Teaching & advising
I'm looking for students who have a passion for geophysics and the environment!
Seismic refraction demonstration for undergraduate students
strategy
I have a multi-stage plan for teaching geoscience/geophysics courses:
Introducing undergraduate students to the field of geosciences with the entry-level courses
At this introductory level, my goal is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of geosciences. This is required for the students to be able to understand fundamental concepts and be prepared for more advanced courses in geophysics
Preparing upper-level undergraduate students for advanced graduate studies and perhaps industry
Upper-level undergraduate courses are designed for the purpose of preparing undergraduate students who seek to continue into graduate-level studies. These courses include group projects that span throughout the semester and require an elaborate group project report at the end of the semester.
Training graduate-level students through research-based and advanced courses to prepare them for future academic or professional industry careers.
Graduate level courses require close intellectual interactions with faculty members and should be taught in a manner that students feel there is a mutual benefit for them and the instructor in taking the courses.
Online teaching strategy:
I have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic that in-person classes are not always feasible. Nowadays, the internet can be found in every corner of the world and I plan to produce short videos for the teaching part of my classes and prepare virtual learning classes (video conferences) for more practical training. Open-source packages such as QGIS, Visible Geology, GemPy, and ResIPy can be used for teaching remote sensing and demonstrating geological models in 3D in a virtual environment. Furthermore, I plan to build a complete package that includes both theory and virtual classes together. In this platform, students can virtually take a field trip in an augmented reality environment while learning the theory simultaneously.
Courses taught
University of Oklahoma
GPHY 4133 (3-credit UG-Level; 3-week summer field camp)
- Colorado Field GeophysicsGPHY 5970 (3-credit UG-Level)
- Near-Surface GeophysicsGPHY 5970 (3-credit G-Level)
- Electrical Environmental Geophysics
- Near-Surface GeophysicsGPHY 2013 (3-credit UG-Level)
- Frontiers in GeophysicsGEOL 1114 (4-credit UG-Level)
- Physical Geology for science and engineering majors
Rutgers University
Planet Earth lab 21:460:104 (1 credit UG-Level)
Environmental Geology lab 21:460:207 (1 credit UG-Level)
dissertation committee
University of Oklahoma
Bobby Buist (Ph.D.)
Vanessa Rios Perez (M.Sc.)
John McKnight (M.Sc.)
Danial Mansourian (Ph.D.)
Segun Steven Bodunde (Ph.D.)
Dani Storms (M.Sc.)
Dominic Candela (Ph.D.)
Rutgers University
Joshua Thomson (Ph.D.)
Nuray Oncul (M.Sc.)
Klaudio Peshtani (Ph.D.)
Mentoring
Rutgers University
Garden State - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) 2019 – 2020
Advising students to monitor microbial movements using SIP method. Python programming. Research (2019) has been presented at GS-LSAMP annual conference and AGU
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) 2016 – 2018
Mentoring two students to conduct geophysical experiments using spectral induced polarization (SIP) method for their Summer research project.Undergraduate Summer Research 2017
Advising and mentoring two students to monitor microbial calcite precipitation using SIP method. Research has been published and presented at AGU and SAGEEPGraduate Visiting Student Research 2016
Mentoring a graduate student, visiting from Queen's University Belfast, UK, to learn how to work with SIP machine and interpret complex resistivity data