BS, Chemistry, University of Delhi, India
BA, Education, Assam University, India
MA, Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD, Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

Dr. K, as she’s known here, sees education as a continuous cycle in which she teaches so that she can learn and wants to keep learning so that she can teach more. A memorable experience was a graduate course in protein structures; it made an impression because the content was interesting and imparted by an engaging professor. Dr. K’s classes challenge students to not just conduct labs to find answers but to devise their own labs and see what answers turn up. After receiving her PhD, she worked as a researcher at Stanford and taught chemistry at St. Mary's College of California. In her free time, Dr. K loves to hike with her friends and travel with her husband and children, though you can often find her just lazing around with Suzy, the family’s middle-aged shih-tzu.

Precept affinity: We value living with kindness and honesty; we are careful truth tellers.
“This is the one precept that I feel embodies all precepts. If we can learn to go through our lives with kindness, then I think we can do a lot of things right.”

Favorite Acre lunch: The square pizza with vegetable toppings

Currently teaching: Analysis of Functions, Biotechnology (Immersive)