Exposing students to the complex history of earth, unique biomes, climate changes and their effects, as well as to interactions between human actions and the vast diversity of animals and plants, has a crucial contribution on our life as a specie under the sun. Getting to know these broader aspects of the vibrant and constantly changing world around us is very important, both philosophically as well as ethically, due to the fact it gives students a 'bird's eye view' to better understand the consequences and meanings of human hyper-activity and the dramatic changes we are witnessing in the 20th and especially the 21st centuries.
Teaching Philosophy
In recent years I have switched my focus from research towards teaching and found the challenges of educating the next generations of students are both exciting as well as demanding. I whole-heartedly believe that the basic courses of Zoology, Botany and Ecology are extremely essential as a bedrock for student better understanding of the biological world, we live in.
