Over the years, I have taught High Energy Astrophysics and techniques of X-ray Astronomy at various schools around the world. Here are links to web pages from these schools, and some of my lectures.
1st and 2nd Summer Schools on X-ray Astronomy
I have facilitated interactive learning and lead hands-on tutorials on X-ray data analysis at the 1st & 2nd Summer Schools on Multiwavelength Astronomy. Students from 20 different countries and 5 different continents participated. Workshop materials can be found via the Black Hole Universe website, including my lectures:
COSPAR Capacity Workshops
I have prepared lectures for and mentored graduate students in hands-on X-ray data analysis projects at two COSPAR Capacity Workshops , one in Jiangsu Province (2013; 35 students from China, India, and Turkey), and one in Viedma, Argentina (2017; 26 students from across South America). Workshop materials can be found here, including my lectures:
- Science with X-ray Source Catalogs
- Data Reduction II – Introduction to CIAO
- Data Reduction IV – Introduction to ISIS
- How Do We Detect X-rays?
High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopic Software and Tools
Associated with the Spring 2016 XMM-Newton: the Next Decade meeting in Madrid, Spain, there was a workshop on analysis techniques and software for high resolution X-ray spectroscopy. The workshop website can be found here. My course materials are below:
- An Introduction to ISIS
- X-ray Spectra Fitting Exercise I
- X-ray Spectra Fitting Exercise II
- X-ray Spectra Fitting Exercise III
Chandra Workshops
As part of my former responsibilities with the Chandra X-ray Science Center (CXC), I participated in workshops and summer schools wherein we taught graduate students and postdocs the basics of X-ray astronomy, as well as how to use our satellite software. I gave lectures on the physics of X-ray binaries and the use of data analysis software. Samples of my lecture materials can be found via our CXC website.
Additionally, we assisted students with hands-on data analysis exercises. Two exercises that I wrote (“Spectral Analysis of High Resolution X-ray Binary Data”, and “Timing Analysis of X-ray Lightcurves”) can be found here.
In 2015, we conducted a workshop for the Interactive Spectral Interpretation System (ISIS).
In 2017, we conducted a CIAO workshop in Pune, India at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR)