Jesse Barber Email & Phone Number

Greenbelt, Maryland, United States

In Late 2020, I accepted this position as lab manager of the Field Calibration Laboratory (FCL) within the Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (Code 618) at NASA Godard Space Flight Center. Here I perform optical calibration of various instruments which observe the 350 - 2500nm spectral range, namely spectrometers. The lab also has the capability to service and.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Rebuilding and implementing a monochromator and Cryo-cooled CCD into infrared laser polarimetry systems. Took polarization sensitive linear dichroism measurements to determine polarizer-like and waveplate-like properties of novel metamaterials. Helped design key alterations to existing cryostat equipment, and troubleshooted issues in the data taking process.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Teach physics to undergraduate students. Ran weekly labs beginning with a clear and concise instructional presentation, and concluding with small group hands-on learning. Also hosted weekly sessions where students could get more hands on instruction and guidance to enhance their learning.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Used the programming tools Prody, Pymol and Python to model protein crystal structure. These were used to predict the structure and compare the analysis to crystals measured using THz Spectroscopy. Weekly meetings were held to discuss goals, setbacks, and progress made.

Blacksburg, VA

Spearheaded laboratory development and infrastructure for Dr Satoru Emori. Provided logistical support to help Emori set up his laboratory and navigate the university system.I used Autodesk inventor to design a custom Spin Torque Ferromagnetic Resonance probe station capable of 360 degree magnetic field rotation. Met with Dr Emori at the start of the.

Blacksburg, VA

Part of the NuLat collaboration to research short baseline neutrino oscillations with a Raghavan optical lattice detector. Was present in revisions and design of prototype detector geometries and fabricated basic prototype assemblies of both liquid and solid scintillating lattices to take time resolved decay measurements of neutrino-Radon collision.

Blacksburg, VA

Used C++, Python, and ROOT to model the interactions in the Belle II Particle Collider at the KEK Experiment in Japan under the instruction of Dr. Leo Piilonen. Used the particle physics C++ tool ROOT to then perform data analysis on data generated on the compute cluster to gain an understanding of how the data from the Belle II behaves.Collaborated with a.

Blacksburg, VA

Assisted Dr Giti Khodaparast and Dr Brendan Magill with 400 and 800 nm time resolved pump probe spectroscopy using an ultrafast laser to probe the fundamental characteristics of multiferroic materials. I completely rebuilt the LabView code that controlled the experimental set up. This was done to add the option for multiple data runs in a row, allowing for.

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics, 3.5

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics, 3.4

Activities and Societies: College of Science Deans Leadership Committee, Blacksburg Swing Dance