Siddharth Sampat

7114 Schafer St, Dallas TX 75252

Cell: (214) 422 2962
sidsampat@gmail.com

EDUCATION Present: Pursuing Master of Science – Physics at U Texas at Dallas May 2012

May 2010: Bachelor of Science – Physics at U Texas at Dallas

Major GPA: 3.3/4.0

May 2007: Associates in Applied Sciences – Optical Systems Technology

Monroe Community College, Rochester NY

EXPERIENCE May 2008 – Present: Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Condensed Matter Physics Lab, UT Dallas –
Research Assistant/ Teaching Assistant

• Operation of high precision, sensitive optoelectronic equipment:

Femto-second pulsed lasers, pulse picker, avalanche photodiodes, spectrometers, VIS/IR
super cooled CCDs, vacuum pumps, cryostats, microscopes, liquid helium temperature
measurements, super continuum generation, FRET spectroscopy
• Management and execution of ultrafast PL spectroscopy experiments on semiconductor
materials – GaAs, AlGaAs, QW structures, quantum dots, polymers
• Optical table alignment of UV, visible and IR pulsed and CW lasers
• Planning and integration of current and upcoming lab projects and experiments

May 2010 – Aug 2010: CINT, Los Alamos National Lab – Summer Intern

• IR pump/Terahertz probe measurements – High temperature superconductors

• Ultra-short white light pulse shaping (compression) and measurement
• Alignment and operation: Q-switch laser system, parametric OPA, Ti-Sapphire mode locked
lasers, FROG, auto/cross correlation, pulse shaping optics, 2nd/3rd harmonic generation,
optical pump/probe experiments

Oct 2005 – July 2007: Optics Department, Monroe Community College, Lab Technician
/Student Aide

• Extensive experience working with optical equipment: interferometers, spectrometers -

measurement, assembly and operation
• Calibration and precision alignment of optical systems, fiber optics and lasers
• Tutoring experience @ Engineering Technologies Learning Center:
Subjects: Calculus based physics, optics, math, various computer applications

APPLICABLE SKILLS • Alignment and calibration of precision optical and fiber optic equipment, on the spot
problem solving and troubleshooting
• Software: LabView, Origin, Matlab, MathCAD, Igor, Microsoft office
Adobe suite, audio and video editing application
• Basic machining skills, oscilloscopes, DMMs, soldering, vernier calipers, micrometers
• Computer hardware and software maintenance and upgrades, networking hardware and
basic electronics

REFERENCES Anton Malko, Scientist, Assistant Professor – Physics Department, U Texas at Dallas
anton.malko@utdallas.edu, (972) 883 6383
Dzmitry Yarotski, Staff Research Scientist – CINT, Los Alamos National Lab
dzmitry@lanl.gov, (505) 665 9294
Robert Balonek, Optical Engineer, BAE Systems
rbalonek@gmail.com, (585) 309 7819