Teaching

Teaching at NRAO and the University of Virginia

– ASTR 2120: Introduction to Astrophysics II

Astronomy-Physics majors, Spring 2026 – UVa
This course will cover everything outside the solar system (stars, galaxies, extragalactic astronomy, and cosmology) (ASTR 2120, Introduction to Astrophysics II).

– Radio Revelations: Exploring Nearby Galaxies

Summer lecture, Summer 2024 – NRAO
A summer lecture for the NRAO NAC & REU summer students about Nearby Galaxies and how to observe them.

Teaching Assistant at the University of Bonn

– astro121: Einführung in die Astronomie

Bachelor course (in German), Winter term 2022/2023 (in person)
Organizing and preparing weekly Assignments for a total of ~300 students. Preparing the exam and correcting ~200 exams.

– astro822: Physics of the Interstellar Medium

Master course (i.e., graduate students), Summer term 2022 (in person)
I led the discussion of weekly Assignments, programming exercises, and gap texts in a class of ~15 students. Preparing weekly Assignment sheets, Hints for the upcoming Assignments, and correcting ~40 exams.

– physik 541: Proseminar Präsentationstechniken für PhysikerInnen

Bachelor course (in German), Summer term 2021 (via Zoom)
~15 students had to choose a physics-related topic and prepare a 20-minute talk; each of them had a 1:1 rehearsal meeting with me, where I gave them feedback and tips on how to improve their talk. Then they presented in front of the entire seminar and Rainer Mauersberger. Together with him, I evaluated the presentations.

– astro121: Einführung in die Astronomie

Bachelor course (in German), Winter term 2020/2021 (via Zoom)
I helped with the examination supervision (a total of ~200 students).

– astro822: Physics of the Interstellar Medium

Master course (i.e., graduate students), Summer term 2020
(via Zoom, the beginning of Covid)
I led the discussion of weekly Assignments, programming exercises, and gap texts in a class of ~15 students. I introduced, together with Jakob den Brok, a new concept of weekly gap texts as a summary of the lectures. Preparing the exam and correcting ~40 exams.

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