ABOUT ME

• I use my science communication skills and chemistry background to help improve transparency in PMRA.

• I meet with internal and external stakeholders, write web content, design multimedia pieces and conduct user testing. 

• I write short highlights on the importance of high-impact research recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society for a non-specialist audience.

• I have written 12 spotlights for the Journal of the American Chemical Society to date.

• I managed the Chemistry Portfolio at Top Hat, which includes the National General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Textbooks.

• I conducted market research to determine what professors need in their textbooks and implemented projects to improve them by managing a team of Authors and freelancers.

• Remotely, I taught 150 undergraduate students an introductory level science communication course - Science Communication in Life Sciences (LIFE SCI 3P03).

• This course covered the fundamentals of science communication, as well as basic production techniques and strategies to communicate in various mediums.

• A focus of the course was training students to tailor their messages for different audiences.

• I worked as part of a team to transition in-person programming online during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to create long-term online programing.

• Developed new initiatives to foster an online community, including their #SidewalkScience Campaign. 

• Worked as part of a team to produce original digital content across all social platforms.

• Developed a long-term communications plan that integrates with the charity’s strategic plan.

As part of my Masters in Science Communication, I ran the social media for the program at Laurentian University.  I aided in the development of a digital media strategy and ran the Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages.  I also aided in the redevelopment of the website of the program.

The preliminary year program is a foundational program for students new to Canada that can help them acclimate to campus life, university courses, and lectures before entering a full-time undergraduate program. I taught the chemistry program (Chem0011 and Chem0012) over the Summer 2019 term.

• Planned the course content and modified the exercise book

• Designed and delivered two 3-hour lectures a week

• Created examinations. 

• Developed new synthetic strategies for self-immolative polymers and evaluated their aqueous self-assembly and depolymerization properties. 

• Supervised and trained undergraduate and graduate students.

• Published 4 papers to date.

First-year chemistry is a required course for students in the Food and Nutrition Science Students.  Many students typical underperform in the course, and as such can not continue in the Food and Nutrition program.  I was approached by Brescia University College to create a tutoring program to help their students.

• Ran 2 large group tutoring sessions a week, plus additional sessions before midterms and final exams.  These were a mix of styles between short lecture and drop-in questions.

• Supervised an Associated Tutor that helped facilitate the tutoring sessions.

• Managerial role included tracking attendance, filing a biweekly report to the Dean of Food and Nutrition at Brescia, developing and maintain an OWL site, and booking tutoring sessions to accommodate students. 

• I developed an evaluation system for the program.

• Student testimonials can be found under 'Teaching'.

• Responsibilities included supervising the lab component of the course, providing pre-lab talks, marking and proctoring of examinations.

  • Chem 2003b – Organic Chemistry for Food Science (Winter 2016)

  • Chem 1302b ‒ Discovering Chemical Energetics (Winter 2015)

  • Chem 2213a ‒ Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences (Fall 2014 and Fall 2015)

During my undergraduate, I synthesized new discotic liquid crystals in the research lab of Prof. Ken Maly.  

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• Developed novel discotic liquid crystals and evaluated their phase change behaviours.

• Supervised and trained 3 undergraduate volunteers

• Research presented at multiple national and international conferences.

• Held 2 NSERC USRA grants

• Published 2 paper to date.

• Developed 4 online modules to teach and compliment the course content of CH390 Chemical Literature, where the students were taught effective science communication practices through various media (e.g., journal articles, posters, presentations, etc.)

• Marked the students’ responses and provided feedback.

• Responsibilities included supervising the lab component of the course, providing pre-lab talks, marking and proctoring of examinations.

  • CH301 - Organic Chemistry III (Fall 2013)

  • CH203 - Organic Chemistry II (Winter 2013 and Winter 2014)

  • CH202 - Organic Chemistry I (Fall 2012)

  • CH111 - Fundamentals of Chemistry II (Winter 2012)

CH110 - Fundamentals of Chemistry I (Fall 2011)