Chemistry in Context

Dr. Lu Wang is a senior preceptor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, where she is involved in teaching two undergraduate courses and one graduate course. In addition to teaching, Wang serves as the director of the department's Peer Study Leader Program and oversees the pedagogical and course administration training for the department's preceptors. Wang was awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Teaching multiple times by the Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and was awarded the Star Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Advising at Harvard. Before joining Harvard in 2013, Wang held a postdoctoral appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she did research on two-dimensional nanobiosensors and also participated in developing and teaching the chemistry curriculum in the founding year of Singapore University of Technology and Design. Wang received her PhD in chemistry from Harvard University, where she worked to develop label-free silicon nanowire field-effect biosensors. She received her BS in chemistry from Peking University.

Wyatt Hurt is a curriculum and pedagogy manager in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, where he collaborates with faculty and teaching staff to develop course administration, management, and student support infrastructures that serve all the department's courses. Before joining Harvard as a full-time staff member, Hurt taught chemistry at Chelsea High School and Belmont Hill School. He received an AB in environmental science from Harvard College and a EdM in science education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He was awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Teaching by the Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and the Sontag Prize for Teaching Excellence by the Massachusetts Department of Education. Hurt is also a first-year proctor at Harvard College, where he is a proud resident of Hurlbut Hall. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, running, cooking, and playing piano.