Helen Czerski, University College London, London, England, is the 2021 recipient of the Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award. The lecture and award were presented during the AAPT Virtual Summer Meeting. This award recognizes educators who have made notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics.
Regarding her selection to receive the 2021 Klopsteg Award, Czerski said, “I’m very grateful to the AAPT for recognizing my work in this way. It’s always been a mystery to me that physics at school has sometimes had such a bad reputation when it’s all about playing with and understanding the world around us. What could be more fun? Everyone who looks closely at their daily lives will see all sorts of fascinating mechanisms, and it’s always been a joy to help change the way people see their world.”
Czerski is a physicist, first and foremost, but she’s acquired a few other labels along the...
