Classroom
 
  1. •Sequence Bioinformatics / Evolutionary Genomics. Course for graduate students; taught at University of Potsdam, 2008 - 2009.
  2. •Functional Genome Analysis. Introductory computer lab for undergraduates; taught jointly with Detlef Groth and Joachim Selbig at University of Potsdam, 2007-2008.
  3. •Bioinformatics. Introductory course (lectures & labs) for undergraduates; taught jointly with Detlef Groth and Joachim Selbig at University of Potsdam, 2007 - 2009.
  4. •Applied Statistical Bioinformatics. Course for undergraduate and graduate students; taught jointly with Detlef Groth and Joachim Selbig at University of Potsdam, 2008.
              
  
  1. •Computational Genetics. Course (lectures and labs) for advanced undergraduate and graduate students; taught jointly with Todd Vision at University of North Carolina, 2006
  2. •Animal Biology, Principles of Biology I, Principles of Biology II, Evolution. Teaching assistant at University of Iowa. 1993 - 2000.
 
 
Outreach
 
  1. •Applied Bioinformatics. Two-week course on using the software R for bioinformatics analyses, for undergraduate and graduate students; taught at the University of Costa Rica, 2008
  2. •Sequence Analysis & Web Resources. Three-day course for graduate students, taught at the International Max Planck Research School in Jena, 2008
  3. •Genome Media Book. A textbook for a technology society. The Genome Media Book uses multimedia to engage and guide active learning in the fields of genomics and bioinformatics. I designed content of three additional bioinformatics “chapters” in this mediabook: pairwise sequence alignment, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetics. 2004-2007.
    Collaboration with Institute of Science Learning, University of North Carolina.
    (First Chapter:     Microarrays, available at U Davidson)

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  5. •The Power Within. A hands-on, inquiry-based bioinformatics module for high school students. I designed a module that consists of training workshops for high school teachers, pre- and post-lab activities that the local teachers lead in their classroom, and a computer-lab that takes place on board the bus. The focus of the activities is to use molecular sequence data to test hypotheses about the origin of plastids and mitochondria in higher plants. 2004 - 2007
    Collaboration with the     Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, University of North Carolina.