Peter Jeschofnig, Ph.D.

Peter Jeschofnig , Ph.D. is the Founder of the Institute for Excellence in Distance Science Education (IEDSE), a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering professional development for distance science educators. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Science at Colorado Mountain College (CMC) and an adjunct Physics professor for the Colorado Community Colleges Online (CCC-Online). 

Dr. Jeschofnig recently retired as Director of Research and Development for Hands-On Labs, Inc (HOL). HOL grew out of a unique micro-scale chemistry kit (LabPaq) that Dr. Jeschofnig created for his Colorado Mountain College distance education students in 1994. HOL now offers over 100 course-specific LabPaqs and has developed over 350 independent experiments spanning all the science disciplines.

Dr. Jeschofnig earned undergraduate degrees in geology and general sciences at West Texas State University and graduate degrees in Geology and Anthropology from Southern Methodist University. He also holds Masters degrees in Chemistry, Physics, and Science Education and earned a second Doctorate in Adult Science Education at Colorado State University. His illustrious academic career includes 20 years at CMC where he taught Environmental Science, Anthropology, Chemistry, and Physics at CMC's Leadville and Glenwood Spring campuses. He also served as head of the Environmental Science-Water Quality Program in Leadville and as the Chair of CMC's District-wide Science Department.

Dr. Jeschofnig was named Colorado's Distance Educator of the Year in 2001, was honored by CMC as Faculty Member of the Year in 1994 and 2007, is an alumnus of Central Rockies Leadership, and has been recognized by CCC-Online as a Gold Medal Faculty Member. Dr. Jeschofnig has been awarded two prestigious Fulbright Professorships: one at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia (1994-1995) and one at University of Namibia in Windhoek (2003-2004). 

Dr. Jeschofnig served as a District Governor for Rotary International in 2009-10, and until recently was a member of Colorado 's State Faculty Curriculum Committee.

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