AST 303: Research Methods in Astronomy — I am co-teaching this course in Fall 2026 alongside Michael Strauss and Romain Teyssier in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences.
AST 513: Dynamics of Stellar and Planetary Systems — I will teach this graduate dynamics course in 2027–2028.
Kinetic Theory of Stellar Systems — This 9-lecture course forms the third part of the series Kinetic Theory in the University of Oxford’s Master Course in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics (MMathPhys). I first lectured the course in Oxford in November 2022 (having delivered a trial-run at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton in October 2022), then taught it again in Oxford in November 2023. I am lecturing the Oxford course for the third time in November 2024. This year’s lectures will be held in the Lindemann Lecture Theatre in Weeks 7 and 8 of Michaelmas term, on Mondays from 10am–11.30am & 3pm–5pm, and Tuesdays 12pm–1pm.
The lecture notes for this course have now been greatly improved and extended and are available as a Tutorial Article here. Concise handwritten notes, covering everything I wrote on the blackboard in 2023, are available here. The 2024 problem set is available here.
Astrophysical Dynamics of Gravitating Systems — I gave a 4-lecture course in kinetic theory and galactic dynamics as part of the 2024 NBIA summer school. Details (including videos of lectures) are available here.
