As an educator, it is important to me to create an environment in and outside of the classroom that facilitates learning.

I am also a passionate teacher and have particular liking to involve undergraduates in hands-on research so that they would get a deeper understanding of science and society.

It is my duty to give back to society the gift of knowledge that I have received.

Study Abroad:

I take undergraduate students (honors and non-honors) from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to Neotropics to teach them Tropical Ecology. The main topics that I cover are related to Tropical biology, Ecology, Ornithology, Herpetology.

• • Belize – Coastal Caribbean Biology (May Inter-session 2018, 2017, 2019):
    • A week-long course in Tropical Caribbean Biology.
    • Responsible for students from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and Fort Smith.
  • Watch me Catch Black-tailed Indigo snake while canoeing down Macal River. The snake was used to teach students about its Natural history, Taxonomy, ecology.
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• Trinidad and Tobago (May 2018)
  • Week long course in Tropical Biology.
  • It is a course open to alumni of Coastal Caribbean Biology Course, wherein we build on the principles learned in Belize.

Lecture Based Course:

• Organismal Biology and Ecology (Fall 2020):
  • Lecturer, Division of Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• Principles of Biology (Summer Session 2019)
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

• Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for setting up my own course syllabus/curriculum
  • Conduct lectures
  • Setup and administer Exams/Assignments

Guest Lecture:

• Cell and Molecular Biology (Spring 2020)

Lab based Courses:

• Microbiology
  • Fall 2019 – Rating of 5.0/5.0
  • Spring 2019 -Rating of 5.0/5.0
  • Fall 2018 – Rating of 4.94/5.0
• Human Physiology
  • Spring 2018 – Rating of 5.0/5.0
  • Fall 2017 – Rating of 5.0/5.0
• Human Anatomy
  • Summer 2018 -Rating of 5.0/5.0
  • Spring 2017 – Rating of 4.67/5.0
  • Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014
• Principles of Biology
  • Spring 2014, Fall 2013

As a Teaching Assistant in Department of the Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas, I am responsible for:

• Responsible for conducting ~3 hours long labs twice per week.
• Responsible for designing and delivering my talk for the lab being taught.
• Responsible for setting up, conducting and grading the exams

High-School, Undergraduate and Graduate students guided:

• Currently guiding a graduate student (University of Arkansas) in completing his master’s thesis after sudden demise of his degree advisor.
• Currently guiding 7 undergraduate students from University of Tennessee, Knoxville in conducting various ecology related projects
• Guided one undergraduate student from University of Arkansas, Fort Smith on developing a research project on snake venom and its bio-medical applications.
• Currently guiding two undergraduate students from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville on use of Marasmiusfor nest building in Neotropics.
• Currently guiding one High-School student conduct a study on heat conducting properties in Marasmius
• Currently guiding two of my students from Physiology in to developing a research paper on stability and hearing capabilities.
• Have successfully guided a student from University of Arkansas, Fort-Smith on Swainson’s Thrush foraging ecology. The work was published in Arkansas Academy of Sciences.
• PhD student (2015), had taught a PhD student (CCMB-CSIR), field biology techniques and guidance on setting up field sites.
• Have guided multiple graduate students with analyzing their data with various statistical methods such as Multivariate Statistics, GLM, GLMR, Random Forest, GIS etc.

A few special memories (teaching) captured:

Student Evaluations:

Course and TA evaluations: Course Evaluations 2017- 2019

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