About Me

Who am I?

Name Intro and Meaning

My first name is pronounced roughly as "a mayor" (meaning below). Ideally as you say it, you would stop just short of pronouncing the r in mayor. Since my first name ends in an "uh" sound, there is no standard way in the English alphabet to write it so it sounds proper. My last name is pronounced "co-LAAR-curr". It indicates that, at some point in history, my ancestors lived in the village/town of Kolar, the best known gold mines in India (even though the gold ran out long ago). Here's how to write it in the "original" devanaagarii script: अमेय कोलारकर

न मेयः यः सः (नञ् बहुव्रीहि समास) = that which cannot be contained or measured = infinite, immeasurable, unfathomable. It is derived from the potential passive participle of मा (maa - verb; to measure)

Educational Development and Instructional Support

Currently, I am an Associate Director at FSU's teaching and learning center, CAT. I do educational development. I support faculty with all their teaching needs including educational technology, promotion/tenure, scholarship, and belonging. Since Fall 2024, I have been supporting faculty with assisting low-vision / blind students in their classroom. I work with several campus partners on various initiatives. I specialize in curriculum development (including interdisciplinary curriculum development across STEM and Arts/Humanities), technology-supported learning, and innovative course design focusing on Universal Design for Learning principles. I do research with UROP students and independent researchers to support faculty. My current teaching and research projects are elsewhere on this site.

Research and Teaching Experience

In my past life, I was a physics researcher (experimental elementary particle physics - Ph.D. and postdoc) and physics/STEM education expert (faculty/researcher), and worked with lasers, optics, sensors, electronics, cryogenics, XR, hardware/software interface, magnetics, machining, and so much more. I teach/taught intro level physics and math — active learning flipped classroom with Learning Assistants — and the LA Pedagogy course. I still love to talk physics and philosophy, the latest technology, and anything that excites you will likely excite me as well!

Hobbies and Personal Projects