Genyffer C. Troina, Ph.D.

Training

Postdoc Teaching Practicum. Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) - University of British Columbia, Canada. 2023.
Instructional Skills Workshop (Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning, CIRTL) - University of British Columbia, Canada. 2022.
Scientific Reporting and Didactics. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. 2012.
Methodological Foundations of Science Teaching. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil. 2007.
Didactics. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil. 2005.
Philosophy of Education. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil. 2005.
Educational Psychology. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil. 2005.
Sociology of Education. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil. 2005.

Teaching experience

EOSC270 Marine Ecosystems. University of British Columbia. Guest lecture. Topic: Marine mammals and the marine ecosystems. 2023.
EOSC270 Marine Ecosystems. University of British Columbia. Guest lecture. Topic: Polar Ecosystems II: Food webs and human threats. 2023.
Nekton - marine mammals. Bachelor in Oceanography, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Topic: Trophic ecology and feeding habits of marine mammals. 2018.
Nekton - marine mammals. Bachelor in Oceanography, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Topic: Methods to assess feeding habits of marine mammals. 2018.
Nekton - marine mammals. Bachelor in Oceanography, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Topic: Age and Growth of marine mammals. 2018.
Projeto Parceiros do Mar ("Sea Friends Project", EcoMega, FURG): Lectures to children of different ages (from pre-school to teens) to talk about the marine megafauna in southern Brazil, and human-related threats. Multiple Schools. 2014 - 2016.
Short course: Ecologia e técnicas de estudo aplicadas a mamíferos marinhos (Marine mammal ecology and studying methods). XVII Jornada Biológica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. 2015.
Short course: Aplicação do pacote SIAR – Stable Isotope Analysis in R – para estudos em ecologia trófica de mamíferos marinhos (Applying SIAR - Stable Isotope Analysis in R – to marine mammal trophic ecology studies). Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. 2014.
Biological Sciences. Secondary School students (Escola Estadual de Ensino Medio Bibiano de Almeida, Rio Grande, Brazil). 2008.
Sciences. Elementary School students (Escola Estatual de Ensino Medio Lilia Neves, Rio Grande, Brazil). 2007.
Projeto Novo Horizonte (Horizon Project): Lectures to teenagers from different secondary and high schools about topics related to biological sciences, animal welfare, STDs, amongst others. Multiple Schools. 2007 - 2008.
Teaching Assistant. Discipline: Zoology of Chordata, Morphology & Biological Sciences Department (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil). 2007.
Teaching Assistant. Discipline: Geological Sciences, Geosciences Department (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil). 2006-2007.

Teaching projects

I participated developing and teaching in the following projects:

Projeto Parceiros do Mar ("Friends of the sea Project"): created by the members of the laboratory EcoMega, FURG, to talk about the marine megafauna in southern Brazil, and human-related threats.
Projeto Novo Horizonte ("New Horizon Project"): A project created by Biological Sciences undergrad students to talk to teenagers of different secondary and high schools in Rio Grande, southern Brazil, about topics related to biological sciences, animal welfare, STDs, amongst others.