Teaching

Teaching Approach

Each lecture starts with a series of brief and polished summary PowerPoint slides from previous material taught in class and proceeds then with a Canvas lecture or in-class demonstration. The evaluation is based on many different methods including (a) regular exams (3 per semester), (b) weekly quizzes, (c) regular homework, (d) a final written (and oral on a volunteer basis) project, and the Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) method which makes use of a short "warm-up" handed out the day before each class with a few short questions that the students have to answer before class, and a short "puzzle" assigned a day or two before each class and to be turned in by the students at the beginning of each lecture. 

Principal Lecturer

• • Theoretical Mechanics I and II (2018 - present)

  • Fundamentals of Atmospheric Sciences (2018)

  • Qualitative Methods in Physics (2014)

  • Graduate Journal Club (2014)

  • Modern Labs (2014)

  • Qualitative Methods in Physics (2013)

  • Graduate Journal Club (2013)

  • Electricity and Magnetism I and II for senior undergraduate students (2008-2013 and 2016-2017)

  • Special topics for graduate and undergraduate students (2009-2011)

Guest Lecturer

• • Presented two guest lectures for the  Aerosol Chemistry Class (primary instructor: Lynn Mazzoleni)

  • Guest lecturer (2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab demonstration) during the Atmospheric Research Class (primary instructor: Louisa Kramer)