University Teaching

• Assistant in Instruction, GEO425/MAE425: Introduction to Ocean Physics for Climate, Princeton University (Fall 2022)
  • Graduate & Undergraduate level
  • Instructor: Gabriel Vecchi
  • Lectures given:
    • Surface heat fluxes / ocean heat budget
    • Mixed layer dynamics
    • The deep ocean circulation and global overturning: Climate impacts
    • ENSO observations
    • ENSO theory
  • Student feedback:
    • "...though the material is difficult, Professor Vecchi and Maya (our AI) were very accessible in office hours and email and were great at answering questions (Maya was a lifesaver in answering emails the days psets were due and such)!"
    • "Professor and TA were both very helpful and kind and office hours were a great help in doing PSETs."
• Course Assistant, Dilemmas of Equity and Excellence in American K-12 Education, Harvard College Program in General Education (Fall 2018)
  • Undergraduate level
  • Instructor: Kay Merseth
• Teaching Fellow, Applied Linear Algebra and Big Data, Harvard University (Spring 2018)
  • Graduate & Undergraduate level
  • Instructor: Eli Tziperman

Mentoring

• **Big PUG Little PUG Mentor (2020-Present)
  • Holistic mentoring for Princeton University undergraduates in Geosciences and related fields

K-12 Education

• **Association to Benefit Children Volunteer Tutor (2021-Present)
  • Virtual one-on-one tutoring in literacy, math, & science
• AmeriCorps Member, City Year Boston (2019-2020)
  • Literacy, math, science tutor and social-emotional learning coach at Henry Grew Elementary School
  • Students: Grades 3-5
• Teacher, Children's School of Science in Woods Hole (Summer 2019)
  • Courses: Marine Biology, Invertebrate Zoology
  • Students: Grades 2-6

Other Service / Training

• **AOS Summer Workshop organizer (2021, 2023)
  • Served on the graduate student organizing committee for the Princeton AOS summer workshop on climate tipping points 
  • 2023 Workshop: Paleoclimate
• Science Olympiad test writer, event proctor, coach (2018-2021)
  • Topics: oceanography, climate, remote sensing, atmospheric science, structural geology & tectonics
• Princeton University Inclusive Leadership Learning Cohort (2020) 
• Citizens' Climate Lobby - Washington, D.C. Chapter (2020)
  • K-12 Student Outreach committee

** Indicates current participation