Courses

2022-2023: Philosophy of Science and Ethics for Physicists (VtFys). Course taught to undergraduate physics students.

2020-2022: History of Quantum Mechanics. Course taught at the Niels Bohr Institute, together with Christian Joas and Helge Kragh. Materials for 7 modules are available here.

2017-2020: History of Physics. Course taught at the Niels Bohr Institute, together with Helge Kragh. Materials for 12 modules are available here. Lectures on YouTube.

2017-2019: Fundamentals of the Didatics of Science and Mathematics (DidG). Course taught to pre-service physics and mathematics teachers.

2015-2025: Introduction to University Pedagogy. Course taught to PhD students at the Faculty of Science.

2013-2014: Visiting scholar at the Physics Department of the University of Helsinki and Dresden. Course given: Roles of Mathematics in Physics

2007-2009: Associate Professor of Mathematics Federal Institute of Science and Technology. Courses given: Calculus, Statistics and Linear Algebra  

2006-2007: Physics Lecturer State University of Santa Catarina. Courses given: Introductory Physics and Teaching Practice

2006-2007: In-service teacher training courses – Lecturer IBPEX. Courses given: History of Mathematics and Problem Solving

2004-2006: Physics Lecturer Federal University of Santa Catarina. Courses given: Vector Mechanics and General Physics

2004-2006: Volunteer work – Lecturer “Alfabetização Solidária” Organization. Courses given: Didactics of Mathematics

2000-2004: Physics/Mathematics High School Teacher Colégio Dom Bosco. Classes given: Mathematics and Physics at upper secondary level

Supervision

PhD (under construction)

Muhammad Aswin Rangkuti (main supervisor), Ph.D., Physics Education, University of Copenhagen, 2024. Title: Learning challenges in the interplay between physics and mathematics: the case of the 1-D wave equation. Thesis available here.

Yuvita Oktarisa (main supervisor), Ph.D., Physics Education, University of Copenhagen, 2021 Title: Connecting Newton’s Gravitational Law with Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion: A Teaching and Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Physics Teachers inspired by Newton’s Original Formulation. Thesis available here.

Pedagogical supervision of assistant professors at UCPH

A significant portion of my teaching at UCPH has been to supervise assistant professors as part of their Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme (Universitetspædagogikum in Danish). This involves observing lectures, helping with preparation, and giving feedback on pedagogical themes selected by the teachers. Due to my background, which allows for more subject-specific discussions, I’ve been supervising mainly physicists from the Niels Bohr Institute. Here is a list of some previous supervisees:

• Irene Tamborra (co-supervised by Peter Ditlevsen)
• Ferdinand Kuemmeth (co-supervised by Jens Paaske)
• Anasua Chatterjee (co-supervised by Stefania Xella)
• Markus Ahlers ( co-supervised by Ian Bearden)
• Kasper Heintz (co-supervised by Johan Fynbo)
• Jan O. Haerter (co-supervised by Peter Ditlevsen)
• You Zhou (co-supervised by Ian Bearden)
• Amin Doostmohammadi (co-supervised by Eugene Polzik)
• Charlotte Mason (co-supervised by Steen Hansen)
• Morten Kjaergaard (co-supervised by Anders Sørensen)
• Julius Bier Kirkegaard (together by Jon Sporring)
• Liselotte Jauffred (co-supervised by Lene Oddershede)
• Mathias Wilhelm (co-supervised by Charlotte Fløe Kristjansen)
• Martin Cramer Pedersen (co-supervised by Jesper Nygård)
• Jean-Baptiste Béguin (with Jörg Müller)
• Michele Burrello (with Kim Lefmann)
• Lars Egstrøm Kristensen (co-supervised by Marianne Vestergaard)

BSc and MSc (under construction)

Simon Arent Vedel (main supervisor, co-supervised by Steen Hansen), MSc. in Physics, NBI, University of Copenhagen, 2019. Title: Teaching the Formula of Centripetal Acceleration: A qualitative case study on first year physics students’ challenges with mathematical derivations in mechanics. Thesis available here.

Anders Wolfsberg (main supervisor, co-supervised by Carl Winsløw), MSc. in Mathematics, MATH, University of Copenhagen, 2017. Title: A praxeological investigation of divergence – Exploring challenges of teaching and learning math-in-physics. Thesis available here.

Sebastian Klöser (main supervisor), MSc., University of Hamburg, 2017. Thesis title: Das Verhältnis von Physik und Mathematik, erforscht mit Mitteln des Experteninterviews. Available here.