board gamer | chemistry educator
about
Hello!
I am a prospective PhD student in Chemistry Education Research (CER). I am passionate about the development of inclusive chemistry pedagogy and the dismantling of systemic barriers in science education.
Outside of science education, I am an enthusiastic tabletop board gamer (check out my blog!) and an aspiring Pokémon VGC player!
past projects
Teaching Assistant (TA) orientation and training program at Stanford Chemistry
Department of Chemistry | Stanford University
I co-organized the TA Training program for the 2021 and 2020 classes of incoming graduate students. I co-developed and piloted the new modules “Teaching Strategies and Pedagogy” and “Online Learning,” and conducted teaching workshops.
Synthesis of natural and unnatural derivatives of saxitoxin for the study of voltage-gated sodium channels
The Du Bois Lab | Stanford Chemistry
Bhaskar, R. G. “Synthesis of Ester and Amide Derivatives of Saxitoxin for the Development of Isoform-Specific Tools for the Study of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels,” Masters Dissertation, Stanford University, 2022.
Development of an enzyme kinetics assessment to study student decision making in introductory undergraduate biochemistry
The Wieman Group | Stanford School of Education
Development of a photoredox-mediated arene alkylation for facile access to pharmaceutically relevant tetralone and tetralin cores
Discovery Chemistry | Bristol-Myers Squibb
Development of silane-mediated, anion-catalyzed crotylation chemistry to access stereochemically complex polypropionate fragments
The Leighton Lab | Columbia Chemistry
“Synthetic Efforts Towards New Allylation and Crotylation Reactions through Silane Complexation,” Guest Lecturer for CHEM UN2408 at Columbia Chemistry.
Computational modeling of the formation and destruction pathways of organic ions in dark molecular clouds
The Savin Lab | Columbia Astrophysics Lab
Roshan G. Bhaskar 