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.
| Instructor for Environmental Chemistry (ENV-200), EPFL | since 09/2023 |
| Lecturer for Postdoc Journal Club, Stanford University | 01/2020 - 12/2020 |
| Lecturer for Advanced Geology Seminar (GEOL-G 690), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | 09/2020 |
| Teaching Assistant for Laboratory Course: Elementary Chemical Techniques (529-0030-00L), ETH Zürich | 01/2015 - 12/2018 |
| Teaching Assistant for Exercises in Mathematics III: Systems Analysis (701-0071-00L), ETH Zürich | 09/2011 - 09/2012 |
| Supervisor of PhD student Emma DeFrang, EPFL | 08/2023 - present |
| Advisor of Postdoctoral Fellow Orly Mendoza, EPFL | 07/2023 - present |
| Advisor of Postdoctoral Fellow Lorenz Schwab, EPFL | 04/2023 - present |
| Supervisor of Master student Giulia Marmello, EPFL | 03/2023 - 07/2023 |
| Supervisor of PhD student Bence Dienes, EPFL | 02/2023 - present |
| Supervisor of PhD student Kristina Bright, EPFL | 02/2023 - present |
| Supervisor of Master student Jonas Müller, EPFL | 02/2023 - 07/2023 |
| Supervisor of Research Assistant Carla Nicolini, Stanford University | 05/2021 - 07/2021 |
| Supervisor of Research Assistant Sanja Vranic, ETH Zürich | 06/2018 - 08/2018 |
| Supervisor of Bachelor student Sébastien Giroud, ETH Zürich | 02/2018 - 06/2018 |
| Supervisor of Master student Sanja Vranic, ETH Zürich | 09/2017 - 04/2018 |