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Vienna, Austria

• Worked in the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Division of Human Health
• Collected data with an overall goal of improving global access to radiotherapy in low‑ and middle‑income countries
• Performed analysis of large datasets using excel in order to update the largest comprehensive database on radiotherapy access
• Validated and cleaned data through developing python scripts using fuzzy matching and Google Maps API
• Drafted and edited both peer-reviewed articles… Show more
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Accountable for the procurement, maintenance, and repair of equipment including routine quality assurance while working co‑operatively with both internal and external personnel
• Trained individuals on the use of various laboratory equipment while adhering to health and safety guidelines
• Maintained a safe and clean environment to ensure lab users could perform high quality research

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Helped students in structured labs with assembling physics demonstrations as well as gathering and analyzing data
• Successfully taught students how to apply physics concepts and use equations to solve problems
• Responsible for grading quizzes, lab reports, and midterms
• Distributed exams and actively invigilated ensuring rules and regulations are followed

St Catharines, Ontario, Canada

• Performed research within medical physics to further the application of AI in the field and improve the treatment planning process within the centre
• Shadowed treatment planners, physics assistants, medical physicists, and oncologists to gain further hands-on knowledge
• Explored current ongoing research while delving into technical aspects of the field through journals and texts

Ontario, Canada

• Started/ Shut down cooling systems for safe daily operation while checking for abnormalities in equipment
• Monitored and recorded instrument readings to ensure safe and stable operation
• Assisted with movement and irradiation of samples and iodine rigs
• Performed daily swipes and frisked items leaving the reactor to check for radioactive contamination

• Helped students in structured labs with assembling physics demonstrations as well as gathering and analyzing data
• Successfully taught students how to apply physics concepts and use equations to solve problems
• Responsible for grading quizzes, lab reports, and midterms
• Distributed exams and actively invigilated ensuring rules and regulations are followed

• Provided on-campus support to students requiring help in various physics courses
• Taught students how to approach problems and break them down as well as how to stay calm in a testing environment
• Adjusted teaching style according to student need

Ontario, Canada

• Assisted Professors with exploring the relation between McIntyre powder and neurological diseases
• Utilized the Tandem accelerator for neutron activation analysis to improve in-vivo analysis of aluminum in bone
• Performed experiments with the 4pi counter to optimize the calibration of the detector
• Successfully tested and worked independently with various detectors concerning gamma spectroscopy
• Reliably handled and managed dangerous radioactive chemicals both unsupervised and… Show more
• Reliably handled and managed dangerous radioactive chemicals both unsupervised and supervised Show less

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Medical And Biological Physics - Minor In Mathematics

Activities and Societies: McMaster Undergraduate Physics Society