Timothy Branch
Graduate Research Assistant
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolTimothy Branch is a PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at UBC's Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, blending engineering physics with experimental quantum materials research. He leads international beamline experiments, collaborating with scientists in France, and secured beamtime valued at about CA$4,800. He built an automated data-analysis framework that couples COMSOL electromagnetic simulations with Python, boosting interpretation accuracy by ~20% and cutting dataset processing time by more than 50% across 50 runs. His hands-on expertise spans maintaining and repairing high-vacuum apparatus, cryogenic systems, and precision sample prep, enabling reproducible microwave spectroscopy measurements. He plans and tracks four years of PhD work with Gantt charts and Lab Scrum, delivering milestones for major conferences while co-authoring publications. Currently in the Greater Vancouver area, he is seeking industry roles in quantum computing, semiconductor, biomedical engineering, data science, or RF engineering, ready to translate physics insights into practical engineering solutions.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, 89, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, 89 at The University of British ColumbiaHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Burnaby North Secondary School
Github Skills (3)
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Github contributions (5)
johndharvey/mp5-fall2015-shared
Dec 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:9 pushes in 4 days
fighting-squid/fighting-squid.github.io
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:22 pushes in 23 days
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