Teaching and Mentoring

Nurturing of knowledge and its diffusion into society is one of the key purposes of academia. In addition to my personal scientific endeavors, I also have the pleasure to share my knowledge with students, both as a teacher and as a mentor. I feel honored to have made contributions to the careers of many students.

I have been a guest/substitute lecturer for Solid State Physics and Electricity and Magnetism (University of California, Berkeley).

I have been a teaching assistant for Organic Chemistry, Solids and Surfaces, Quantum Chemistry, Ester Project, Synthesis and Analysis (Utrecht University), Physics for Biology Students (University of Groningen).

I have mentored the following students:

Tom Konings, Vincent van Wessel, Sam Borman, Margriet van Riggelen, Noor ten Veen, Luuk de Goode, Daniel de Bruin, Casper Silvis, Robbin Kroes, Nora Mulder, Janine Deou, Iris Teune, Marienne Faro, Tim Gebraad, Mark Mangnus, Ziyi Wang, Ziqin Yue, Kaiming Liu, Jiaming Lu, Ethan Wen.

I firmly believe that education should be inclusive and everyone should be given equal opportunity in academia, regardless of race, origin, gender (identity), religious beliefs or sexual orientation. In fact, my aim is to advocate for equity and diversity in academia - science should be a human endeavor, open for everyone to explore!