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Age: 27

EDUCATION

University of Leicester

Ph.D. in Physics

2008

Thesis: “X-ray Scattering From Self-Assembled Alloy Structures”

Graduated in January 2008

My PhD was experimental in nature. I produced samples of gold nanoparticles (1-6 nm size) that were probed by X-rays at the European Synchrotron Light Source in France to show how they assemble on a surface in real-time. A thin film alloy was produced between iron and gadolinium in real-time and the structure was determined by X-ray scattering techniques.

Some of the main challenges involved: Learning about experimental techniques as I went along, which in turn involved quick thinking; The preparation of a variety of gold nanoparticles of varying sizes by chemical synthesis within a budget; and the organisation, manipulation and analysis of over 80 Gigabytes of data. Other duties included: Helping with undergraduate laboratory demonstrating and laboratory script preparation; and helping a summer student on the University SURE program to produce and study light scattering from gold/silicon hybrid nanoparticles. These particles have important medical applications.

University of Leicester

Master of Physics, MPhys. 1^stClass Honors Obtained.

2003

Awards: “Graduated Top of Class”

Newent Community School, Gloucestershire

A-Levels

1998

Maths – A, Chemistry – A, Physics - B

AWARDS

2003: Department and faculty prize for outstanding achievement

2000: Diploma in Space Development: Theory and Practice (Baumen State technical University, Moscow, Russia)

1998 – 1999: Year in Industry (British Energy Generation Ltd)

1998 – 1999: Business Management NVQ Level 3 (Pershore business college)

1998: Fortran 77 Programming Certificate (Cranfield University)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Computer Workshop Demonstrator, University of Leicester

2003 - 2006

• Help develop computer workshop script.

• Provide help and support to students in weekly computer workshop classes.

Year in Industry Student, British Energy Generation Ltd

1998 - 1999

• Analyze and update large input data sets for nuclear power station models.

• Development of computer code.

Summer Intern, British Energy Generation Ltd

2000

• Data Analysis.

• Development of software to unify the differing software systems used by the company.

Hotel Assistant

2000-pres

• Assist with family business.

• Design hotel promotional packages and brochures.

Skills

Computing

I used Windows and Linux throughout my undergraduate and PhD degrees, and Sun Unix extensively at British Energy and my Year in Industry along with Unix shell scripting to make life easier!

Programming

Fortran 77 First used at British Energy in the modelling of Nuclear Power Stations. Learnt in my 1^st and 2^nd years as an undergraduate.

C Learnt at undergraduate level for 9 hours a week over 5 weeks in my 3^rd year. Used to help predict Mie light scattering from nanoparticle solutions. Used in my PhD to create a program to calculate monolayer growth in alloy materials.

C++ Learnt at undergraduate level in 2^nd and 3^rd years.

Java Learnt at undergraduate level in 3^rd and 4^th years. During my PhD I demonstrated and provided support to 3^rd and 4^th year undergraduates in Java workshops

Java Script Demonstrated and provided support to 4^th year undergraduates. Helped to develop the lab based script that students use in workshops. Included HTML code.

IDL Learnt in my 3^rd and 4^th year at undergraduate level. Demonstrated and provided support to 3^rd and 4^th year undergraduates throughout my PhD. Helped develop the lab based script that students used in workshops

Visual Basic Learnt VB for Excel at undergraduate level. During my PhD I demonstrated and provided support to 3^rd and 4^th year undergraduates in Excel workshops. Also used in my PhD to help speed up data manipulation.

MATLAB Used to model basic Mie Light scattering theory.

Perl Self taught. Used throughout PhD as a quick simple scripting tool.

ORIGIN LAB Used as main scientific spreadsheet tool throughout my PhD. Created Origin Lab scripts to aid with the data analysis.

IGOR PRO Used as secondary tool to aid data analysis throughout my PhD.

Other Skills

Problem Solving. Action Planning. Project Management. Presentation Work. Teaching and Demonstrating. Analysis and Experimental Techniques. Teamwork. Report Writing.

Interest and hobbies

· Martial arts, current black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do

· Astronomy

· Music, guitar playing

· MMORPG games

· Audio/Visual entertainment

Languages

· English – native language

· French – Basic, GCSE grade B

· Chinese – Basic, self taught

Memberships

· Institute of Physics

· AIMAA (Action International Martial Arts association)

REFERENCES

Available on request