Veronica Ciocanel

Teaching

Duke University

Spring 2024: Math 790: Graduate Minicourse on Topics in Parameter Inference.
Fall 2023: Math 221: Linear Algebra and Applications.
Spring 2022: Math 361S: Mathematical Numerical Analysis.
Fall 2021: Biology 218/Math 183: Biological Clocks: How Organisms Keep Time (with Prof. Steven Haase, see Duke Chronicle article).
Spring 2021: Math 282S: Mathematical and Interdisciplinary Modeling Seminar (Duke Math Featured course for Spring 2021).
Fall 2020: Math 221: Linear Algebra and Applications.

The Ohio State University

Spring 2020: Math 4194: Adventures in Mathematical Modeling.
Spring 2019: Math 3607: Beginning Scientific Computing.
Spring 2018, 2019: Co-instructor for Math 4194: Adventures in Mathematical Modeling.
November 2017: Mentor for team projects in Math 1156: Calculus of Life Sciences.

Brown University

August 2016: TA for GirlsGetMath@ICERM, a Summer Math Camp for High School Girls in the greater RI area.
Summer 2015: Co-instructor for APMA 0340: Methods of Applied Mathematics II (ODEs and PDEs, see syllabus).
- Received the Reginald D. Archambault Award for Teaching Excellence in Summer Session education (1st prize) for our learning goals-focused approach and emphasis on group work.
Spring 2014: TA for APMA 0350: Methods of Applied Mathematics.
Fall 2013: TA for APMA 1650: Statistical Inference.
Fall 2014 - Fall 2016: Instructor for Beginning Mathematics (pre-high school) through English for Action, Providence, RI.

Undergraduate student projects

Summer 2024: Supervisor of one Duke University undergraduate student on a PRUV (Program Research for Undergraduates) research project on "Identifiability for PDE models in cell biology".
October 2023 - May 2024: Supervisor of one Duke University undergraduate student on a Muser research project on "Modeling and simulation of protein linker kinetics in focal adhesions".

Photo from Trinity podcast recording with research student Daniel Block

June - December 2023: Supervisor of one Duke University undergraduate student on a Summer research project and Fall Research Independent Study on "Modeling mRNA transport in radial glial cells".
May 2021 - July 2022: Supervisor of three Duke University undergraduate students and a graduate student TA on a DOmath (Summer Collaborative Undergraduate Research in Mathematics) research project on "Characterizing emerging features in cell dynamics".
January - May 2021: Supervisor of two Duke University undergraduate students on a Muser research project on "The impact of microtubule polarity on models of cargo transport in neurons".
2020 - 2022: Co-supervisor of three Brown University undergraduate students on a research project on "Parameter identifiability for fluorescence microscopy data".
Fall 2020: Co-supervisor of one OSU undergraduate student on a research project on "Modeling and analysis of actin cytoskeleton organization".
Summer 2020: Supervisor of one Duke University undergraduate student on a research project on "Identifying disparities in federal sentencing data" (remotely through the Phoenix Project).
Summer 2019: Supervisor of one OSU undergraduate student on a research project on "Complex 3D simulations of mRNA transport".
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019: Supervisor of undergraduate research on "Modeling actin-myosin interactions in the worm C. elegans" in the DOSU (Destination Ohio State University) Bridge Program for an underrepresented minority student transferring from community college to OSU.
Summer 2018: Supervisor of one Tulane University undergraduate student on a research project on ``Developing topological data analysis methods for intracellular transport data".
Summer 2016: TA for two undergraduate students in an REU project on Lead propagation in the body, led by Professor Todd Kapitula, and for three undergraduate students in an REU project on Stability of stripe patterns, led by Professor Björn Sandstede.
Summer 2015: TA for two undergraduate students in an REU project on Epidemic dynamics on networks, led by Professor Björn Sandstede.

Education and Mentoring Training

2023-2024: STEM Faculty Fellows Program in Mentoring at Duke University.

Badge for completion of Faculty Success Program

2021: Faculty Success Program from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity.
2018: NRMN Postdoctoral Mentor Training Workshop at The Ohio State University.
Teaching Certifcate I: Reflective Teaching seminar. Year-long Certificate program offered by the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning at Brown University. As part of the program, I learned how to improve my approach to developing a course and its syllabus, how to devise grading and evaluation strategies, how to understand student learning and how to use elements of persuasive communication in teaching settings.
Teaching Certificate II: The Course Design Seminar. Semester-long Certificate program offered by the Sheridan Center in which I developed syllabi and sample assignments for two college level courses as well as provided feedback to my peers' materials.
Teaching Certificate IV: The Teaching Consultant Program. Year-long Certificate program offered by the Sheridan Center in which I developed and practiced peer observation and feedback skills for classes taught by fellow graduate students or postdoctoral scholars.
Teaching Certificate III: The Professional Development Program. Year-long Certificate program offered by the Sheridan Center in which I developed components of the teaching portfolio and learned to effectively communicate the core of my research.
2016-2017: Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development Lunch Series. I learned about topics such as microaggressions, stereotype threat and support strategies for diverse populations of students (queer, first-generation, international, etc.) through this series organized by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at Brown University.