Physics Faculty

Physics

Paul Holt

Head of Subject-GL Physics, Teacher of Physics

Master of Science, Physics & Astronomy, Glasgow University

Graduate Diploma of Education, Monash University

Mr. Paul Holt has more than 6 years of Physics teaching experience. He has taught in New Zealand and China.

John Hoban

Head of Subject-AL Physics, , Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Hanze University

Bachelor of Engineering,  Manufacturing Technology GMIT, Ireland

Master of Science, Education, Walden University

John has over 12 years teaching experience in international schools across the Middle East and Asia.

Michael Courtney

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Science (Hons), Astronomy, University College London.

PGCE Secondary Science, King’s College London.

Mr Courtney has been a teacher for over 20 overs. He has taught in China(Tianjin, Chengdu and Hong Kong), Spain and England.

Eric Xu

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Computer Science of USTC

He worked in computer system & product development for over twelve years Studying Pedagogy and Psychology as the minor in Shenzhen University. Teaching Computer Science and Physics from 2008 to 2013.

Steven Wu

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Science, Physics & Bachelor of Education, Hebei Normal University

He has many years teaching experience in public and private middle schools in China, together with six years teaching IGCSE at both International Schools and SCIE.

Jun Jang

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Teach Science,  Anderson University

Master’s Degree, Biblical Studies, Moody Theological Seminary

Mr. Jang has 4 years of teaching both IGCSE & A level physics in Weihai China.

Elaine Liu

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Science in Physics Education, Shenyang Normal University

Master of Education, Liaoning Normal University

6 years of experience of A-level physics teaching

Ainur Aitimova

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor’s degree of Physics,West Kazakhstan State University

Ainur has been teaching Physics for a total of 10 years in her home country and China. She would like to continue to improve my skills while building an interesting and challenging learning environment for students.

Sean Mather

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Science, Physics, University of Hull

Mater of Science, Physics, University of Hull

PhD in Engineering, University of Liverpool

PGCE in Science (physics),Kings College London

Sean has two years’ experience of teaching physics in China.

Allen Mostofizadeh

Teacher of Physics

Master of Science, Medical Radiation Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Ph.D. in Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Mr. Mostofizadeh has 20 years of working experience in the field of Physics including 12 years experience of teaching CAIE A-Level Physics. 

Mandy Chen

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Science, Applied chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Master of Science, Project management, University of Manchester, UK

PGCE, University of Bath, UK

Miss Mandy has a 5-years’ experience in teaching physics and science in international schools.

Michael Feeney

Teacher of Physics

MSc in Physics, The University of Lancaster

PGCE, Canterbury Christ Church University

Dr. Feeney brings to the role of teaching Physics more than 10 years teaching experience and a Ph.D. in Physics on nanoparticles study. He has been teaching A levels, IGCSE and GCSE in UK grammar and independent schools as well as top international schools. He has been leading various Physics and Science projects throughout his teaching career. His passion for Physics and love of teaching has made him beloved by his students and has given the student nominated graduation speech and nicknames like Father Physics and Lord Feeney.

Carla Costa

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor in teaching Physics and Chemistry, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro Portugal

Ms. Carla Costa has been teaching Physics and Chemistry and related subjects for more than 10 years. She has taught in schools in Portugal, Spain and China.

Mohammad Rizwan Siddiqui

Teacher of Physics

M. Sc- Physics from C.M.J. University, India
 
B. Ed- Math/Physical Sciences from M.D. University, India
 
Master of Financial Management (M.F.M) – Pondicherry University, India
 
DCA(Computer Application/Networking)- NIIT, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
 

Mohammad has around 23 years of teaching experience in a range of curriculums in Physics like IBDP, A/AS – LEVEL, Edexcel, IGCSE, AP, WAEC,THAI & INDONESIAN NATIONAL CURRICULUM , CBSE in many countries including the role as Head of Department /Head of Science and other roles related to teaching and leadership in Thailand, Indonesia, Nigeria, India and other International schools in China.

He was awarded the honorable mention in Turnitin Global award for South-East Asia and the outstanding coach in British Physics Olympiad.
He has extensive experience in teaching students of different abilities and backgrounds from almost all major countries of the world. He can maintain need based different pace of learning for the same curriculum. He was involved in CAS for IBDP and various Educational trips. He is an A Level Physics Examiner with CIE, IBDP Physics Examiner and External moderator for Internal Assessment with IBO and an International Examiner for Physics with Pearson. He has been an external examiner for Physics practical with CBSE. He has trained a number of teachers for assessment related work and other academic requirements.

Scott Edwards

Teacher of Physics

PhD in Physics, Australian National University

Cert. of Adv. Studies in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University

BSc (Hons) in Physics, Australian National University

Scott has been teaching physics for more than a decade. Earlier he worked in physics research, and was a member of research groups in Melbourne, Oxford, and Shanghai. He switched to full-time teaching after arriving at Shenzhen University in 2012. Over the next ten years, Scott gained experience teaching across all levels of undergraduate physics. He became an enthusiastic adopter of strategies for encouraging active learning in the classroom, for which he was awarded a Shenzhen City Outstanding Teacher Award in 2021. Scott joined the physics team at SCIE in 2022.

Leslie Zhang

Teacher of Physics

MSc. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

BEng. Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

Miss.Leslie has taught physics in UC Berkeley as a graduate student instructor. After graduation, she worked as a structural engineer in Hong Kong for nearly 2 years.

Apurva Sarkar

Teacher of Physics

Bachelor of Science (Physics) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India

M.Sc in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras India

Bachelor of Education from University of Mumbai, India

M.S in Education from EIU Paris

Apurva has 9 years of experience in teaching Physics at secondary and higher secondary level, across some of the best schools in India and Thailand. She has taught Physics in the Indian National Curriculum, IGCSE (Cambridge & Edexcel), IBDP and CIE AS/A Levels. She looks forward to embarking on her journey at SCIE and teaching some brilliant students of Physics.

Mike Reid

Teacher of Physics

Master of Education from The Open University in England

Master of Science in Software Development from Coventry University in England

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from The Open University in England

Bachelor of Science in Physics from The University of Sussex in England

PGCE in 11-18 Science from University of Sussex in England

Michael has been teaching physics and mathematics since 2008 in England, Germany, China and Canada. He has taught IGCSE, A-level, and IB as well as the Canadian curriculum.

Wagner Nogueira Neto

Teacher of Physics

Ph.D in Meteorology from the University of Reading, UK

Master in Paleoclimatology from University College Dublin

Bachelor in Theoretical Physics from University College Dublin

PGCE from The University of Oxford, UK

Dr Wagner is a meteorology professional and enthusiast and has 8 years teaching experience (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography and Arts) in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Bhutan and Thailand, and like to use real data from meteorological weather stations in order to explain concepts in the curriculum. Dr Wagner also has a range of interests, from painting to knitting, from classical guitar to hiking.

Mike Jiang

Teacher of Physics

BSc in Mathematics, Imperial College London .

MSci in Mathematics, Imperial College London .

Worked on airline-operation research at CAAC research institute.
Internship at March Co. In London.
Internship at Lloyd’s in London.
Experienced in tutoring A-Level Physics and Mathematics.