Kade Head-Marsden

The course is difficult, but she is incredibly helpful. She has lots of self-made materials. She is really trying to help you.

7/17/2024

Dr. Head-Marsden is an amazing professor! The material is tough but her lectures are very helpful and she is extremely accessible for help when you need it. She is very receptive to class feedback and will adjust the lecture schedule and deadlines to meet the needs of her students. Her supplemental notes and office hours are also amazing!

2/11/2024

Professor Head-Marsden systematically taught quantum chemistry from ideal models to the approximation methods in this class. The in-class teaching is fast-paced and interesting. Provided materials are sufficient and the professor offered abundant office hours to help. Some of the questions in the Problem Sets and exams were challenging!

1/2/2024

I love Dr. Head-Marsden as a person. Full of energy. She even makes fun of her mistakes. She goes too fast in lecture, and if you are not a math major you will miss the details. I ended up spending more time thinking about the calculus and next to no time on the meaning of it all. I would like to retake this paying attention to the latter.

12/22/2023

Pchem 1 was a tough class but totally doable if you put the time in. The exams are math heavy (as you would expect for ~physical~ chemistry) but be sure you have a detailed fundamental understanding of the topics discussed in class because most/many of the points are found in setting up the math. Go into pchem with a fresh mindset: you've got this!

12/20/2023

Best professor

12/19/2023

Kade is the single best science professor I've had at WashU - and it's not even close. She is the crown jewel of the chemistry department and she deserves a perfect review. I have never had a professor teach chemistry in such an understandable way. She is the definition of a teacher who is not out to get you. Love love love

12/18/2023

Dr. Head-Marsden was an excellent lecturer and made the physical chemistry material much more accessible than it would have been otherwise. Although the homework and tests were difficult, she was very accessible to answer questions and provide assistance. It should be mentioned she is a theorist though, so the class is math heavy.

5/10/2023

PChem is very hard, but Kade made the class fun! I was honestly dreading this class, but between her knowledgeable and very clear lecture style as well as how open she was to helping students outside of class, I actually liked it. I really like the group work style of office hours, and appreciated how she valued effort over genius. Top tier prof.

1/28/2023

Kade is the type of professor that makes a hard class easier to get through. It's a very math-heavy class, but she explains everything very clearly. She is very organized -- posts summary/extra notes almost every week for reference. She's very accessible out of class through office hours and emails and clearly wants you to do well.

1/19/2023

goated prof. very interesting to learn math origin of some gen chem info. somewhat difficult content but grading is too fair so ye. very organized and lots of office hours etc and nice.

12/29/2022

Chem401 is my favorite class in this semester. It opened my eyes to quantum mechanics and promoted me to view chemistry in a novel perspective that I never thought about. I cannot imagine how Dr. Kade organized the materials for this challenging course into weekly notes that clearly summarized the key concepts for the class. Highly recommended!

12/28/2022