Education:

    B.A. in Physics (6/92) from the University of California at Santa Cruz

    M.S. in Physics (5/99) from San Francisco State University where I focused on solid state theory.

    Other courses of interest:
            I have taken six years of French language studies where I focused on comprehension and written French and two years of Film/Video experience where I focused on cinematography, directing, and animation. On the more technical side, I have taken computational physics where I developed known algorithms from scratch to deal with mathematical functions, digital electronics where I built a simple computer using a M68000 microprocessor, off-the-shelf gates, and electronics components, and analog electronics.

• Two years as a Research Assistant (5/97 - 6/99) at San Francisco State University's Thin Film Lab. A Physics laboratory where I was responsible for the completion of various research projects involving wafer processing equipment and liquid Helium refrigerators. This required the purchasing, assembly, and maintenance of numerous pieces of equipment (partial list at bottom).

• One and a half years as a Teaching Associate (1/96 - 6/97) in Physics at SFSU where I taught several general calculus and pre-calculus based Physics lab courses.

• One summer as a Production Assistant (6/96 - 8/96) at CTB/McGraw-Hill where I assisted in the production of testing materials utilizing publishing, checking content of test questions, and other production issues.

• Nearly two and a half years as a Systems Engineer (11/92 - 1/95) at Lockheed Technical Operations Company in Sunnyvale, responsible for programming, data analysis, and planning.

Noteworthy Skills:

     Programming:  These are computer languages that I have programmed in:  C, C++, BASIC, and some Assembler.

     Interpretive and scripting languages that I have experience in are HTML, LaTex, Mathematica, MATLAB, Maple, Applescript, C script, BASIC, and Hypertext.

     Operating systems that I have experience in are Solaris, Macintosh, Windows NT, Windows 98, LinuxPPC, and UNIX.

    Graphics and Film:  I am experienced in Film cinematography, editing, and directing. I also have experience in most aspects of photography including developing and digital editing. Also, I have done design work for numerous organizations including, most recently, the SFSU Physics and Astronomy graduation committee.

    Equipment Used:  Prometrix OmniMap, Dektak Profilometer, Solitec Photolithography Spinner, metallized and non-metallized wet benches, a sputtering rig with US Gun II magnetrons using DC and RF power supplies, high vacuum pumping systems, liquid Helium refrigerators, ETEC Scanning Electron Microscope, and a Nanospec.