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-% header information
-\name{Blaise J Thompson}
-\address{725 W Washington Ave. Apt. 306; Madison, WI 53715; USA}
-\address{1$\cdot$424$\cdot$225$\cdot$2493 \\ blaise@untzag.com \\
- \href{http://blaise.social/}{blaise.social}}
-\address{\today}
-
-\begin{document}
-
-\begin{rSection}{Education}
- \begin{rSubsection}{University of Wisconsin-Madison}{2011 - 2018}
- {PhD, Analytical Chemistry}{Madison WI}
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Bates College}{2007 - 2011}{BS, Chemistry; Minor, Philosophy; Concentration:
- Applying Mathematical Methods}{Lewiston ME}
- \end{rSubsection}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\begin{rSection}{Research Experience}
- \begin{rSubsection}{John C. Wright Group - ultrafast materials spectroscopy}{2011 - 2018}
- {Graduate Assistant}{Madison WI}
- \item \emph{Development of Frequency Domain Multidimensional Spectroscopy with \\
- Applications in Semiconductor Photophysics}
- [\href{https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ik2aaVaT-60R2KSATaFOlG5qDiR_xRze}{PDF}]
- \item Used ultrafast spectroscopy to research semiconductor systems, with a focus on solar
- energy \\ candidates.
- \item Designed and constructed software tools to collect and process multidimensional spectra.
- \item Designed and constructed optomechanical and electronic hardware.
- \item Developed novel algorithms to streamline optical parametric amplifier tuning procedures.
- \item Maintained and conducted experiments on a custom ultrafast laser system.
- \item Contributed to general-purpose multidimensional spectra modeling software.
- \item Taught younger students how to use instrumentation.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Matthew J. Cote Group - microscopy and plasmonics}{2009 - 2011}
- {Undergraduate Researcher}{Lewiston ME}
- \item \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}{Michael Dailey Group - neuroscience}{2008}{Undergraduate Researcher}
- {Iowa City IA}
- \item Dissected and prepared mouse brain samples for in-vivo microglial imaging studies.
- \item Trained to utilize confocal microscopy setup.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Peter L. Nagy Group - epigenetics}{2007}
- {High School Researcher}{Iowa City IA}
- \item Designed and created plasmid, taught myself techniques from from reference materials.
- \item Inserted plasmid into yeast.
- \end{rSubsection}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\clearpage
-
-\begin{rSection}{Publications}
- \begin{etaremune}[leftmargin = 1.75em]
- \item \textit{In preparation:}
- \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}; Sunden, K. F.; Morrow, D. K.; Neff-Mallon, N. A.
- \& Wright, J. C.
- WrightTools: A Python Package for Multidimensional Spectroscopy. \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Developed Python package as foundational tool for multidimensional
- data processing and analysis.}
- \item \textit{In preparation:}
- Kohler, D. D.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.} \& Wright, J. C.
- Global Analysis of Transient Grating and Transient Absorption of PbSe Quantum Dots. \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Developed and used model encompassing multiple data types.} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Used model to conclusively identify new physics within PbSe Quantum
- Dots.}
- \item \textit{In preparation:}
- Handali, J. D.; Neff-Mallon, N.; Sunden, K. F.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}; Brunold, T. C
- \& Wright, J. C.
- Mixed vibrational-electronic Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy Reveals the Electronic
- Structure of Co(III)balamins Cyanocobalamin and detuerated Aquacobalamin. \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Three dimensional fully coherent frequency domain experiment.} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Experiment enabled by hardware and software enhancements.}
- \item \textit{In preparation:}
- Kohler, D. D., \textbf{Thompson, B. J.} \& Wright, J. C.
- Coherent multidimensional spectroscopy and the role of solvent: colloidal PbSe quantum dots
- as an example. \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Used standard dilution method to extract nonlinear optical constants
- quantitatively.} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Compared measurements with prior quantitative work.}
- \item Horak, E. H.; Rea, M. T.; Heylman, K. D.; Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, D.; Saikin, S. K.;
- \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}; Kohler, D. D.; Knapper, K. A.; Wei, W.; Pan, F.; Gopalan, P.;
- Wright, J. C.; Aspuru-Guzik, A. \& Goldsmith, Randall H.
- (2018)
- Exploring Electronic Structure and Order in Polymers via Single-Particle Microresonator
- Spectroscopy.
- \textit{Nano Letters}, in press
- \href{https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04211}{doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04211} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Performed three-pulse photon echo experiments on a conductive
- polymer.} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Developed model and performed lineshape analysis to interrogate
- ultrafast processes in the material.} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Raw data and code freely available at
- \href{https://osf.io/bs8pr/}{osf.io/bs8pr}.}
- \item Kohler, D. D.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.} \& Wright, J. C.
- (2017)
- Frequency-domain coherent multidimensional spectroscopy when dephasing rivals pulsewidth:
- Disentangling material and instrument response.
- \textit{The Journal of Chemical Physics}, 147(8), 84202.
- \href{https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4986069}{doi:10.1063/1.4986069} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Applied numerical model to simple system to explore artifacts of
- mixed-domain nonlinear spectroscopy.} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Defined new strategies to extract desired information despite these
- artifacts.} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Raw data and code freely available at
- \href{https://osf.io/ej2xe/}{osf.io/ej2xe}}
- \item Czech, K. J.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}; Kain, S.; Ding, Q.; Shearer, M. J.; Hamers,
- R. J.; Jin, S. \& Wright, J. C.
- (2015)
- Measurement of Ultrafast Excitonic Dynamics of Few-Layer MoS$_2$ Using State-Selective
- Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy.
- \textit{ACS Nano}, 9(12), 12146–12157.
- \href{https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b05198}{doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b05198} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Analyzed three-dimensional frequency-frequency-delay transient grating
- data.}
- \item Fu, Y.; Meng, F.; Rowley, M. B.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}; Shearer, M. J.;
- Ma, D.; Hamers, R. J.; Wright J. C. \& Jin, S.
- (2015)
- Solution Growth of Single Crystal Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanostructures for
- Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Applications.
- \textit{Journal of the American Chemical Society}, 137(17), 5810–5818.
- \href{https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b02651}{doi:10.1021/jacs.5b02651} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Performed transient reflectance spectroscopy.}
- \item Cabán-Acevedo, M.; Kaiser, N. S.; English, C. R.; Liang, D.; \textbf{Thompson, B. J.};
- Chen, H.-E.; Czech, K. C.; Wright, J. C.; Hamers, R. J. \& Jin, S.
- (2014)
- Ionization of High-Density Deep Donor Defect States Explains the Low
- Photovoltage of Iron Pyrite Single Crystals.
- \textit{Journal of the American Chemical Society}, 136(49), 17163–17179.
- \href{https://doi.org/10.1021/ja509142w}{doi:10.1021/ja509142w} \\
- $\rightarrow\,$\textit{Performed transient reflectance spectroscopy.}
- \end{etaremune}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\clearpage
-
-\begin{rSection}{Projects (\MakeLowercase{see my github at}
- \href{https://github.com/untzag}{\MakeLowercase{github.com/untzag}})}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Creator: \href{http://wright.tools}{WrightTools}}{2014 - Present}
- {Tools for loading, processing, and plotting multidimensional spectroscopy data.}{}
- \item Single processing toolkit for wide variety of instrumental data, built to be extensible
- as more data-types become relevant.
- \item Offers specialized interactions, such as transformations, that are particularly suited to
- multidimensional spectroscopy.
- \item Online documentation through Sphinx and ReadTheDocs
- (\href{http://wright.tools}{http://wright.tools}).
- \item Project managed with several graduate student and undergraduate contributors, active
- issue tracking, version control and an extensive testing suite.
- \item Central package used as a data management pipeline by other packages simulating and
- acquiring multidimensional spectra.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Creator: \href{https://github.com/wright-group/PyCMDS}{PyCMDS}}
- {2015 - Present}
- {Unified software for controlling hardware and collecting data in the Wright group.}{}
- \item Supplies modular hardware control, calibration, and orchestration during complex,
- long-lasting CMDS experiments.
- \item Provides interface to optomechanical hardware from a variety of manufacturers, including
- National Instruments, Thorlabs, Horiba, Newport, and Aerotech. Also controls hardware built
- and customized in-house.
- \item Focuses on seamless user experience with advanced integrations such as automatic data
- backup and notification via Slack.
- \item In conjunction with contemporaneous hardware improvements, algorithmic improvements in
- acquisition strategy increased scan rate by up to two orders of magnitude over previous
- software.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Creator: \href{https://github.com/wright-group/FilterWheels}{automated filter
- wheel assembly}}{2017}{Automated optical filter assembly.}{}
- \item Allows for new experimental degrees of freedom within the Wright group.
- \item Designed (using Autodesk Inventor) and constructed (in collaboration with the department
- machine, electronics shops) custom chassis.
- \item Designed custom circuit board using KiCad, ordered supplies from appropriate online
- retailers.
- \item Designed and implemented serial interface and Arduino firmware, including semi-syncronus
- motion \\ low-level C++ string processing, and microstepping control for enhanced acquisition
- time efficiency.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Creator: \href{https://github.com/untzag/tidy_headers}{tidy\_headers}}{2017}
- {Rapidly write data from python to plain text, and back again.}{}
- \item Dependency of larger projects like WrightTools, and used directly for custom
- applications.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Cocreator: \href{https://github.com/wright-group/WrightSim}{WrightSim}}{2017 -
- Present}
- {Efficient, flexable simulation package for multidimensional spectroscopy.}{}
- \item Uses Liouville's theorem to numerically simulate nonlinear spectroscopy.
- \item I was also a principle contributor to the predecessor of WrightSim,
- \href{https://github.com/wright-group/NISE}{NISE}.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Contributor: InGaAs array}{2015 - 2016}
- {Quickly and cheaply acquire near-infrared pulse spectra.}{}
- \item Wrote firmware to handle serial communication between ADC, acquisition software.
- \item Used advanced features such as watchdog timers to handle unexpected timing and
- communication problems.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Contributor: \href{https://github.com/dib-lab/osf-cli}{osfclient}}{2017}
- {A python library and command-line client for file storage within the Open Science Framework.}{}
- \item Added Windows functionality, assisted in various debugging efforts in early version of
- osfcli.
- \end{rSubsection}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\clearpage
-
-\begin{rSection}{Presentations}
- \begin{etaremune}[leftmargin = 1.75 em]
- \item \textit{Presentation:} \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}
- Nonlinear Multidimensional Spectroscopy.
- (2017)
- \textit{Chaos and Complexity Seminar.}
- Madison, WI USA
- \href{https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UWnfb_HsGg7ay7mKl2qscoikOWQsZRNl}{[PDF]}
- \item \textit{Poster:}
- \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}
- A Robust, Fully Automated Algorithm to Collect High Quality OPA Tuning Curves.
- (2016)
- \textit{CMDS 2016.}
- Groningen, the Netherlands
- \href{https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hKj5MW_ms2d92Zj-Q06PTVIVBvIqfN3C}{[PDF]}
- \item \textit{Poster:}
- \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}
- Utilizing Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy to Investigate Nanomaterials for Solar
- Energy Generation.
- (2012)
- \textit{Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference'}.
- Madison, WI USA
- \item \textit{Poster:}
- \textbf{Thompson, B. J.}
- Spectroscpic Investigation of Plasmonic Nanoparticles.
- (2011)
- \textit{Bates College Mount David Summit.}
- Lewiston, ME USA
- \end{etaremune}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\begin{rSection}{Awards \& Honors}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Roger Carlson Award}{2017}{}{}
- \item Awarded by the University of Wisconsin Chemistry department for excellence in research.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award}{2016}{}{}
- \item Selected by University of Wisconsin Chemistry students and faculty as one of the most
- outstanding \\ Teaching Assistants of the 2015-2016 School Year.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Rodney F. Johonnot Graduate Award}{2011}{}{}
- \item Selected by Bates College faculty as most deserving of aid in furthering his or her
- studies \\ in professional or postgraduate work.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Bates College Key}{2011}{}{}
- \item Awarded by Bates College faculty and staff to 20 students in each graduating class \\
- based on academic standing, character, campus and community service, leadership, and future
- promise.
- \end{rSubsection}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\begin{rSection}{Skills \& Specialties}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Analytical Techniques}{}{}{}
- \item Spectroscopy: Raman / IR / UV-VIS / NMR
- \item Ultrafast Spectroscopy: Pump Probe / CMDS
- \item General purpose analytical techinques: electrochemistry, mass spectrometry, chromatography
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Hardware}{}{}{}
- \item Circuit prototyping (KiCad, ExpressPCB), construction
- \item Interconnect choice, enclosure design and construction
- \item Basic machining: milling machine, drill press, band/rotary saw
- \item Microprocessors: Arduino, MicroPython, AVR
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Software}{}{}{}
- \item Python (SciPy, PyPI/Anaconda, micropython)
- \item git
- \item Qt
- \item LaTeX
- \item LabView
- \item Basic C, C++ (mostly in context of firmware or drivers)
- \end{rSubsection}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\clearpage
-
-\begin{rSection}{Teaching Experience}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Fundamentals of Analytical Science (Quantitative Analysis)}{2018}
- {Teaching Assistant, 1 semester}{UW-Madison}
- \item Led laboratory and discussion sections for honors section.
- \item Prepared worksheets and homework keys.
- \item Contributed to staff notes for future teaching assistants.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Graduate Chemical Instrumentation: Design \& Control (Electronics)}{2017}
- {Teaching Assistant, 1 semester}{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.
- \item Assisted students during extended independent instrument design and construction.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Graduate Instrumental Analysis}{2012, 2015}{Teaching Assistant, 2
- semesters}{UW-Madison}
- \item Led laboratory section of course.
- \item Prepared homework assignments and led
- 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.
- \item Received James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Undergraduate Research Mentor}{2012 - 2013, 2015 - 2017}
- {6 semesters}{UW-Madison}
- \item Designed appropriate experiments that were complementary to my own research.
- \item Introduced undergraduates to spectroscopy, programming, and instrument design.
- \item Advised students in coursework and future directions.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{General Chemistry II}{2011, 2012}{Teaching Assistant, 2
- semesters}{UW-Madison}
- \item Coordinated two sections---total of $\sim50$ students in each semester.
- \item Led labs.
- \item Designed and led discussion sections.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{General Chemistry I}{2010, 2011}{Peer Science Leader, 2 semesters}
- {Bates College}
- \item Designed and led class-wide review sessions for General Chemistry.
- \item Assisted in first trials of new peer leadership program at Bates College.
- \item Attended regular meetings to share teaching strategies with other peer leaders.
- \end{rSubsection}
-\end{rSection}
-
-\pagebreak
-
-\begin{rSection}{Service Activites \& Community Involvement}
- \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 Created lesson sections and chose topics.
- \item Group was switching to Python from IDL.
- \item Introduction consisted of weekly meetings across several months.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE)}
- {2017}{Volunteer}{Madison WI}
- \item Taught disadvantaged high school students about electronics, science and what it is like
- to be \\ an analytical chemist.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Wisconsin Middle School Science Bowl}{2017}{Scientific Judge}{Madison WI}
- \item Judged middle school students in statewide science-knowledge competition.
- \item Winning team proceeded to national competition.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{McElvain Committee}{2013 - 2014}{Member}{UW-Madison}
- \item Graduate student committee to choose seminar speakers.
- \end{rSubsection}
- \begin{rSubsection}{Freewill Folk Society}{2008 - 2011}{President}{Bates College}
- \item Contradance club, offering alcohol-free community-engaging social activity to the college.
- \item Reorganized club structure, recruited other students to new club positions.
- \item Organized monthly folk dances, bringing in bands and callers.
- \end{rSubsection}
-\end{rSection}
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