I'm a computational physics PhD candidate at The City College of New York, defending this fall, with an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in physics. My research sits at the intersection of quantum chemistry, quantum optics, and quantum computing, and I've published multiple papers in my field.
What that means for you as a student: I use this material every day. Calculus, linear algebra, and concepts from physics classes are tools that I reach for to get my own...
I'm a computational physics PhD candidate at The City College of New York, defending this fall, with an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in physics. My research sits at the intersection of quantum chemistry, quantum optics, and quantum computing, and I've published multiple papers in my field.
What that means for you as a student: I use this material every day. Calculus, linear algebra, and concepts from physics classes are tools that I reach for to get my own work done, so I can teach you the reasoning behind the concepts that you're learning and how they matter down the line.
I've TA'd university calculus-based physics for five semesters, running weekly recitations for sections of 30 students. All of my student reviews have been very positive thus far. I've also done one-on-one tutoring with undergraduate students in physics and calculus.
My approach starts with seeing your struggle from your perspective. I took these classes too, and I remember which parts didn't make sense the first time. So when something isn't landing, my first assumption is that the explanation needs to change, not that you're missing something obvious. There are no dumb questions in my sessions. If a question is sitting in your head, it's there for a reason, and following it is almost always more useful for understanding.
I also like to work through the approaches that don't pan out. If you have an idea for how to set up a problem, I'd rather follow it with you and find where it breaks than steer you straight to the textbook method. That's how research actually works: most of the understanding comes from seeing why a line of reasoning fails in one situation and holds up in another. It also means you'll be able to judge for yourself whether a method applies next time, instead of matching the problem to one you've seen before.
I tutor introductory and AP physics, mechanics and E&M, calculus through differential equations, linear algebra, and upper-level quantum mechanics.
