Teaching

Teaching philosophy and interests

Teaching at universities is of paramount importance, as it educates the scientists of the future and helps to promote understanding of science in the general public by educating students who will not become scientists themselves. In my lectures I try to have something for everyone: a basic frame that is easy enough to understand for most students and additional information that gives especially interested students more to think about. More details are available upon request.

My teaching interests are mostly in evolutionary genetics and various related fields.

Teaching experience

During the academic year 2006/2007 I taught on the following courses at the University of Edinburgh, while covering the teaching duties of Prof. Nick Barton (old homepage; book; new homepage):

• Foundations of evolution
  (4x2h, MSc in Evolution of Language and Cognition)
• Introduction to population genetics
  (2x1h, MSc Quantitative Genetics & Genome Analysis)
• Evolution of sex & breeding systems (course website)
  (2x2h + course organization, 4th year honours students)
• Major transitions in evolution
  (2x2h, Animal Evolution, 4th year honours students))
• Speciation
  (2x1h lectures + tutorials, Ecological Genetics, 3rd year biology students)
• Evolution honours tutorials
  (2x1h, advanced topics, 4th year honours students)
• Evolutionary genetics module (course website)
  (4x2h lectures + practicals + course organization, MSc in Quantitative Genetics & Genome Analysis)