Teaching & Mentoring Experience

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Worked with a mechanical engineering postdoc to design spectroscopy project. Helped him with experiment design, lasers and laser safety, and data analysis (Mar. 2017 – June 2018).

Worked closely with a Masters chemist and an undergraduate student to design experiments and manage collaborative work (March 2017 – July 2017).

University of Colorado Boulder

Laboratory teaching assistant * – Physical Chemistry I & II – (Spring 2016)

Laboratory teaching assistant – Physical Chemistry I & II – (Fall 2015)

Teaching assistant and substitute lecturer (4 times) – Physical Chemistry I & II – (Spring 2015)

Teaching assistant and substitute lecturer (3 times) – Physical Chemistry I & II – (Fall 2014)

Laboratory teaching assistant ** – General Chemistry II – (Spring 2014)

Teaching assistant – Physical Chemistry I for Engineers – (Spring 2013)

Laboratory teaching assistant – General Chemistry I – (Spring 2013)

Laboratory teaching assistant – General Chemistry II for Chemistry Majors – (Spring 2011)

Laboratory teaching assistant – General Chemistry II – (Fall 2010)

* Received Physical Chemistry Teaching Excellence Award

** Received General Chemistry Graduate Teaching Excellence Award

National Renewable Energy Lab

Mentored summer research undergraduate student to perform matrix isolation IR spectroscopy and photoionization mass spectrometry. Student accompanied me on a trip to the Advanced Light Source at LBNL to perform experiments (Summer 2014).

Carleton College

Laboratory teaching assistant – Scientific Glassblowing – (Spring 2010)

Laboratory teaching assistant – Introduction to Chemistry – (Winter 2010)

Teaching assistant – Organic Chemistry I – (Fall 2008)