Teaching
Currently teaching: DATA 110
I am teaching DATA 110: Introduction to Data Science in Fall 2025 semester at UNC.
Please visit the DATA 110 Fall 2025 course webpage for more details.
Teaching summary
Syracuse University
Elementary Probability and Statistics I
MAT 221
Summer'25: Instructor of Record
- This is the first course in the probability and statistics sequence, MAT221-222, designed for various academic majors. The primary objective of MAT 221 is to provide students with knowledge of elementary probability and statistics.
- Main concepts: Descriptive statistics, design of experiments, probability theory, sampling distributions, and estimation of parameters.
- — Summer 2025: Section M802, 19 students
Elementary Probability and Statistics II
MAT 222
S'25, S'22: Instructor of Record
- This is the second course in the probability and statistics sequence, MAT221-222, designed for various academic majors. The primary objectives of the course are to understand basic concepts of statistical inference and to learn commonly used statistical methods of inference.
- Main concepts: Estimation and hypothesis testing, inferences involving two populations, chi-square tests, regression analysis, and analysis of variance.
- — Spring 2025: Section M002, 21 students
- — Spring 2022: Section M004, 25 students
Life Sciences Calculus I
MAT 285
F'24, S'24, F'23, S'23, F'22, F'21: Instructor of Record
- This is the first course in a two-course, terminal calculus sequence, MAT285-286. It is designed to introduce students to the beauty and power of calculus. Applications to life sciences are emphasized.
- Main concepts: Functions and their graphs, derivatives and their applications, differentiation techniques, the exponential and logarithm functions, integration.
- — Fall 2024: Section M004 & M010, 55 students
- — Spring 2024: Section M003, 25 students
- — Fall 2023: Section M006, 26 students
- — Spring 2023: Section M009, 28 students
- — Fall 2022: Section M010 & M011, 52 students
- — Fall 2021: Section M002 & M003, 53 students
Business Calculus
MAT 284
Summer'21: Instructor of Record
- One-variable differential and integral calculus. Applications to business and economics.
- Main concepts: Functions, equations and inequalities, limits and derivatives, differentiation and integration techniques, application in economics.
- — Summer 2021: Section M001, 19 students
Life Sciences Calculus II
MAT 286
S'21: Instructor of Record
- This is the first course in a two-course, terminal calculus sequence, MAT285-286. It is designed to introduce students to the beauty and power of calculus. Applications to life sciences are emphasized.
- Main concepts: Integration, areas and volumes, double integrals and differential equations..
- — Spring 2021: Section M002, 23 students
Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts I
MAT 121
F'20, F'19: Teaching assistant
- As teaching assistant of this course, I hold lab tutorials and recitations every week. My work also includes write and grade worksheets; proctor and grade exams.
- — Fall 2020: Section M101 & M102 & M103 & M104 & M107, 114 students
- — Fall 2019: Section M101 & M102 & M201 & M202, 88 students
Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts II
MAT 121
S'20: Teaching assistant
- As teaching assistant of this course, I hold lab tutorials and recitations every week. My work also includes write and grade worksheets; proctor and grade exams.
- — Spring 2020: Section M101 & M108 & M207, 69 students
Student comments
Spring 2021: MAT 286 Life Sciences Calculus II
Fall 2021: MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I
Spring 2022: MAT 222 Elementary Probability and Statistics II
Fall 2022: MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I
Spring 2023: MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I
Fall 2023: MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I
Spring 2024: MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I
While there might be a touch of bias, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that some of my students had created a profile for me on Rate My Professor(click here), where they gave me full scores. This unexpected gesture speaks volumes about their appreciation and the impact of our shared educational experiences.
In 2024, I received the Outstanding TA award from Syracuse University. An archived teaching portfolio for this can be found here.