We have two daughters, Margaret (age 8), and Laura (age 4). Both girls attend the Stoneridge Children's Montessori School in Beverly.

Interests

My primary interests outside of school are music and dance. I play viola professionally with Symphony by the Sea, and also with the New England Philharmonic. I am the dance foreman (teacher) for two morris dance teams: Red Herring Morris, an adult team, and Banbury Cross Morris, a children's team (age 9 through high school). I have a wide range of other hobbies and interests as well, including caving, scuba diving, coffee roasting, locksmithing, LARPs/roleplaying games, bicycling, travel, amateur radio, camping & hiking, computers, photography, community theater, trains, skiing, and coins.