Teaching is a vital aspect of my life as a faculty member, and I've been lucky during my development to have learned from some of the best. This experience provides me with a model to which I aspire as a new professor.

In addition to the weekly meeting of the Arnold lab group, which is convened as a seminar course (contact me for more information), I teach three courses:

Microbial Diversity (PLP/ECOL/MIC 329A) is a three-unit, lecture- and inquiry-based course held during spring semesters. This course is offered to undergraduate students in with an interest in the remarkable genetic, species-level, physiological, phylogenetic, functional, and ecological diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms.

Core Concepts in Plant Sciences (PLS 560) is a team-taught course for graduate students in which I focus on plant diversity in an ecological, evolutionary, and phylogenetic framework. Course coordinator: Dr. Dennis Ray, Plant Sciences.

Advanced Mycology (PLP 575) is a team-taught course for graduate students in which I focus on fungal ecology. Course coordinator: Dr. Scott Kroken, Plant Pathology and Microbiology/Plant Sciences.