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Simon Bates

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Professor S P Bates FHEA

Position

Professor

Contact

Professor S P Bates, FHEA
s [dot] p [dot] bates [at] ed [dot] ac [dot] uk
+44 (0)131 650 5280
Rm 1617, JCMB

Research groups

Physics Education Research
Computational Materials Physics

Research institute

ICMCS

Personal homepage

http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~spb01

Biographical Statement

Simon Bates was appointed to a lectureship in Edinburgh in 2000. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2003, and a Personal Chair in Physics Education in 2008. Between 2006-09 he was Director of Teaching in the School. In 2006 he was awarded the Chancellor's Award for Teaching.

From August 2010, he is seconded half-time to the College of Science and Engineering where he is Dean of Learning and Teaching. Simon is also a member of the Institute of Physics Higher Education Group committee, and the Institute of Physics Education Board.

Research Interests

Research interests encompass three main areas:

  • Atomistic simulation of liquid mixtures and solid materials, within the Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems. More details are available on the ICMCS site and my own web page.
  • Physics Education Research, as a member of EdPER, the Edinburgh Physics Education Research Group. More details are available on the EdPER microsite.
  • Research and development in e-Learning. More details are available on the e-learning microsite.

Teaching duties

In the academic year 2010-11, I have a reduced teaching load while Dean of Learning and Teaching.

I will be teaching on the following courses:

Publications, talks, grants

Up to date details of my publication list, talks and grants can be found on my own webpages.

Last updated on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 - 10:43am