Experience

MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Research Scientist

  • Aug 2021 - Present



MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist and Group Leader

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  I am a research scientist and group leader in the Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group at the Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT. I perform research and lead projects in the areas of nanophotonics, ultrafast and strong-field science, nano-vacuum electronics, and free-electron devices and related physics, including free-electron light-sources and electron microscopy. In 2018 I was awarded a three-year young-investigator grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to… Show more I am a research scientist and group leader in the Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group at the Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT. I perform research and lead projects in the areas of nanophotonics, ultrafast and strong-field science, nano-vacuum electronics, and free-electron devices and related physics, including free-electron light-sources and electron microscopy. In 2018 I was awarded a three-year young-investigator grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study petahertz-level processing of optical fields using optical-field emission from plasmonic nanostructures.

• Research Scientist

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2018

  In the Ultrafast Optics and X-Rays group I led several projects for the development of ultrafast laser sources, the development of novel, ultrafast optoelectronics for carrier-envelope-phase detection, and full quantum characterization of attosecond electron wavepackets. I supervised undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-docs on these projects. Working with these students, I also contributed my own technical research.



Wentworth Institute of Technology

• Visiting Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  While at Wentworth I was been responsible for developing courses and labs in areas such as electronics and electromagnetics. I also supervised an undergraduate research project aiming to design a low-cost, compact photolithography bench. While at Wentworth I was been responsible for developing courses and labs in areas such as electronics and electromagnetics. I also supervised an undergraduate research project aiming to design a low-cost, compact photolithography bench.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant/PhD Student

  • Sep 2009 - Aug 2015

  Experimentally characterized, designed and modeled ultrafast, strong-field electron emission from nanostructures. Built vacuum apparatus for electron/XUV spectroscopy. Developed experimental apparatus and algorithms for measuring attosecond pulses of EUV light. Experimentally characterized, designed and modeled ultrafast, strong-field electron emission from nanostructures. Built vacuum apparatus for electron/XUV spectroscopy. Developed experimental apparatus and algorithms for measuring attosecond pulses of EUV light.



Wentworth Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Taught a course on electromagnetic field theory. Covered basics of Maxwells equations from statics to propagating waves in media. Taught a course on electromagnetic field theory. Covered basics of Maxwells equations from statics to propagating waves in media.



University of Kentucky

• Research Assistant/Masters Student

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2009

  Designed surface plasmon resonance sensors for biological sensors. Developed experimental testing devices for tracking plasmon resonances. Developed models for streamlining design and analysis of plasmonic systems.

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Worked on flow cell for housing and testing plasmonic resonance sensors. Developed process for sputtering thin films of teflon FEP for making low-index films (n~1.4) on both glass and silicon. Used spectroscopic ellipsometry to characterize and study the films and deposition process.



University of Kentucky - Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering

• Lexington, Kentucky, USA

• Lab Technician

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Part-time position where I maintained lab equipment in the center for nanoscale science and engineering at the University of Kentucky. This involved maintaining deposition equipment (sputtering systems, evaporators, atomic layer deposition unit, etc...), photolithography equipment, and training new students in the laboratory on how to use such equipment. Part-time position where I maintained lab equipment in the center for nanoscale science and engineering at the University of Kentucky. This involved maintaining deposition equipment (sputtering systems, evaporators, atomic layer deposition unit, etc...), photolithography equipment, and training new students in the laboratory on how to use such equipment.