Teaching

Research Mentorship

  1. Idaho National Laboratory, Summer 2021
    Trained Ph.D student in using Quantum Espresso to calculate relaxed lattice constants and electronic band structures of semiconductors

  2. University of Michigan, 2019-2021
    Guided and trained Master’s degree student in the design and implementation of first principles calculations using VASP. Research topics included
    • Surface stability of passive oxides
    • Electronic structure origin of Cl-induced depassivation


  3. University of Michigan, 2019-2021
    Mentored research projects for 3 undergraduate students in the (1) design of ab-initio cal-culations, (2) implementation of ab-initio calculations using Quantum Espresso and (3) analysis of results. Topics covered included
    • Thermodynamic stability of semiconductorpolymorphs
    • Electronic stability of point defects in crystal semiconductors

Graduate Student Instruction

  1. University of Michigan, Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
    Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing
    • Led weekly discussions and office hours
    • Designed problem sets and demonstrations for a class of 30 undergraduate students