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    Dr. Kamala Qalandar
    Mathematics and Science Departments, Director of Programs for Technology and Innovation
    University of California, Santa Barbara - BA
    University of California, Santa Barbara - PhD
    Bio
     
    Kamala teaches math, science, and programming classes at Thacher and is the Director of Programs for Technology and Innovation. In addition to those academic roles, she oversees all aspects of Thacher's GATES Building. She is the recipient of a bachelor’s and a doctorate degree from UCSB, where she conducted research on designing energy efficient microsystems to replace current technologies. She’s excited to not only be sharing her love of mathematics with Thacher students, but also to be introducing them to the fundamentals of programming and robotics. In 2006 she “retired from city life” and relocated to Ojai with her two sons in order to raise them in a more natural and peaceful environment.
A college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, California, 93023
Tel: 805-646-4377 Fax: 805-646-9490 Email: info@thacher.org 
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