Teaching and Mentorship

Teacher:

CHEM 6BL, UCSB:                                                                                                                                                                                                    2019

·       Teaching assistant, Organic Chemistry lab                           

MATRL 280A, UCSB:                                                                                                                                                                                               2019

·       Guest lecturer, “DFT as Applied to Conjugated Polymers”

·       Established a teaching lab for students to learn about density functional theory (DFT) in materials chemistry

CHEM 282C, UCSB:                                                                                                                                                                                                  2018

·       Guest lecturer, “Instrumental Methods in Materials Chemistry”   

CHEM 1AL – CHEM 1CL, UCSB:                                                                                                                                                                         2014 –2015

·       Teaching assistant, General Chemistry lab                           

Mentor:

Aspuru-Guzik group:

·       Stanley Lo (undergraduate, NSERC USRA), 2021–present

o   Poster prize for undergraduate summer research

·       Emre Alca (undergraduate), 2020­–present

·       Jack Batey (undergraduate), 2020

Bazan group:

·       Ziyue Zhu (PhD), 2019

·       Luana Llanes (PhD), 2019

Service

Service

Outreach:

Graduate Students for Diversity in Science (GSDS)                                                                                                                         2014 – 2019

GSDS strives to promote the participation of underrepresented groups in the STEM fields and facilitate an inclusive atmosphere for scientific discussion.

Ventura High School visits to UCSB                                                                                                                                                           2015 & 2017

Visits to UCSB for students from high schools in Ventura County, CA, organized by Prof. Thuc-Quyen Nguyen and the Center for Polymers and Organic Solids. The visits aim to inspire the students to pursue a college education in the STEM fields.

Sci Trek volunteer                                                                                                                                                                                                2014 & 2015

SciTrek aims to provide elementary and middle schools students in Santa Barbara County, CA, the opportunity to experience the scientific process through live inquiry-based partnerships with local schools.