Dr. Saber Miresmailli
Teaching and Mentoring
Teaching is a form of story telling. The best way to pass a concept to another person is to make it interesting and memorable. I had many wonderful teachers in my life who gave me lessons that I will never forget. ​
My mother was a teacher and a very good one at that. I can see that some of her students reach out after 40 years to reconnect with their favorite teacher. The impact that a good teacher can have on a person can last a life time. I had the pleasure of teaching several courses and supervising and helping several students, many of them are now very successful in various walks of life.
Teaching & Mentoring
Courses taught & assisted
UBC, UIUC
• Guest lecturer for LFS500 (Graduate Seminar in Integrated Studies), UBC, 2013
• Applied Chemical Ecology (Directed study), UIUC, 2011
• Guest lecturer for IB445 (Chemical Ecology- Dr. Berenbaum & Dr. Seigler), UIUC, 2010
• Guest lecturer for LFS 100 (Introduction to land, food and community- Dr. Isman), UBC 2009
• Course designer, instructor and supervisor, AGRO 497B Directed study: applied chemical ecology, UBC 2008
• AGRO 260 Agro-ecology I, Teaching Assistant, UBC 2008
• FNH 250 Nutrition concepts and controversies, Teaching Assistant, UBC 2004-2007
• FNH 313, Microorganisms in food systems, Teaching Assistant, UBC 2004-2007
• BIOL 327, Introduction to Entomology, Teaching Assistant, UBC 2004
• FNH 325, Food science laboratory I, Teaching Assistant, UBC 2004
Teaching Certificates
UBC , UIUC
• Certificate in Foundation of Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Merit Immersion for Students and Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Problem-based learning facilitator, University of British Columbia • Problem-based learning case writer, University of British Columbia
Graduate Students
UBC , UIUC
• Jun-hyung Tak (PhD), Investigating synergism among essential oils’ components, UBC 2012-Current (act as PhD research committee member)
• Paul Nabity (PhD), Collecting and analyzing herbivore induced plant volatiles and floral scents from tobacco plants, UIUC 2010 (acted as research advisor)
• Olivia Niziolek (MSc), (1) Analyzing herbivore induced plant volatiles emitted from soybean plants under different CO2 and temperature regimes, UIUC 2010 (acted as research advisor) (2) Field survey and feasibility assessment of Jatropha curcas for bioenergy production in Peru. (acted as industry supervisor- I hired Olivia as Field Scientist in South America through Sumatics LLC)
​• David Noshad (PhD), In vitro propagation of seven Daphne L. Species, UBC 2007 (acted as statistical advisor)
Under Graduate Students
UBC , UIUC
• Lily Feng (BSc) 2011, Measuring silica content of bioenergy crops (acted as directed study supervisor)
• Allen Lawrence (BSc) 2010-2011, Collecting VOCss from bioenergy crops (acted as directed study supervisor)
• Alan Yanahan (BSc) 2010-2011, Collecting VOCs from bioenergy crops (acted as directed study supervisor)
• Robert Orpet (BSc) 2011, Measuring silica content of bioenergy crops (acted as directed study supervisor)
• Jacob Becraft (BSc) UIUC 2010, Collecting VOCs from bioenergy crops (acted as directed study supervisor)
• Kate Menzies (BSc) 2008- 2009, Pest induced plant volatiles- collection and analysis (Mentor/research advisor)
• Anelyse M. Weiler (BSc) 2008, Benefiting the biosphere and sharing knowledge: putting science into practice through integrated pest management (Mentor /research advisor)
• David Farmer (BSc) 2008, Volatile analysis as an effective tool for monitoring and managing pest populations (Mentor /research advisor)
• Jenna Pfo (BSc) 2008, A brief comparison of current methods of volatile collection and instrumental analysis of human breath, and their potential roles in disease diagnosis (Mentor /research advisor)
• Juan Francesco Costaneda (BSc) 2008, An overview of pest monitoring techniques (Mentor /research advisor)
• Kiara Marie Antina Jack (BSc) 2008, An Overview of greenhouse vegetable production (Mentor /research advisor)
• Ikkei Shikano (BSc) 2005, Toxicity of rosemary oil to two-spotted spider mite (Mentor/research advisor)
• Sincere Wong (BSc) 2005, Toxicity of rosemary oil to greenhouse whitefly (Mentor/research advisor)
Tri-Mentoring
UBC , UIUC
• Grace Young (BSc) 2013- Food policy and agriculture economics (Industry mentor)
• Nancy Brard (UBC) - Maintaining research insect colony 2012 (Industry supervisor- I hired Nancy through Sumatics LLC)
