Teaching Experience:

• CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I - (Fall 2022 - Winter 2025) 

• CHEM 102 - General Chemistry II - (Spring 2025 - Present)

• CHEM 211 - Organic Chemistry I - (Summers since 2023)

Teaching Style & Contributions:

• design of in-person, student-centered, hands-on curricula that involve a variety of learning styles

• facilitation of active learning via regular questioning, problem solving, and collaborative in-class activities

• lab manual revisions to better clarify procedures, emphasizing growth mindset & collaborative learning

• content creation & curation towards addressing accessibility to meet digital & modern educational needs

• in progress: gamification, storyboarding, and animation of chemistry | formative assessment

Postdoctoral Associate  - STARS 

Projects involved organometallic synthesis,  X-ray crystallography, and computational modeling.

Involvement: 

• Led workshops to teach undergraduate researchers abstract writing, literature reviews, and data analysis

• Attended workshops for crystallography, teaching inorganic chemistry, and motivational learning

• Mentorship of 30+ undergraduate STARS scholars and undergraduate researchers in the group.

• Calculated energies of conformers of bis(imidazolium) ligands on Ni(0) C-F activation products

B.S. Chemistry - Materials Science  
Minor in Science Education 

UCLA - Specific Extracurriculars: UC LEADS Research Fellowship, Grand Challenges, CA Teach, Undergraduate Student Initiated Education, Mortar Board Honor Society, Notetaker, Residence Hall Government, Marching Band

National Organization Involvement: Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, Reach the World

Other Extracurriculars: UCLA Facebook Mentor 2016-2019, Chalky Mentor, Fiesta Parade Floats

Selected Awards: Chancellor's Service Award, U.S. Dept. of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Article Features: UCLA Daily Bruin |  UCLA Chemistry