Tutoring Rates:
| Pricing (In-person, per hour) | Individual | Group (price/person) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary School | 60 | 40 |
| University | 70 | 50 |
- Pricing may vary depending on meeting location
- Payment for 3+ sessions at once will receive a 5% discount
- Payment is required before each session (Interac preferred, cash acceptable)
Subjects:
- Physics: Most physics courses, especially core physics courses such as PHYS 101, 102, 106, 108, 117, 118, 119, 129, and lab courses (ex: 159)
- Astronomy: All Astronomy courses. I am particularly comfortable with galaxies, stars, computational astronomy, and data analysis/astronomic observations (designing observations for a science goal, reduction of data, data exploration, telescope operation, etc..).
- Coding: I am advanced in Python and proficient in Bash/Linux, some UBC courses that require these skills are PHYS 210, CPSC 103/110, ASTR 404/5
- I can also offer some tutoring for co-op projects such as choosing a project, research techniques, keeping a lab notebook, and best research
practices. I believe through strong peer-to-peer mentorship, we can all grow our research skills! - This is not an exhaustive list. Feel free to reach out to me with your course syllabus or list of skills you’d like to strengthen and we can decide if we can accomplish them together!
Qualifications:
- I have a double bachelor’s of science in Physics and Astronomy
- I graduated from UBC with an MSc. in Astronomy in 2023 and am currently in my 2nd year of a PhD in Astronomy.
- I have TA-ed multiple courses at UBC including PHYS 210, 159 and ASTR 200, 101, 333 (4+ years of TA experience).
- I have done research in a variety of topics including environmental science (carbon leeching in estuaries), time series analysis (Fourier transforms) of Jovian trojans, spectroscopy of variable stars and galaxies, and currently, I work with radio observations of pulsars. I have also been an observationalist, where I operated telescopes, created observation plans, and was in charge of data reduction.
Contact Information:
- Please, fill out this request form before reaching out:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK8jhkBsrPSuKjfgMjb7l7tFJVU6XsSrOBZGlp2opTHz3wvQ/viewform?usp=dialog - msthomps@phas.ubc.ca – I will try to respond within 1 business week of
any inquiries.