Les Kirkup
Assistant Professor
Science and Mathematics Education Research and Innovation
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Biography
Les Kirkup was born in the UK. He studied for degrees in England and Scotland before joining UTS in 1990. He is currently an adjunct professor with the Faculty of Science and Institute for Media and Learning at UTS. He is committed to educational research and development as well as discipline-based research. Les is particularly keen on cross-disciplinary collaboration. While at UTS he has collaborated with chemists, psychophysiologists, engineers, mathematicians, journalists and education researchers. One of his most well known collaborations involved the "Mind Switch" (a system for detecting and utilising the electrical activity of the brain).
Research Interest
Les's interests span discipline based physics as well as research and development into teaching and learning. He has a history of instrument development and has collaborated widely in this area (for example with psychophysiologists).
