John P. T. Stenger, PhD

Nationality: United States

Address: **** ******** **.

Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Email: adcl2u@r.postjobfree.com

Office: 113c Thaw Hall

Phone: 1-304-***-****

Education

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Graduation: May 2018 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Material Science Focus Cumulative GPA: 4.0/4.0 Allegheny College, Meadville, PA Graduation: May 2011 Bachelor of Science in Physics, Philosophy Minor Cumulative GPA: 3.1/4.0 Summary

• My background is in theoretical and computational solid-state physics.

• I have an abundance of experience in designing computer simulations of semiconductor devices.

• I have designed tensor network algorithms to solve complex problems

• I have used python and Mathematica extensively to engineer professional simulation software.

• I have extensive experience using LaTeX to format articles for publication in world-class journals.

• I have designed large hobby projects using C# and C

• I have analyzed data using pandas and Postgre SQL, Technical Skills

Skill level key: (3) used for major professional projects, (2) used for major hobby projects or minor professional projects,

(1) have a basic understanding.

• Languages: python (3), Wolfram (3), LaTeX (3), C/C++ (2), C# (2), Git (2), MATLAB (2), SQL (2)

• Libraries: NumPy (3), Matplotlib (3), SciPy (3), MatPlotLib (3), pandas (2), psycopg2 (2)

• IDEs: Spyder (3), Mathematica notebooks (3), Texmaker (3) Visual Studios (2), Jupyter (1), Eclipse (1), Labview (1)

• Operating systems: Microsoft Windows (3), macOS (2), Linux (1)

• Other: Microsoft Office (3), Anaconda (3), MiKTeX (3), Github (2) Research Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Feb 2018-Present Supervisors: Dr. David Pekker & Dr. Sergey Frolov

• Engineered computer simulations for quantum information devices

• Designed algorithms, such as tensor networks, in python and Mathematica

• Analyzed data using Python pandas and Postgre SQL

• Wrote papers using LaTeX

Visiting PhD, CEA Grenoble Center, Grenoble, France Apr-May 2019 Supervisors: Manuel Houzet & Julia Meyer

• Constructed software to study random matrix theory

• Developed software in both python and Mathematica John P. T. Stenger, PhD

Research Experience (Continued)

Research Assistant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Aug 2011-Feb 2018 Supervisor: Dr. Tudor Stanescu

• Designed and used a computer model for semiconductor electronics

• Used Mathematica to construct computer simulations

• Used LaTeX to write papers and my thesis

• Ran some minor simulations on C++, C# and MATLAB Research Assistant, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA Jun 1010-May 2011 Supervisor: Dr. David Statman

• Engineered laser devices to study holographic properties of liquid crystal

• Manufactured liquid crystal samples on a sputtering machine

• Analyzed results using MATLAB

• Used LabVIEW to sort data and run experiments

Publications

John P. T. Stenger and David Pekker. Weyl points in systems of multiple semiconductor-superconductor quantum dots. Phys. Rev. B 100, 035420 (2019).

https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.035420 John P. T. Stenger, Michael Hatridge, Sergey M. Frolov, David Pekker. Braidonium: a braiding quantum circuit based on the 4pi Josephson effect. Phys. Rev. B 99, 035307 (2019). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.035307 John P. T. Stenger, Benjamin D. Woods, Sergey M. Frolov, Tudor D. Stanescu. Control and detection of Majorana bound states in quantum dot array. Phys. Rev. B 98, 085407 (2018). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.085407 John Stenger, Tudor D. Stanescu. Tunneling Conductance in Semiconductor-Superconductor Hybrid Structures. Phys. Rev. B 96, 214516 (2017).

https://journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.214516 Jun Chen, Peng Yu, John Stenger, Moїra Hocevar, Diana Car, Sébastien R. Plissard, Erik P. A. Bakkers, Tudor D. Stanescu, Sergey M. Frolov. Experimental Phase Diagram of a One-Dimensional Topological Superconductor. Sci. Adv. e1701476 (2017).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590778/ David Statman, Robert Pettit, John Stenger. Polarization Twisted Nematic Gratings: A Study Of The Far Field Diffraction Pattern. Proc. SPIE 8114, Liquid Crystals XV, 811417 (2011). https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/8114/811417/Polarization-twisted- nematic-gratings--a-study-of-the-far/10.1117/12.894583.short?SSO=1

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