Online Physics Tutor Andrew

Graduate Student Supervision/Co-supervision (2019 - current): I have guided and educated 7 PhD and Masters students in a co-supervisory role as part of my role as postdoctoral researcher at UCLouvain (Belgium) and Astrocent (Poland).

Created the interactive learning resource for the INFIERI summer school held in Madrid in 2021. See http://infieri2020.ft.uam.es/ciaff/general/ift-centre for the event and https://github.com/cheekyparticle/INFIERI for the resource.

Lecture course for Masters students in theoretical physics, UCLouvain, Belgium (2020): created and delivered a 6 lecture course introducing dark matter particle physics.

Durham Foundations Centre Problems Solving Instructor (2017-2019): Ran a module for the foundation year in Physics, offered by the Durham Centre for Academic Development (Durham University). Designed and delivered the module, class work, writing and marking the final examination and re-sit.

Durham level 1 Foundations of Physics tutor (2016-2019): Tutor for two groups of around 5 students. Guided students through the first year physics course. Also marked weekly problem and midterm examinations.

Physics university level tuition ( 2014-2019) : Regular private tuition to university students at level 2, 3 and 4 (masters). Topics included Quantum mechanics, Mathematics for physicists, particle and nuclear physics, and quantum field theory. Also performed irregular sessions to those who needed to attend re-sit exams. The form of tuition was both in person and remote (online).

Introduction to Coding (Oct 2018): Designed and delivered an introduction course for the python coding language. This was attended by students enrolled in the Durham Foundations program.

Durham level 3 tutor (2015-2016): Workshop demonstrator for Theoretical Physics 3 at Durham University. Topics were relativistic electrodynamics, scattering theory in quantum mechanics and relativistic quantum mechanics.

Physics and Maths Private tutor A-Level (2014-2016): Various private roles as mathematics and physics tutor for high school students.

I am an active research scientist in particle astrophysics. I am mostly concerned with the nature of dark matter. My work requires me to be an expert in fundamental physics, including quantum field theory, particle physics, astrophysics, classical and quantum mechanics, general relativity and cosmology. In my daily work I employ numerical techniques meaning I am proficient in computer programming. My strongest programming language is python, but I am also capable with many others such as C and Fortran.

My research and previous teaching experience means I am an exceptional educator when it comes to experimental and statistical techniques, including data analysis and presentation.

I am able to effectively educate students from A-level to PhD on a broad rang of topics in Physics. I spend time developing deep understanding as well as the transferable skills related to be able to strategies and solve novel, unseen problems.