I teach mainly Physics courses here at SCCC, but sometimes Astronomy as well. This is what I look like.

In general, Physics has a bad reputation amongst students as being an impossibly difficult course. We all heard it, guys. But that doesn't need to be true. I take it as my personal mission to make science easily approachable and fun. We are still going to see some complicated problems, I am not promising it will be easy to all of you, but hopefully many will get to enjoy it. My method of teaching involves constant reference to simple everyday phenomena, and their connection with the science we learn in class; frequent experimental demonstrations during the lectures; solving lots and lots of mathematical problems on the blackboard with the students's participation. Finally, I encourage group interaction, but if you choose to work individually during the lectures, that's ok! Group work is only strictly necessary during the lab classes.

You are welcome and encouraged to come by during my office hours (office T-206, on the top floor of the Smithtown Science Building); or write me e-mails with questions (yes, even mathematical problems can be expressed via e-mail) anytime! During the semester, I answer e-mails quite fast, certainly within 24 hours. Just make sure you write my e-mail address correctly (if I don't receive it, I won't answer it!).

Click on the links with the name of your course to read more specific information, such as the textbooks adopted, syllabus, and current course outline if available.

For those of you who will be my future students, please keep in mind that I am here to help you learn, and NOT to give you points and grades arbitrarily, out of nowhere. SCCC is a great institution, we follow good standards. What you should expect in my classes is that I will follow exactly what is written in each carefully prepared course outline. You will receive this material in your very first day of class. Once the "rules of the game" are set, I become the messenger of your grades, not the source: you will know what you have to do to achieve the grade you want/need. If I perfom my job of teaching you with the highest degree of competency and commitment (which I will!, and I hope you will notice), and still you do not achieve the grade you were aiming for, you truly have nobody else to blame at the end of the semester but yourself . Remember: you were fully aware of the "rules of the game".
Above all, please do not beg for grades at the end of the semester. Be proactive, work on good grades at the beginning of the semester. Miracles do NOT happen at the end!!!!

I want to leave you on a positive note, with something interesting to know about Physics from around the web: (click on the image)