Teaching
Teaching Experience & Mentoring
Instructor of Record
Courses Taught
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Earth Systems
Adjunct Lecturer · Southern Methodist University · Undergraduate · 72 students · Fall 2023
Canvas-based Course Development. Developed inclusive, active-learning curriculum and course material incorporating real-world applications and case studies. Designed hands-on exercises with student presentations on anthropogenic impacts in Earth Systems.
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Introduction to Geophysics
Lecturer · University of Zanjan, Iran · Undergraduate · 28 students · Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant
Assisted Courses
Saint Louis University
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Sustainable Energy — Undergraduate
Fall 2017 & 2018
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Is Earth Unique? — Undergraduate
Spring 2016
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Earth's Dynamic Environment — Undergraduate
Fall 2015 & 2016
Mentoring
Student Mentoring
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Summer Intern Mentor
EarthScope RESESS Program 2026
Nathan Wolski
Geology major, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Ambient noise tomography; bash scripting on Linux. Will present at AGU 2026, San Francisco, CA.
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Graduate Co-mentor
2024–2025
Omid Asgarvand
PhD candidate, Southern Methodist University. Machine learning for developing seismic catalogs using OBS and land data. Presented at SSA 2026, Pasadena, CA.
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Undergraduate Co-mentor
IRIS Summer Intern 2022
Chris Justiniano
Machine learning-based seismic catalog development. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL.
Development
Professional Teaching Development
- Teaching near-surface geophysics workshop (GPR, GPS, ERT, and seismic refraction), EarthScope Consortium, Colorado School of Mines (2026).
- Certificate in University Teaching Skills, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, Saint Louis University (2019), 15 credits including workshops, online courses, and teaching portfolio.
- Canvas Onsite Training, Reinert Center, Saint Louis University (2021).
- Comprehensive Canvas Training Series, Southern Methodist University (2023).