5+ years of experience teaching biology & neuroscience courses at the graduate, undergraduate, & high school levels across multiple Ivy League & city universities.

10+ years of hands-on mentorship experience training & overseeing technicians & students in the laboratory environment.

Instructor of Neuroscience

May 2021 - August 2023

Columbia University │ New York, NY

  • Independently designed curriculum for multiple college-level neuroscience courses.

  • Taught classes of ~30 students as part of Columbia's highly competitive Summer Immersion Program, providing college-level course exposure to exemplary summer students.

  • Integrated lectures, hands-on activities, and independent group work to maximize student learning experience.

  • Provided individual completion evaluation letters and career guidance to all 100+ students.

  • Scored ~4.9/5 on course evaluations.

Courses:

  • “Neurobiology of Learning and Memory”: Summer 2023

  • “Introduction to Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain”: Summer 2023 & 2022

  • “Fundamentals of Neuroscience”: Summer 2021

Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • TA for PhD & master’s students in their first year of core neuroscience courses in the CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative (CNC) graduate program.

  • Responsible for holding weekly course recitations. Proctored, graded, and provided feedback on quizzes, exams, and writing assignments.

  • Selected as the sole graduate student TA due to outstanding performance in core NS curriculum (earned an A in both NS1 and NS2). Developed a strong command of a broad range of neuroscience topics, including disease models, pharmacology, electrophysiology, development, genetics, physics (i.e., electrical circuitry), neural circuitry, anatomy, research techniques, etc.

  • Organized smooth transitions for rotating professors across the various course modules.

Courses:

  • “Neuroscience I”: Molecular, cellular and developmental basis of neuronal function.

  • “Neuroscience II”: Organization of functional systems mediating behavior and cognition.

August 2021 - May 2023

The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

New York, NY

Adjunct Professor

  • Facilitator and instructor for two sections (~40 students)/semester of undergraduate-level science courses.

  • Designed course material (lecture & slide decks), quizzes, and graded problem sets.

  • Wrote recommendation letters for medical, veterinary, and graduate school applicants.

  • Scored all 9s and 10s (/10) on faculty course evaluations.

Courses:

  • Molecular Genetics Laboratory (Bio 302): Spring 2021

  • Biochemistry Laboratory (Bio 300): Fall 2020

August 2020 - May 2021

Hunter College, Dept of Biology │ New York, NY

Mentorship

Research Mentor, New York University (NYU) GSTEM Program, Summer 2024.

Graduate Mentor for BP Endure Student, Hunter College, 2020-Current

Trained, hired, & oversaw students (undergraduate, masters, high school), lab technicians, and volunteers in the lab at Columbia & UF.