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Online Physics Tutor Simon

Simon

Simon

Condensed Matter Physics PhD

$78/hr

PhD graduate and experienced tutor offering expert Physics and Maths tuition at GCSE, A-level, and undergraduate level.

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University of Bristol - Condensed Matter Physics - PhD

PhD graduate and experienced tutor offering expert Physics and Maths tuition at GCSE, A-level, and undergraduate level.

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About Me

I recently completed my PhD in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Bristol, during which I extensively tutored undergraduate students in both Maths and Physics through group sessions and one-to-one tutorials. In addition to university-level teaching, I have provided significant support to GCSE and A-Level students in these subjects, including targeted exam preparation.

Qualifications:
PhD in Condensed Matter Physics (2025)
MPhys in Physics – First-Class Honours

Tutor Experience

STEM Tutor – Self-employed, Bristol
Providing tailored tutoring in physics, chemistry, and maths at GCSE, A-level and undergraduate levels. 2023–Present
Supporting students with exam preparation, coursework and individually tailored teaching.

Teaching Laboratory Demonstrator (Chemistry), University of Bristol
Assisted in the delivery of undergraduate chemical teaching labs, instructing and supervising a group of 15
students throughout synthesis and analytical chemistry work.
2021–2022
Ensured safety protocols were followed and supported students through grading and feedback on lab reports.

Post Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Bristol
Led undergraduate mathematics tutorials; simplified and explained complex mathematical concepts. 2018–2021
Prepared tutorial materials and graded student work, offered constructive feedback and support.

Topic Expertise

Experience tutoring 11+, KS2, KS3, GCSE/NAT5, Highers, A-levels, undergraduate level and UKMT.
Subjects covered: Maths, Physics and Further Maths. Exam Boards: AQA-Edexcel-OCR-WJEC-CCEA-SQA

I offer tailored tutoring for all ages and abilities, designed to help you reach the highest grade you’re aiming for. Each session focuses on building confidence through challenging questions, targeted revision, and step-by-step problem solving.

Lessons will be online and will use an interactive whiteboard to simultaneously work through problems and concepts together. We will specifically target the needs of the student after identifying areas of weakness. The lessons will follow a standard weekly structure however for targeted exam preparation multiple lessons per week are advised such as the lesson packages I offer to build the necessary momentum. We will work through student selected exam questions, timed paper practice and analogous problem sets to take home and especially for intensive exam preparation build a content package over time of tailored revision notes, problems with solutions and my own holistic advice in order to achieve the required standard. Progress updates available weekly upon request.

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Qualifications

University of Bristol
PhD – Condensed Matter Physics 2017-2025
Thesis: “Bandgap engineering of novel tetracyanoquinodimethane & polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon co-crystals.”
Particular focus on electronic analysis using ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.
Publication: Payne et al. (2023), CrystEngComm, DOI:10.1039/D2CE01127A.

University of Southampton
MPhys – Physics, First Class Honours 2013-2017
Research Project: “Coherent X-Ray Imaging of Nanometre Scale Structures at Diamond Light Source” .
Key modules: Computational Physics, PDEs, Advanced Quantum Mechanics.

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