CHRISTINE PHAN
Box 0000, 1 Chapin Way, Northampton, MA 01063
612.685.3964 | c1phan@smith.edu
EDUCATION
Smith College, Northampton, MA -- Bachelor of Arts expected May 2014
Major: Physics, Minor: Philosophy -- Cumulative GPA: 3.48
University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland -- Junior Year Abroad program, 2012 – 2013
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Baumgartl, J. et al. including Christine Phan. “Particle Clearing and Trapping using Optically-mediated Airy
Beams.” Optical Express. (To be published in 2014).
“Propagation of Orbital Angular Momentum States of Light in Turbulent Media.”
Symposium on Undergraduate Research DLS Meeting LS-XXIV, Rochester NY, October 2011
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Smith College Astronomy Department, Northampton, MA, January 2012 – present
Held evening lab hours weekly to assist in teaching laboratory material to students in introductory astronomy
courses. Assisted in solar and night-time telescope observations for Smith faculty, students, and guests.
Teaching Assistant, Smith College Physics Department, Northampton, MA, January 2011 – present
Tutored students in a 3rd-year course, Thermal Physics, on a weekly basis. Helped students prepare for exams
and homework assignments by going over concepts in thermal physics, statistical mechanics, and introductory
physics. Graded problem sets for General Physics I, General Physics II, and Modern Physics I.
Research Intern, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, August 2012 – February 2013
Developed optimized process for particle clearing and trapping using optically-mediated Airy beams. Wrote
LabVIEW program with user interface that controlled experimental parameters. Conducted experiments using
program, and employed MATLAB for data analysis. Results showed that Airy beams successfully manipulated
micro-particles. Experimental procedure will be applied towards research involving optical sorting of animal
cells and other biological material.
Research Intern, University of Rochester REU Program, Rochester, NY, June 2012 – August 2013
Researched adaptive optics and orbital angular momentum (OAM) states of light for a summer REU project.
Set-up and performed several experiments to characterize the propagation of OAM states through turbulent
media. Wrote LabVIEW and MATLAB programs for data collection and analysis. Data suggested that OAM
states are good candidates for quantum cryptography.
GRANTS
Awarded NSF research grant, 2012
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Mathematica, LabVIEW, LaTeX, MS Office, JavaScript, MATLAB, , Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE
Member, Smith College Ultimate Frisbee, 2012 – present
Sample Science and Technical Resumes – Smith College Lazarus Center for Development