Dr Richard Lewis
Director of Learning and Teaching
National Teaching Fellow
Physics Education Research Group
- lewisr54@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5433
- 4.12, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0DE
Overview
I am the Director of Learning and Teaching at Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy. I have previously held lecturing positions at Cardiff University School of Biosciences and Swansea University Department of Physics and research fellowships at the University of Southampton and Complutense University of Madrid. I completed my PhD in physics entitled "Development of a Raman System for In-Line Monitoring of Tritium at the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) Experiment" at Swansea University in 2007.
I teach extensively on our PGT programmes, which currently include the MSc Physics, MSc Astrophysics, MSc Data-Intensive Physics, MSc Data-Intensive Astrophysics, MSc Gravitational Wave Physics, and MSc Compound Semiconductor Physics. I have won multiple institutional, national, and international awards for excellence and innovation in teaching, and I am regularly invited to speak on physics education and teaching excellence at international conferences.
I am a Member and Chartered Physicist of the Institute of Physics, a National Teaching Fellow, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and an Enfys Friend and Supporter.
Biography
I am the Director of Learning and Teaching at Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy. I have previously held lecturing positions at Cardiff University School of Biosciences and Swansea University Department of Physics and research fellowships at the University of Southampton and Complutense University of Madrid. I completed my PhD in physics entitled "Development of a Raman System for In-Line Monitoring of Tritium at the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) Experiment" at Swansea University in 2007.
Honours and awards
Awards
- 2019: National Teaching Fellowship (Advance HE)
- 2019: Best Tutor Award (Cardiff University, School of Physics and Astronomy)
- 2017: Excellence in Engineering Education Award (National Instruments)
- 2016: Engineering Impact Award (National Instruments, Education)
- 2016: Outstanding Contribution Award (Cardiff University)
Nominations
- 2022: Enriching Student Life Award (Cardiff University Students' Union, Most Uplifting Staff Member of the Year)
- 2021: Enriching Student Life Award (Cardiff University Students' Union, Most Uplifting Staff Member of the Year)
- 2019: Excellence in Engineering Education Award (National Instruments)
- 2019: Enriching Student Life Award (Cardiff University Students' Union, Most Uplifting Staff Member)
- 2016: National Teaching Fellowship (Advance HE)
- 2016: Enriching Student Life Award (Cardiff University Students' Union, Most Effective Teacher)
- 2015: Enriching Student Life Award (Cardiff University Students' Union, Personal Tutor of the Year)
Professional memberships
- 2016: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- 2011: Chartered Physicist of the Institute of Physics (CPhys)
- 2008: Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP)
Academic positions
- 2020–present: Reader (T&S), School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University
- 2017–2020: Senior Lecturer (T&S), School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University
- 2015–2017: Lecturer (T&S), School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University
- 2013–2015: Lecturer, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
- 2012–2013: Research Fellow, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton
- 2011–2012: Research Scientist, Lasers and Molecular Beams Unit, Complutense University of Madrid
- 2007–2011: Lecturer, Department of Physics, Swansea University
- 2007: Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Swansea University
- 2003–2006: Postgraduate Laboratory Demonstrator, Swansea University
Publications
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- Module Organiser: Advanced Techniques in Physics and Astrophysics (MSc)
- Module Organiser: LabVIEW Programming for Physicists (MSc)
- Module Organiser: Advanced LabVIEW Programming for Physicists (MSc)
- Deputy Module Organiser: Advanced Study and Research Skills (MSc)
- Deputy Module Organiser: Research Project (MSc)
- Deputy Module Organiser: Synoptic Physics (BSc / MPhys)