Teaching
I am passionate about teaching and believe it is one of the most impactful ways scientists can contribute to the well-being of their communities.
Teaching experience highlights
2022-2023 Instructor. HTHSCI 3H06-Level III Individual Student Inquiry Project.
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Jan-May 2022. Co-instructor. HTHSCI 4J03/BIOCHEM 4J03-Immunological Principles in Practice. Primary instructor: Dr. Caitlin Mullarkey.
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Nov 2018-May 2020. Lecturer/Assistant Professor
o Bioinformatics training module for Graduate students. Class of 10 students.
o PED1101-Introductory Biology. Class of 120 students
o PED2001-Plant and Animal Biology. Class of 103 students.
o PED2003-Microbiology. Class of 103 students.
o PED3002-Molecular Biology and Genetics. Class of 20 students.
Suleyman Demirel University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2009-2011. Laboratory instructor
· BIOL1115/1116: Cells and Cellular Processes/Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity. Course instructor: Dr. Beata Biernacka.
Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
I diversify my teaching by involving both “traditional” approaches, such as chalk-and-blackboard lectures and technological know-how, such as online-based lab experiment simulations. For example, as an instructor in Kazakhstan I pioneered a blended teaching of molecular biology using an online laboratory platform, through which students were not only able to learn the theoretical foundations of techniques such as Western blotting and PCR, but also to perform these techniques in a simulated lab environment. This approach, novel at the time, not only helped to circumvent the shortage of wet lab resources, but also primed the university for online teaching way before the pandemic.