Teachers

Alex is currently the Science Coordinator at Matrix Education. He has been teaching at Matrix since 2004 and has had over ten years experience teaching science and physics at a secondary and tertiary level, developing course resources, and supervising honours and PhD students. He is an Honorary Professor  at the University of Sydney, and a Sessional Lecturer at New York University Sydney. He has published 250 research articles in scientific journals and conferences and won various prizes for his research in photonics, including the Australian Institute of Physics Bragg Gold Medal, and the NSW Tall Poppy Award.

Anant has had five years of Physics teaching experience varying from teaching undergraduate Physics at the University of New South Wales and University of Sydney, designing and presenting outreach Physics programs for secondary students through the KickStart program and hosting lectures and tours at the StarLab planetarium. Awards include: University of Sydney Award for Innovation in Outreach, 2010

Andrew  is a current PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales. At the university, Andrew has held the position of President of the Advanced Science Student’s Society. He has also had experience as an instructor a for high school students at UCLA in the United States which involved running seminars and creation of digital educational content.

Ariane studied a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney and a Masters in Teaching at the University of Technology Sydney. Whilst undertaking her studies, Ariane has been the recipient of the USYD Roads and Traffic Authority Scholarship in Civil Engineering  and the USYD Summer School Scholarship. She has had extensive teaching and presenting experience ranging from working with primary and high school students, presenting group client lessons for Apple and presenting live radio shows on FBi 94.5FM. In addition to teaching, Ariane also works as a researcher for the ABC science program Catalyst and performs as a DJ.

Bachar graduated with Honours from the University of Toronto (Canada) with a Bachelor of Science. He is currently studying a postgraduate Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Sydney. Prior to studying in Sydney, Bachar was employed as a teaching assistant in the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto, facilitating the learning of first and second year undergraduate students.

Caitlin graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Advanced Science with first class Honours and is a current PhD candidate in Physics. Caitlin has had extensive teaching experience in high school Science, both in the classroom as a teacher, as a resource writer and as a KickStart Science outreach demonstrator (USYD).

DJ has over 15 years experience teaching Physics and Chemistry at a secondary level. He is the founder of Matrix Education, the author of the Matrix Physics program, course materials and assessments and the co-author of the Matrix Chemistry program, course materials and assessments. DJ has worked with the Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) on Design and Structural Analysis of Micro-satellites for his thesis.

Emma graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Advanced Science with first class Honours and is a current PhD candidate in Physics. Emma has had extensive Science teaching and tutoring experience since 2008 including teaching Secondary Sciences, laboratory demonstrating and project supervision at the University of Sydney’s School of Physics and HSC online video resource creation and presentation.

Hee-Chan graduated from the University of Sydney with a combined Bachelor of Science and Engineering with first class Honours and is a current PhD candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Hee-Chan has had over five years experience in tutoring HSC Chemistry, Physics, Maths and university level Chemistry.

Jason studied a Bachelor of Advanced Science and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) program at the University of Sydney. Jason is a graduate of Baulkham Hills High School and achieved an ATAR of 99.95 and ranked number one in the state for Chemistry in his HSC year. Jason has been teaching and tutoring at Matrix for over two years and is a contributing author to the Matrix Biology and Junior Science resources.

Jessica graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor in Education and Science. She has taught at a number of public and private schools in Sydney since 2013.

Jineel is currently studying a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Sydney. Prior to teaching at Matrix, Jineel was a Science Presenter for SciWorld and tutored high school science. In addition to his current studies and his Bachelor of Biomedicine, Jineel is also a qualified Australian Institute of Sport Community Coach.

Joseph studied a Bachelor of Applied Finance and Laws at Macquarie University. He has been teaching and tutoring Chemistry at Matrix Education since 2010 and is a key Chemistry resource editor at Matrix Education.

Keiran graduated with a Bachelor of Advanced Science, majoring in Chemistry, with first class Honours from the University of New South Wales. He has been teaching secondary Maths and Science since 2010 and was a laboratory demonstrator in the School of Chemistry at UNSW in 2014 and 2015, and a Postgraduate Teaching Fellow in 2016. He is the recipient of the Bosworth Prize for best performance in Physical Chemistry and the Angyal Prize for best performance at Honours level.   Keiran is currently undertaking his PhD studies. 

Kim has had over 30 years high school teaching experience in Science and Biology. In addition to classroom teaching at Ascham School and Matrix Education, she has marked the HSC for Biology.

Laetitia studied her undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford and went onto complete her PhD in Oceanography at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. She has been teaching high school and university Biology, Chemistry and Physics since 2009 in Southampton (UK), London (UK) and Sydney. In addition to teaching, Laetitia has written exam questions for the Biology Olympiad and undertaken scientific outreach programs as a presenter, speaker, panelist, facilitator and writer.

Laura graduated with double Bachelor in Music and Science with first class Honours in Physics. Whilst completing her Honours year, she was worked in the First Year Physics Laboratories as a Demonstrator. She has since been selected by the University to be an Outreach Demonstrator for the School of Physics at University of New South Wales, to share her passion for Physics with high school students throughout Australia. She is the recipient of  The Gordon and Mabel Godfrey Award in Theoretical Physics 2013 for the best performance in the honors level courses.

Laurence is a current PhD candidate at in Biomolecular Sciences at UNSW where he is also a first and second year Biology demonstrator and tutor. He has been tutoring Biology and Chemistry for over fours years. In addition to tutoring high school students, Laurence has also worked as a volunteer tutor in literacy and numeracy with refugee students in primary school.

Louise has 15 years Chemistry teaching experience from St Catherine`s School Waverley, Blue Mountains Grammar and International Grammar School. She also held the position of Science Head Teacher at the International Grammar School for 2 years. Awards include: NSW Minister for Education Quality Teaching Award, 2002 – 2005

Matthew is a current PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of New South Wales. He has been teaching and demonstrating in the School of Chemistry at the University since 2013 for undergraduates and outreach to high school students.

Matthew is the Senior Physics Teacher at Matrix Education. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a PhD in Physics (Quantum Theory).  He has had over eleven years experience in teaching Physics and Mathematics. Matthew has presented at workshops and conferences on his area of expertise in Quantum Physics both in Australia and overseas. During his academic career, Matthew has been the recipient of various awards and prizes including the Australian Postgraduate Award and the University of Sydney School of Physics Honours Scholarship.

Megan graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) and Education from the University of New South Wales. She has been teaching Science at St Marks Coptic Orthodox College since 2016.

Michelle is the Senior Chemistry Teacher at Matrix Education, and has been tutoring Chemistry and Mathematics for almost 15 years. As an Honours student and whilst completing her PhD at the University of Sydney, she worked as a laboratory demonstrator in the School of Chemistry and as a Postgraduate Teaching Fellow taking first year tutorials. Her awards include: The University Medal in Chemistry, from The University of Sydney. Michelle also runs a popular cosmetic science blog.

Natalie completed her PhD in Marine Biology at the University of Sydney in 2014. She has had over nine years experience in teaching, science communications and high school science outreach. Natalie is the recipient of the Sydney Institute Marine Science Postgraduate Award and the Victorian Marine Consortium Prize winner.

Nicholas has taught senior Physics at Matrix since 2012. He holds a Bachelor of Science with a Physics major from UNSW, and a Bachelor of Arts (Advanced) with English and Philosophy majors and first class honours from the University of Sydney. His awards include a School of Physics Vacation Research Scholarship (2012), a Josiah Symon Scholarship (2013), and the Richard Madelaine Prize (2015).

Nigel has been part of the Matrix Science Team for over six years. He is also a current contributing editor to the Matrix Physics resources.

Sandra graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Advanced Science is and is currently studying a Doctor of Medicine. Sandra has been teaching and tutoring Biology and Chemistry at Matrix since 2014 and is a reporting manager for Science Tutors at Matrix.

Shane has lectured, tutored and demonstrated at UNSW in the School of Physics and has taught high school Science and Mathematics for over ten years. Shane is the Outreach manager in the School of Physics at UNSW and the President of the Australasian Planetarium Society.

Stephen studied a Bachelor of Science (majoring in Applied Chemistry) at the University of Technology Sydney. In addition to teaching at Matrix, he tutors year 11 and 12 Science at Belmore Boys High School as an Ambassador of UTS and is a U:PASS Senior Leader in Chemistry.

Tom has taught and demonstrated in the School of Chemistry at the University of New South Wales since 2014.

Truclam has 4 years of teaching experience in junior Science, Chemistry, Physics and junior Mathematics. He is a Chemistry laboratory demonstrator for 1st year university students at the University of Sydney and has run university Chemistry programs for high school students such as kickstart.

Varshinee studied a combined Medicine and Surgery degree at the University of New South Wales. She has been teaching and tutoring Chemistry and Physics at Matrix since 2014 and is the reporting manager of the Strathfield Science Tutor team.

William is a current PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of Sydney. He has had over five years’ experience teaching and demonstrating Chemistry at a high school and university level.