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Teaching Interests

Introducing Students to Interdisciplinary Study

I am interested in developing courses like Comparative Biomechanics or Biological Modeling of Physical Systems. In a comparative biomechanics course, I would focus on morphological diversity and how anatomy evolved across the tree of life to serve specific biomechanical functions. We would learn methods adapted from mechanical and structural engineering to explore questions such as statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials and apply these methods to understanding swimming, feeding, flying, and other behaviors. This would be an activity-based course where students would learn these methods firsthand. In a biological modeling course, I would introduce students to methods in modeling biological systems from developing physical models from open-source CT scans to computational models of skeletal systems and locomotion to bioinspired robotics. This course would culminate in an independent student design project, allowing students to actively employ the scientific method from hypothesis testing to presentation of results.

Teaching Experience

Instructor - Ecology and Morphology of Fishes (Summer 2022)

 

Instructor - Functional Morphology and Ecology of Marine Fishes (Summer 2019)

  • Co-Instructors: Dr. Adam Summers and Dr. Matt Kolmann

  • Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington


Instructor – Physiology of Movement (Spring 2019)

  • Co-Instructors: Dr. Eric Tytell

  • Department of Biology, Tufts University


Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Biological Modeling Using Python (Spring 2017)

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Tufts University


Teaching Fellow – Anatomy and Physiology (Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2018)

  • Harvard University Ex School

 

Teaching Fellow – Fish Biomechanics (Summer 2016, 2018)

  • Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington


Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Biology Lab (Fall 2015, Spring 2015)

  • Department of Biology, Tufts University

 

Teaching Assistant – Engineering Computing Lab (Intro to MATLAB) (Spring 2014)

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Scene Shop and Eclectics Instructor (Fall 2010 - Spring 2014)

  • University of Rochester's International Theater Program

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