Courses
I have been a teaching assistant for two classes at Harvard: Life Sciences 2, Human Evolutionary Anatomy and Physiology, and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 130, The Biology of Fishes. Myself and another graduate student have also co-taught a semester-long graduate seminar geared towards writing a predoctoral grant (NSF GRFP, Hertz, Ford, NDSEG, etc.) for the past three years. In addition, I taught a two-week course with another graduate student though Harvard's pre-college summer program. Our course was called Surf and Turf: An introduction to marine and terrestrial biology.
Outreach
I have participated in outreach programs at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and with ADZ Group (> 30 lectures). I commonly give talks to students from underserved regions in the greater Boston area, and I help make science visible, accessible, and interesting in these talks. I also regularly give talks to visiting groups of junior high and high school students from Japan, and I have given numerous lab tours to academic and non-academic visitors, ranging from age 6 to over 60. In all of my outreach activities, I seek to inspire the next generation of scientists, educate the next generation of citizens, and demystify scientists and the scientific process.
Mentoring
I have been lucky to mentor both undergraduate and high school students during my career thus far. I have mentored four undergraduates through the completion of their senior theses, as well as three high school students in research projects. Most of these projects have resulted in publications and conference presentations.
I have been a teaching assistant for two classes at Harvard: Life Sciences 2, Human Evolutionary Anatomy and Physiology, and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 130, The Biology of Fishes. Myself and another graduate student have also co-taught a semester-long graduate seminar geared towards writing a predoctoral grant (NSF GRFP, Hertz, Ford, NDSEG, etc.) for the past three years. In addition, I taught a two-week course with another graduate student though Harvard's pre-college summer program. Our course was called Surf and Turf: An introduction to marine and terrestrial biology.
Outreach
I have participated in outreach programs at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and with ADZ Group (> 30 lectures). I commonly give talks to students from underserved regions in the greater Boston area, and I help make science visible, accessible, and interesting in these talks. I also regularly give talks to visiting groups of junior high and high school students from Japan, and I have given numerous lab tours to academic and non-academic visitors, ranging from age 6 to over 60. In all of my outreach activities, I seek to inspire the next generation of scientists, educate the next generation of citizens, and demystify scientists and the scientific process.
Mentoring
I have been lucky to mentor both undergraduate and high school students during my career thus far. I have mentored four undergraduates through the completion of their senior theses, as well as three high school students in research projects. Most of these projects have resulted in publications and conference presentations.