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Newton, MA, US

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

• Lead and advised Failure Analyses for multiple microelectronic device incidents.
• Experimentally assessed electronic failure modes of consumer products, including bench testing, CT and X-Ray imaging, SEM/EDS, and functional testing.
• Experimentally assessed the risk of electrostatic discharge failure.
• Lead and advised safety analyses relating to the construction of power infrastructure.
• Simulated electric and magnetic fields produced by high voltage transmission lines near houses using multiple analytical techniques, including COMSOL and MATLAB-based algorithms.
• Conducted field measurements to determine the strength of electric and magnetic fields due to existing sources.

• Developed Peltier and liquid nitrogen solutions for cooling single particle slides
• Developed single particle NSOM (Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope) functionalized tips.o Developed experimental methods to attach single particles to nanoscopic structures.o Developed and calibrating nano-Newton.
• Measured the luminescence response to stress of single upconverting nanoparticles
• Lectured undergraduates in Physics, including a transition to online-only education mid semester due to Covid-19

o Travelled to students’ homeso Assisted with homework o Provided supplemental instructionO Prepared students for SAT testing

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Created a novel NSOM apparatus for non-linear optical measurements.
• Led training, development, and maintenance of NSOM apparatus for a new labo Remote maintenance of NSOM apparatus.o Trained new users on NSOM techniques.o Travelled to repair and debug apparatus
• Created & supplied NSOM tips to collaborators.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Biochemical Spectroscopy:
• Used a micro-Raman system to analyze organic material found in dinosaur bones for hemoglobin.
• Investigated tightly defined microscale chemical domains in the sample.
• Used Resonance techniques to create a double-selectivity test to focus on single molecular constituents.
• Studied modern and ancient samples to show molecular degradation.
• Implemented non-linear background subtraction methods to deal with fluorescent backgrounds.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

o Setting up & running labs o Teaching basic physics o Lab managemento Managing other TAso Mentoring Undergraduates

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

o Writing & delivering lectures to studentso Preparing and using demonstrationso Tutoring studentso Writing Tests

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

o Creating field measurement apparatuses Multistatic aerosol scattering Aureole aerosol scatteringo Making field measurementso Running Mie & T-matrix calculationso Making novel Tabletop aerosol scattering apparatus to simulate field measurements Design & instrumentation Fabrication & use Analysis & reportingo Assisting with dust index measurements, from.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physics

Completed coursework 2012; Candidate 2014 Thesis Topic: “Morphology, Chemistry and Domain Studies of Disparate Mesoscale Organic Systems.

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics

• Worked on a nanometer-scale Raman system. • Applied for and received Undergrad Research Grant. • Presented research in NCSU Undergrad.