Adrian Dingle

Adrian Dingle is a chemistry educator and author, with 32 years of experience teaching in the United States and the United Kingdom. He is the creator of the award-winning chemistry website Adrian Dingle’s Chemistry Pages at ww.adriandingleschemistrypages.com.

The focus of his teaching career has been on preparing students for standardized tests: AP and SAT subject tests in the United States, GCSE’s and A levels in the United Kingdom, and the International Baccalaureate in both countries. An Englishman, he lives in Indiana, where he most recently taught at The Culver Academies. Previously he taught in Atlanta at The Westminster Schools.

He holds a BSc. (Hons.) Chemistry, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Secondary Chemistry), both from the University of Exeter in England.

In addition to writing REA’s AP Chemistry Crash Course, he has written several other chemistry titles including The Periodic Table: Elements With Style, How To Make A Universe With 92 Ingredients, and REA’s SAT Chemistry Crash Course. He is the 2011 winner of the School Library

Association of the UK’s Information Book Award, and in 2012 was honored with the prestigious literary prize Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahre, sponsored by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research. He also adapted Sam Kean’s New York Times bestseller, The Disappearing Spoon for young readers. In 2015 he was elected as the inaugural High School Ambassador on the Governing Board of the American Association of Chemistry Teachers.

He’s a lifelong fan of Leeds United football club in England, and a former season ticket holder.