Teaching

Lecture Notes

The lecture notes are based on courses I have taught over in the past, as introductory graduate classes.

  1. Quantum Mechanics
  2. General Relativity
  3. Statistical Mechanics

Current courses

In the present academic year (2025-2026) I am teaching

2025–26: 

  • PHY 9HD: Electricity and Magnetism (Fall 2025)
  • PHY 232:  String theory (Fall 2025)
  • PHY 215B: Quantum Mechanics (Winter 2026)

Past courses

The course I have taught at UC Davis, and at Durham University are detailed below.

2024–25: 

  • PHY 9HD: Electricity and Magnetism (Fall 2024)
  • PHY 110A: Electromagnetism (Winter 2025)
  • PHY 232: Introduction to the AdS/CFT  correspondence (Winter 2025)

2023–24: 

  • PHY 232: Topics in String Theory (Fall 2023)
  • PHY 260: General Relativity (Fall 2023)

2022–23: 

  • PHY 232: Topics in String Theory (Spring 2023)

2021–22: 

  • PHY 215A: Quantum Mechanics (Fall 2021)
  • PHY 232: Topics in String Theory (Winter 2022)
  • PHY 9HB: Honors Physics (Winter 2022)

2020–21: 

  • PHY 215: Quantum Mechanics (Fall 2020)
  • PHY 260: General Relativity (Fall 2020)
  • PHY 250: Theoretical Methods in Physics (Spring 2021)

2019–20: 

  • PHY 215: Quantum Mechanics (graduate, Fall 2019)
  • MAT 180: Introduction to Physical Mathematics (w/ Tudor Dimofte, Winter 2020)
  • PHY 150/250: Physics of Quantum Information (Spring 2020)
  • PHY 9HC: Honors Physics (Spring 2020)

2018–19: 

  • PHY 9HB: Honors Physics (Winter 2019)
  • PHY 230C: Quantum Field Theory III (Winter 2019)

2017–18: 

  • PHY 9HB: Honors Physics (Winter 2018)
  • PHY 250: Special Topics: Conformal Field Theories (Winter 2018)
  • PHY 150: Special Topics: String Theory (Spring 2018)

2016-17:

  • PHY 9HB: Honors Physics (Winter 2017)
  • PHY 230C: Quantum Field Theory III (Spring 2017)
  • PHY 250: Special Topics: Applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence (Spring 2017)

2015–16:

  • PHY 250: Special Topics in Physics: Topological Quantum Field Theories (Winter 2016)
  • PHY 110B: Electricity and Magnetism (Spring 2016)

2005-2015:

I have taught various courses at Durham University, including:

  • General Relativity, Statistical Mechanics, Electromagnetism for undergraduates.
  • String Theory, Euclidean Field Theory, Non-perturbative physics and Introduction to AdS/CFT for graduates.