Teaching

Teaching Awards

UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

2026

The Distinguished Teaching Awards are UCLA’s highest honor for teaching and recognizes recipients in three categories: senate faculty, non-senate faculty, and teaching assistants. I won as one of six teaching assistants. The award recognizes deserving instructors for their creativity in the classroom, dedication to helping students thrive, and commitment to continually enhancing the educational experience.

UCLA Excellence in Science Communication Award

2025

This award recognized my participation in and dedication to Exploring Your Universe (EYU), the largest science fair at UCLA.
I have given many talks at EYU and was a part of the organizing committee for many years.

UCLA AOS Morris Neiburger Award

2024

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to teaching by graduate students in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Awardees are evaluated on the basis of the quality and quantity of their teaching, in addition to other indications of excellence, such as the incorporation of evidence-based teaching methods.

Teaching Certificates

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning at UCLA (CIRTL@UCLA) Certificate

CIRTL@UCLA is a member of the international CIRTL Network comprising over 40 institutions that provides professional development for future educators in higher education to adopt inclusive, evidence-based teaching strategies.

Scholar, Level 3

2026

I implemented and presented my TAR project, “Technology as an Amplifier: Developing and Fostering Students’ Engagement.” The project explored using multimodal content to better engaged students in their own learning.
I presented at the CIRTL Network TAR Presentation Day on April 8th, 2026.

Practitioner, Level 2

2025

The next steps in the CIRTL certification pathway are centered around the idea of teaching-as-research or TAR. I completed two additional courses on the planning of a TAR project and planned to implement.

Associate, Level 1

2024

Completed an Introduction to Evidence-Based Teaching course and drafted a teaching statement.

Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy (GCWP)

A professional development program that trains graduate students to teach writing effectively at the university level. It combines coursework in writing pedagogy, teaching practice, and research- based approaches to composition instruction.

Writing in the Disciplines Emphasis

2026

I chose this emphasis as it focuses on writing that is tailored to the genres of a specific discipline. For my STEM classes, writing assignments may include NSF proposals, lab reports, or mock journal submissions.

Associate Instructor
Writing II Seminar on Artificial Intelligence
Spring 2024 and 2025

Designed and taught an academic writing course for first-year undergraduate students (18).

I used Fink’s Taxonomy, one of the main learning outcomes of the course is that students will value writing as a process.

Course Description: In-depth examination of the politics, ethics, applications, history, critiques, and social impact of data and discussion of how data technologies impede/work toward social justice. Study continues to provide guidance on honing writing skills in order to produce excellent college essays.

Teaching Assistant
AOS 111: Introduction to Machine Learning
Fall 2023

Course Description: Practical, hands-on introduction to seven of most popular algorithms of machine learning (ML). Focus on solving typical problems that arise in physical sciences. Covers algorithms in broad areas of ML, including supervised learning (regression and classification) and unsupervised learning (clustering and dimensionality reduction).

Teaching Assistant
AOS 101: Atmospheric Thermodynamics
Fall 2022

Course Description: Introduction to thermodynamics (flows of heat, energy, and work) and dynamics (winds) of atmosphere. Topics covered include hydrostatic balance, first law of thermodynamics, dry and moist adiabatic processes, atmospheric stability, and fundamental equations of motion of atmosphere, with applications to geostrophic, gradient, and thermal winds.

Teaching Assistant
AOS 1 Climate Change and Policy
Spring 2022

Course Description: Overview of fundamentals of Earth’s climate, including greenhouse effect, water and chemical cycles, outstanding features of atmospheric and ocean circulation, and feedback between different system components. Importance of climate science and prediction to society.