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CV: Graduate Student/ Teaching Assistant/ Tutor
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To gain employment in the space technology industry.
Education
Sept 2011 – Present University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Graduate Student, Astronomy and Astrophysics
-Currently completing MSc. program
Sept 2007 – April 2011 Queen’s University, Kingston, On
Bachelor of Science, Honours Physics
-Dean’s List
Sept 2003 – June 2007 Thornlea Secondary School, Thornhill, On
High School Diploma
-Ontario Scholar
Work Experience
Aug 2009 – Present Self-Employed
Private Tutor
-Tutored a variety of students in math, physics & statistics in a wide range of courses spanning high school to undergraduate level
Sept 2011 – Present University of Victoria Department of Physics & Astronomy
Teaching Assistant
-Taught five first year astronomy labs
-Marked assignments & quizzes for an astronomy course
Summer 2012 The Princeton Review
MCAT Instructor
-Taught the physics portion of an MCAT preparation course
Summer 2012 Queen’s University Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy
Summer Research Student, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Research Group
-Performed data analysis, worked in a clean room lab & ran Monte Carlo simulations
Other Experience
Sept 10-14, 2012 Technical University
Supernovae Illuminating the Universe Conference, Garching, Germany
-Attended European Southern Observatory sponsored conference
Sept 2010 – May 2011 Queen’s University
Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Supervisor: Larry Widrow
-Modelled galactic dark matter haloes computationally
-Used Bayesian statistical analysis & satellite kinematics to infer mass distributions of dark haloes
Aug 28-29, 2010 SNOLAB
Low Radioactivity Techniques Workshop, Sudbury, On
-Attended particle physics workshop & tour of underground lab
Leadership Experience
-Significant success teaching students as a private tutor for over three and a half years
-Volunteer at the campus astronomical observatory for events such as the transit of Venus
Research/Technical Skills
-Excellent problem solving abilities refined by courses in all areas of physics
-Strong background in mathematics, statistics & relevant applications therein
-Significant experience with image processing & analysis
-Able to effectively analyze and process data, experimental error & uncertainty through the use of software packages such as Maple, Mathematica and Root
-Experience programming in python, fortran, C and C++
-Fluent in linux-based operating systems
Awards and Distinctions
University of Victoria
2012 Nora and Mark DeGoutiere Memorial Scholarship
2011 University of Victoria Fellowship
Queen’s University
2011 John Stark Gillies Philosophy Book Prize
2007-2011 Carl Reinhardt Entrance Scholarship
Thornlea Secondary School
2007 Grade 12 Physics Certificate
2007 Grade 12 Philosophy Subject Award
The Royal Conservatory of Music
2006 Grade 9 Piano
2004 Grade 2 Musical Theory
Activities and Interests
-Piano, science fiction, hockey, hiking, curling
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