President's Graduate Student Teaching Award Recipients
Congratulations to the 2022 recipients!
Luana Almeida (Ph.D. Candidate) Graduate Student Representative, Maritime Risk and Safety Research Group (MARS), Department of Industrial Engineering
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Reem Karaballi (Ph.D. Student) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceReem Karaballi completed her BSc. (Honors) and M.Sc. at Saint Mary’s University. Reem is currently finishing her PhD studies in chemistry at Dalhousie University, which is supported by NSERC funding. Her research focuses on exploring new plasmonic transition metal nitride nanomaterials which can be potentially used in catalysis, photothermal therapy, and solar-driven water evaporation. Along with her research work, Reem is heavily involved in teaching and extracurricular activities at Dalhousie University. She has been involved in many teaching positions in the department of chemistry including laboratory teaching assistant, laboratory senior teaching assistant, and part-time lecture instructor. Reem has been part of the first-year team which was recently awarded the National D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. Along with that, she was part of the Dalhousie Studying for Success program where she provided workshops and worked with students one-on-one. Additionally, she has been an active member of different societies including the Chemistry Graduate Student Society, Green Chemistry Initiative, and the Clean Technologies Research Institute. Reem has also co-founded the first WIC “Working for Inclusivity in Chemical Sciences” Chapter in the Maritimes. She has attended the teaching and learning conferences at Dalhousie University, and successfully fulfilled the requirements of the Certificate in University Teaching and Learning. Reem is looking forward to finishing her PhD studies and starting a new chapter in her life. |
Nick Roberts (Undergraduate TA) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Outside of his interest in inorganic chemistry, Nick has taken much pride in his teaching at Dalhousie. Nick joined the First Year Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Team in Fall 2019, where his ongoing commitment to improving his teaching and the student experience led to his recruitment to the Online Laboratory Development Team in Summer 2020. Within this team, Nick spoke fully of his ideas to improve course content whilst initiating and championing design ideas that ensured the preservation of in-person laboratory hallmarks, such as choice in experimental path, opportunities to make/learn from experimental mistakes, and establishing chemistry community, despite the 2020/2021 fully online laboratory delivery. As a Senior Teaching Assistant, he independently implemented new tutorials into the laboratory program to support students on tricky topics. Nick is currently a co-investigator/grant holder on several teaching research projects, including a colour vision deficiency (CVD) accessibility support project, an investigative project into online learning and discussion forums and a project investigating the effectiveness of new tutorial series in the First Year Chemistry Laboratory. As acting President of the Dalhousie University Undergraduate Chemistry Society (DUUCS), Nick is committed to creating community among undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty. As well, he provides honest/critical feedback about his experiences as a chemistry student, and ensures his fellow students are informed of and connected to opportunities to get more involved in chemistry, science and campus life. |
Tareq Yousef (Ph.D. Candidate) Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine
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