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发帖数: 2555 | 10 Brendt Christensen
Brendt Christensen
PhD Candidate at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IllinoisResearch
Current
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Previous
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Summary
I am a PhD candidate in experimental condensed matter physics at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, I fabricate nanoscale
-level devices and perform electrical measurements on them in order to
discover new things about mesoscopic physics. These measurements are done
with a variety of devices; most notably probe stations and cryogenic systems
. Along the way, I utilize an assortment of programs and skills, such as
Python, LabVIEW, electron-beam lithography, atomic force microscopy, and
much more.
Experience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PhD Student Researcher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
January 2014 – Present (3 years 7 months)
Current research:
-Transport in thin flakes of Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2)
-Investigating topological insulators/superconductors, such as probing the
pairing symmetry of Bismuth Selenide (Bi2Se3)
Fabrication techniques used:
-Mechanical exfoliation of thin flakes
-CVD (chemical vapor deposition) oven cleaning of substrates
-Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
-Electron beam lithography
-Electron beam evaporation
-Thermal evaporation
-Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
August 2013 – Present (4 years)
-Supervised and guided discussion sections of ~20 students at a time while
they worked through physics problems
-Oversaw and graded quizzes
-Proctored exams
Awards:
Ranked excellent teaching assistant every single semester I taught (Fall
2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Assistant
University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 2012 – May 2013 (1 year 1 month)Geneva Area, Switzerland
I worked for Matthew Herndon analyzing data created at the CMS Experiment in
the Large Hadron Collider. |
