I hold a Chair of Physics Education in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. I am also Dean of Learning and Teaching in the College of Science and Engineering at Edinburgh.

My research interests span physics education, e-learning and molecular simulation: there are brief details and links below.

In Edinburgh, we have recently started a research activity in Physics Education Research (PER). Although a well-established research area within the discipline in the US, Australia and elsewhere, there's relatively little PER activity in the UK: here are some more details of the sorts of things that we  do.

I am also part of the E-learning development team, where we do lots of interesting things that offer students much more than just notes on the Web....! There are more details from the links on the left.

I have a small research group that uses computer simulation methods to investigate the properties of liquids, as part of the Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (ICMCS) within the School. 

This academic year, I am teaching on the Physics 1A course in first year and the Science Education Placement (Physics) course in Senior Honours.

Away from work, I live in the beautiful Scottish Borders, have three children, one wife, two horses, some chickens and a cat. My free time usually involves some combination of wheels, boots and hooves.  I also play the drums embarassingly badly, but it makes me happy, if no one else.

Photos : Fb : Obligatory favourite band link : Wheels, Boots and Hooves - old, newer and newest