DrMichael Gotsbacher

Undergraduate Teaching:

• I am coordinating and teaching in the medicinal chemistry course (MCHM3x01) running in semester 1, as well as contributing to several other courses offered by the School of Medicinal Chemistry, e.g., a module of SOMS4101 on Mass Spectrometry (focus on LCMS) in medical sciences, or lectures in the interdisciplinary medicinal chemsitry project course (MCHM3888) and pharmacology (PCOL3x12)
• I prefer students to be involved in the course through eg., flipped lecture models, and interactive sessions, rather than deliver the material without any interaction.
• The 2024 USS results for the MCHM3x01 unit I coordinate was 4.5 (out of 5), compared to school average of 4.1

Research supervision:

• At the moment, I supervise one PhD and two Honours students. Previously, I supervised to completion an Honours student (high first class), one Masters capston student, three Daylell projects (all HD). Previously, I co-supervised to completion undergraduate and postgraduate students: 3 Honours students (1^st Class Honours), 4 PhD students to completion ('17, '20, '22, '24), who all published in high impact journals (e.g., J Med Chem). Three PhD graduates took on excellent job opportunities in non-academic environments shortly after their graduation, speaking to the training they received in our lab.