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. See also my list of publications.

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 (English A*, maths A*, statistics A* [top five results nationally], French A*, German A*, physics A*, chemistry A*, biology A*, geography A*, history A, systems & control 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

Christ Church, University of Oxford (2008–)

Tutor for undergraduate condensed matter physics course.

Physics department, University of Oxford (2008–2009)

Demonstrating in undergraduate practical labs.

Wadham College, University of Oxford (2007–2008)

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 (1998–2005)

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

Science outreach

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.