I consider one of my major achievements to be the successful supervision of undergraduate and post-graduate students. For more information see Supervision and get in touch if you are interested in doing a PhD with me.
I have experience and am confident teaching a broad range of subjects including undergraduate computing, geology, environmental and exploration geophysics, tectonics and natural hazards classes, as well as fieldwork, both locally, and on week-long trips. I currently teach on several undergraduate modules at UEA, organise a couple of modules, and manage the geophysics degrees. For more information see Subjects Taught and get in touch if you have questions about the undergraduate degrees at UEA.
Outside the field of academia, I have also several years’ experience as a scuba diving instructor. As a scuba instructor, I taught classroom lessons, pool training, and taught and lead unqualified divers in the open ocean. This challenging and exhilarating position carried enormous responsibility because people were literally placing their lives in my hands. I had to independently deal with stressful and sometimes life-threatening situations with a calming but dominant demeanour so that students could learn how to scuba dive in a safe and controlled environment. Teaching scuba diving involves thinking of new ways to impart knowledge as I had students of various levels, who learn in different ways, often in large classes together. It involves constantly being aware and alert, while ensuring that the students have a good time by understanding students' needs, being sensitive to their problems and gaining their trust.