User:Marcvanloo

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Dr. Marc van Loo was Project Manager and Chief editor of the 5 star Amazon rated educational book Implementing the IB Diploma, after having been an IB teacher (further) Mathematics and TOK at the United World College of South East Asia, Singapore.

Following his interest in developing cross-curricular and experiential education, Marc took up the post of Coordinator of Critical Thinking at NanYang Technological University, while at a Singaporean affiliate of CalState University, he was Coordinator of Critical Thinking and Experiential Learning, as well as Professor of Mathematics and Physics.

Marc is founder and owner of LooLa Adventure Resort, an educational resort on Bintan island, Indonesia, which has evolved into Singapore-based schools most visited foreign destination. LooLa played a central role in the 'Keyboards for Kids' community service programme, which has delivered close to a 1000 computers to local schools. Other community involvement projects include working with local communities, orphanages, and schools, and taking the lead in Bintan's reforestation projects. Marc has conducted corporate training courses at his resort, and has taught adults (mostly teachers) from 1995-2000 in the Open University's BSc mathematics programme. Finally, he helped developing the education programs for Monkey Island, an exciting edu/eco project to rescue Singapore's Long tail macaques.

A Dutch national and Singapore PR, Dr van Loo earned his PhD in Mathematical Physics in 1995 from the National university of Singapore, where he was invited to study on a research scholarship. His continuing research interest is cosmology, especially the large-scale evolution of the universe.