Chris Uyeda has a deep love for the following: science, teaching, the ocean, his family, and the greatest show ever made, Seinfeld. Somehow he has found a way to turn the first three into a profession.

Mr. Uyeda joined the La Jolla Country Day School faculty in 2010 and has taught biology, chemistry, marine science and biotechnology.  His job is to help students understand that science is a process, not a body of knowledge, and what it means to think like a scientist. Primarily, though, his role is to give young people his attention.

A career educator, Mr. Uyeda has also taught at High Tech High, Florida Keys Community College, Sea|mester, Adventures Cross Country and the Catalina Island Marine Institute. 

He earned his degrees from Stanford and the University of Miami and was a NOAA Knauss Fellow for Marine Policy in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Uyeda is a PADI Open Water SCUBA instructor and wilderness first responder and holds an IYT Master of Yachts 200-ton license.