Appointment = 65% research and only 30% teaching

2025

Spring

PSS 5375 Application of Green Chemistry Towards Manufacture of Bio-based Products. The course is set to launch in Spring 2025 and will engage around 10–20 graduate students working on their research projects at FBRI. The course focuses on applying Green Chemistry principles to the conversion of biomass into bioproducts, offering an in-depth exploration of biomasses, their constituents, and the processing methods used to create bio-based materials such as fuels, chemical platforms, and bioplastics. It also features a series of case studies demonstrating how established companies apply Green Chemistry principles to biomass and biopolymer processing, with many examples drawn from the EPA’s Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.

2024

Summer

PSS6100-xxx. Selected topics. Our curriculum provides flexibility for graduate students to focus on selected topics that help them meet their academic and career objectives. These courses were developed for student-specific objectives and were approved by the student’s graduate committee.

PSS6001-007 - Selected Topics in Plant and Soil Science: Material Reinforcement with Chitin Nanowhiskers

Fall

PSS 4100-001 and PSS 4100-D01.  Seminar.

PSS6100-xxx. Selected topics. Our curriculum provides flexibility for graduate students to focus on selected topics that help them meet their academic and career objectives. These courses were developed for student-specific objectives and were approved by the student’s graduate committee.

PSS6001-104 - Selected Topics in Plant and Soil Science: Chitin nanomaterials from various biomasses.

PSS6001-105 - Selected Topics in Plant and Soil Science: Utilization of fungal chitin in material 

2023

Summer

PSS6100-xxx. Selected topics. Our curriculum provides flexibility for graduate students to focus on selected topics that help them meet their academic and career objectives. These courses were developed for student-specific objectives and were approved by the student’s graduate committee.

PSS6001-101 - Selected Topics in Plant and Soil Science: Controlling Inner Porosity of Aerogel Materials, Part I

Fall

PSS 4100-001 and PSS 4100-D01.  Seminar. This is a seminar, where I teach the graduating seniors: 1. How to make the best resume and cover letter of what you have, how to make a proper LinkedIn page and your website, how to make a Federal resume and CV, how to prepare for the interview, and how to present your research during the interview. I am attaching the evaluations.

PSS6100-xxx. Selected topics. Our curriculum provides flexibility for graduate students to focus on selected topics that help them meet their academic and career objectives. These courses were developed for student-specific objectives and were approved by the student’s graduate committee.

PSS6001-007 - Selected Topics in Plant and Soil Science: Preparation of materials from nanocrystalline chitin/Chitin nanoplatform.

PSS6001-009 - Selected Topics in Plant and Soil Science: Isolation of Fungal chitin.

PSS6001-013 - Controlling Inner Porosity of Aerogel Materials, Part II.