The intention of mentoring, whether in the classroom or the laboratory, is to comprehensively equip students with tools and resources to cultivate the skills required for their personalized futures.
Course: Practical Genomics Workshop Sections: FA 2023
Role: Co-Instructor
Goals: Provide training in genomics data science for beginners. Topics covered included single cell RNA-seq and R.
Course: Research in Biology at Clovis Community College in Fresno, CA
Sections: FA 2021, SP 2022, SU 2022
Role: Content Creator & Co-Instructor with Rosa Alcazar
Goals: Our goal is to create opportunities for underrepresented minority populations to join the STEM workforce. We provide exposure to cutting-edge research, access to undergraduate research opportunities, and inclusion in a supportive community of role models and researcher mentors to improve retention in STEM students. Watch Rosa Alcazar, the lead instructor, talk about the course!
Workshop: Practical Genomics Workshop with the Center for Computational Genomics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD
Sections: SU 2021, SU 2019
Role: Content Creator & Lead Teaching Assistant
Goals: Provide training in genomics data science for complete beginners. Topics covered include: bulk RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, single cell RNA-seq, R, unix, cloud computing, and high performance cluster computing (HPC).
Course: Neuroscience: A Single Cell Story at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD
Sections: Winter Intercession 2020
Role: Co-Instructor with Yuqi Tan
Goals: The course investigated the usefulness of single cell approaches to understand the biology of complex systems in neuroscience. We covered basic approaches of single cell biology in neuroscience from a historical perspective including histology and physiology to single cell genomics popular today. We introduced concepts uniquely addressed by single cell techniques, limitations, and practical, hands-on experience to transcriptomics in single cell biology.
Career Development Series: Lunch-n-Learn Seminar Series for the Psychiatry Summer Research and Training Program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD
Role: Guest Speaker
Title: “Career Paths in Psychiatry”
Goals: Contrast the clinical and basic science research opportunities in psychiatry. Discuss career paths for both medical and basic science training.
Symposium: STEM Honors Conference at Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield, MO
Role: Keynote Speaker
Title: “Research Opportunities for Community College STEM Students”
Goals: Provide community college students with an example path into biomedical research. Equip the students with practical tools to identify funded research projects and get involved in research opportunities in their area.
Courses: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Chemistry for Health Sciences at Evangel University in Springfield, MO
Role: Lead Laboratory Instructor