Skills

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Laboratory & Mechanical

System Design: Experience designing, building, and repairing custom microwave and optical spectrometers and accompanying support systems (recirculating chiller, vacuum pumps, ect.)

Characterization and Analysis: Nonlinear optics and ultrafast spectroscopy (VSFS, CARS, SRS). IR, Raman, & UV-Vis spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, FRET, NMR, XRR, chromatography, cyclic voltammetry

Equipment and Methods: surface tensiometry (pendant drop and Wilhelmy plate), distillation and rotary Evaporation, spin casting, hydrofluoric acid (HF) etching, thermal vapor deposition, high temperature annealing

Other: Structural and electrical soldering, Machining (including use of lathes and drill presses), Mechanical and tech repair, Plumbing water, gas, & vacuum lines


Computer & Software

Operating Systems: Linux/Unix, Mac, & Windows

High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster Software: Portable Batch System (PBS) & Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM)

General Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Final Cut Pro)

Web Design: WordPress, Squarespace

Coding Languages: Python, Fortran, Bash, & Igor Pro

Graphing/Scientific: Origin, Igor Pro, ChemDraw, Mathcad, Matlab, LabVIEW

Computational Chemistry: Amber, Gromacs, Spartan, & Gaussian

Analysis & fitting: SPCAT, SPFIT, SVIEW, & ASCP (rotational spectroscopy), Bede Refs (XRR) and NanoScope (AFM)