Curriculum Vitae


Education:
 
Professional Experience:
  • Research Assistant. (2003 - present) Stony Brook University. Performed experimental research in low-temperature condensed-matter physics. Measured the decoherence in large geometrical inductance rf SQUID qubits using pulsed microwaves. Evaluated a setup to couple flux control pulses into a flux qubit and a magnetometer. Evaluated a mechanism of decoupling a qubit from fluctuations in the bias current of a dc-SQUID magnetometer. Developed and tested a persistent flux bias for a rf SQUID qubit.
     
  • Teaching Assistant. (Spring 2005) Stony Brook University.“Statistical Mechanics” for graduate students. Duties included grading homework and midterms, and maintaining the course webpage .
     
  • Mentor. (Summer 2004) Stony Brook University. Worked with High School student Stanley Shang Chiang on a summer research project for the Intel Science Talent Search (STS) competition. Stanley’s work “A Step Closer to the Quantum Computer: Fabrication of Novel Superconducting Josephson Junctions to Couple Multiple Flux States of a Quantum Bit” achieved the final stage of the competition.
     
  • Senior Research Specialist Expert. (Summer/Fall 2002) Stony Brook University. Performed experimental research in low-temperature condensed-matter physics. Studied properties of hysteretic dc-SQUID magnetometers using low-noise electronics and a He3 Cryostat.
     
  • Teaching Assistant. (Spring 2002) Seconda Universita’ di Napoli. Taught recitation to undergraduate engineering students. Duties included illustrative problem solving, test preparation, grading, etc.
     
  • Scientific Collaborator. (2001-2002) Italian National Research Council CNR-ICIB. Worked on the characterization of rf-SQUID based devices in the classical limit through the measurement of the decay probability out of the metastable state as a function of the external flux. Also worked on realization and testing of a dc-SQUID magnetometer for low noise applications.
     
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant. (2000-2001) Italian National Research Council CNR-ICIB. Performed experimental research in low-temperature condensed-matter physics. Designed and realized novel Josephson devices using a multilayer fabrication procedure based on the Nb/AlOx/Nb technology and standard UV photolithography. Measured the decay probability out of the metastable state in stacked Josephson junctions.
 
Awards and Honors:
  • Recipient of the 2008 Community Service Leadership Campus Life Award
  • Recipient, with the Hera Group, of the 2008 Best New Organization Campus Life Award
  • Recipient, with the Hera Group, of the 2008 Outstanding Educational Programming Campus Life Award
  • Full travel fellowship to attend the 2005 Summer School on Superconductive Electronics held at “Il Ciocco” Italy.
 
Other Activities:
  • Treasurer of the Stony Brook Graduate Student Organization for the 2007-08 Fiscal Year. Presided over a budget of $350K.
     
  • Founder and Treasurer of the Hera Group, a new graduate student club whose purpose is “to promote a forum for discussion on the physical and natural sciences and to provide the Stony Brook University community with access to professional researchers that have made outstanding contributions to the fields of physical and natural sciences through the organization of public lectures.”
     
  • Designed and maintained the Hera Group webpage using basic html
     
  • Organized lecture series on Global Warming (Fall 2007) and Future trends in Science (programmed for Spring 2008)
     
  • Judge for the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (March 2005)
     
  • Contributed to the organization of the international workshop MQC2 - Macroscopic Quantum Coherence and Computing Napoli (Italy), June 2002
     
  • Contributed to the organization of the international workshop SNED - Superconducting Nano-Electronics DevicesNapoli (Italy), May /June 2001
     
 
Service to Institutions:
    Committee Membership
    2007-08      Member of the Stony Brook Faculty Student Association (FSA) Board of Directors
    2007-08      Member of the FSA Financial Committee (Budget $8M)
    2007-08      Member of the Stony Brook University Bus and Transportation Advisory Committee
    2007-08      Member of the Stony Brook University Senate
    2007-08      Member of the Stony Brook Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Executive Board
    2007-08      Chair of the GSO Budget Committee
    2006-07      Member of the GSO Senate
    2006-07      Chair of the GSO Lounge Advisory Committee
    2005-06      Member of the GSO Lounge Advisory Committee