Rahul Choudhary

Lecturer (Teaching Specialist (Acad))

College of Science and Engineering

place Physical Sciences
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Rahul has a background in physics with a specialisation in Optics but his love for teaching led him to pursue a PhD at the Einstein-First project. He has experience in working in the industry as well as the academia. He specialises in developing innovative hands-on learning resources for teaching science, and physics in particular. He has worked as a research associate and has also undertaken casual teaching roles at The University of Western Australia (UWA). He has also collaborated with universities and academic organisations such as Swinburne University of Technology, University of Hildesheim, University of Oslo, LIGO and OzGrav. Rahul has taught and evaluated undergraduate physics courses at UWA. He has designed and delivered numerous teacher professional development programmes and science enrichment workshops across Australia. Rahul has worked as a curriculum developer and educator in the industry with companies such as Singular Health Limited and Fizzics Education for developing educational technology resources and active learning resources.

Qualifications

PhD in Physics Education, The University of Western Australia, Australia (2021)

Thesis title: Measuring the effectiveness of novel learning tools for teaching Einsteinian physics to middle school students with an emphasis on quantum physics

Integrated Master of Science in Physics, Tezpur University, India (2016)
Thesis title: Talbot Interferometry for focal length measurement using linear and circular gratings

Honours, awards and grants
  • $50k in the OzGrav seed grant award, 2021– 22
  • iPREP WA industry scholarship, 2021
  • Einstein-First PhD Education Scholarship, 2017– 20
  • Outreach Superstar by OzGrav, 2019
  • Overseas Travel Award for PhD students by UWA Graduate Research School, 2019
  • Best Poster Presentation Award at the OzGrav Annual Retreat, 2018
Key responsibilities

Lecturer at the Flinders University STEM Enrichment Academy

Teaching, research, and managerial commitments at the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University