laser, microscopy, optical design, test, engineer
Resume:
Yupeng Kong
*** ********** *** *** ***, San Francisco, CA 94132
**********@*****.***
Objective
A highly accomplished physicist with an excellent background in optics is currently seeking a position as an optical engineer or research scientist
Summary of Qualifications
• 8 years hand-on research experiences in design, construction and application of diode-pumped solid-state lasers and laser-based optical microscope systems.
• Solid theoretical and experimental background in laser optics, holography and optical imaging.
• In-depth analytical and quantitative skills for problem-solving and troubleshooting.
• Highly creative, self-motivated and project-oriented with effective communication skills to excel in diverse team environments.
Specialities
Laser delivery system development Laser cavity design and testing Numerical modeling and optimization Optical elements assembly Beam quality characterization Machine shop fabrication Image acquisition and processing Troubleshooting
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Oregon (U of O), 2010
M.S. in Optics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(IPHY), 2004
B.S. in Applied Physics, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), 2001
Research Experiences
Post-Doctoral Fellow University of California, San Francisco, 12/2010 – present
Imaged blood vessels of mouse embryos and brains with two-photon microscope for the study of vasculogenesis, arteriovenous specification and angiogenesis. Carried out image acquisition and processing.
Accomplishments :
• Played a key role in developing and maintaining a two-photon microscope system,
including optical elements alignment and software control.
• Acquired, processed and analyzed 3D florescent images of mouse embryos and brains.
Graduate Research Assistant U of O, 06/2006 – 11/2010
Measured pair interaction energies of colloidal particles with line optical traps generated via holographic optical tweezers technique. Characterized colloid-surface interactions with reflection interference contrast microscopy.
Accomplishments :
• Independently designed and assembled a holographic optical tweezers system on a conventional inverted microscope, which costs 50% less than similar commercial products with even better stability and usability.
• Developed programs to generate phase-only holograms on a spatial light modulator to shape the wavefront of incident light.
• Created graphical user interface to control the holographic optical tweezers system, acquire images and track colloidal particles.
• Implemented reflection interference contrast microscopy to characterize colloid-surface inter- actions with more effective image analysis methods, which simplify the optical design and reduce the total costs by 50%
Graduate Research Assistant U of O, 06/2005 – 05/2006
Printed circuit board design for diode laser power supplies. Electrical circuits test.
Graduate Research Assistant IPHY, 09/2001 – 07/2004
Constructed infrared, frequency-doubled diode-pumped solid-state lasers. Validated laser performance. Carried out cavity layout design and optimization studies for output power, pulse width and mode shape.
Accomplishments :
• Independently designed and developed a diode-pumped single-frequency CW Nd:YVO4 laser as master oscillator for a laser amplifier system.
• Independently designed and developed a diode-pumped single-frequency Nd:YAG laser with simultaneous active and passive Q-switching.
• Played a key role in designing and developing a high-power blue disk laser with a TEM00 mode as a part of light sources for laser projection display.
• Actively involved in the contruction of optical parametric oscillators and red lasers, including design, optical alignment and testing.
• Designed and mechanically fabricated some optical elements, such as Fabry-Perot etalons and optical oscillators.
Selected Publications
1. Yupeng Kong and Raghuveer Parthasarathy, ”Different modulation mechanisms of attractive colloidal interactions by lipid and protein functionalization”, Langmuir 26, 10541 (2010)
2. Yupeng Kong and Raghuveer Parthasarathy, ”Modulation of attractive interactions by lipid membrane functionalization”, Soft Matter 5, 2027 (2009)
3. Gregory T. Tietjen, Yupeng Kong and Raghuveer Parthasarathy, ”An efficient method for the creation of tunable optical line traps via control of gradient and scattering forces”, Opt.Express. 16, 10341 (2008)
4. Aiyun Yao, Wei Hou, Yupeng Kong, Lin Guo,et.al, ”Double-end-pumped 11W Nd:YVO4 cw laser at 1342nm”, J.Opt.Soc.Am.B 22, 2129 (2005)
5. Yupeng Kong, Xuechun Lin, Ruining Li, et.al, ”A novel blue light generation by frequency doubling of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG thin disk laser”,Opt.Commun.237, 405 (2004)
6. Lin Xue-Chun, Kong Yu-Peng, Zhang Ying, Zhang Jie, et.al, ”Mid-infrared generation based on a periodically poled LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator”, Chin.Phys.Lett. 13, 1042 (2004)
Technical Skills
Matlab, Mathematica, Mathcad, Autocad, MS Visio, Zemax, ImageJ, Imaris
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