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Resume

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Experience

  • Senior Research Engineer: Developing microrobotics, micromanipulation, and VLF communication at SRI International
  • Postdoc: Developing optically levitated gyroscopes at Stanford (Starting 2/15/19)
  • Graduate Research Assistant: Developed optically levitated sensors for 5.5+ years
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant: 8 quarters of teaching experience
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant: Developed a time projection chamber to detect trace radioactivity for dark matter experiments

Technical Skills

  • Signal Processing: Stochastic signal processing, filtering, matched filtering, signal detection, frequency domain analysis
  • Programming: Python, C++, MATLAB, version control with Git, Mathematica
  • Mathematics: Detection and estimation theory, linear algebra, numerical optimization of convex and non-convex functions
  • Communications: Link budget analysis, channel capacity, electromagnetic propagation, VLF/ELF communications
  • Research: Problem solving, critical thinking, literature review, independent research
  • Machine/Deep Learning: scikit-learn, TensorFlow
  • Statistics: Maximum-likelihood estimation, Bayesian inference, P-value calculation, Monte Carlo simulations
  • Linux: Unix-based command line tools
  • Teamwork: Collaborate in team settings to solve complex problems

Education

  • Stanford, 2013 – 2019
    • Ph.D. in Physics, 3.9 GPA
  • Caltech, 2009 – 2013
    • B. S. in Physics with Honors, 4.0 GPA

Awards and Honors

  • SRI Spot Award (2020, 2021, 2023)
    • Recognized for outstanding performance on field demos and information security.
  • Stanford Graduate Fellowship (2015 – 2017)
    • Awarded to 1 of 100 out of nearly 10,000 graduate students for exceptional academic and research performance.
  • Featured in Quanta Magazine and mentioned in Wired Magazine (2016)

Publications

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