Mr. Bigler

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Professional

I have been teaching physics at Lynn English High School since 2011. (Go Bulldogs!) Prior to teaching at LEHS, I taught chemistry at other schools in the greater Boston area. Chemistry remains my favorite of the sciences, but physics is my favorite subject to teach. I am also the advisor for the LEHS Science Team and the LEHS Roleplaying Club.

I hold an expired National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification in Science: Adolescence & Young Adulthood. I am an active participant in the Boston University Physics Teacher Network (BU-PTN), and I teach AP^® Physics workshops for Mass Insight Education.

This Week

I will be performing with the Firebird Pops Orchestra at the Hammond Castle in Gloucester on Friday, Saturday and Sunday December 20, 21 & 22.

Mini Biography

I was born in December 1964, which places me at the tail end of the Baby Boomers, but I identify much more with Generation X. I grew up in Big Flats, New York and went to school in Corning, where I graduated as salutatorian of Corning-Painted Post East High School in 1983. I earned two bachelor of science (S.B.) degrees from MIT, one in chemical engineering (1987) and one in biology (1988).

After college, I worked as a chemical process engineer for Advanced Magnetics (now AMAG Pharmaceuticals), and then as a software engineer and operations manager for several startup companies. I started my teaching career in 2003.

I married my wife Nancy (a fellow MIT graduate) in 1996, and we went to Antarctica for our honeymoon. We have two amazing adult daughters. My gender is male, and I use he/him pronouns.

Interests

My primary interest outside of school is music. I am the principal violist of the Reading Symphony Orchestra and the Firebird Pops Orchestra. I also play with Symphony by the Sea and the Apollo Ensemble of Boston. I also write fanfiction based on Jane Austen's novels; see my author page for more information. I have a wide range of other hobbies and interests as well, including morris dancing, caving, scuba diving, coffee roasting, locksmithing, roleplaying & LARPs, bicycling, travel, amateur radio, camping & hiking, computers, photography, theater, skiing, trains, and coin collecting.

Photo Blog

I have a photo blog at http://ourdoings.com/mrbigler/.