Teaching

R programming for biologists (BIOL420/701). Fall 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

• A comprehensive introduction to the R statistical programming language focusing on biological research applications.
• 3 credit graduate seminar with 15-30 students.
• This course is supported in part by free educational access to DataCamp, which provides high-quality interactive tutorials for R programming and a wide range of other computational and quantitative training.  

Principles of genetics(BIOL350).   Fall 2014, 2016;  Spring 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

• Introductory genetics course required for all KU biology majors.
• 4 credit undergraduate lecture with discussion sections (co-taught 50%). 150-250 students.

Genome Biology (BIOL420/701). Spring 2020, 2024

• Reading-intensive survey of topics concerning genome structure, function, and diversity, as well as an introduction to methods and data structures applicable to genome analysis.
• 3 credit seminar with 10-15 students.