Teaching

Undergraduate mentoring (2022–Present)

• Supervised two undergraduate researchers on stimuli-responsive lipid synthesis and fluorescent probe development.
• Training included reaction design, purification, and spectroscopy.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Aug 2021–Present)

Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Courses taught:

• CHEM 359: In-depth Organic Chemistry Laboratory — Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026
• CHEM 269: Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory — Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2024
• CHEM 123: General Chemistry I Laboratory — Fall 2021

Other responsibilities: tutoring in Organic Learning Center; grading lecture exams in Organic Chemistry.

Lecturer (Feb 2019 – Jul 2021)

Department of Pharmacy, State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Major courses taught:

• Advanced Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery
• Advanced Pharmacology & Clinical Toxicology
• Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Pharmacognosy & Natural Product Chemistry Lab.
• Quality Control & Analytical Method Validation Lab.

Supervised in vitro and in vivo research on plant extracts.