MENTORING EXPERIENCES
Agronomy Crop and Soil Science Society of America 2012-present
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Graduate Student Committee Member - American Society of Agronomy
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Graduate Student Competition Judge – American Society of Agronomy, Environmenetal Quality, Soil and Environmnetal Quality, Biochar Community
University of Idaho, Aberdeen, ID 2017-present
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Formal mentoring of masters’ student Grant Loomis (loom1581@vandals.uidaho.edu) on laboratory incubation experiments design, data collection, sample analyses, soil sampling, thesis writing, manuscript preparation for publication in peer-review journals, and conference presentations (ASA meeting, 2018)
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Formal mentoring of masters’ student Garrett Thurgood (thur3779@vandals.uidaho.edu) on field research design, soil sampling, laboratory techniques, data collection, graduate research proposal writing
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2011-2016
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Graduate teaching assistant on various courses taught in Soil and Water Sciences Department
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Informal mentoring of Ph.D. student Andressa Freitas (andressamfreitas@ufl.edu), Ph.D. students on laboratory incubations study as well as field agronomic crop production experiment design, soil and plant tissue sampling, laboratory analyses, manuscript writing
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Informal mentoring of undergraduate student Amanda Rodriguez (arodriguez10722@ufl.edu) on laboratory bench experiments design, soil samples analyzed in the laboratory, lab protocol develop, soil samples collection, soil samples submitting in a commercial lab, lab log book maintenance
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Informal mentoring of visiting Ph.D. Scholar Zhengjuan Yan (juanyz3749@163.com) from China on laboratory analyses, data interpretation, manuscript preparation and publications
Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India 2008-2010
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Undergraduate teaching assistant, Soil Science, Agricultural Meteorology
STUDENT EVALUATION
“Dr. Dari is a passionate teacher. One of the biggest qualities that assisted in his teaching was his ability to listen to each individual student even in time limited situation and assist them through any means he can even beyond classroom hours.”
“He is exceptionally enthusiastic about basic environmental and soil science. Very open to answering questions and made sure to make each student feel comfortable answering aloud in class. His asking question by calling students name is motivating to me. I’d definitely take another class with this instructor.”
“By allowing the students to follow step-by-step on the whiteboard/blackboard or drawing diagrams, Dr. Dari could make sure everyone understood how the whole process happens in soils, calculations were done etc. His readiness to answer questions also helped facilitate learning, if it is challenging sometimes.”
“Dari is very thorough and methodical in his class. His review session before the exam in the class is the best one. He is very friendly and open to take any question and able to answer. I would take his class again if get a chance.”