Astronomy Researcher and Physicist

Josh I.

I am a recent SUNY Oneonta graduate with a degree in physics and environmental sustainability. During my time at Oneonta I endeavored in many different areas of research, teaching, and coding. My focus areas of research has been three research projects in astronomy. Two projects consisted of observational data taking, analyzation, publications, and presentations of exoplanet and Supernovae data from 2022 to 2024. Recently I was hired to do research with the James Webb Space Telescope in search of new Supernovae.

I also spent a few months teaching an astronomy summer camp to middle and high school students. In addition to this I also volunteered to teach astronomy to the 4-H Youth program in upstate New York. I have been tutoring students at SUNY Oneonta for almost four years, and at Tutorax for over one year. Typically I like to run sessions however the student prefers. If the student is simply seeking help for the current topic- I provide homework help, a step by step analysis of the methods used to solve the questions, and I can provide extra practice if needed. For many students, they often express that a review of older material is needed, more often than not a review of older materials is done alongside the current material you may be learning. I am also very found of giving the student a chance to try a question on their own during the session. This allows the student to ask questions as they are actively trying to solve the question.

I have taught students from ages 7 to 65 years old. I have taught in classrooms (in person and online), camps, tutoring sessions, and in free public library sessions. I can tutor topics for math from middle school through calculus 3 and differential equations. I also tutor a variety of physics and astronomy courses.