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No information was gained from the lectures. Extremely tough (almost unfair) grading all throughout the semester, especially the final presentation. Test questions are difficult to decipher what you're actually supposed to know. He uses AI in lectures, but him and Dr. B would have freaked out if any student ever used it.Rate My Professors ↗
the worst lecturer, if you have him as your professor save yourself from this man. Take it with someone else and reap the benefits. Thinks printing off AI overviews is 'teaching' such a joke.Rate My Professors ↗
ok so... he's a not so great teacher BUT he's chiller than Dr. B who used to teach the class and thank god she not allowed to bc she's bad. Anyway he post stuff with AI and you can't understand it and he just wants to talk about his research, but in hindsight it could 100% be worse.Rate My Professors ↗
The lecture notes are hand written and the handwriting is not very nice, also he just reads off them in the class. I stopped joining to lecture after the second day.Rate My Professors ↗
Lectures were horribly disorganized and he went off on tangents irrelevant to the course material. Expectations for exams, labs and discussions were unclear and/or left to the TAs. He wasn't very accessible outside of class except for email and 50 mins of office hours before every exam (I will say, he is nice during those times though).Rate My Professors ↗
The worst lecturer.Rate My Professors ↗
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CHEM 299 is a directed study course involving a mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleCHEM 681 is a mentored research course for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
CHEM 699 is a directed study course involving an advanced mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026CHEM 725 covers basic principles of chemical and biochemical separations using chromatography and electrophoresis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.74 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.62 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleCHEM 980 is a graduate-level seminar where students engage in research discussions facilitated by faculty within their research group.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026CHEM 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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