Experience

Azimuth Corporation
• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research Scientist

  • Sep 2018 - Present


Riverside Research

• United States
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Member of the Research Staff

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2018

  Worked on a DARPA funded project investigating side channel analysis of microcontrollers for cyber security. Wrote and edited technical reports for DARPA. Setup, aligned and performed measurements on home-built optical interferometer system. Developed LabVIEW programs for data acquisition and scanning measurements Developed Matlab scripts to process and analyze data Worked on a DARPA funded project investigating side channel analysis of microcontrollers for cyber security. Wrote and edited technical reports for DARPA. Setup, aligned and performed measurements on home-built optical interferometer system. Developed LabVIEW programs for data acquisition and scanning measurements Developed Matlab scripts to process and analyze data



Case Western Reserve University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2011 - 2017

  Most of my projects involved studying the optical properties of single photon sources using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Originally, I studied single colloidal quantum dots, focusing on photoluminescence excitation measurements, fluorescence intermittency and effects in large electric fields. Eventually, I moved on to studying the spin energy levels of a unique fluorescent diamond defect (nitrogen-vacancy center) for quantum sensing and quantum computing applications. The NV center is a quantum bit that can be coherently controlled at room temperature using a 532nm laser and microwaves. Its spin state is measured optically via its spin-dependent photoluminescence. The technique to control and measure the NV spin is called optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) which has the same physical concepts as MRI physics. I performed (and built) most experiments on a multifunctional system that combines scanning confocal microscopy, geometrical optics, a time-correlated single photon counter, AOM, RF signal generator, DDG, Arb. function generator, various lasers, and EMCCD camera/spectrometer. I used labview to control and synchronize all the instruments. The pictures below show the lab I worked in and help build. Show less