As an educator with more than fifteen years of University-level teaching experience, I am dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence. I believe that mathematical rigor, a proper historical perspective, and specific knowledge of new technologies, are keys to a well-rounded scientific education. In my opinion, a modular and integrated approach to learning - which incorporates cross-disciplinary perspectives when appropriate - is likely the most effective way to achieve this end. In this regard, I am committed to moderate curriculum reform as it pertains to the inclusion and introduction of new concepts, techniques and technologies into a traditional, lecture-based, classroom setting.
I am currently teaching two sections of University Physics II:
I enjoy teaching very much at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Classes I have taught or contributed to include:
- Introductory Physics
- Intoduction to Cardiovascular Engineering
- Classical Mechanics
- Computational Physics
- Electricity And Magnetism
- MRI Physics and Analysis
- Modern Cognition
- NeuroImaging of Cognition
- Quantum Mechanics
My first formal teaching experiences began during the summer of 1991 when I helped teach a Modern Physics laboratory class designed for high school teachers. Since that time I have taught both undergraduate and graduate classes ranging from Physical Science to Computational Physics and Quantum Mechanics. In addition, I have taught classes in the broad area of cognitive neuroscience to undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and courses in MRI Physics to graduate students in physics. Regardless of the level and kind of class (or student for that matter!), I believe that being involved in research makes a big differnece in the quality of the learning experience.