Hello! My name is Peter Hu (but I also go by Mark), and I am an all-but-dissertation Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pittsburgh working with Dr. Chandralekha Singh.

My research is currently in the development of research-based active learning materials. I have created interactive tutorials and sequenced clicker questions for topics in quantum mechanics at the undergraduate level. I have developed and validated tutorials on the following topics, and evaluated their effectiveness in authentic classroom environments:

• Basics and change of basis for two-state systems
• Quantum measurement of two-state systems
• Time development of two-state systems
• Measurement uncertainty of two-state systems
• Basics of quantum computing
• Basics of the Bloch sphere

I plan to continue developing and evaluating tools and methods in my future work, for a variety of course and institutional contexts. I also have a personal investment in bringing other STEM disciplines into my physics teaching, particularly for introductory physics for life sciences courses. I believe that students learning biology and chemistry should have opportunities to make relevant and meaningful connections to those fields in physics class.

Ultimately, I believe that two things should be true in education: (1) what students are taught should be valuable, and (2) that value should be communicated to them. I work hard to make my research and teaching satisfy both counts.