Teaching

Below is a list of courses I have taught at Durham University 2005 – 2015, and courses taught at UC Davis since 2015.

Current Courses (2020/21):

  • Phy 9HA: Classical Mechanics (Fall quarter)
  • Phy 9HB: Special Relativity & Thermal Physics (Winter quarter)
  • Phy 150: Special Topics – Black Holes (Spring quarter)
  • Phy 233: Topics in Geometry and Physics (Spring quarter)

Previous Courses at UC Davis

  • Phy 104C: Intermediate Methods of Mathematical Physics (Spring quarter 2015/16)
  • Phy 155: General Relativity (Winter quarter 2016/17,  2017/18, & 2018/19)
  • Phy 200A: Theory of Mechanics and Electromagnetics (Fall quarter 2016/17 & 2019/20)
  • Phy 250: Special Topics in Physics (Spring quarter 2015/16)
  • Phy 250: Advanced General Relativity / Black Holes (Winter quarter 2016/17)
  • Phy 250: Fields, Strings, & Gravity I (Winter quarter 2017/18, 2018/19, & 2019/20)

Previous Undergraduate Courses at Durham

  • Statistical Mechanics III & IV
    (2008/09, 2014/15)
  • Quantum Mechanics III
    (2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14)
  • General Relativity III & IV
    (2005/06, 2007/08, 2009/10)
  • Advanced Quantum Theory IV
    (2006/07)
  • Solitons III & IV
    (2007)
  • Contours & Symmetry II
    (2005)

Previous 3H and 4H Projects:

  • Black holes
    (2014/15)
  • Black hole Membrane Paradigm
    (2012/13)
  • Black holes in higher dimensions
    (2010/11, 2011/12)
  • Strings and gravity
    (2008/09)
  • Black hole uniqueness and higher dimensions
    (2005/06)

Previous Graduate Courses at Durham:

  • General Relativity
    (Michaelmas 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
  • Black Holes
    (Easter 2010)

Summer School Lectures:

In addition to the courses taught at Durham, I have given series of lectures in the following summer schools:

Undergraduate Colloquium at Durham:

I have chaired the Undergraduate Colloquium committee 2007 – 2015, which entailed organizing two – three colloquia each term, intended to allow maths undergraduates at all levels to get a glimpse of “real math” and its applications (as well as what lecturers do when they’re not lecturing).

Outreach activities: