Overview
Chris Dieni‘s award-winning teaching experience spans over 16 years of being a laboratory teaching assistant (TA) and faculty instructor. He specializes in teaching “middle-of-the-road” fundamental biochemical concepts — which draw directly upon principles of organic chemistry and general chemistry, but apply directly to cell biology, molecular biology, and physiology. He is particularly interested in linking events at multiple levels of biological organization; in other words, how does an event at the biochemical level (protein, gene, metabolite) translate to the cellular level, to the organ or tissue level, to the organ system level, and ultimately to the organismal or systemic level? He is very committed to using evidence-based learning, and one of his favourite approaches is to compare and contrast what happens in a normal or healthy situation (physiology) versus what happens when things go wrong (pathophysiology).
Courses taught
- Advanced Laboratory I (CHEM 341); Colorado Mesa, Spring 2020 and 2021, (lab instructor, team-taught)
- Biochemistry I (CHEM 315); Colorado Mesa, Fall 2019 and 2020 (lecturer)
- Biochemistry II (CHEM 316); Colorado Mesa, Spring 2020 and 2021 (lecturer)
- Biochemistry II (CHEM 375); Concordia, Summer 2014 (lab TA)
- Biochemistry II Laboratory (BCH2402); Algonquin, Winter 2015 (lab instructor)
- Biochemistry II: Metabolism (BCMB-452W); Ursinus, Spring 2017 (lecturer and lab instructor)
- Biochemistry Laboratory (CHEM 315L); Colorado Mesa, Fall 2019 and 2020 (lab instructor)
- Biophysical Chemistry (BCMB-307); Ursinus, Fall 2016 (lecturer)
- Biophysical Techniques and Applications (BIOC 3202); Carleton, Fall 2014 and 2015 (lecturer)
- Biotechnology Laboratory (BIOC-8770); Windsor, Summer 2018 (lecturer)
- Chemistry for Engineering Students (CHEM 1101); Carleton, Winters 2005-2007, Fall 2007 (lab TA)
- Communicating in the World of Chemistry (CHEM 442); Colorado Mesa, Spring 2020 and 2021 (lecturer, team-taught)
- Fundamentals of Biochemistry (CHEM-347); Ursinus, Fall 2016 (lecturer)
- General Chemistry I Laboratory (CHEM 131L); Colorado Mesa, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021 (lab instructor)
- General Chemistry II (CHEM 206); Concordia, Winter 2004 (lab TA)
- Honours Thesis (BIOC/CHEM 4990); Mount Allison, Winter 2014, Fall 2013 (mentor)
- Immunochemistry (BIOC 4011) now known Molecular Immunology (BIOC 3051) as of 2014; Mount Allison, Fall 2012 (lecturer)
- Independent Research (CHEM-491W); Ursinus, Spring 2017 (mentor)
- Independent Study in Biochemistry (BIOC 4951); Mount Allison, Fall 2013 (mentor)
- Introduction to Research (BCMB/CHEM-291); Ursinus, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 (mentor)
- Methods in Biochemistry (BIOC 4001); Carleton, Falls 2004-2006, Winter 2008 (lab TA), Winter 2016 (lecturer)
- Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (CHEM-106L); Ursinus, Spring 2017 (lab instructor)
- Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (CHEM-205L); Ursinus, Fall 2016 (lab instructor)
- Pharmacology and Nutraceuticals (BCH3404); Algonquin, Winter 2015 (lecturer)
- Protein Structure & Function (BIOC-8700); Windsor, Fall 2018, Winter 2019 (lecturer)
- Signal Transduction (BIOC 4031); Mount Allison, Winters 2013-2014 (lecturer)
- Structured Research (CHEM 397); Colorado Mesa, Spring 2020 (mentor)
- Toxicology (BIOC 3991); Mount Allison, Fall 2012 (lecturer)
Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) 