Teaching & Mentorship
See below for all teaching and mentorship credits with reproduced official university course descriptions from the semester of my most recent involvement, where applicable. Selected course materials are also linked below. Please feel free to reach out with inquiries about any items!
Interactive Table of Contents:
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Courses Taught:
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Teaching Assistantships:
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Guest Lectures:
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Mentorship:
Courses Taught
Georgia Institute of Technology
PHYS 4605 (formerly PHYS 4602): Scientific Communication (formerly Senior Seminar II)
(Lead Course Developer; Co-instructor of Record: Spring 2025, 2026, & 2027)
Scientific communication for physics undergraduate students, with a particular focus on the development of oral communication skills. [Compiled webpage, syllabus, assignment instructions, and references available here: Georgia Tech SciComm Course Document. See https://per.gatech.edu/research/scicomm/ for additional curriculum materials including lectures]
PHYS 6803 (formerly CETL 8000-PH1): Physics Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation
(Instructor of Record: Fall 2026)
An introduction to learner-centered teaching methods and best practices for new physics graduate teaching assistants. [See https://per.gatech.edu/research/gtaprep/ for curriculum materials]
Teaching Assistantships
Georgia Institute of Technology
PHYS 2212: Principles of Physics II (formerly Intro Physics II)
(Head TA: Spring 2023)
(Lab TA: Fall 2019, Spring 2020 & 2022, and Summer 2020, 2022, 2024, & 2026)
An introductory course which includes electrostatics, electric current and circuits, electromagnetism, and may also include light and computational methods. This is a calculus-based course.
PHYS 3201: Classical Mechanics I
(TA: Fall 2021)
Dynamics of particles including oscillations and planetary motion, rotation of rigid bodies, and collisions.
PHYS 6803 (formerly CETL 8000-PH1): Physics Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation
(TA: Fall 2022, 2023, 2024, & 2025)
An introduction to learner-centered teaching methods and best practices for new physics graduate teaching assistants.
Brandeis University
PHYS 110A: Mathematical Physics
(TA: Spring 2019)
A selection of mathematical concepts and techniques useful for formulating and analyzing physical theories. Topics may include: complex analysis, Fourier and other integral transforms, special functions, ordinary and partial differential equations (including their theory and methods for solving them), group and representation theory, and differential geometry. Usually offered every second year.
Guest Lectures
Waltham High School
Georgia Institute of Technology
PHYS 8002: Seminar & RCR Training
(Guest Lecturer for one classroom of 25 students: October 23 & November 6, 2026)
Two-part series on oral presentation skills in science.
Brandeis University Scientists in the Classroom Workshop
(Guest Lecturer for four classrooms of 15–30 students each: April 2019)
Guest lecture on individualism in STEM and how to turn a passion for creative arts into success as a scientist.
Mentorship
Georgia Institute of Technology
Graduate Students
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Five cohorts of first-year Physics graduate students (Graduate Association of Physicists Mentoring Program): Fall 2021 through Spring 2026
Undergraduate Students
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Kevin Nguyen: Mathematics major, Fall 2026
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Carson Hill: Physics major, Fall 2025 through Spring 2026
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Abigail Creyts: Physics major, Fall 2024 through Summer 2025
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Dev Shah: Mechanical Engineering major, Spring 2024 through Summer 2024
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Joseph Brunner: Physics major, Summer 2021 through Summer 2023
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Joshua Margolis: Physics major, Summer 2021 through Fall 2021
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Blake Castleman: Mechanical Engineering major, Fall 2020
High School Student Interns
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Ryan Hirsh: Summer 2022