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Cosmic whirls in rust
Credit: R Shetty, K Jani, H Jani

Hariom Jani

Royal Society - University Research Fellow

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  • Quantum materials

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  • Condensed Matter Physics

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  • Oxide electronics
hariom.jani@physics.ox.ac.uk
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Computing with rust

Harnessing whirls in iron-oxide

Where’s the very last place you would look if you wanted a new material to make computer memory? The compost heap or the scrap yard, probably. So who came up with the idea of using rust? Singapore’s Hariom Jani did. And he’s here to tell you it’s the futu

Cosmic strings in rust

Co-Principal Investigator, Pedagogy Development Project (Singapore)             2016 – 2020

I  conceived and collaboratively led a national curriculum development project with the Ministry of Education (Singapore), to foster discovery-driven learning. I developed modern physics demonstrations relating to nanoscience, quantum physics and nuclear science that fostered student-centric and research-oriented learning.   

  • I led the development of 4 hands-on and 3 online demonstrations. 
  • All these demonstrations were scaffolded with a rigorous discovery-driven classroom pedagogy - PEOE (Predict-Explain-Observe-Explain).
  • Organized a National Workshop on pedagogy for modern physics, attended by ~ 60 educators.
  • The project created a national impact as the hands-on demos were distributed to all junior colleges across Singapore, and the online demos were hosted freely on the national edu-portal. The project was also featured in the national news (The Straits Times).
  • I directed 2 pedagogy publications and 1 policy research brief for the National Institute of Education.

 

Advisor and Science Faculty, Raising a Mathematician Foundation (India)         2014 - present

The overarching vision of the non-profit organisation is to inspire passionate young students to become scientists and mathematicians of tomorrow by adopting a research-focussed pedagogy. Our work has impacted >10,000 students   from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, especially underrepresented minorities, who are trained via workshops, seminars, webinars and competitions.

  • I founded the organisation's sciences division by conceiving and organising the ‘Quantum Wonder’ course, which has now run 4 times. Participants have joined top-tier undergraduate programs, including Ivy League (U.S.) and Russel group (U.K.) universities. 
  • I have been co-organising the ‘All Girls Nurture Camp’ aimed at inspiring talented middle-school girls to pursue math and sciences in tertiary education, and thereby boost equity and inclusivity.
  • >60 students and alumni have achieved international accolades (e.g. Olympiad awards).

 

Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, NUS (Singapore)                             2013 – 2015

  • I have designed, organized and led interactive tutorials, practical sessions and exposure lectures for core and elective 8 undergraduate courses, on themes of classical and quantum physics, engineering physics, nanoscience, chaos theory, and astronomy. Student Evaluation Score: 4.32/5.  
  • I led and organised Physics Induction workshops to orient first-years undergraduates.
  • I organised the Physics Enrichment Camps for outreach to pre-university students.

 

 

Modern Physics Pedagogy development (National Institute of Education - Singapore)

Publications:

  • A cost-effective quantum eraser demonstration. Physics Education 56, 033007 (2021).
  • Modern Physics Demonstrations with DIY Smartphone Spectrometers. The Physics Educator 4, 2250003 (2022).
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/show-and-tell-way-to-explain-a…

Show-and-tell way to explain science concepts

Show-and-tell way to explain science concepts
Credit: Excerpt taken from The Straits Times, pB3 (23rd Dec 2019)

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