Sean Thornton Email & Phone Number

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Created perovskite photodetectors by solution-shearing to explore novel engineering and chemical additives, resulting in record performance (over a magnitude improvement in responsivity) and stability• Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for deposition and electrical characterization processes resulting in record photodetector performance • Developed computer programs in R to automatically produce figure of merit graphs resulting in fast interpretation of hundreds of Current-Voltage (IV) datasets• Trained at the Sargent lab in Toronto and documented solar cell fabrication process and lab best practices resulting in perovskite solar cell fabrication and testing • Analyzed perovskite samples at the synchrotron at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon by Grazing-Incidence Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (GIWAXS) to determine crystal properties resulting in hundreds of automatically produced patterns (MATLAB)• Trained students on perovskite photodetector preparation and testing and mentored undergraduate students working on independent research projects • Installed chemical inventories, photovoltaic testing systems, spectrofluorometers, and thin film thickness measurement systems

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dartmouth, Ns

• Analyzed and synthesized large sets of raw meteorological data using the statistical software R resulting in temperature, humidex and wind-chill percentiles being calculated for every weather station in Canada for the use of Canadian Extreme Heat and Cold Weather Alert criteria • Evaluated and processed a large set of Toronto weather data using the statistical software R in order to produce publication quality plots for the use in Toronto Public Health reports regarding health indicators and their links to specific risk factors such as temperature• Created a Heat Warning Criteria Tester program in R to rapidly produce Canadian Historical Heat Occurrence information resulting in the Historical Heat Occurrences being found for 25 major Canadian cities (1899 – 2017) • Completed a daily wildfire briefing during the worst wildfire season on record in British Columbia (2018) informing colleagues with up-to-date wildfire information and maps

Calgary, Canada Area

- Investigated a project about heat recovery from a waste stream at the Kearl Oil Sands resulting in a forecasted natural gas savings of 1.5 million dollars- Analyzed downtime events at the Kearl Oil Sands and documented the root cause of the equipment failure on a daily basis resulting in a high level of detail captured in the record keeping database

Chalk River, On

- Analyzed and configured a large array of diverse environmental monitoring data in order to migrate to CNL’s Environmental Data Management System - Re-structured a large quantity of site-specific water elevation data in support of the Environmental Technologies Branch (ETB) resulting in the data being catalogued as far back as 1979- Designed the template of a computer program to automatically re-configure broad sets of groundwater data resulting in a 600% increase in efficiency

Moncton

- Performed site inspections on mosquito larvae densities in the Greater Moncton area to determine if biological pesticide is required- Collected adult mosquito samples from the Greater Moncton area in order to catalogue them for ultimate research into the West Nile virus

Tim Hortons Pine Tree

- Trained new employees in coordination with management allowing them to develop the skills and pace required to be successful- Prepared food products quickly and efficiently resulting in the store being consistently in the top three in the province in terms of product quality

Tim Hortons Pine Tree

- Multi-tasking efficiently to keep up with the constant flow of customers in the drive-thru, helping and communicating with other team members and supervisors, communicating with customers and dealing with complaints in an orderly manner, preparing food and beverage for customers, cashier duties.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical Engineering, 4.15 Gpa

Activities and Societies: President of Student Energy: - Quadrupled membership at the society resulting in 20 students with roles.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

Activities and Societies: Schulich Leader Nominee, Intra-Mural Hockey, Green Engineering and Networking Conference.

High School Diploma, Science, 100% On Both Grade 11 And 12 Calculus Exams

Activities and Societies: Co-founder of the New Brunswick Youth Bill of Rights recognized by NB legislature, Lead Role in Musical of Drama.