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Lafayette, Colorado, United States

➤ Write the technical content for the sale of new products on the website.

Aurora, CO

➤ Steered collaborative imaging projects, aiding interdisciplinary scientists in accomplishing their STED imaging objectives.➤ Spearheaded design and development of miniature fiber-coupled STED microscope for awake mouse brain imaging of neural dynamics while interacting with environment.➤ Developed image analysis pipeline to quantify mitochondrial.

Aurora, CO

➤ Built one of the first STimulated Emission Depletion, (STED) microscopes in the USA, a 2-color microscope driving advancements in the imaging of fixed samples labeled with synthetic dyes➤ Conceived, wrote, and tested Labview code, enhancing 3D STED microscopy with a Pi phase mask and aberration correction control➤ Built a beam-scanning STED system for.

Denver, Colorado, United States

➤ Primary lecturer for General Physics 2, calculus-based physics for engineering and STEM majors➤ Prepared lectures and homework assignments➤ Wrote and graded exams➤ Used concept tests and clickers to engage class and assess and guide student learning➤ Prepared and performed classroom demonstrations

Boulder, CO

➤ Designed and built a solid-state 200 MHz Yb:KYW femtosecond laser incorporating a semiconductor saturable absorbing mirror to initiate and stabilize mode-locking➤ Measured and developed model based using quasi 3-state laser energy levels to explain complex dispersion behavior of Yb:YYW laser crystal under optical pumping by resonant dispersive effects➤.

Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Designed, built, aligned, wrote control software for, and performed testing of nonlinear structured illumination microscope based on saturation to generate nonlinearity

Boulder, Colorado, United States

➤ TA for two semester of calculus-based physics during the first year we implemented the "Tutorials in Physics" curriculum from the University of Washington Physics Education Research group➤ TA for two semesters and one summer for algebra-based physics, with both a lab and recitation section component

Boulder, Colorado, United States

➤ Studied theory of helicase motor proteins unwinding DNA➤ Developed a stochastic simulation method and a matrix calculation method, implemented in MATLAB, to calculate unwinding rates for multiple base-pair steps taken by helicases under active and passive unwinding, informed by experimental data➤ Implemented applying a pulling force on DNA within the.

Santa Cruz, California

➤ Worked in the physics Department under advisement of Professor David Belanger➤ Studied phase transitions in dilute anti-ferromagnets under a magnetic field using X-ray scattering at SSRL and Faraday rotation on campus➤ Worked with cryogenics and vacuum systems➤ Developed a passion for scientific discovery

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics

Master Of Arts, Physics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Mathematics