Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant: Biological Research Lab                                              Spring 2016- current
Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University

Supervisor: Dr. Monica Torres
Led two weekly laboratories for first and second year undergraduate students. Graded lab reports, exams and other assessments. Created more engaging and useful quiz questions. Aided the students and provided instruction in bi- weekly office hours.

Teaching Assistant: Plant Breeding                                                                         Spring 2015
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology
, Rutgers University
Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Molnar, Dr. Stacy Bonos and Dr. Tom Orton
Graded exams and lab reports, answered students questions and managed the online resource webpage. This class focused on traditional breeding techniques and explored modern molecular techniques

Teaching Assistant: General Plant Pathology                                                          Fall 2014
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University

Supervisor: Dr. Anne B. Gould
Lectured, graded exams, quizzes and weekly homework, held review sessions and answered student questions. This class focused on plant pathogen identification and their life cycles

Teaching Assistant: General Plant Physiology                                                        Spring 2014
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University

Supervisor: Dr. Bingru Huang
Designed, setup and led weekly lab exercises, graded exams and lab reports, held review sessions and answered student questions. This class focused on environmental stresses to plants such as heat, drought, salinity and flooding stress.

Teaching Assistant: Introductory Biochemistry Lab                                                 Fall 2013
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University

Supervisor: Dr. Kyle Murphy
Led and aided in lab sessions, graded exams and lab reports and answered student questions

Mentoring