Teaching
I have had the privelege to have been involved in multiple courses in Czechia and India as a teaching assistant.
Tutorials in Ecology (for Masters students) - one-semester course (2023; 2025)
The course focused on a variety of current research topics of interest in ecology and evolutionary biology. I tutored international students to synthesize and write scientific essays. Here are the topics I've proposed and tutored for -
Tutorials in Ecology (for Masters students) - one-semester course (2023; 2025)
The course focused on a variety of current research topics of interest in ecology and evolutionary biology. I tutored international students to synthesize and write scientific essays. Here are the topics I've proposed and tutored for -
- Are urban environments unique ecosystems?
- Should an individual and their associated microbial community be considered one unit for eco-evolutionary studies?
- What are the cascading eco-evolutionary impacts of plastic pollution?
- Can urban environments serve as refuges for biodiversity, or are they evolutionary traps?
Culture of Scientific Research (for PhD students) - two-semester course (2018-19; 2019-20)
The course dealt with a wide range of historical and cultural topics relevant to contemporary research in the biological sciences. I ran parallel discussion groups for the students and helped the instructors with running the course and grading assignments.
Evolution and Diversity (for Master's students) - one-semester course (2016)
I also T.A.-ed for the "Evolution and Diversity" course for Masters' students in the Wildlife Biology program, where we covered basic concepts in evolutionary biology, geographical patterns of diversity, and the underlying evolutionary mechanisms that create biological diversity, among other topics.
The course dealt with a wide range of historical and cultural topics relevant to contemporary research in the biological sciences. I ran parallel discussion groups for the students and helped the instructors with running the course and grading assignments.
Evolution and Diversity (for Master's students) - one-semester course (2016)
I also T.A.-ed for the "Evolution and Diversity" course for Masters' students in the Wildlife Biology program, where we covered basic concepts in evolutionary biology, geographical patterns of diversity, and the underlying evolutionary mechanisms that create biological diversity, among other topics.
Service
I believe that an institution is only as good as its culture, and I strongly believe in diversity and inclusion. I was actively involved with student initiatives and institutional committees at both my graduate and undergraduate institutions that helped promote inclusion on the basis of gender, and raise awareness about mental health.
From 2016-2019, I was a graduate student representative on the institutional Internal Complaints Committee, created under a 2013 act. During my tenure, I co-developed and ran institution-wide seminars aimed at gender sensitization.
In the light of increasing reports on poor mental health in academia, I also co-designed and conducted an extensive survey assessing student wellbeing on campus (within a team of five graduate students) between 2017-18. We analyzed and disseminated the results (using mixed-methods) to the student community, which helped facilitate dialogue about mental health, pain points and systemic contributors to student stress.
In 2013, I was elected the undergraduate representative on the Student Representative Council that helped mobilise the student body and represent their interests on issues of gender-based discrimination to the institute administration.
From 2016-2019, I was a graduate student representative on the institutional Internal Complaints Committee, created under a 2013 act. During my tenure, I co-developed and ran institution-wide seminars aimed at gender sensitization.
In the light of increasing reports on poor mental health in academia, I also co-designed and conducted an extensive survey assessing student wellbeing on campus (within a team of five graduate students) between 2017-18. We analyzed and disseminated the results (using mixed-methods) to the student community, which helped facilitate dialogue about mental health, pain points and systemic contributors to student stress.
In 2013, I was elected the undergraduate representative on the Student Representative Council that helped mobilise the student body and represent their interests on issues of gender-based discrimination to the institute administration.