C. V.

Education:

• Ph.D. Student, June 2003-Present
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  
• B.S., May 2003, with High Distinction
  Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH

Research Experience:

• June 2003-Present: Research Assistant, MIT Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics
  Advisor: Isaac Chuang, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
  Topic: Experimental implementations of quantum information processing in atomic ion and nuclear spin systems.
• Oct. 2006- Dec. 2006, Apr.-Jun. and Sep.-Dec. 2007: Guest researcher, Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Innsbruck, Austria
  Advisors: Hartmut Häffner and Rainer Blatt
  Topic: Charge-coupled ion traps for quantum computation
• Sept. 2001- May 2003: Undergraduate researcher, Ohio Northern University
  Advisor: Jeffrey Gray, Professor of Chemistry
  Topic: Laser spectroscopy of cold gas-phase diatomic molecules. Measured rotational spectra and radiative lifetimes of PtH and observed quantum beats in OH.
• June 2002- Aug. 2002: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Ohio State
  Advisor: Terry Miller, Ohio Eminent Scholar, Professor of Chemistry
  Topic: Laser induced fluorescence and dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy of CCl₂, computations of the spin-orbit and Jahn-Teller effects in Ag₃.
• May 2001- Aug. 2001: REU at Michigan State
  Advisor: Phil Duxbury, Professor of Physics
  Topic: Computation of threshold fields in variable resistors using shortest path algorithms.
• May 2000- Aug. 2000: REU at the University of Florida
  Advisor: David Tanner, Professor of Physics
  Topic: IR/Vis spectroscopy to characterize electrochromic properties of doped conducting polymers.

Awards:

• Ohio Northern Presidental Scholarship (highest award granted freshmen)
• Ohio Academic Scholar
• Honoraries: Phi Kappa Phi (academic), Sigma Pi Sigma (physics), Kappa Mu Epsilon (math), Kappa Kappa Psi (band)

Presentations:

• International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP), Storrs, CT, 2008, poster presentation on elliptical ion traps.
• APS March Meeting 2007, New Orleans, LA, on lattice ion traps.
• International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP), Innsbruck, Austria, 2006, poster presentation on planar ion traps.
• ICAP Satellite Meeting on Atomic Physics with Ion Traps, Innsbruck, Austria, 2006, poster and oral presentations on planar ion traps.
• APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) Meeting 2006, on loading planar pcb ion traps.
• American Phyical Society (APS) March Meeting 2004, on quantum simulation of the BCS model with NMR.
• International Molecular Spectroscopy Conference at Ohio State University, June 2003, on spectroscopy of CCl2.
• APS March metting 2002, on electrochromic polymers.
• Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Math Conference, March 2001, on numerical solution of a classical mechanics problem.
• ONU Sigma Xi poster session, first prize.

Other Professional Activities

• Participant at SQUINT Summer School and Retreat, July 7-10, 2005, at USC.
• Member, American Physical Society

Teaching Experience:

MIT:

• TA for atomic physics, 8.421.

Ohio Northern:

• Tutor for physics and math departments.
  
• TA for freshman chemistry labs.
  
• Grader for physics courses: freshman mechanics and E&M.

Extracurriculars:

• President, ONU Society of Physics Students (2 years)
• Vice President, Kappa Kappa Psi, Sigma Chapter (1 year)
• Coordinator, ONU Amnesty International (2 years)
• ONU Marching Band Percussion section leader (2 years)

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