Completed certificate program “Academy for Future Faculty” (AFF) under Centre for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) that comprises several key aspects teaching methods, classroom management and other learning outcomes.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Texas A & M University 2013-2020
• Provided lab instruction, supervised lecture and hands on experiments, written and graded quizzes and assignments, written exams with station based questions and held separate weekly office hours to help students.
• TAMU Upper Level Majors’ Microbiology Lab (351) 4 semesters
• TAMU Upper Level Non-majors’ Microbiology Lab (206) 4 semesters
• TAMU Lower Division Biology Lab (111) 9 semesters
• TAMU Lower Division Biology Lab (112) 2 semesters

Teaching in India

• High School Grade Science in Bhawanipur Gujarati Educatio Society School 2010-2013
• Developed classroom lectures and laboratory classes for chemistry and biology using Educomp Smart class technology, wrote assignments and exams and graded them; managed classroom rosters, compiled student success through statistical analysis of grades and also served as a faculty editor for the annual school magazine.
• Authorized Examiner for the nationwide Indian School Certificate Examination 2012

Mentoring Experience

• Taught basic lab techniques to grow fungi and pick spores, trained them to set up mating crosses, perform genomic DNA extractions, set up PCRs and how to maintain proper aseptic and disposal methods
• Jennifer Gonzalez, undergraduate, Texas A & M University, 2 semesters 2014. (Pursued MS at University of Michigan School of Public Health)
• Matthew Theodore, undergraduate, Texas A & M University, 1 semester 2015. (Pursuing PhD at Biophysics and Biochemistry department at Texas A&M University)
• Sara Shaw, undergraduate, Texas A & M University, 2 semesters 2016-2017
• Ashlyn Workman, Brazos Christian School, Bryan, TX, 1 semester 2016

Student Feedback

• Texas A&M University undergraduate student feedback – View Support Letter
• Ana Dasgupta loves Bio Labs” – undergraduate students pursuing Biology Laboratory course 111 and 112