How about me as a Teaching/Peer Learning Assistant?
PEER LEARNING ASSISTANT for GENOME PROJECT COURSE
BIOL293
In BIOL293 Genome Project, I served as a Peer Learning Assistant where I tested and validated weekly bioinformatics assignments, spanning UNIX, FASTQ/FASTQC, genome assembly, annotation, and variant discovery, to ensure reproducibility before they reached students.
I also guided peers in applying RStudio for sequencing analysis, statistical interpretation, and code troubleshooting. Working alongside the course instructor, I helped refine materials to make complex computational biology concepts more approachable.
This experience showed me the importance of reliability and transparency in data workflows, reinforcing how reproducibility forms the foundation of meaningful genomic research.
PSYCHOPY PROGRAMMER & EYE-TRACKER SUPPORT
PSYC299
As a PsychoPy Programmer and Eye Tracker Support Assistant for PSYC299 Eye Tracker Course, I helped students bridge experimental psychology and computational design through hands-on eye-tracking research. I developed and led small group tutorials that guided students in building full PsychoPy pipelines covering visual task logic, timing precision, and EyeLink 1000 calibration and validation.
Alongside teaching technical procedures, I emphasized reproducibility and clear data workflows, assisting students in debugging scripts, synchronizing gaze data with behavioral responses, and interpreting fixation patterns. Balancing this role with my own eye-tracking thesis project honed my ability to design and manage complex experiments while mentoring others through methodological challenges.
This experience solidified my interest in human–computer interaction, experimental reliability, and computational modeling, showing how programming environments can both support and shape the cognitive processes they aim to study.
