Dusty is the man. He made me love chemistry.

Maly is a funny guy and his lectures are pretty good. I always read the book, but you don't really need to after his lectures, only for clarification. His tests were extremely fair, not too hard. Quizzes are very easy. I wouldn't mind taking another class from him again

He is one of the best chem professors at the UW. His tests are very fair, not too easy and not too hard.

Maly is one of the best chem professors at UW. His lectures were incredibly clear and helpful and prepares you well for the tests as a majority of the test questions come from his lecture material. He doesnt cover nomenclature so it may be underdeveloped for future ochem classes. Quizzes are pretty easy. Highly recommended.

Pretty good professor, lectures were clear and test were fair. Make sure you pay attention to those "exceptions," they will show up on the test and trip everyone up except you :) I recall having to show atleast one mechanism on each exam so remember those as well. Overall an enjoyable course.

He redeemed ochem for me after taking it with Straumanis. Gives you everything you need to do well on the tests, was really nice and curved to a 2.8 because we had unusually high midterm scores. His tests come straight from lecture.

AWESOME professor! He really knows his stuff and answers any questions clearly. Also, ALL test questions are from lecture, so reading is pretty much a supplement for clarity (reading along with lecture was helpful for me). No nomenclature tested, but it's not hard to learn on your own. Quizzes = straight forward; don't make dumb mistakes though! =O

He was a good prof. and his tests were pretty straight forward (matched well to what you are told to expect on the exam). His practice exams, which he will post on the website, will give you the best indication of what to know. only complaint is his handwriting is horrid and it would probably be better to look at the book if he shows examples.

His lectures are clear and straightforward. He really takes a lot of effort explaining every reaction and concept in detail. This is one of the rare chem classes that I actually study with my in class notes. His tests are very hard: He loves to put complicated synthesis questions that requires you to draw knowledge from several chapters.

Dustin is a really great professor. I had Andersen for 237, which was not fun at all. I thought I hated organic chemistry until I took it from Maly. He really makes everything seem so clear. GO TO LECTURE, and DO THE READING BEFORE IT! He really reinforces your learning well, but you need to put in the effort, too. Tests are difficult.

This guy completely turned organic chemistry around for me. His lectures are very clear and informative, and the information sticks. I knew the material after lectures enough to ace the quizzes without consulting the book. While tests were difficult, if you read the book and do the practice problems (he posts a lot!), you will succeed. I'm really disappointed he isn't teaching 239 next quarter :(

The fact that he cares about his students is shown through the amount of time he invests in the forum, answering Q's, being at every office hour, answering emails promptly, all while having other responsibilities. His passion & commitment to his students will make him one to remember. He exemplifies how an ideal educator should be.

One of the best chemistry profs I've had at UW. His explanations were excellent and all of the test material was covered in class. The exams are difficult, but not unreasonable. He expects students to work hard outside of class and practice the material. He was funny and upbeat in class and made ochem lecture enjoyable!

Maly is a great professor. Coming from Andersen, this is a HUGE step up. He really takes the time to answer students questions, and provides tons of office hours. This class improved my learning and interest level more than any other chem class I've taken. He's approachable, his explanations are very clear, and he is extremely intelligent.

Great professor. Very enthusiastic about the subject. His tests are difficult, but the practice exams are extremely helpful. Key to success: do his practice problems.

The very first chem teacher to ever make coming to lecture worth it. Very down to earth and everything made sense. I went from a 2.9 in CHEM237 with Andersen to a 3.6 with Maly. A lot of mechanisms in his tests. NO emphasis on nomenclature! Reactions were the main point of his lectures and he offered other examples than just from the text.

Hands down best professor ever! Changed my perspective of organic chemistry from downright terrible to actually enjoyable. Lectures were so clear and helpful, tons of office hours and practice problems. Wish every chem class was taught by him!

Best professor ever! Questions are hard but fair and lectures and office hours are extremely helpful. My grades went up to a 4.0 from a 3.1 in Chem 237 Boydston!

Truly an impressive and effective teacher. His examples are interesting and stimulate understanding of the concepts. Office hours helped the most as well as his straight forward lectures and fair tests!

Awesome professor!! His lectures really help you understand not just the reactions but the principles behind them and he really emphasizes patterns and trends in reactivity which helps so much! Every exam has at least one mechanism and one synthesis qustion but the practice exams are really helpful as are his lecture notes. Highly recommend.

I have to admit Maly is good as people say he is. I tried much harder in Professor Boydston's 237 course and got 3.7. Here I got a 4.0!!! He makes good and fair decisions for specific policies. This quarter we had a blackout on our very final. He made the make-up final optional! Be aware, his exams are somewhat complex but fair.

His exams are very doable if you practice enough. Do ALL of the book practice problems he assigns, twice if you can. This will really help you on exams. The quizzes are very easy, but you have to keep up with the material to do well on them. He posts podcasts, but not videocasts, of his lectures, so be sure to take detailed notes.

He was a great professor! Definitely made sure that you understand the important concepts and the mechanisms behind them so it isn't so much just straight memorization. The practice exams are extremely similar in format to his exams and the practice problems are helpful. If you pay attention and practice, it should be an easy class.

The class was challenging, but teaches ochem VERY, VERY WELL! He makes complicated concepts understandable. He writes lecture notes on the overhead, so you write along with him. He doesn't screencast, which forces you to be in class. I LOVE THE WAY HE TEACHES! The one thing I dislike is he turns off the lights, which makes me sleepy all the time.

Maly is the best ochem professor I had! I really loath chemistry but he explains things very clearly and his use of examples are great. You're still going to have to put in a lot of work to get a good grade, but it's easier to manage with him as your professor if you hate chemistry like me.

One of the best professors I've had thus far. Maly is crystal clear and his explanations are great! He doesn't screencast though, so going to lecture is really important. He's a super smart guy and his test questions are sometimes tricky. But otherwise a very enjoyable class!

Loved him!! The fact that he didn't post lecture slides or screencasts really makes you pay attention during class - definitely made me a better student. I did really well in his class, and I generally get 3.3's in all chem classes. Go to class, take good notes, and do all his practice worksheets!!

His lecture is pretty straightforward and clear. He does not provide screencasts but does provide podcasts. He gives you a lot of reactions, which is sometimes overwhelming. Overall he is a good prof, although his tests are rather difficult.

Apparently, this is the best you can expect from an ochem professor. He's not abjectly terrible like other chem professors I have had, but I don't think I'd make the stretch of calling him an amazing professors. His lecture style is helpful, and the tests aren't easy, but they didn't have averages in the 30-40% rage like other professors.

This guy is an epitome of a teacher. He grades all quizzes and tests by himself and really care about your learning. He makes sure to answer all of the questions before moving on. Highly recommend!

I feel that, although he expects a lot from his students, he will often go the extra mile to help them out if they are motivated. His explanations are also very good. I would recommend him.

He's a great teacher! His tests are difficult because there are usually 2-in-1 reactions so make sure you have your reagents down. If you read the textbook and put in some effort, the A is yours!

He is very clear with what he expects you to know and not know. There are no surprises on exams, but the exams are definitely not easy. Pay attention and do all the practice problems he gives.

Organic Chemistry itself it really hard, but Maly is a good professor. It sucks because of the curve. The tests are difficult because you have to understand the special cases of a wide variety of synthesis. Not a vary organized lecturer, but he offers lots of practice problems that he created, which is nice.

I was excited about taking his class at first, but the class went quite fast toward the end. He tends to skip a chunk of concepts from the book (which is nice) and his mechanisms are a bit different. The tests are not bad if spend some times doing practice problems/ tests from any sources you can find. Avg is about 60%, sometime higher.

He is a great professor. Super nice and cares for his students. ALthough he didn't post lecture notes for my class, I thought his outline was extremely organized. Not going to lie though, his tests were pretty tough and tricky, but he is an amazing test writer. Overall, he is the best chem professor I've ever had!

Maly has been my favorite Science professor by far. His lectures are incredibly clear and straight forward and he cares. He even made reaction summary sheets to study for exams. OChem is never easy, but Maly's tests were well written and each question had reasonable expectations of student knowledge. He never asked questions that were beyond reach.

Maly is one of the greatest ochem professor that I've ever taken imo. Not going to lie though, his tests are extremely difficult and tricky. You're going to have to spend tons of time studying and learning his tricks. Nevertheless, he is one the professors here that I dearly respect and love. He has tons of office hours & is willing to help!

Maly is my favorite Ochem prof. His lectures and explanations were quite clear and he'd answer any question raised. He didn't give lecture notes but you don't need them if you show up/watch Panopto. Tests were tough (avg 63/110) but straightforward if you study well. Exams covered lecture material only. Gave us helpful reaction sheets for test 2.

This country singer-like Professor is excellent and a prototypical professor! His tests are straightforward and he never puts foreign materials (except for rare bonus problems). Do what you're told, don't overthink problem and choose correct quiz section. He even allows advanced material and uncovered methods/reactions! He also gives sample exams!

Maly was the best o chem teacher I had throughout the series. His lectures provide everything you'll need to know for the exam and is very thorough when explaining mechanisms. His old exams are VERY similar, so just study as many of those as you can!

Fair, easy test (compared to rest of Chem department), give a lot of resources for practice, actually lets you know if you need to know something for a test

Maly is amazing! Straight forward easy to understand lectures, fair tests, no excess busy work or unnecessary information. He puts a lot of effort into providing extra practice problems/exams and is lenient about homework assignments (rare for o chem). Chem 238 is a hard class but Maly makes it bearable and less stressful :-)

Maly should get more credit than people give him. Even though his lectures are VERY fast paced, he can fit a lot of content in short lecture time. Straight-forward, and easy flow, repeats concepts that are important - heavy emphasis = will be on exam. Gives a lot of practice material (not common among all) that is similar to exams. Overall helpful

Maly tends to skim material in lectures, but provides students with an adequate amount of practice problems (weekly) and practice exams (preceeding each exam) to make up for that, given a student reads the textbooks. Course grading policy was gracious, with hw/quizzes replacing the lowest midterm score or 2/3 of the final.

At first, his teaching style may take time to get used to(his 'slides' are like in website format) but after few lectures, you'll get used to it. His exams are really straight forward so as long as you get the basics done, you're good. His curve was very generous at the end :3

Still one of the hardest classes, but Maly is an easier prof compared to other ochem profs at UW. If you want to do well, unfortunately go to lectures and come to office hours prepared.

Maly is my favorite chemistry professor by far. His notes were a little messy, but it wasn't impossible to follow. He has very thorough and helpful explanations that don't feel like you're just getting information spewed at you for 1.5 hours. His tests are very fair, and he clearly enjoys teaching. I wish I could have him for every chem class.

Prof Maly was super enthusiastic and ready to clearly answer any questions, and his lecturing style, while different from other professors, allows him to talk about concepts more in depth. His practice exams are very similar to the real thing, concepts might just be presented in different ways. As long as you know the basics, you'll succeed.

honestly goated. very clear what he wanted us to know with regard to exams, only thing that I heard people complain about was his lecture notes--they're kind of unorganized. but, this is a hard class, and he made it more clear for me at least.

Maly was the definition of an interesting critter forreal. Definitely very smart, so smart that sometimes it's difficult to follow along in class, but his criteria are more than fair when it comes to grading. The assigned reading is dense and not super useful. Minus 1 pt bc he says "right" and "yknow" so often in lecture I started keeping a tally.

Maly is among one of the best professors you could get for CHEM 238. He explains every concept and every mechanism very clearly, and provides a lot of practice worksheets for studying. His lectures are heavy on content - he doesn't ask the audience questions like Goldman or Lalic does but because of this you can get away with not reading the book.

Lectures and notes were hard to understand, but he is caring and generous with the grading. He curves and drops parts of the exam, which definitely saved me.

for CHEM 261/2: super chill class(es)! the readings were kind of dense but you didn't really have to do them, and most quizzes were based on prelab questions. the final was the only kind of dicey part as it's an oral final where you have to get very specific with how you word things, but he grades it leniently. overall pretty enjoyable course(s)