Educator

I am passionate about promoting a thriving workplace culture to recruit and retain world-class talent in the STEM fields. My work as an educator includes traditional classroom lectures as well as an expanding range of professional development workshops for scientists.

Teaching

Teaching 1200+ students
Introduced 6 new undergraduate courses
Teaching Honours courses
Introduced a Minor in Astrophysics
Received two Teaching Awards

Photo courtesy of N. Suntzeff

Photo credit: Haven McIntosh-Lombardo

Workshops

Seminars

Being Captain of Your PhD
Writing Strategies for Scientists
Building Resilience
A Conversation on Promoting Workplace Culture
Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
Demystifying Applying for Academic Jobs

Writing Retreats

For Scientists, by Scientists

Writing retreats combine self-directed writing time with a selection of professional development seminars. Ideal for all levels from graduate students working on their first paper to established faculty finishing that review paper.

Professional Development Workshop

Be the Captain of Your PhD

Organized by Kim-Vy Tran and Ivelina Momcheva

This interactive workshop helps identify the most critical elements needed for a successful PhD where success is defined as "obtaining a PhD and finding a job."

Mentoring

Highlights include:

Graduating 5 PhD students and serving on the panels of 15 additional PhD students
Supervising 40+ undergraduate students including Honours in research
Supervising/Mentoring 10+ Postdoctoral Researchers across three continents
Serving as a Post-Graduate Coordinator of Progressions and helping shepherd 70+ graduate students to their degrees
UNSW ARC Post-Graduate Council Research Supervisor Award

Research team and work experience students at UNSW.

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