Science
Biology, immunology, evidence, uncertainty, and the pleasure of understanding a mechanism.
My background →Science · Teaching · Writing · Life
Curious about how things work—and what they mean.
I’m Alex Jordon, Ph.D.—a scientist, teacher, writer, and maker. This is where I share the work, questions, and creative projects that keep me paying attention.
Ph.D. Immunologist
Trained at the bench
Former AP Biology Teacher
At home in the classroom
Writer
Science, identity, work & life
Creative founder
Black Matter Candle Co.
What lives here
A place for the different parts to meet.
I’ve spent years in spaces that often get separated—science and storytelling, teaching and learning, analysis and making. This site lets them remain connected without forcing them into a single professional label.
Teaching
What classrooms reveal about attention, memory, communication, and the people doing the learning.
Biology tutoring →Writing & making
Essays, field notes, creative experiments, and the ordinary human material that rarely fits on a résumé.
Explore the writing →Selected work
Things I’ve taught, written, and built.
Not every project needs to prove a career thesis. These are simply examples of work I care about and the thinking that shaped it.
Teaching
Designing a Coherent 9th Grade Biology Course
Sequencing labs, assessments, retrieval, and foundational concepts around how students actually encounter and remember biology.
Browse essays and projects →Teaching Biology and Paying Attention to the Whole
A reflection on feedback, constraint, memory, and what classrooms teach the teacher.
Read the essay →Black Matter Candle Co.
A creative business built from scent, story, design, and the pleasure of making something tangible.
Visit the shop →Selected writing
Notes from a life in progress.
Essays and fragments on biology, learning, work, identity, creativity, doubt, and whatever else insists on being examined.
About me
A scientist by training, a teacher by experience, and a person before either.
I’m interested in complexity, but I’m just as interested in the messy, funny, uncomfortable life happening around it.
This site is a professional home, but it is also allowed to be personal, curious, and unfinished.
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