Teaching & Mentoring
Upcoming Courses
- Jul 2026 Lecturer “Lichens, Biofilms, and Stone” at Eagle Hill Institute, in Steuben, ME, USA. Registration is open!
University Teaching
2025 Guest lecturer about “Lichens” in “Urban Ecology”. Drexel University, USA
2024 Teaching assistant of “Evolution and Systematics of Organismal Groups: The Plant Kingdom”, field course in Kenya
2023 Guest Lecturer about how to “Monitor Biodiversity and Digitize Metadata with iNaturalist”, Online Fungarium Workshop, Benin
2022 Teaching assistant of “Fungal Biology” with laboratory exercises, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
2022 Course Lecturer of “Diversity, ecology and biosystematics of alpine lichens and associated fungi (Ascomycota & Basidiomycota) in Norway”, ForBio Research School for Bioinformatics, Norway
2022 Guest Lecturer about “What Impacts Lichen Distribution?” at the Jepson Herbarium, University of California Berkeley, USA
2015, 2021, 2022 Teaching assistant of “Phylogeny and Classification”, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
2010, 2011 Learning assistant of “Biostatistics and Experimental Design” course, Quantitative Reasoning Center, Colorado College, USA
Mentoring & Supervision
2025-present DNA Lab Supervisor, Munshi-South Lab, Drexel University, USA. Trained staff and students in DNA lab protocols
2020-2025 Master Student Mentor, Integrative Systematics of Plants and Fungi (ISOP) Research Group, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway. offered advice, assistance, and training to ISOP students
2020-2023 Master Student Co-supervisor of Mika Kirkhus, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
2016-2018 Undergraduate Students Supervisor, Northeastern University, Massachusetts, USA. Trained and supervised daily routines of employeed students in collections work, including independent research projects
Workshop and Course Organization
Aug 2024 “Sparking East African Energy & Environment connections by expanding the BIOCOVE network in Norway (Spark-BIOCOVE)” Workshop Organizer, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway.
Jun 2023 “Workshop in Spatial Phylogenetics“ Course Organizer, ForBio Research School for Bioinformatics, Norway. Funded and orchestrated Spatial Phylogenetics Workshop for graduate students
Mar 2022 “Psora Identification Workshop” Co-organizer, Northwest Lichenologists & California Lichen Society Meeting, CA, USA
Aug 2021 “Track Global Lichen Diversity with Community Science on iNaturalist” Workshop Organizer, International Association of Lichenology, 9th International Congress, Brazil