This work describes select narratives pertaining to undergraduate teaching and mentorship at UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry by Alex Spokoyny and his junior colleagues. Specifically, we discuss how individual undergraduate researchers contributed and jump-started multiple research themes since the conception of our research laboratory. This work also describes several recent innovations in the inorganic and general chemistry courses taught by Spokoyny at UCLA with a focus of nurturing appreciation for research and creative process in sciences including the use of social media platforms.

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加州大学洛杉矶分校本科研究、指导和教学的叙述

这项工作描述了 Alex Spokoyny 和他的初级同事关于加州大学洛杉矶分校化学和生物化学本科教学和指导的精选叙述。具体来说，我们讨论了自我们的研究实验室成立以来，个别本科研究人员如何贡献和启动多个研究主题。这项工作还描述了 Spokoyny 在加州大学洛杉矶分校教授的无机和普通化学课程中的几项最新创新，重点是培养对科学研究和创新过程的欣赏，包括社交媒体平台的使用。