Teaching and Outreach

Through these activities, I have learned that simply showing up, starting conversations, and widening access can build trust, open doors, and make a lasting difference.

Teaching

Global Warming (GEOS 13410), University of Chicago

Lecturer, 2021-2025 (yearly)

In this core course for non-STEM students, I teach the physical basis of global warming. My goal is that, by the end of the course, students have an intuitive one-layer climate model in mind and can evaluate climate-related claims using physical reasoning and order-of-magnitude estimates. My teaching style emphasizes learning through conversation.

Selected Student Feedback

She was attentive to student concerns and regularly checked in to make sure we understood the material.

She was amazing and made sure everyone was understanding.

Mini-Lectures in Astronomy, Beijing Normal University

Short lecture series for general undergraduates, 2020

These mini-lectures introduce current astronomy research, highlighting how astronomers identify questions through observations and use physics to answer them.

Topics: Black Hole Mass Gap/ Hubble Tension/ Accelerating Universe/ Metals in Exoplanets

Outreach

Astronomy Conversations at Adler Planetarium

As a host scientist, I share the charm of astronomy, not only the beautiful pics but also the science behind them.

adlerplanetarium.org

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Mentoring Girls in STEM

Through Girls Invent, Girls Advancing in STEM and EYH mentoring, I focus on creating trusted spaces to empower the RAW curiosity.

eyhchicago.wordpress.com

School and Community Partnerships

I co-organize programs that connect local students with scientists and design hands-on activities for them.

geosci.uchicago.edu

Selected Outreach Activities

2025/07 Interviewer, popular science video on K2-18 b (Bilibili, Chinese)
2024-2025 Host Scientist, Astronomy Conversations at Adler Planetarium (Chicago)
2023/11 Speaker and Mentor, Girls Advancing in STEM Conference (Chicago)
2023 Fall Mentor, Girls Invent Program (Chicago)
2023/03 Mentor, EYH STEM conference for middle-school girls (Chicago)
2023 Spring Math Tutor, Wendell Phillips Academy (Chicago Public Schools)
2023-2024/03 Co-Organizer, Earth Science Day for High School Students (Chicago)
2022-2023/09 Activity Designer, South Side Science Festival (Chicago)
2019/02 Teacher, Yayasan Widya Guna (Bali, Indonesia)
2018-2019 Astronomy Editor, Hippo Starry Sky Blog (Beijing, China)