Teaching Experience
My goal is to provide a learning experience that the student will reference in their future studies or higher education. ​I am very passionate about the natural sciences and I express that in my lecture format and demonstrations. I model learning from the best courses I took, taught by researchers who expressed their love of the subject and used topical demonstrations of their own research in lectures. Bringing research experience in marine biology that ranges from marine mammal physiology to paleoclimate proxies in polar marine algae, I can draw from my background to provide in-depth case studies on biodiversity at multiple scales. I find that grounding my lecture in real life experience makes the lecture topic tangible and accessible to the students, which I value in all teaching whether it is public outreach at a museum or college courses.

​As an academic descendant from a long line of natural historians I strongly believe in the power of learning by doing. Simultaneously, in a course I believe it is important to provide a broad knowledge base through lectures and literature. I aim to ensure that the students continue to be interested in the topic at hand I achieve this through active participation in lectures (question and answer using multimedia platforms) and in advanced courses through short term lab or field studies, group work, and paper discussions.

Courses Taught

NUI Galway
International Summer Field School, Intertidal Ecology
Botany lectures on ‘Primary Productivity and Global Change’
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University of Glasgow
The Modern World, Earth Science 2Q: Paleobiology
The Marine Environment, Earth Science 1Y: Evolution of the Earth

​University of Alabama at Birmingham
Introduction to Biology lab course, BY123
Human Physiology lab course, BY116

University of California, Santa Cruz
Lab Assistant in Marine Botany

Guest Lecturer
Botany and Plant Science, NUI Galway
Ecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Phycology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Mentorship

Interns
Marion Bacquet, University of Quimper
Thomas Boudou, MS, University of Bordeux.
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High School Students
Eiryn Milligan, Stewarton High School
Catherine Lawrence, Castlemilk High School

Undergraduate students
Aisha O’Connor, Marine Science, NUI Galway ** BPS studentship
Aaron McMahon, Marine Science, NUI Galway
Katie Huston, Marine Science, NUI Galway
Melissa O'Connor, University of Glasgow

PhD Students
Lukasz Stachnik, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Poland
Johanne Vad, Herriot Watt University, Scotland. 
Anne Warner, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.