AI Engineering Researcher

MathLabs

Jun 2020 - present

I have recently joined the MathLabs team as an AI Engineering Researcher, specializing in building software applications for involved mathematical and computational-physics pathways.

Temporary Postdoctoral Researcher

Durham University

May-Jun 2020

I contributed to projects remotely during the Covid 19 Lockdown, including work on quantum gate computing.

Guest Lecturer

University of Costa Rica

Aug-Sep 2019

In the summer of 2019 I had the priviledge of being one of three young European guest lecturers to visit the University of Costa Rica and teach the Master's course in Modern Cosmology.

My own lectures focused on Dark Matter - its possible properties and how it might be detected in specialised experiments around the world. There is overwhelming gravitational evidence for the presence of weakly-interacting matter with an abundance five times greater than that of regular matter. A big challenge in modern physics is explaining its origin and properties, as well as trying to detect it non-gravitationally.

As well as lecturing, I gave a research talk and attended and engaged in meetings and seminars. Although my lectures were given in English, the meetings, seminars, questions and daily life were entirely in Spanish. An advanced grasp of Spanish was immensely helpful in my functioning as a member of the department during my visit.

Undergraduate Demonstrator

Durham University

2016-2020

In each year of my PhD I have also been employed as an Undergraduate Demonstrator in physics workshops. This involves helping students with weekly problems and addressing any conceptual problems they may be having with the course. In the academic year 2018-2019, I was nominated for the departmental teaching excellence award after good feedback from several students.

I have primarily taught the second year theoretical physics course, which deals with Lagrangian Mechanics and Quantum Theory. In 2018-2019 I also taught third year theoretical physics, which involves Relativistic Electrodynamics and Advanced Quantum Theory.

Working as an undergraduate demonstrator has greatly aided my ability to communicate complex ideas in a concise and digestable way.

Software Intern

RealVNC

Jun-Sep 2015

As a Software Intern, I was charged with automating the testing of features of RealVNC's automotive mobile application. This was done with Python and a combination of APIs for triggering events on the various supported operating systems.

In this role, I learnt a lot about version control and group collaboration. It also helped expose me to the industry aspects of programming.

Research Intern

Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics, University of Cambridge

Jul-Aug 2014

As a Research Intern, I created a program to simulate the interferometry images one might obtain using different arrays of telescopes. The program allowed a user to choose a number of telescopes, their geometric configuration, geographic location and which telescopes would be connected to which.

This involved learning and using Python, along with its popular science and mathematics packages. I have since used Python extensively in my degree and PhD, as well as in non-academic persuits.

Leisure Assistant

Leisure East Devon

Jun-Sep 2015

While studying for my A-Levels, I worked part-time as a Leisure Assistant at my local sports centre.

My work involved running children's birthday parties and teaching children tennis & football. This work improved my leaderships skills.