Teaching and mentoring has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my graduate education. One of my favorite things about designing new course material is finding ways to challenge students to think critically through active learning. In evaluations at the end of the Chancellor Science Scholar's course at UNC, 90% of students thought that the class had helped them develop critical thinking skills in the subject. One student said “She has a way of making the coursework fun and giving hands-on application to … a subject that I have never seen real application for.”
Teaching
Quantitative Biology - Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biology Department
- Designed and delivered 4 lectures and 2 labs.
- Created and graded course assessments.
Summer Bridge Mathematics - Summer 2013
Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Part of the Chancellor Science Scholars program
- Designed and supervised 9 active learning labs.
- Created and graded lab and course assessments.
- Held nightly recitation sections.
- Offered remedial tutoring to 5 students.
Mathematical Modeling - Spring 2012
Graduate Research Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mathematics Department
- Designed 2 research projects and guided 4 groups of
students in research projects that applied math modeling
to biology problems.
Undergraduates mentored in research
Young Yun – Chemistry and biology undergraduate (2014-present). Research focuses on the fluid dynamics of flow through insect bristles. Work will result in published paper.
Daniel Goldfarb – Biology undergraduate (2014). Research focused on the computational fluid dynamics of flow through insect bristles.
Ryan Laurenza – Computer Science undergraduate (2013-2014). Research focused on the computational fluid dynamics of tiny insect flight. Work resulted in a published paper.
Carol Knight – Computational Physics REU student (Summer 2012). Research focused on the computational fluid dynamics of tiny insect flight. Work presented as a research talk and poster. She won an award for best research talk.
Carol Knight presenting research at a CAP REU poster session.