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President’s message

I used to be a scientist. I have a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Washington State University in Pullman, WA. I researched as a postdoctoral fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, NY, and worked as a lead scientist at Columbia University in New York, NY. Since my son was born with hemophilia, my research focus was on hemophilia. After immigrating to Canada, I worked as a scientist at the National Research Council in Montreal. I began my hemophilia research in collaboration with a faculty member at a local university at the same time. However, the research was halted due to human factors. Subsequently, my family moved to Burnaby, BC.

As we moved, my son was diagnosed with autism. The diagnosis took longer than usual due to our relocation from Montreal to Burnaby. During this time, my wife and I sought ways to enhance my son’s brain development. However, there were no established methods for supporting the brain development of children with autism. Consequently, I decided to shift my area of research from science to brain development.

It took me over 10 years to understand autism and the thinking processes of human brains and to develop teaching and studying methods accordingly. It was the process of trial and error. However, as my strategy started to show some results, I applied the teaching methods to the university students to test on neurotypical students. As I developed new methods for the students’ brain development, I applied them to my son. And going back and forth. As a result, I finally solved the puzzle of brain development processes. I illuminated the differences in thinking processes between autistic and neurotypical people, and I developed teaching and studying methods for both autistic and neurotypical people regardless of their ages.

PonderEd Education is a unique and novel education provider for systematic brain development for all types of people, including those with autism, ADHD, struggling students, researchers, and more.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. 

Tongpil Min,

E-mail: min@PonderEd.ca

Current

Before (Short Bio)

  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA USA
  • Postdoctoral research fellow, Weil Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
  • Lead Scientist, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
  • Scientist, National research council, Montreal, QC Canada
  • Adjuct Professor, University Canada West, Vancouver, BC
  • Education Columnist, Education Newspaper (Korean), BC

Booklets & Book Chapter

  1. Education Policy and Leadership Volume 1: Ch 8. Teaching creative thinking: The teaching method that can bridge the education to the future! Infonomics Society. (https://infonomics-society.org/product/education-policy-and-leadership/)
  2. Thought Process-Based Education book series #2: Evolution of brain and education, https://www.PonderEd.ca 
  3. Thought Process-Based Education book series #2: Level 1-1 Building concepts, https://www.PonderEd.ca 
  4. Thought Process-Based Education book series #3: Level 1-2 Connecting concepts, https://www.PonderEd.ca

Papers in Autism

  1. Min T., and Min G.B., (2024) “A Major Breakthrough in Autism”, International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, Vol 15(2), pp. 4979-4985
  2. Min T., and Min G.B., and (2023) “Brain Development and Autism, Explained”, International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education, Vol 12(2), pp. 1889-1894
  3. Min T., (2022) “A Systematic Approaches for People with Autism to Develop Logical Thinking Process with a Successful Case”, International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education, Vol 11(1), pp. 1706-1711

Papers in Education

  1. Min T., (2022) ‘Conceptualization of Knowledge to Develop Thinking Process – A Novel Way of Teaching and Learning’, International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, Vol 13 (1), pp. 4565-4570
  2. Min, T. (2020) “Goal-oriented Teaching Method – The Way of Maintaining the Quality of Education for Both Online and F2F”, International Journal for Infonomics, Volume (13), issue (2), pp 2013-2017.

Papers in Science

  • Tongpil Min, Masoud Vedadi, David C. Watson, Mario Feldman, Christine Munger, Mirek Cygler, Allan Matte and N. Martin Young, (2009) Specificity of Campylobacter jejuni Adhesin PEB3 for Phosphates and Structural Differences among Its Ligand Complexes. Biochemistry Vol 48, 3057-3067.
  • Miao Lu, Tongpil Min,David Eliezer, and Hao Wu, (2006) Native chemical ligation in covalent caspase inhibition by p35. Chemistry & Biology. Vol 13, 117- 122. 
  • Tongpil Min, Hiroyuki Kasahara, Diana L. Bedgar, Buhyun Youn, Paulraj K. Lawrence, David R. Gang, Steven C. Halls, HaJeung Park, Jacqueline L. Hilsenbeck, Laurence B. Davin, Norman G. Lewis, and ChulHee Kang, (2003)  Crystal structures of pinoresinol-lariciresinol and phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductases, and their relationship to isoflavone reductases. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 278, 50714-50723. 
  • Guozhou Xu, Rebecca L. Rich, Clemens Steegborn, Tongpil Min, Yihua Huang, David G. Myszka, and Hao Wu, (2003) Mutational analyses of the p35-Caspase interaction. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 278, 5455-5461. 
  • Tongpil Min, Can E. Ergenekan, Marly K. Eidsness, Toshiko Ichiye and ChulHee Kang, (2001)  Leucine 41 is a gate for water entry in the reduction of Clostridium Pasteurianum rubredoxine. Protein Science. Vol. 10, 613-621. 
  • Tongpil Min, Marly K. Eidsness, Toshiko Ichiye and ChulHee Kang, (2001) Regulation mechanism of redox reaction in rubredoxin. The Journal of Microbiology. Vol. 39, 149-153. 
  • Marly K. Eidsness, Amy E. Burden, Kimberly A. Richie, Donald M. Kurtz, Jr., Robert A. Scott, Eugene T. Smith, Toshiko Ichiye, Brian Beard, Tongpil Minand ChulHee Kang, (1999) Modulation of the redox potential of the [Fe(Scys)4] site in rubredoxin by the orientation of a peptide dipole. Biochemistry. Vol. 38, 14803-14809. 
  • Jonathan Weil, Tongpil Min, Chen Yang, Shuren Wang, Cory Sutherland, Nanda Sinha and ChulHee Kang, (1999) Stabilization of the I-motif by intramolecular adenine-adenine-thymine base triple in the structure of d(ACCCT). Acta Cryst. D55, 422-429. 
  • Tongpil Min, Nan-hyang Park, Hee Young Park, Sun-Joo Hong and Sanghwa Han, (1996) EPR spectra of spin-labeled cytochrome c bound to acidic membranes: Implications for the binding site and reversibility. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Vol. 29, 169-174. 
  • Tongpil Minand Sanghwa Han, (1996) Lipid specificity for membrane oxidation catalyzed by cytochrome c: An EPR study. Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. Vol. 17, 279- 284. 
  • Tongpil Minand Sanghwa Han, (1995) Inhibitory effects of exogenous Cu2+ and Zn2+ on the cytochrome c oxidase activity. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Vol. 28, 311- 315.