I see teaching as an essential part of academic life and as one of the most meaningful ways to connect ecological theory with the way students understand the living world. My teaching aims to help students move beyond memorizing concepts and towards thinking like ecologists: asking mechanistic questions, interpreting patterns, evaluating evidence, and connecting theory with natural history and real ecosystems. My approach combines conceptual clarity, active discussion, field observation, and quantitative reasoning. I enjoy teaching ecology as a way of linking abstract ideas — such as competition, coexistence, stability, or resilience — with concrete biological examples that students can observe, measure, and debate.