An essential part of my commitment to science is passing my knowledge and expertise to others through teaching and training. Throughout my career, I have used three platforms to hone my teaching skills: teaching in a classroom setting, teaching via direct mentorship in research, and learning via engagement with teaching workshops. I served as an assistant instructor for chemical engineering courses and was invited to give guest lectures on mechanobiology and the tumor microenvironment. I designed research projects for and mentored students of all levels in my graduate and postdoctoral research groups. In addition, I taught college-level algebra as part of Princeton’s Prison Teaching Initiative to expand access to STEM courses in prison education programs. I also completed the teaching transcript program at Princeton’s McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and participated in inclusive teaching workshops conducted by the Education Development Center to improve my pedagogical approaches. Teaching science and mentoring trainees has always been and will continue to be a central part of my career.

Teaching and mentorship highlights (in addition to research mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students in the lab):

Teaching Assistant, CEMB Mechanobiology Bootcamp, University of Pennsylvania (2024)

Instructor & Tutor, The Prison Teaching Initiative, Princeton University (2016, 2018, 2021)

Teaching Transcript, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton U.  (2020)

Mentor, International Student Internship Program, Princeton University (2017)

Mentor, Laboratory Learning Program, Princeton University (2017)

Assistant in Instruction, Dept. of Chem. And Biol. Eng., Princeton U. (2016-2018): CBE 441 Chemical Reaction Engineering (Spring 2016), CBE 440 Physical Basis of Human Disease (Spring 2017, Spring 2018)