Physicist Resume Template
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Justin Jackson
Physicist, Ph.D. · Laser Optics & Photonic Metrology
Charlotte, NC · (704) 555-4579
justin.jackson@email.com · linkedin.com/in/justinjackson
Certified Laser Safety Officer (CLSO)
Board of Laser Safety
Technical Expertise
Laser & fiber optics
Optical interferometry
Measurement uncertainty
Optical system modeling
Test automation
Laser safety (ANSI Z136)
Patent drafting support
Modeling & Lab Software
Zemax OpticStudioCOMSOL MultiphysicsMATLABLabVIEWPython (SciPy)
Education
Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering
2014
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.S. in Physics
2009
Wake Forest University
Profile
Physicist with 11 years in applied optics and laser R&D, taking fiber laser and metrology systems from bench prototype to product. Holds 5 U.S. patents; designed a laser interferometer module now shipping in 3,000+ industrial gauges.
Research & Development
Senior Research Physicist
2020 – Present
Carolina Photonics Corp., Charlotte, NC
- Lead optical design of frequency-stabilized laser interferometers with 5 nm displacement resolution.
- Model beam propagation and thermal lensing in Zemax and COMSOL before building bench prototypes.
- Designed an interferometer module now shipping in 3,000+ industrial gauges, adding $14M in sales.
- Serve as laser safety officer for 12 Class 3B and Class 4 lasers under ANSI Z136.1.
- Guide 4 engineers and write the physics sections of 2 active DOE SBIR Phase II grants.
Research Physicist
2016 – 2020
Piedmont Laser Systems, Durham, NC
- Built ytterbium fiber amplifiers up to 200 W and characterized noise, M² and polarization.
- Automated test stations in LabVIEW and Python, cutting characterization time per unit by 60%.
- Wrote uncertainty budgets for power and wavelength measurements traceable to NIST standards.
- Filed 3 patent applications on pump combiners and mode-field adapters; all were granted.
Research Associate
2014 – 2016
Research Triangle Optics Laboratory, Raleigh, NC
- Aligned ultrafast Ti:sapphire systems and ran pump-probe measurements on semiconductor samples.
- Analyzed spectral data in MATLAB and wrote results for 2 papers in Optics Express.
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Skills to list
- Experimental Design
- Data Acquisition Systems
- MATLAB/Python
- Statistical Analysis
- Instrumentation and Calibration
- Computational Modeling
- Laboratory Equipment Operation
- Scientific Publication
Software and tools
- Python
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- C++
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- C
- Maplesoft Maple
- Oracle Java
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Linux
- National Instruments LabVIEW
Duties to describe on a physicist resume
- Analyzed data from research conducted to detect and measure physical phenomena.
- Reported experimental results by writing papers for scientific journals or by presenting information at scientific conferences.
- Performed complex calculations as part of the analysis and evaluation of data, using computers.
- Described and expressed observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.
- Collaborated with other scientists in the design, development, and testing of experimental, industrial, or medical equipment, instrumentation, and procedures.
- Wrote research proposals to receive funding.
Titles along the way
- Research Associate
- Physicist
- Senior Research Physicist
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