Teaching

Stanford University

Postdoc Mentor Coach: September 2023 - Present

• I was selected to be part of the inaugural cohort of mentor coaches. We collaboratively design and teach curriculum to Stanford’s 2500 postdocs based on the Entering Mentoring curriculum.

University of California, San Francisco, Graduate Division

Biomedical Sciences Incoming Student Bootcamp: May 2015 - August 2018

• Every summer, I taught an interactive workshop on coding for biology that I designed.

BMS255: Genetics & Genomics: January 2016 - March 2016

• Led review sessions and graded exams for 35 students

University of Maryland, Depts of Biology & Computer Science

BSCI440: Mammalian Physiology: August 2013 - May 2014

• During fall semester, graded exams for 100 students and gave an invited lecture
• During spring semester, designed and gave weekly 3-hour interactive review lectures, created review content including discussion question sets and handouts, and graded presentations and exams for 15 students

CMSC423: Bioinformatics Algorithms, Databases, & Tools: September 2013 - December 2013

• Grading assignments, programs, and exams for 60 students

CMSC351: Algorithms: August 2012 - December 2012

• Held office hours and conducted review sessions to guide students on homework and general concepts; corrected and graded assignments and exams for 200 students; gave 1-on-1 instruction via class forums and free tutoring
• I receieved the Computer Science Department Teaching Excellence Award for this course based on nominations by my students

Volunteer Teacher: SplashUMBC, May 2012

• Designed and presented a 2-hour minicourse on human evolution including a species evolution RPG activity to high school students.

Organic Chemistry Tutor: Univerity Honors Program, 2011 - 2012

• Tutored several students weekly over three semesters