Teaching

In the department of Bioclimatology, I teach methods related to vegetation-atmosphere processes to graduate students over 3 to 4 days once a year. In this course, I teach students' how to use a land surface model (CLM) and also teach them how to integrate model with measured/observed data-sets.

In the past, I have been involved in teaching quantitative based courses from natural sciences on several levels and in various environments throughout my career. From my experience, I found that subjects can be best learned by solving problems. In my teaching class, two of the many goals I set is to ensure that students are able to think critically and interpret results appropriately.

I like discovering new things through research and enjoy sharing this with others through teaching. Therefore, I believe in incorporating evidence from research into teaching, and often I update my teaching materials with the research developments in my field.

Specific topics that I can teach:

· Plant ecophysiology and bioclimatology

· Data analysis for biologists

· Vegetation modeling and data assimilation

· Mathematical models in plant ecology