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Oakland, Ca, Us

Oakland, Ca, Us

Teach in classrooms across the East Bay in grades ranging from TK to high school. Implement lesson plans and keep classes on track while teachers are absent.From mid-March to mid-May 2024 was in a long-term role teaching 3rd and 4th grade English at Francophone Charter school. Planned and taught lessons on vocabulary, reading, writing, and geography.

Freelance technical marketing writing and copy editing. Clients include Garden.io, Great Expectations, Zilliz, HiveMQ, and Raxia.

Co-wrote the department’s Annual Report, sent out to an audience of over 16,000 contacts and distributed at industry conferences. Pitched articles, interviewed scientists and business partners, wrote feature articles, edited articles written by others, and helped coordinate graphic design process. Wrote marketing abstracts to support the licensing of technology invented by Stanford researchers. Read complex patents and scientific papers and wrote high-level abstracts. Researched companies that might be interested in licensing the technology.

I worked directly with subject-matter experts across the company (engineering, documentation, product) to produce high quality and engaging content. I wrote a variety of technical marketing content aimed primarily at a developer audience, including blogs, tutorials, customer case studies, technical papers, and website copy, that drove an increase in website traffic and conversions. I also wrote demand generation emails for mass distribution that contributed to improved open and click-through rates. I supported multiple project launches by creating large volumes of technical content on tight deadlines. And I edited and reviewed technical content as necessary for consistency and clarity.

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

I worked with Dr. Bingham in the department of physical oceanography. My work involved analyzing ocean measurements to better understand the global transfer of water, formatting metadata for various files, investigating how ocean variability affects uncertainty in gridded salinity products, and supervising interns. I programmed in Matlab to analyze complex data sets and format NetCDF files to meet current CF Metadata Conventions. I was involved in managing the data that was collected for a NASA oceanography mission and facilitating its archival. I also help with the presentation of research by making figures to show results clearly, contributing to paper drafting, and making presentations. I presented some of our results with a poster at the AGU Fall 2020 meeting.

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

I worked with Dr. Bingham in the department of physical oceanography. The major project I worked on over the summer was focused on the seasonal cycle of sea surface salinity in the tropics and compared the results of moorings with satellite observations and gridded in situ products. This work resulted in a publication in the journal Remote Sensing.

Oberlin, Ohio

I worked with Dr. Eveleth on studying sea ice variability in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. This involved writing original code in Python to analyze large data sets. I looked at changes in ice coverage and other variables over 18 years. This research is ongoing and the end goal is to aid predictions of change in the region.

Oberlin, Ohio

I graded homework for Physics 212, Modern Physics. Every week I graded 20+ problem sets and returned them to the professor on time.

Oberlin, Ohio

I worked with Dr. Scofield on studying the effectiveness of LEED certification for helping buildings save energy. This expanded his previous research by looking at data from 10 cities across the U.S. and comparing the energy use of different groups of buildings, as well as considering the LEED points these buildings were awarded for energy efficiency. I used the program R extensively.

Takoma Park, Maryland

I researched energy use in commercial buildings in order to write a research paper which included a proposal for a potential solution to reduce energy use. I also helped with office tasks such as writing blog posts for the company’s website and helping create PowerPoints.

I tutored students having difficulty in Physics 212, Modern Physics. I met with them to go over homework and study for tests. Topics included relativity, waves, and basic quantum mechanics.

Norman, Oklahoma

I participated in an NSF REU in the Physics and Astronomy department at OU. I worked with Dr. Leighly on a new method she is creating for analyzing the spectra of active galactic nuclei. I analyzed a sample of quasars with broad absorption lines that specifically had phosphorus 5 lines to both test this new method and understand physical characteristics of these quasars such as black hole mass outflow rate and column density. I worked with two other students and we gave a 45 minute presentation of our results.

Oberlin, Ohio

I worked with Dr. Ijiri on testing the effectiveness of an inverted linear Halbach array for separating magnetic nanoparticles. The tests included pumping a solution of iron oxide particles suspended in toluene over the channel with varying concentrations of particles at varying heights above the array. The results were then collected in vials and tested in a vibrating sample magnetometer. I analyzed the results in Mathematica and made many comparative graphs and also wrote summary documents.

Built and painted sets for college and conservatory productions. Worked effectively both in groups and on independent projects. Managed time to successfully complete complicated work on a tight deadline.

Pleasanton, California

Studied surface energy and calculated its value for various materials. Performed experiments to find a method of plasma cleaning carbon grids in order to make them more hydrophilic so samples would spread more evenly. Gave a presentation on my results, which were then added to the plasma cleaner instruction manual.

Oberlin Ohio

Researched the history of how World War II affected Oberlin, in preparation for an event, by going through old newspapers.

Helped plan events to get teens and the community at large involved with the museum. Led tours about the museum’s architecture and exhibitions. Worked with the Development department; including working at events, researching, and writing a prospectus on a future exhibit that was sent to potential donors. Interacted enthusiastically and responsibly with the public while working in coat check to create a welcoming environment

Helped in classes with children in second, third, and fourth grades. Worked with kids on activities in small groups. Led the class when the teacher was busy or absent. Planned and led a few lessons per year. Participated in staff meetings focused on how to better educate children and get them excited about and interested in the material.

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics

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