Peter Ryan

This course was pretty fun; Pete Ryan is a good lecturer and clearly knows a lot about geochemistry as it is his field of work. I found the course pretty easy coming from the chemistry side of things and having never taken an ECSC course. The class had a lot of potential to be great, but fell flat to some extent because we covered too broad of topics in too little detail and all labs were dedicated to a research project from which I didn't feel I learned much. Can't say I would recommend the course unless you have a particular interest in geochemistry... You probably won't retain a whole lot of material unless you put in the effort to do some extra research and chat with Pete in office hours, which he is very receptive to.

This course was pretty fun; Pete Ryan is a good lecturer and clearly knows a lot about geochemistry as it is his field of work. I found the course pretty easy coming from the chemistry side of things and having never taken an ECSC course. The class had a lot of potential to be great, but fell flat to some extent because we covered to …Read more

I really enjoyed this class. It was mostly project based and we got to use a bunch of the ECSC instruments, which was a cool experience. Pete is such a kind professor, though I sometimes struggled to track the content without a background in chemistry.

This class was extremely engaging and it was very clear that the professor has a lot of enthusiasm for the subject and teaching. The grading structure is very fair, with heavy emphasis on problem sets and the final project/lab. There were always opportunities to ask questions and the professor would always answer them thoroughly both in class and in lab. Lab was based on research which made it particularly meaningful because the class was contributing to research in specific areas and the progress of our research was clear by the end of the semester. All in all, it is very clear that the professor cares about students' improvement and engagement overall, and that we actually enjoy the subject and his class.

This class was extremely engaging and it was very clear that the professor has a lot of enthusiasm for the subject and teaching. The grading structure is very fair, with heavy emphasis on problem sets and the final project/lab. There were always opportunities to ask questions and the professor would always answer them thoroughly both …Read more