Dr. Adam Sarty joined the PEARL community in January, and shared findings from his experience and research on teaching physics.

Dr. Sarty is an experimental nuclear physicist and an avid teacher/promoter of physics. After graduating with a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Sarty spent three years at the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he began a program of research into the electromagnetic structure of light nuclei and the nucleon. Dr. Sarty’s enthusiasm for his continued research in physics is matched only by his passion for teaching and science outreach. He taught at Florida State University for five years, before joining the Faculty of Science at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia, where he currently also serves as Associate Dean of Science – External & Student Affairs. Over the years, his teaching excellence and commitment to educational development has been recognized with various awards, including CAP’s Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2008), the Science Champion Discovery Award from Halifax’s Discovery Centre (2008), the Educational Leadership Award from the Atlantic Association of Universities (2008), and the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (2011).

For a summary of his talk, click here.