Jeffrey
La Favre, Ph.D.,
Coordinator of
Language Learning Center
Office: O'Malley
Center 104
Hours: Mon
- Fri: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Telephone: (216)
397-4729
E-Mail: jlafavre@jcu.edu
Education:
- B.A. (Biology), California State
University, Los Angeles
- M.S. (Biology), California State
University, Los Angeles
- Ph.D. (Soil Microbiology), University
of California, Riverside
Career:
- 1982 - 1991
Research Microbiologist. Positions at Cornell
University and CelPril Industries, Manteca, California.
Research on various species of Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium,
symbiotic bacteria of agricultural significance. Also responsible
for management of Rhizobium inoculant production
at CelPril Industries.
- 1992 - 1994 Consultant in Environmental
Science (self-employed)
- 1994 - June 1998 Operator of Cosmic
Adventures (self-employed). Cosmic Adventures was
a science education service for elementary and middle
schools, concentrating on astronomy.
- 1996 - May 1998 Technology Consultant
for South Euclid-Lyndhurst School District, Lyndhurst,
Ohio
- August 1998 - Present Coordinator
of Language Learning Center, John Carroll University
Personal Web Site:
www.lafavre.us |
Dr. La Favre has a number of avocations including astronomy,
building musical instruments, and the acoustics of bar percussion
instruments (marimba, xylophone, vibes and glockenspiel). The
photo above is a 5-octave marimba that Dr. La Favre constructed
for his daughter, who is currently studying percussion performance
at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has studied
the acoustics and tuning of the marimba and has an extensive
online publication covering tuning theory. |
