Teaching
I have been fortunate to teach and learn from over 1000 students in more than 10 physics and astronomy courses, in settings as intimate as 1-on-1 office hours, as hands-on as optics labs, and as expansive as 600-seat auditoriums. In parallel, I have pursued pedagogical training through the UC Berkeley Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education and the Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators Professional Development Program (ISEE PDP). Drawing on these experiences, I have developed a teaching practice centered on authentic, inclusive, and inquiry-based learning, in which students investigate important physical concepts through core scientific practices. A complete list of my teaching activities is available in my CV.
Teaching Experience
Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators
- Instructor: AstroTech Instrumentation Summer School (Summer 2024, Summer 2026)
- Guest Instructor: Introduction to Observational Astronomy, Sonoma State University (ASTR 231; Fall 2025)
University of Toronto
- Guest Lecturer: Galactic Structure and Dynamics (AST 1420; Spring 2026)
UC Berkeley
- Instructor: Instruction Techniques in General Astronomy (ASTRON 375; Fall 2020, Spring 2022)
- Head Graduate Student Instructor: Introduction to General Astronomy (ASTRON C10; Fall 2018)
- Graduate Student Instructor: The Planets (ASTRON C12; Spring 2018)
- Graduate Student Instructor: Introduction to General Astronomy (ASTRON C10; Fall 2017)
Pomona College
- Student Mentor: Electricity and Magnetism (PHYS 142; Spring 2017)
- Student Mentor & Lab TA: Techniques in Observational Astrophysics (ASTR 101; Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
- Student Mentor: Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology (ASTR 002; Spring 2016)
- Student Mentor: Foundations of Modern Physics (PHYS 101; Fall 2015)
- Lab TA: Advanced Introductory Astronomy (ASTR 051; Spring 2015)
- Grader: Assorted Physics & Astronomy Courses (Fall 2014–Spring 2017)
Professional Development
- Professional Development Program, Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators (2024–2026)
- Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, UC Berkeley (2023)
- Instruction Techniques in General Astronomy (ASTRON 375), UC Berkeley (Fall 2017)
- STEM Mentor/TA Workshop Series, Pomona College Quantitative Skills Center (Spring 2016)
Outreach
- AstroTech, UC Berkeley (2024, 2026)
- Compass Lecture, UC Berkeley (2023)
- UAW Picket Line Astronomy Outreach, UC Berkeley (2022)
- Astronomy Department Exposition at Cal Day, UC Berkeley (2017–2019)
- Open House, The Carnegie Observatories (2016)
- Astronomy Department Founder’s Day Exposition, Pomona College (2015)
- Science Night, Stork Elementary School (2014)