University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Ph.D. in Physics 2009
  • Migration Towards Periodicity in Systems With Feedback
• M.S. in Physics 2005

Oberlin College

•  B.A. in Physics and Mathematics 2002
  • High Honors in Physics.
  • Honors Project, “The WKB Approximation in Power Law Potentials.”
  • Carl E. Howe Prize presented by the Department of Physics for outstanding academic achievement.
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.

University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong

• Lecturer
• 2012-Present
  • Faculty of Science Excellent Teaching Assistant Award, 2015, presented for outstanding work in a teaching support role.

Higher Colleges of Technology-Abu Dhabi Womenʼs College; Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Adjunct Faculty
• 2012-2012

Adjunct Faculty, UAE Naval College; abu dhabi, UAE

• Adjunct Faculty
• 2011-2012

UIUC Physics Department; Urbana, IL;

• Teaching Assistant
• 2002-2009
  • Scott Anderson Award, 2005, presented to an outstanding teaching assistant each semester.
  • Included in The List of Teachers Rated Excellent by Their Students: Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008 and Fall 2009.
  • Served as Mentor Teaching Assistant supporting quality assurance of discussion and laboratory sections at a peer-to-peer level.

Parkland College; champaign, il

• Instructor 
• 2008-2008

Current

Simplifying complexity, ccst9048 hku

• Key Teacher
• Course Design and Proposal
• Tutor

hidden order in our daily lives, ccst9017 hku

• Curriculum Design
• Tutor

Time's arrow, ccst9043 hku

• Key Teacher
• Course Design
• Curriculum Design
• Tutor

Statistics and our society, ccst9039 hku

• Curriculum Design
• Tutor

our place in the universe, ccst9012 hku

• Key Teacher
• Curriculum Design
• Tutor

Past

Critical thinking about Science and Technology, ccst9028 hku

• Tutor

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Science, Proliferation and Terrorism, ccgl9033 HKU

• Curriculum Design
• Tutor

Physics for naval applications, UAE Naval College

• Lead Faculty

• Curriculum and course design.

introductory Algebra-based courses in Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, HCT-ADWC, Parkland College

• Lead Faculty
• Curriculum and course design

REMEDIAL NUMERACY AND MATHEMATICS COURSE for SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS, hct-adwc

• Faculty

Discussion and laboratory sections for introductory level calculus-based Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, and Statistical Mechanics courses, UIUC

• Teaching Assistant

Discussion sections for ‘How Things Work', uiuc

• Teaching Assistant

• Tim Wothersppon, "Why the theories of Einstein, climate change or evolution can never be proved right". (Opinion) South China Morning Post, (21 February, 2016)
• Tim Wotherspoon, "The Shortcuts to Learning Game". (Peer-reviewed conference paper). International Conference: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, (May 2015)
• Tim Wotherspoon, “Adaptation to the Edge of Chaos With Random-Wavelet Feedback”. (Research Seminar) New York University, Abu Dhabi, (12 March, 2012).
• Alfred W. Hübler and Tim Wotherspoon. “Self-adjusting Systems Avoid Chaos.” Complexity, (2009).
• Tim Wotherspoon and Alfred Hubler, “Adaptation to the Edge of Chaos With Random-Wavelet Feedback”. J. Phys. Chem. A 113 (1), 19-22 (2009).
• Amit P. Mehta, Karin A. Dahmen, M. W. Weissman, Tim Wotherspoon, “Noise in Disordered Systems: Higher Order Spectra in Avalanche.” arXiv:cond-mat/ 0501618v1 (2005).
• D.F. Styer, Miranda S. Balkin, Kathryn M. Becker, Matthew R. Burns, Christopher E. Dudley, Scott T. Forth, Jeremy S. Gaumer, Mark A. Kramer, David C. Oertel, Leonard H. Park, Marie T. Rinkoski, Clait T. Smith, and Timothy D. Wotherspoon, “Nine Formulations of Quantum Mechanics,” Am. J. Phys. 70, 288–297 (2002).

Why the theories of Einstein, climate change or evolution can never be proved right. In this piece I discus how the relationship between truth and science is often overstated in the media and remind readers that science is not a religion. 

In December of 2015, I sat down with RTHK's 'The Big Idea' for this discusson on the biggest idea of all, the cosmos.

What Is The Purpose of a University Education? HKU's Prof. Sun Kwok discusses the university's mission to "broaden students’ minds and horizons, allowing then to discern connections and analyse problems successfully, thus empowering them to change the world".

Each year, I participate in the Junior Science Institute program the Faculty of Science offers.  I created this video for help in my workshop Magnetism and Motion.