My goal as a teacher is to empower my students to take ownership of their learning and foster their curiosity to understand how the world around us works. To this end, I employ teaching strategies that help students become motivated, engaged, and self-directed learners. I have found that strategies using interactive and hands-on instruction are most effective. Therefore, I strive to engage students in communication and provide them with the opportunity to learn from and interact with others. Furthermore, I use assignments and activities in which students work on real-world examples and problems that allow them to link their experience in the classroom to the outside world. It is important to me to provide a safe environment that allows students to think and explore.
Teaching is a dynamic process and I continuously reflect on and change my teaching. I am currently learning and applying new pedagogical practices and obtained the Postdoc Teaching Certificate at Stanford University in October 2020. These practices include, among others, designing courses using a backward approach, formulating carefully planned, clear and trackable course goals, using classroom assessment techniques to provide feedback on the teaching-learning process as it is happening, as well as strategies for active learning, creating inclusive and equitable learning environments, and online teaching.
Lecturer for Postdoc Journal Club on Pedagogical Approaches to Doctoral Supervision, Stanford University One hour workshop |
20/2020 |
Lecturer for SkillShare Stanford Earth on Electronic Lab Notebooks, Stanford University One hour workshop |
20/2020 |
Lecturer for Advanced Geology Seminar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Two hour seminar |
09/2020 |
Teaching Assistant for Laboratory Course: Elementary Chemical Techniques, ETH Zürich Yearly three week full time course |
01/2015 - 12/2018 |
Teaching Assistant for Exercises in Mathematics III: Systems Analysis, ETH Zürich Weekly classes |
09/2011 - 09/2012 |
Mentor at Virtual Goldschmidt conference 2021 | 07/2021 |
Supervisor of Research Assistant at Stanford University | 05/2021 - 07/2021 |
Mentor at Virtual Goldschmidt conference 2020 | 06/2020 |
Mentor in the Association for Women in Science | 09/2019 - 09/2020 |
Supervisor of research assistant at ETH Zürich | 06/2018 - 08/2018 |
Supervisor of Bachelor student at ETH Zürich | 02/2018 - 06/2018 |
Supervisor of Master student at ETH Zürich | 09/2017 - 04/2018 |