Reviews of professor Lior Sepunaru

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Sepunaru was a great lecturer. Each lecture was structured to maximize engagement and often consisted of topics that were both important and interesting. He was easy to reach outside of class and regularly hosted office hours, which were almost like extra lecture sessions each week. Exams were difficult, but they inspired people to think!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures are unrelated to the test and hard to understand

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Overall, Professor Sepunaru was a good lecturer. Homework was very time-consuming and required you to read the textbook and do some research. Go to his office hours because they provide helpful details about homework and exams. However, his homework and lectures don't prepare you enough for the exam so make sure you digest the topics thoroughly.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He might not be everyone's cup of tea. He places greater emphasis on understanding the material thoroughly than high grades. Tests are unpredictable due to the nature of his questions (teaches out of book commonly), but understanding lecture material is the best study method. One of the hardest classes, but rewarding to learn Chem from his lens.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Sepunaru's honor class was probably trying to cover a semester worth of topic in a month and expecting student to have in-depth understanding in contrast to regular chemistry elsewhere. He did amazing lectures, but if you skipped reading then the lecture will be very demanding. Grading was very generous, like I don't feel I deserve the grade

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the best chemistry professors I have experienced. I enjoyed the straightforward communication when any confusion occurred. Also, the lecture is fluent in that it depends on the students' struggles. Although this had some downsides (not able to cover the entire topic), valuing the students' understanding of the concepts was great.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Three words: For The Students. Dr. Sepunaru is my favorite professor at UCSB and for good reason, his lectures are interactive and make you think about real biological applications of the course content. As a biochemistry major in the MCDB department, I'm sad that I can't take more classes with him at the helm. Take this class with him if you can!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you like chem and are willing to put in the time, you'll LOVE Sepunaru. He's an awesome guy, really cares about every one of his students as well as the subject. But his tests are very very difficult so just make sure you know what you're getting into!