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From: Blaise Thompson <blaise@untzag.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:20:25 -0500
Subject: 2018-06-11 21:20

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-\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}
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-\begin{document}
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-\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
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-\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}
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-\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}
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-\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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