Curriculum Vitae
Education
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Oxford (2007–)
DPhil in Condensed Matter Physics
Researching molecular magnets in the Correlated Electron Systems Group, supervised by Professor Stephen Blundell.
Christ Church, University of Oxford (2003–2007)
Master of Physics (First Class Honours)
Four-year undergraduate masters, specialising in condensed matter and particle physics and undertaking an MPhys project into graphene and carbon nanotubes in the final year.
Adams’ Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire (1996–2003)
A-levels
Physics (A), Further Maths (A), Maths (A), Chemistry (A), General Studies (A)
AE-levels
Physics (Distinction), Chemistry (Distinction)
GCSEs
9 A*, 2A; including English (A*) and maths (A*)
Other
- School prefect
- School colours
- Arts colours for contribution to drama and debating
- Top fifteen in the country in Institute of Physics Junior Physics Olympiad
Work
Wadham College, University of Oxford (2007–)
Tutor for undergraduate condensed matter physics course.
Google UK (Summer 2006)
Summer internship in London for eight weeks marketing Google’s ‘geo’ products (Earth, Maps and SketchUp), doing a variety of research projects and building an overlay viewable with Google Earth for a comarketing venture with British Airways. more »
Green Fields Maize Maze (2003–2004)
Holiday work as a ‘Maze Marshal’, involved in all aspects of customer care at a Telford tourist attraction.
Barlow Nurseries (1998–)
Holiday and weekend work as a sales assistant in a retail horticultural nursery.
Academic Prizes
Gibbs Prize for Communication in Physics
Oxford University prize for a presentation about colour representation and infrared photography.
Scott Prize for Performance in Teaching and Learning Physics in Schools
Oxford University prize awarded for the best performance in the teaching course, involving a written report and short presentation of findings from an investigation into pupil misconceptions.
Christ Church English Prose Prize
The award is designed “to recognise quality and comprehensibility of English prose in a piece of technical writing” on a topic chosen from a list; my essay was entitled “The Origin and Fate of the Universe”.
Dixon Scholarship
Christ Church prize recognising outstanding performance in finals examinations.
Skills
Computing
Competent with office software, image, video and audio editing (including Photoshop), web design (experience implementing XHTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL).
Full UK driving licence
Interests
Photography
Enthusiastic amateur photographer. Photo Editor of Cherwell in 2005, involving creative collaboration with editors, coordinating a team of photographers, taking photos and page layout. Self-employed ball and wedding photographer. more »
Web Design
Coding and graphic design of website as a hobby (andrewsteele.co.uk) and semi-professionally for commercial clients (for example, www.barlownurseries.co.uk and www.summersdrivingschool.co.uk). more »
Debating
Involved in debating and public speaking throughout school, on school team for ESU competitions. Winner of best speaker award in science funding debate at Institute of Physics Young Physicists’ Conference 2005.
Volunteering
Providing individual support for children and young adults with disabilities with Oxford-based charity KEEN.
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