Seppe Staelens

PhD Student, University of Cambridge

Teaching

  • Supervisor for Pt II General Relativity (2024-2026). Location: University of Cambridge.
  • Summer School: Oxbridge Academic Bootcamp (2025). Location: Cambridge.
  • Physics at University (4 lectures). Location: St. Andrew's College Cambridge (2025).
  • Teaching Assistant for Pt III Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves (2024, 2025). Location: University of Cambridge.
  • Academic Tutor for Immerse Education. Course: Academic Insights (mathematics) (2024, 2025). Location: Cambridge.
  • Teaching Assistant for The Astrophysics of High-Density Objects: Plasma Physics, General Relativity, and Quantum Electrodynamics (2023). Location: Cambridge Centre for International Research.
  • Teaching Assistant at Faculty of Science, KU Leuven (2020-2022). Location: KU Leuven.
  • Study Support Services, Faculty of Science, KU Leuven (2020, 2022). Location: KU Leuven.

Outreach

Events

  • Pint of Science. Date: May 20, 2026. Location: Alexandra Arms, Cambridge.
  • Cambridge Festival. Date: March 21, 2026. Location: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge.
  • Cambridge Festival Hands-On Maths Fair family outreach event. Date: March 22, 2025. Location: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge.
  • NRICH activities. Location: Arbury Primary and Milton Road Primary (2025).
  • HE+ Summer Lecture Series. Topic: Non-Euclidean geometry and Special Relativity. Location: Cambridge (2024).
  • CHaOS Winter roadshow, Cambridge Hands-On Science. Date: December 4, 2023. Location: Ridgefield Primary, Cambridge.

Podcasts

  • Podcast Voices of Mathematics: guest in Episode 5, Black holes, dark stars and gravitational waves. Listen on Podbean.
  • Podcast ET voor de vrienden: guest in Episode 2, A black hole on the highway. More info on the website.

Articles

  • Featured in Dark stars: new theories shed light on black holes. Article on Faculty webpage and Plus Maths.
  • NOVA press release: Dutch students warn space mission of noisy white dwarfs. English, Dutch
  • Staelens, S., Hofman, S. (2025). De achtergrondruis van dansende witte dwergen: samen staan ze sterk. Zenit, April 2025, 34-38.
  • Staelens, S., Hofman, S. (2025). De achtergrondruis van dansende witte dwergen. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, 91(6), 28-30.