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diff --git a/public/ThompsonBlaiseCV.pdf b/public/ThompsonBlaiseCV.pdf
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diff --git a/public/ThompsonBlaiseCV.tex b/public/ThompsonBlaiseCV.tex
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--- a/public/ThompsonBlaiseCV.tex
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@@ -15,26 +15,27 @@
 
 \begin{rSection}{Education}
   \begin{rSubsection}{University of Wisconsin-Madison}{2011 - 2018}{}{}
-    \item PhD, Analytical Chemistry (GPA: 3.82/4.00)
+    \item Ph.D.; Analytical Chemistry %(GPA: 3.82/4.00)
   \end{rSubsection}
   \begin{rSubsection}{Bates College}{2007 - 2011}{}{}
-    \item Major: Chemistry, Minor: Philosophy (GPA: 3.19/4.00)
+    \item B.S.; Major: Chemistry, Minor: Philosophy %(GPA: 3.19/4.00)
   \end{rSubsection}
 \end{rSection}
 
 \begin{rSection}{Experience}
   \begin{rSubsection}{Instrumentation Technologist}{2018 - Present}
     {UW-Madison Chemistry}{Madison WI}
-    \item Managed an instrumental ``makerspace'' for the Chemistry department.
-    \item Maintained an inventory of over 1000 electronic components.
-    \item Served as a mentor to graduate students and undergrads who undertook instrumental design
-      projects.
-    \item Created custom scientific instrumentation for researchers and educators
-      throughout the department.
+    \item Manage an instrumental ``makerspace'' for the Chemistry department.
+    \item Create custom scientific instrumentation for researchers and educators.
+    \item Serve as a mentor to students undertaking instrumental design projects.
+    \item Maintain an inventory of over 1000 electronic components.
+    \item Manage multiple student workers assisting with shop jobs and upkeep.
+    \item Contribute to open-source software for instrumentation control.
+    \item Participate in writing, submitting, and reviewing scientific papers.
   \end{rSubsection}
   \begin{rSubsection}{Graduate Research Assistant}{2011 - 2018}
     {John C. Wright Group - ultrafast materials spectroscopy}{Madison WI}
-    \item \emph{Development of Frequency Domain Multidimensional Spectroscopy with \\
+    \item Dissertation: \emph{Development of Frequency Domain Multidimensional Spectroscopy with \\
     Applications in Semiconductor Photophysics}
     [\href{https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ik2aaVaT-60R2KSATaFOlG5qDiR_xRze}{PDF}]
     \item Designed and constructed software tools to collect and process multidimensional spectra.
@@ -44,20 +45,17 @@
   \end{rSubsection}
   \begin{rSubsection}{Undergraduate Researcher}{2009 - 2011}
     {Matthew J. Cote Group - microscopy and plasmonics}{Lewiston ME}
-    \item \emph{Investigating Plasmons with Total Internal Reflection Microscopy}
+    \item Thesis: \emph{Investigating Plasmons with Total Internal Reflection Microscopy}
     [\href{https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JdEK-6CLoGlacotAfR2IGDwonyUMM7uB}{PDF}]
     \item Designed and constructed a combined total internal reflection / atomic force microscope.
-    \item Coordinated work with my advisor and other staff and faculty.
   \end{rSubsection}
   \begin{rSubsection}{Undergraduate Researcher}{2008}
     {Michael Dailey Group - neuroscience}{Iowa City IA}
-    \item Dissected and prepared mouse brain samples for in-vivo microglial imaging studies.
-    \item Trained to utilize confocal microscopy setup.
+    \item Dissected and prepared mouse brain samples for in vivo microglial imaging studies.
   \end{rSubsection}
   \begin{rSubsection}{High School Researcher}{2007}
     {Peter L. Nagy Group - epigenetics}{Iowa City IA}
-    \item Designed and created plasmid, taught myself techniques from from reference materials.
-    \item Inserted plasmid into yeast.
+    \item Designed created, and inserted plasmid into yeast.
   \end{rSubsection}
 \end{rSection}
 
@@ -66,7 +64,12 @@
 \begin{rSection}{Publications \MakeLowercase{(see \href{http://cv.blaise.zone/\#publications}{my online CV} for more context)}}
   \begin{etaremune}[leftmargin = 1.75em]
     \item
+      \textit{Submitted:} Salazar, C.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}; Knapp, S.; Myers, S.; \& Stahl, S. S.
+      Multichannel Gas-Uptake/Evolution Reactor for Monitoring Liquid-Phase Chemical Reactions
+      \textit{Review of Scientific Instruments}
+    \item
       Ravindran, P.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}; Soares, R. K. \& Wiedenhoeft, A. C.
+      (2020)
       The XyloTron: Flexible, Open-Source, Image-Based Macroscopic Field Identification of Wood Products
       \textit{Frontiers in Plant Science}, 11:1015. \\
       \href{https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01015}{doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01015}
@@ -199,8 +202,8 @@
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 \begin{rSection}{Teaching Experience}
-  \begin{rSubsection}{Graduate Chemical Instrumentation: Design \& Control (Electronics)}{2017, 2019 - 2020}
-    {Teaching Assistant, 1 semester. Lab Manager, 2 semesters.}{UW-Madison}
+  \begin{rSubsection}{Graduate Chemical Instrumentation: Design \& Control (Electronics)}{2017, 2019 - 2021}
+    {Teaching Assistant, 1 semester. Lab Manager, 3 semesters.}{UW-Madison}
     \item Led laboratory section of course.
     \item Introduced graduate students to basic electronics skills such as bread-boarding,
       oscilloscope usage, \\ component choice and enclosure design and construction.
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@
       homework review sessions.
     \item Lectured in professor's absence.
     \item Switched course from mathcad to Python using Jupyter Notebooks, introducing \\
-      first-year graduate students to scrip-based programming.
+      first-year graduate students to script-based programming.
     \item Received James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award.
   \end{rSubsection}
   \begin{rSubsection}{Undergraduate Research Mentor}{2012 - 2013, 2015 - 2017}
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@
 \pagebreak
 
 \begin{rSection}{Service Activites \& Community Involvement}
-  \begin{rSubsection}{Science Olympiad}{2019 - 2020}
+  \begin{rSubsection}{Science Olympiad}{2019 - 2021}
     {Coach}{Madison WI}
     \item Lead ``mechatronics'' section of region-wide science and engineering competition for \\
       middle- and high-school students (2019).
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@
     \item Winning team proceeded to national competition.
  \end{rSubsection}
  \begin{rSubsection}{Plasma Group Python Introduction}{2017}{Assistant}{UW-Madison}
-    \item Helped introduce a group of Faculty and Graduate Students in Physics to Python.
+    \item Helped introduce a group of faculty and graduate Students in Physics to Python.
     \item Created lesson sections and chose topics.
     \item Group was switching to Python from IDL.
     \item Introduction consisted of weekly meetings across several months.
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+<h3>appearance on US-RSE podcast</h3>
+
+<p class="tab30px">
+In February 2021 I appeared as a guest on the Podcast of the The US Research Software Engineer Association.
+I was interviewed to provide a my perspective on the intersection between traditional research "shops" and emerging research software engineer positions.
+<a href="https://us-rse.org/rse-stories/2021/blaise-thompson/">This podcast is avaliable for anyone to listen to.</a>
+</p>
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