Professional Experience
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Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
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2/2001 - present |
- Software Engineer working with software development tools for embedded and mobile computing devices.
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CAD-UL AG, Ulm, Germany
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8/2000 - 2/2001 |
- Technical Support Engineer and Field Application Engineer for embedded systems software development tools.
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University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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1999 - 2000 |
- Research Associate. Research in a team with researchers from other German and Russian universities.
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1995 - 1998 |
- Web administrator for a non-profit organization, contact person for questions concerning the use of various operating systems within a TCP/IP networking environment, installation of ethernet adapters and computer hardware.
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University of Texas at Austin, Texas
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1998 - 1999 |
- Teaching assistant for undergraduate physics laboratory courses. Taught and graded beginning and advanced undergraduate physics students.
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Theodor-Friedrich-Haus, Retirement Home and Nursing
Home, Haßloch/Pfalz, Germany
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1989 - 1991 |
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Education
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Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
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7/2000 |
- Postgraduate Certificate of Business Administration
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Department of Physics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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1999 - 2000 |
- Doctoral Candidate. Research in high-resolution fluorescence spectroscopy (PIFS) on atoms and molecules with synchrotron radiation.
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1991 - 1998 |
- Dipl.-Phys., Diplom in Physics, 7/1998, (MS in Physics with concentration in Computer Science).
Physics minor: Lasers and fs-pulses.
Research in high-resolution fluorescence spectroscopy on noble gas atoms at the Berlin Electron Storage Ring for Synchrotron Radiation (BESSY).
- Cand.-Phys., Vordiplom in Physics, 12/1993, (BS minus 1 year).
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Department of
Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Texas
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1998 - 1999 |
- Physics PhD graduate student.
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Technical Academy Southwest, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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3/1996 |
- Certificate of Competence in Radiation Safety.
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Department
of Physics, Lancaster University, England
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1994 - 1995 |
- Erasmus Exchange Student. Research on mechanical vibrations in superfluid 4He. Course sequence in computational physics and numerical methods.
Sponsored by the European Union and the European Physical Society.
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Qualifications
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Problem Resolution |
Design and installation of a detector setup to measure ultraviolet radiation beyond the cut-off wavelength of common UV window materials. Design of nitrogen based cooling system with electronic feedback loop. Participation in the design and setup of a beamline and a high-resolution monochromator at a major research institute. |
Programming |
Wrote and implemented programs for data analysis and data representation using Fortran, Pascal and C. Experience in numerical calculation. Completed course program in integrated circuit logic and computational physics. |
Team Spirit |
Worked in many different and international research teams. Was part of a rotating nursing shift in a retirement home. |
Communication |
Instructed laboratory courses. Presented research to general and technical audiences. Wrote scientific publications in English and German. |
Negotiation |
Experience with bidding processes. Negotiation with companies about specification, price, and design of vacuum components. |
Skills
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Computer: |
Programming: |
Fortran, Pascal, C, HTML, XML, some assembler & machine code |
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Operating Systems: |
DOS, MS Windows, OS/2, DEC VAX, Linux, and various Unix clones. |
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Applications: |
All major standard applications, LateX, Mathematica,
MatLAB, MicroCal Origin |
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Hardware: |
integrated circuit logic, testing, installation and support of embedded development tools with pre-release hardware development platforms |
Languages: |
English [fluent-99th percentile on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)], German (native speaker), Latin, French (basic) |
Science: |
Extensive experience in research and in the design and operation of optical components and vacuum components. |
Publications
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"Fine-structure selective predissociation of O2", Surface Review and Letters 9, 57-62 (2002)
"Fine-structure selectivity of neutral dissociation with excitation observed in O2", J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 34 No. 13 (2001).
"Photon-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (PIFS)", Nucl. Instr. Meth. in Phys. Res. A, Vol. 467-468, 1526-1528 (2001).
"A 10m-normal incidence monochromator at the quasi-periodic undulator U125-2 at BESSYII", Nucl. Instr. Meth. in Phys. Res. A, Vol. 467-8, 462-5 (2001).
"Neutral photodissociation of O2 Rydberg states accompanied by changes of the Rydberg electron's quantum numbers n and l ", Phys. Lett. A 267, 357-369 (2000).
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