Metrology / Algorithms / Scientific software
I build metrology algorithms and software from firsthand experience in optical experiments, thin-film growth, industrial process-tool ownership, and production inspection. Measurement and automation have been essential to delivering results in each of those domains.
Available for consulting and full-time roles. Based in Los Angeles; open to remote and Los Angeles–based opportunities.
Ph.D., Materials · Experimental physics · Scientific Python
Experience across research & manufacturing
01 / Selected work
From building an instrument to making its output useful. A few examples of algorithms, validation, and software in practice.
01.1 / HRL · Metrology algorithm engineering
I connected inspection data to device geometry, then validated the automated analysis against an established engineering review. The same conclusion, in seconds instead of hours.
Explore the HRL workUCSB / Instrumentation + software
Vacuum hardware, optical alignment, LabVIEW acquisition, and MATLAB analysis for magnetic thin-film measurements.
Optical modeling / Analysis workflows
Ellipsometry models, physical constraints, and workflows that carry research into inline metrology.
Inspection / Scientific computing
Validated against engineer-reviewed wafer dispositions: greater than 95% grading accuracy and over 1,000 labor hours saved annually.
Personal project / Machine learning for inspection
An attention-guided autoencoder for periodic inspection images, with a public simulated example showing the path from reconstruction to candidate defects.
Early work / Atom optics
Diode lasers, control electronics, and the calibration of a custom interferometric wavemeter.
Open-source software / Personal finance
A desktop finance tracker that parses statements, organizes transactions, and builds budgets and reports with local data.
Personal project / Interactive simulation
A Gray–Scott reaction–diffusion playground. Explore spots, stripes, and branching textures, then save a recipe or render a design.
02 / Working together
I develop metrology algorithms, analysis tools, and production workflows. Bring me a measurement problem that needs both physics and software expertise.
Tell me what you’re working onIntuitive Python interfaces for complex analysis, connected to existing APIs and data systems.
Optical models, image registration, and spatial analysis informed by measurement physics and sample geometry.
Data ingestion, recipe qualification, and statistical monitoring that connect repeatable measurements to process feedback.
03 / Background
My work has taken me from experimental optical physics and magnetic thin-film epitaxy to industrial CVD/ALD tool ownership, novel BEOL film development, and automated optical inspection.
In each setting, I was responsible for delivering experimental or process results. Metrology and software were core tools for doing that work. Those years of practical responsibility underpin my current focus.
04 / Elsewhere
Music, backpacking, ceramics, night skies, and the occasional mushroom. Some things I spend time with away from the lab.
03 / Making music
A cover band.
A barbershop quartet.
A very large chorus.
I’ve sung with Yowzza, a Pacific Sound Chorus quartet, and the Santa Barbara Choral Society in Carmina Burana.
06 / Working with clay
I’ve been practicing ceramics for the past year. Here’s a short look at one of my pieces.
Watch the piece on YouTube
An open collection. More to find, make, and add.
05 / Get in touch
I’d like to hear about it.
