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Christina L.

Private tutor in Vancouver, WA

Education

California Institute of Technology Physics 2014 Attended Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 2014-2018

Experience

I love any opportunity to share the beauty of theoretical physics and mathematics with others. Teaching and tutoring force me to understand my subject matter at a much deeper level, to reexamine aspects I took for granted or never fully understood in the first place. When teaching, I like to find the concepts and lessons behind the individual problem. Physics is a way of thinking and approaching problems. We learn to shape our brains in new, weird, contorted ways that can be quite unpleasant in the beginning but open up a whole new world of possibilities. The lesson in never "just apply this formula here". I can teach high school, undergraduate, and some graduate level subjects for physics. As an undergrad, I focused in astrophysics and cosmology, so I have a solid background in those subjects in addition to my current emphasized subject of Condensed Matter (Quantum/ Statistical Physics/ Solid State). [TECHNICAL ALERT] I researched how to realize non-trivial topological phases in magnetic systems through their bosonic excitations. I have high levels of expertise in scientific programming (Julia language of choice, conversational in Python and C++). I have a solid foundation in the standard Applied Mathematical tools of a theoretical physicist, and I am also comfortable in certain areas of pure (proof-based) mathematics like Analysis and Topology. Some of my teaching work: Computational Condensed Matter Blog http://albi3ro.github.io/M4/ Lightning Talk on "Teaching with Code" at JuliaCon 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O_wcYLAMWw Quora Answers https://www.quora.com/profile/Christina-Lee-8 VERY ROUGH draft on Topology https://hopeful-jackson-c236c3.netlify.com/

Subject Expertise

Computer Science Differential Equations Cosmology Electromagnetism General Relativity Mathematical Foundations for Computer Science Physics Computer Programming Relativity Quantum Mechanics Quantum Physics Quantum Theory Programming Non-Euclidean Geometry AP Physics 1 - DUPE Technical Writing Scientific Programming Algorithms AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC Astronomy Astrophysics AP Physics 1 Technology and Computer Science AP Physics 2 - DUPE AP Physics 2: Electricity and Magnetism AP Physics 2: Mechanics Applied Mathematics HTML Calculus 1 Calculus 2 Calculus 3

Availability

Any day after 1PM

Can Meet

Up to 45 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

* Knitting, crocheting, yarn spinning, and other fiber arts * Reading fantasy * Piano

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