Priscilla
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Qualified Science teacher with a PhD in Physics, specialising in Neuroscience and Computational Physics
About
Dr Priscilla has been a teacher and tutor for more than 15 years. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics and a Master’s and PhD in Physics with specialisations in Neuroscience and Computational Physics. Dr Priscilla supports students from school-level to PhD-level, covering topics including Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Neuroscience, and Computational Physics (particularly Python and Neuron). She has also worked as a proofreader and scientific advisor for Master’s and PhD theses. In addition to being an expert subject tutor, Dr Priscilla is a passionate mentor who encourages her students to discover and pursue their own interests, as well as develop the skills needed to succeed in higher education.
Attended:
Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza
Università degli studi dell'Aquila
Experience
I've been teaching with TheProfs for five years and around 700 hours of lessons. Some of my students are either IB maths and physics but the majority of them are attending BSc, MSc and PhD in Physics at different universities. I really enjoy teaching any undergrad math and physics courses and I'm happy to help with other useful skills such as scientific writing, exam technique and study schedule. As a theoretical particle physicist, I'm more than happy to teach any advanced theoretical physics too! I try to make topics as easy as possible, often I help the teaching remotely showing little experiments to help visualising the physical processes. My students enjoy the lessons and show a huge success rate at exams, scoring an average mark of 67%.
I've started working as a private tutor during my first year at University. I have a 15 years experience teaching teenagers and adults from high school to university, ranging from Physics to Mathematics to Chemistry. I have also taught several SEND students. Since 2020 I've been teaching laboratories, QFT and nuclear physics at the University of Southampton.
Qualifications
- January 2014 – April 2018 PhD in Physics.*
- Università degli studi di L’Aquila (Italy) in cooperation with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) Main subjects:*
- Neuroscience, Renshaw cells, EMGs analysis, Neuron and Python programming, locomotor networks, spinal cord injury rehabilitation **Graduation thesis:*
- “Computational study of the role of Renshaw cells in the mammalian locomotor circuit” September 2010 – October 2013 Master’s degree in Physics.*
- Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza” (Italy) Main subjects:*
- Atomic force microscopy, amyloid fibrils, Alzheimer disease, Young modulus Graduation thesis:*
- “Characterization of beta-amyloid fibrils by atomic force microscopy” Final mark:*
- 100/110 September 2007 – November 2010 Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics.*
- Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza” (Italy) Main subjects:*
- Theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, field quantization, Casimir force Graduation thesis:*
- “The Casimir effect” Final mark:*
- 97/110
