Teaching
Courses Taught
Optical Properties of Nanomaterials (Spring 2021, IIT), Instructor, 7-hour online course for Ph.D. students, covering basics of optical spectroscopy, experimental design, and data processing.
Optical Spectroscopy of Colloidal Nanocrystals (Spring 2019, Spring 2018, IIT), Instructor, 7-hour course for Ph.D. students. Textbooks: “Introductory Nanoscience” by Kuno, “Principles of Fluorescent Spectroscopy” by Joseph Lakowicz, "Spectrochemical Analysis" by Ingold & Crouch.
Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy (Spring 2015, CU Boulder), Teaching Assistant;
General Chemistry II (Fall 2013, Spring 2012, CU Boulder), Teaching Assistant;
Organic Chemistry I (Summer 2013, CU Boulder), Teaching Assistant;
General Chemistry for Engineers (Fall 2011, CU Boulder), Teaching Assistant;
Graduate Teaching Excellence Award 2012, 2014 (CU Boulder);
General Chemistry I, II, III (Academic year 2009-2010, University of Chicago), Teaching Assistant;
Physical Sciences Teaching Prize 2011 (University of Chicago);
Nathan Sugarman Teaching Award in General Chemistry 2010 (University of Chicago);
Workshops
Framing Labs with a Big and Intriguing Question, an invited workshop at the Graduate Teacher Program, CU Boulder, January 23rd, 2014
Chemistry Education
Geometry in Chemistry: Learning Sequences for Incorporation into Undergraduate Chemistry Courses (contributed talk), Baranov D, Leontyev A, 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August 3-7, 2014, Allendale, MI, USA
Massive Open Online Courses in Chemistry: A Comparative Overview of Platforms and Features, Leontyev A, Baranov D, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, 1533–1539