Lectures and Examining
Since 2019 I teach the Superconductivity lecture, part of year 4 Condensed Matter C3 course.
I give a annual lecture related to Leading Edge Experimental Techniques for the Graduate Condensed Matter course.
I am also giving Condensed Matter Physics classes, as a part of the fourth year course.
I acted as an Assesor for the MPhys projects and I have a long experience as a Senior Demonstrator in the Condensed Matter Physics laboratories. I was involved in College tutorials and 4th year Condensed Matter Physics problem classes.
I act as an Examiner and set up regularly exam questions for small and large option courses.
MPhys projects and summer project supervision
I have been privileged to interact and supervise 7 DPhil students and more than 71 undergraduate students and their research projects since 2011 as detailed on our group page here. Among the undergraduate projects, 35 were MPhys projects, 27 summer projects and 9 international visiting students.
Many of our undergraduate students carry on doing research as PhD students and some of them were awarded prizes for their research work.
Zeyu Ma (Hertford College) was awarded the Gibbs Prizefor the best use of experimental apparatus in an MPhys Project (2024). Zeyu's project is entitled "Temperature-dependence of the electronic structure of tetragonal FeSeS.
Izumi Magee (St Anne's College) was awarded the Gibbs Prize for the best use of experimental apparatus in an MPhys Project (2023). Izumi's project was entitled "Strain Effect on the Transport Behaviour of an Iron-Based Superconductor".
Tobias Chatfield (Trinity College) was awarded a Physics Prize for an MPhys Project in Condensed Matter Physics (2022). Tobias project was entitled "A tunnel diode oscillator study of iron chalcogenide superconductors under pressure".
Alexandra Tindall (St Catherine's College) was awarded a Physics Prize for the BA group project (2018) entitled "Quench behaviour of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x" (unofficial supervisor supporting experiments performed in our laboratory).
Thomas Nicolas (St. Catherine College) was awarded the MPhys Physics Prize in Condensed Matter Physics (2016).
Joseph Prentice (University College) was awarded the Metaswitch Prize for a best use of Software in an MPhys Project (2014).
Nathaniel Davies (Lincoln College) was awarded an MPhys Physics Prize in Condensed Matter Physics (2014).
James Edmands (Jesus College) was awarded the Gibbs Prize for the best use of experimental apparatus in a MPhys Project (2013).
Jonasz Slomka (Mansfield College) was awarded the Gibbs Prize for the best use of experimental apparatus in a MPhys Project. Jonasz' project was entitled Heat transfer in a nanocalorimeter (2012).
Samuel Blake (The Queen’s College) was awarded the Metaswitch Prize for the best use of Software in a MPhys Project. Sam's project was entitled Electronic structure of novel superconducting materials (2012).