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Resume:
CAMILLE GIRABAWE
*****@********.***
** ******** **, *******, ** 02453
www.linkedin.com/pub/camille-girabawe/3a/3a3/53/en
INTERESTS
Data Science/Analytics, predictive and statistical modelling
SUMMARY
Four years in PhD physics experimental research, modelling, collecting, analyzing, interpreting and
presenting data as well as bi-monthly group meetings presentations
Three years as a teaching assistant of classes of about 20 students
Presented a 20 min talk at American Physical Society March 2013 meeting
Had two short format presentations in two different New England Complex Fluids conferences
Authored 2 papers
Led and coordinated a team of 4 engineering students to build an automated system
Extensive experience with coursework on big data analysis – weekly case studies involving data cleaning,
manipulation and presentation – skilled with Matlab, R, Python, Ms Office, SQL and MongoDB
Participated in data science contests on www.kaggle.com
Languages: English, French and Kinyarwanda
Few sample codes available at http://github.com/kthouz
EDUCATION
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 2015
PhD Candidate, Physics
Thesis: Synchronization in heterogeneous Belousov-Zhabontisky droplets
Physics coursework: Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics, Electromagnetic Theory, Numerical Modeling
of Biological Systems, Biological Physics, Quantitative Biology Instrumentation Lab, Quantum Mechanics
Finance & Business coursework: Options and Derivatives, Investments, Big Data Analysis
Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda 2011
Bachelor of Science (BS), Applied Physics
Extra curriculum activities: Founding Member of KIST Physicists Association
EXPERIENCE
Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2011 – Present
Research Assistant
Investigating 1D chains of heterogeneous droplets of Belousov-Zhabontisky reaction which is an example of
non-equilibrium thermodynamics system that generate non-linear oscillations
Skills acquired: Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Programming (Matlab, Python, R, Labview), Numerical
Modelling/Simulations (Comsol, AutoCAD, SolidWorks), Real Time Image Analysis and Data Analysis
Microfluidics Summer Course Instructor Assistant June 2014
The summer course was offered to a group of 14 participants including industrial professionals and research
centers
Assisted the principle instructor
Trained participants in security and safety in the cleanroom, AutoCAD for designing microfluidics devices,
fabrication of masters using photoresists, fabrication of devices and drop-generation using high-throughput
and drop-on-demand technologies
2011 – 2013
Teaching Assistant, Physics Lab
Guided students to physics experiments, assessed students and graded lab reports and exams
Head Teaching Assistant, Physics Lab 2014 - Present
Guided other TAs and set up labs
Guided students to physics experiments, assessed students and graded lab reports and exams
Mentor, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Summer 2013 & Summer 2014
Designed short projects for mentees
Introduced mentees to lab equipment and research in general
Advised mentees to projects
Reviewed weekly reports from mentees
Assessed and evaluated mentees
Worked closely with mentees to prepare final reports and presentations
02/2011 – 05/2011
AFLINK RWANDA, Rwanda
IT & Asset Manager
Led and coordinated assets labeling operations, data entry and database management, IT support
PROJECTS
Automated System Design for Microfluidics Drop Generation 2012 - 2013
Joint project between Brandeis and Olin College through MRSEC and The Senior Capstone Program in
Engineering (SCOPE)
Designed, implemented, characterized and documented an automated system to generate drops with
specific size and chemical concentrations
Worked closely with a team of four students from OLIN College with different background of engineering
Acted as a scientist liaison between Brandeis University and Olin College, mentor and project coordinator
Gained advanced skills in electronics, mechanics, programming and real time image processing
Odesk.com Data Mining 01/2015
Project’s objective was to mine odesk.com data and find out the best next skill to learn.
Used odesk.com API to collect public profiles data such as skills and hourly charge rate
Set up environment on amazon web services (AWS) for data storage and computation
Stored data in MongoDB, run queries and statistical analysis using python
PUBLICATIONS
Testing Turing’s theory of morphogenesis in chemical cells, Proceeding of National Academy of Science of the
United State of America (PNAS), March 10, 2014,
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/05/132*******.abstract
Theoretical Study of Structure, Vibration Spectra and Thermodynamic Properties of Cluster Ions in Vapors
over Potassium, Rubidium and Cesium Chlorides, Springer eBook/Springer January 1, 2012,
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-90-481-8650-1_21#
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