Curriculum Vitae

Conference Participation

  • April 2009 - Coherent Control of Molecules (London, UK)
  • Septemberv 2009 -International Conference on Coherent and Non Linear Optics (Dresden, Germany)
    Poster: ‘Molecular high-order harmonic generation with more than
    one active orbital – quantum interference effects
  • June 2010 - Advances in Strong Field and Attosecond Physics (London, UK)
    Member of the local organizing committee
    Poster: ‘Molecular high-order harmonic generation with more than
    one active orbital – quantum interference effects

    Poster: ‘Multielectron corrections to high-order harmonic generation for different formulations of the strong field approximation
    Poster: ‘Excitation, two-centre interference and orbital geometry in laser-induced non-sequential double ionisation of diatomic molecules
  • July 2010 19th International Laser Physics Workshop (Foz du Iguacu, Brazil)
    Invited Talk: ‘Molecular high-order harmonic generation with more than one active orbital – quantum interference effects
    Poster: ‘Molecular high-order harmonic generation with more than one active orbital – quantum interference effects
    Poster: ‘Multielectron corrections to high-order harmonic generation for different formulations of the strong field approximation
    Poster: ‘Excitation, two-centre interference and orbital geometry in laser-induced non-sequential double ionisation of diatomic molecules
  • March 2011 High Intensity Lasers and Strong Field Phenomenon (Istanbul, Turkey)
    Poster: ‘Influence of asymmetry and nodal planes on high-harmonic harmonic generation in heteronuclear molecules

Scientific Visits

  • March 2011 Institute of Physics, University of Rostock , Germany
    Collaboration with Prof Dr Dieter Bauer
    Topic: time-dependent density functional theory applied to
    strong-field physics
  • April 2011 Laboratory Aimé Cotton, National Centre of Scientific Research
    (CNRS), Orsay
    Collaboration with Dr Adam Kirrander
    Topic: coupled coherent states method applied to strong-field physics
  • March 2010 Institute of Photonic Sciences – Barcelona, Spain
    Visit to Professor Jens Biegert’s group
  • 2008-2011 Daresbury Laboratory
    Visits to Dr Paul Durham, Dr Huub van Dam and Dr Paul Sherwood in order to become familiar with quantum chemistry codes

Teaching Experience

  • Teacher of IT courses for physics undergraduates, including the programs MATLAB, Microsoft Excel and Dreamweaver.
  • Marker of undergraduate problem solving work.

Programming Experience

  • Fluent in Mathematica, MATLAB, C++ and Fortran.
  • Mathematica, Fortran and C++ especially were used extensively from 2008-2011 in modelling the behaviour of atoms and molecules in intense laser fields.
  • User of standard quantum chemistry codes (GAMESS-UK, Gaussian).
  • Experienced in Linux, the Bash Shell, parallel computing (OpenMP) and high performance computing.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Powerpoint, as well as Origin and LaTeX.