Teaching, Mentorship, Outreach

I had the opportunity to contribute to formal classroom learning in a variety of settings during my PhD at the University of Washington:

• BIOEN215: Introduction to Bioengineering Problem Solving – Invited Lecturer (2016-2018)
  Presented an hour-long lecture on the applications of polymers in drug delivery to underclassmen bioengineering majors at the University of Washington.

• Lead Instructor, Bioengineering Summer Camp – Seattle, WA (2015-2018)

Developed and presented an hour-long lecture on nanotechnology for drug delivery and an hour-long hands-on lab activity demonstrating principles of pH-sensitive release to high school seniors.

• PHRMRA528: Medical Risk Analysis and Management – Teaching Assistant (2014-2016)

Designed and maintained the course website, graded assignments and presentations, and delivered a two-part lecture on ethical issues in the regulatory field.

My greatest joy as an academic thus far has been mentoring numerous undergraduate, masters, and PhD student researchers from a variety of educational backgrounds during my PhD and postdoc:

• Co-mentor of PhD Research Assistant, Devon Hartigan
  (OxCam Scholars program, University of Oxford/NIH, 2024-present)

• Primary mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistant, Ella Emery-Peters
  (Medicine, University of Oxford, Summer 2024)

• Co-mentor of PhD Research Assistant, Bradley Diggines
  (Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2023-present)

• Co-mentor of PhD Research Assistant, Beatriz Dias Barbieri
  (Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, 2022-2024)

• Primary mentor of PhD Research Assistant, Li Ma
  (Materials, Imperial College London & DPAG, University of Oxford, 2022-present)

• Primary mentor of Undergraduate/Masters/PhD Research Assistant, Rea Tresa
  (Bioengineering, Imperial College London & DPAG, University of Oxford, 2022-present)

• Primary mentor of Masters/PhD Research Assistant, Chenchen Liu
  (Materials, Imperial College London & DPAG, University of Oxford, 2021-present)

• Primary mentor of PhD Research Assistant, Lijun Hu
  (Materials, Imperial College London & DPAG, University of Oxford, 2021-present)

• Primary mentor of PhD Research Assistant, Megan McCandless
  (Bioengineering, Imperial College London, 2021-2024)

• Co-mentor of PhD Research Assistant, Jiaqing Tang
  (Materials, Imperial College London, 2020-2023)

• Primary mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistant, Nicholas Luera
  (Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2018-2020)

• Primary mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistant, Salina Thai
  (Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2016-2018)

• Primary mentor of Undergraduate Research Assistant, Armin Rouz
  (Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2015-2016)