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Eyepiece design for augmented reality headsets

College Park, Maryland, United States

- Built and tested quantum diamond microscopes (QDMs) for a variety of applications- Installed and supported QDMs in the field- Developed fully-functional Python-based instrument control software with a graphical user interface for QDMs- Interfaced with partners and customers to understand and explore new application areas for QDMs

Goleta, California, United States

- Conducted critical laser stability analyses using an automated Fabry-Perot cavity setup- Performed a variety of tests on a prototype interferometer to investigate performance limits and provide design feedback to engineering team- Participated in brainstorming of novel techniques for spectral density estimation of time series data- Disseminated key technical results to engineering and management teams in weekly presentations

Developed a Bayesian mixture model to to extract galactic accelerations from pulsar timing measurements

- Led efforts to develop an automated laser frequency comb system for exoplanet astronomy- Demonstrated novel dispersion-engineered designs for producing visible-spanning, flat supercontinuum radiation from photonic crystal fibers and planar waveguides- Wrote a proposal to apply stellar acceleration measurements to infer the local dark matter density in the galaxy- Developed analysis tools to assess the variability of telluric spectral lines in the A-band of molecular oxygen- Worked with a team of researchers to build an apparatus to perform laser slowing and magneto-optical trapping of a cryogenic beam of diatomic molecules- Designed and constructed a resonantly-driven electro-optic modulator for spectral broadening of a dye laser

Ottawa, Canada Area

(Internship)Carried out an experimental program to measure the outgassing of materials used in wavelength selective switch products and conducted tests to estimate the efficiency of moisture getters

Vancouver, Canada Area

(Internship)Investigated the infrared spectra of molecules and molecular complexes solvated by helium nanodroplets using laser spectroscopy

Ottawa, Canada Area

(Internship)Analyzed multiphase non-Newtonian flow problems using the FLUENT computational fluid dynamics package

Waterloo, Canada

(Internship)Developed solvers for time-domain analysis of quantum transport problems in nanostructures

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Physics

Purcell Fellowship NSERC PGS M Postgraduate Scholarship (2012) NSERC PGS D Postgraduate Scholarship (2014) White Prize for Excellence.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Physics

B.A.Sc., Honours Nanotechnology Engineering, Co-Op

Physical Sciences Option: Physics President's Scholarship of Distinction President's Research Award

Education record

Governor General's Bronze Medal