Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Costa Arnau

Presentation Title: Adaptation of Problem-Based Learning to Online Teaching in The Graduate and Undergraduate Chemistry Courses at The University of Barcelona

Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Past Speaker

Dr. Anna M Costa graduated in Chemistry (1993) from Universitat de Barcelona (UB) where she also earned her Ph. D. under the guidance of Prof. J. Vilarrasa (1999). After a post-doctoral stay in the laboratories of Prof. Patrick J. Walsh at the University of Pennsylvania (2000-2001), she returned to Universitat de Barcelona where she became Associate Professor in 2007. Her research activity focuses on the total syntheses of cytotoxic natural products and the study of organocatalytic reactions. She is also involved in the development of new strategies to improve learning in the Chemistry Degree at UB.