Teaching Experience Teaching Philosophy
- Associate Faculty Member, Saddleback College, Earth Science Dept, Mission Viejo, CA. Instructor for Introduction to Physical Geology (lecture and lab), 2016 Fall Semester.
- Co-Instructor (2014 & 2015), Chemical Oceanography module for The Woods Hole Partnership Education Program: Increasing Diversity in the Ocean and Environmental Sciences (summer internship program for participants from universities throughout the USA). Designed and implemented lecture, lab, and field curriculum.
- Multiple Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards, UC Santa Cruz (4X student vote; 1X faculty vote).
- Teaching Assistant (13 Quarters), UC Santa Cruz
- Recommendation letter writer for > 25 undergraduate students applying to graduate programs, internships, and/or fellowships
- Regularly provide career advice (and networking contacts) for students considering graduate programs and employment opportunities (e.g., input on résumés/CVs, cover letters, proposals,
 personal statements, and inquiry emails to potential advisors).
- Guest lecturer (17x) and substitute instructor (4x) for multiple undergraduate courses (UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, CalState Chico)
Groundwater Contamination
Groundwater Geology
Geologic Principles
Field Methods in Geology
Fates & Sources of Pollutants
Local & Regional Environmental Issues
Terrestrial Hydrology
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Aquatic Toxicology
Population & Community Ecology
Interdisciplinary Approaches
in Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Science
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Summary of University Course Lectures & Presentations
(non-university presentations detailed in Outreach & Diversity)
Substitute Instructor
Nov 2015 Climate Change: Human Heath Impacts
Environmental Sciences, CalState, Chico
Oct 2012 Radioactive Decay and Crustal Formation in the Hadean & Archean Eons Evolution of the Earth, UC Santa Cruz
Apr 2012 Relative and Absolute Time (2 lectures)
Geologic Principles, UC Santa Cruz
Mar 2012 Salt Water Intrusion
Groundwater Geology, UC Santa Cruz
Invited Class Presentations
May 2016 Wetland Remediation Case Study: Peyton Slough, Martinez, CA
Terrestrial Hydrology, UC Irvine
Feb 2016 Legacy Mining Impacts: How Mercury Made the California Gold Rush Possible
Local and Regional Environmental Issues, UC Irvine
May 2014 The influence of submarine groundwater discharge on mercury cycling in coastal systems
Groundwater Contamination, UC Santa Cruz
May 2013 (also presented in Nov 2012, May 2012, May 2010, May 2009, and Nov 2005)
Geochemistry of San Carlos Creek: Impacts from the New Idria Mercury Mine, CA
Field Methods in Geology, UC Santa Cruz
Oct 2012 Mercury Biogeochemical Cycling: The Convergence of Geochemistry and Microbiology
Interdisciplinary Approaches in Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz
May 2012 Wetland Remediation in Peyton Slough, Martinez, CA
Fates and Sources of Pollutants, UC Santa Cruz
Nov 2011 Mercury Speciation and Transport Associated with Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Barrier Beach Lagoons
Fates and Sources of Pollutants, UC Santa Cruz
Jan 2010 Mercury Contamination and Environmental Impacts
Environmental Geology, UC Santa Cruz
Apr 2006 Remediating Petroleum Hydrocarbon Impacted Groundwater
Groundwater Contamination, UC Santa Cruz
Nov 2005 Environmental Degradation from Mining Operations
Aquatic Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz
Apr 2001 Tomales Bay Watershed: Impacts from Historic Mining Operations
Population and Community Ecology, Integrative Biology Dept, UC Berkeley
Oct 2001 An Overview of Groundwater Remediation and Waste Containment Projects at the San Francisco Bay Water Board
Aquatic Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz
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