Teaching

Below is a summary of my teaching experience, as well as some information about my own education. My full CV can be viewed and downloaded here.

Speaking to high school students about cosmology at Pioneer Charter School of Science in Everett, MA.

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Brown Pre-college Programs:

Origins of the Universe: From the big bang to black holes

July 2024, July 2025

Graduate Institute for Teaching (GIFT) Fellow:

Phase 1 - Teaching workshops
Phase 2 - Physics 1 Teaching Fellow

Tufts University - Department of Physics and Astronomy
June 2021 - December 2021

After the successful dissertation defense of cosmology graduate students at Tufts, an apple is dropped by the advisor on the student's head so that they may be inspired as Isaac Newton was.

Instructor of Record:

Physics 13 - Modern Physics (Summer 2020, 2021, 2023)

Tufts University - Department of Physics and Astronomy
June - August 2020, June - August 2021, June - August 2023

Teaching Assistant:

Physics 1/11 - Introductory Physics (Fall 2018) - Lab TA
Physics 11 - Introductory Physics (Spring 2019, 2020) - Recitation/Discussion TA
Physics 13 - Modern Physics (Fall 2019) - Recitation/Discussion TA

Tufts University - Department of Physics and Astronomy
August 2018 - June 2020

Course Facilitator:

EPOL 199 - The Intersection of Social Identity in Residential Communities

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
February 2018 - May 2018

The view of Boston from above the library at Tufts.

Teaching Training

Postdoctoral Program for Teaching Excellence
Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Notre Dame
September 2025 - April 2026
Graduate Institute for Teaching
Tufts University
June 2021 - December 2021

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, M.S. in Physics - Tufts University - Medford, MA
B.S. in Specialized Physics - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Urbana, IL
B.S. in Astronomy - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Urbana, IL