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Thomas Baker

M.S. in Chemical Physics in 2007 and Ph.D. in Chemical Physics in 2009 from Harvard University, Intern at Lux Capital (2009), Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, Berkeley since 2009.

Headline: Scientist
Skills: Business, C/C++, Engineering, German, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Perl, Software Engineering, System Administration, Unix, Windows
Groups: 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, MIT Clean Energy Prize 2010, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010
Interested in: Consulting opportunities, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities
Schools: Harvard University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: University of California
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Time period: January 2009 - Present

Employer: Lux Capital
Position: Intern
Time period: January 2009 - December 2009

Employer: Harvard University
Position: Teaching Fellow
Time period: January 2006 - December 2006
Description: Two courses: advanced undergraduate thermodynamics and graduate quantum mechanics.

Employer: Harvard University
Position: Graduate Researcher
Time period: January 2005 - December 2009
Description: Preformed density functional theory, kinetic Monte Carlo, and molecular dynamics calculations to improve catalysts for the conversion of extremely poisonous carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide.
Work featured in Chemical and Engineering News, March 10, 2008.

Employer: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Position: Visiting Researcher
Time period: January 2005 - December 2005
Description: Performed Monte Carlo simulations which led to a better understanding of the dynamics of polymers.

Employer: Department of Material Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Position: Summer Researcher
Time period: January 2004 - December 2004

Employer: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University
Position: Summer Researcher
Time period: January 2003 - December 2003

Employer: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Position: Student Researcher
Time period: January 2001 - December 2005
Description: Used computational chemistry methods to understand biological and solid state systems.
Featured on front page of IUP Magazine, Summer 2005.

EDUCATION

University: Harvard University
Time period: 2009
Degree: Chemical Physics, PhD

University: Harvard University
Time period: 2007
Degree: Chemical Physics, MSc

University: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Time period: 2005
Degree: Chemistry, BSc

INFORMATION

Clubs: Harvard University Energy and Environment Club.
Awards: Leadership Development Award, American Chemical Society, Spring 2007.

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