Teaching

At Lund University

• Working group on Physical Chemistry curriculum (member, Spring-Fall 2025). Tasked with reviewing the Physical Chemistry curriculum across the bachelor's program at the Department of Chemistry.

• KEMM29 Molecular Spectroscopy (Spring 2025), Instructor, original module on Optical Nanomaterials (MAT, eight 2-hour lecture/seminar courses with a problem set, laboratory, and exam problems). The module covered:

  • Light generation and light sources as enabling technologies

  • Collective phenomena

  • Electronic structure and quantum confinement

  • Colloidal synthesis of optical nanomaterials

  • Practical aspects of optical spectroscopy of nanomaterials

  • Resources: own notes, primary research literature, “Introductory Nanoscience” by Kuno;

• KEMM29 Molecular Spectroscopy (Spring 2024), Instructor, lectures on Steady-state spectroscopy, Photochemistry, and Kinetics 

  • Resources: previous course notes plus own material, “Principles of Fluorescent Spectroscopy” by Joseph Lakowicz,"Physical Chemistry" by Atkins.

Courses Taught before Lund University

• 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