computational Physicist with statistics software development expertise

PERSONAL

*********@***.*** **** S. Old Oak Drive

US Citizen Beavercreek, OH 45431

937-***-**** (h) 937-***-**** (c)

OBJECTIVE

A computational Statistical development / research opportunity to use my experience in Statistics, Physics & Software development while working one on one with the scientists and engineers of tomorrow as a mentor.

OVERVIEW

A physicist with a broad background that includes both practical application and theoretical training. Experience as a team leader theoretical physicist, statistical analyst, scientific programmer, researcher, academic educator, and mentor. Comfortable at a computer keyboard whether personally architecting applications or executing algorithms to analyze both scientific and business data.

EDUCATION

M.S., Applied Statistics,Senior Graduate Student, Wright State University Fairborn, OH

Ph.D. Physics UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Chicago, IL

Theoretical solid state physics with an emphasis on stochastic analysis and computer modeling.

MS Physics INDORE UNIVERSITY Indore, MP, India

Specialization in theoretical & experimental atomic and molecular Spectroscopy

BS VIKRAM UNIVERSITY Ujjain, MP, India

Concentration in Scientific fields: Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry.

EXPERIENCE

GOVERNMENT & Industry

Senior Engineer software Development o4/13-10/13

Environmental Engineer

07/06 - 08/07

Scientific Simulation Systems, Dayton, OH 45402

Responsible for acquisition, testing and evaluating software. Developed user Interface and tested acquired scientific software for company.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cincinnati, OH

Worked with a team of scientists on modeling Quantitative Structural Activity Relationship (QSAR) project at Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cincinnati, OH office, as a contractor from Pegasus Technical Services. The project was aimed at developing a web based tool to predict the toxicity of chemicals based on the chemical structure using the QSAR coefficients calculated by statistical and genetic algorithm methods. Developed in Java, MPI & XML, it ran on Linux distributed system.

Consultant

02/06 – 04/06

L’Oreal Research Institute for Ethnic Hair and Skincare Chicago, IL

Performed the Statistical analysis on experimental data for hair and skin care product research.

Research Scientist

07/02 – 01/03

Research Scientist, Mission Research Corporation Dayton, OH

Implemented the ‘Addition of Sub-harmonics’ method for studying the effect of low frequencies on the imaging process in turbulent atmosphere in C++ and then integrated it with the WaveTrain software package, which was used to study the effects of low frequencies on laser beam propagation in turbulent atmosphere in MATLAB.

Application Engineer

07/98 – 08/01

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Fairborn, OH

Worked on several projects for US Defense Department to support and modernize the Stock Control System using C++ in windows environment; Oversaw analysis, design, testing and implementation phase of many projects and was involved in the lifecycle of some projects.

SAS Consultant

06/96 – 10/96

ClinTrials Research Corporation Research Triangle Park, NC

Performed the Statistical analysis on experimental data for hair and skin care product research.

Scientist

91 – 92

Wright Laboratory, Materials Lab Optics Division WPAFB, OH

Developed software for studying the behavior of surface atoms on thin film of Gallium Arsenide and calculated the parameters for simulating the Molecular Beam Epitaxial (MBE) Growth of GaAs and Silicon surfaces.

Consultant & Research Associate

69 – 83

Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL

Worked as consultant in Environmental Impact Studies (EIS), High Energy Physics (HEP), Material Science Division (MSD) and Reactor Physics divisions at Argonne National Laboratory. Designed and developed software in FORTRAN to solve many scientific problems such as Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS) design and temperature distribution simulation in Nuclear Fuel Pallets in direct electrical heating experiments and other material science problems; Used SAS and COBOL to write software for business applications. Analyzed and modeled the data on Radioactivity distribution around a uranium mine, the study of chemical toxicity in fish population.

Developed Tight-Binding, OPW method for Transition metals, Scandium electronic structure calculations. Used the density-functional theory, APW method and worked on electron – hole liquid problem in solid-state science division. Modeled the electron-phonon-interaction contribution to superconductivity phenomenon using the electronic structure in noble metals (PhD Thesis).

EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITIES & ACADEMIA

2003 to present

Wright State University Dayton, OH

Professional development in the fields of Statistics, computer modeling, biomedical sciences. Tutoring Mathematics, Statistics to under graduate students at Math Learning Center of WSU.

Adjunct Faculty

93 – 96

Wright State University, Physics Department Fairborn, OH

Instructed a calculus-based Engineering Physics course to undergraduate students. Worked as a Research Scientist and Contractor for the Toxicology Division of Armstrong Laboratory and carried out Risk Assessment studies using SAS & developed Benchmark Dose method for accessing the toxicity of Trichloroethylene (TCE). Taught Environmental and Organic Chemistry courses to undergraduate students in Wilmington College, OH.

Assistant Professor

87 – 92

Kent State University, Physics Department Warren, OH

Instructed undergraduate students in Physics; supervised and setup the laboratories, supervised lab assistants; managed department; conducted scientific research; Designed and developed software for calculating the electronic structure of materials using the ‘Steepest Decent Technique’ and ‘Conjugate Gradient’ methods ; Used Molecular Dynamics method for calculating dielectric function of water.

Adjunct Professor

86 – 87

University of Cincinnati, Physics Department Cincinnati, OH

Taught Algebra-based College Physics to 300 plus students; Supervised teaching and lab assistants and helped graduate students to develop software for the electronic structure of quantum wells.

Assistant Professor

85 – 86

Spicer Memorial College Pune, India

Taught all department Physics courses, introductory courses in computer programming, and laboratory setups; Supervised lab assistants and managed physics department.

Adjunct Professor

84 – 85

University of Colorado, Physics Department; Colorado Springs, CO

Taught 'College Physics' and 'Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Energy Technology' courses to undergraduates while also working as a consultant for the Material Science Division of the Argonne National Laboratory.

Software Languages:

Platforms:

System Design:

Operating Systems:

FORTRAN, COBOL, SAS, SQL, ORACLE, C, C++, JAVA, R

IBM Mainframe, parallel & distributed Clusters, DEC VAX, SUN, SGI, Macintosh, IBM PC, RS6000.

Object Oriented Analysis/ Design, Data and process Oriented Design.

Microsoft NT, UNIX, VMS, LINUX

INTERESTS

Toastmasters International, Music, Theater, Travel, reading books

Contact this candidate