David Reens
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Reens is a postdoctoral experimental atomic physicist with nine years of hands-on AMO experience, including a PhD working with Jun Ye at JILA and current trapped-ion research at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He combines deep experimental expertise in ultracold atoms and trapped ions with practical engineering chops dating back to an MIT mechanical engineering minor and early electrical engineering consulting. Comfortable designing and running complex precision experiments, he has built instruments from seismometer electronics to Fermi gas microscopes and ion traps. A collaborative communicator and supportive team member, he bridges physics and engineering to deliver reproducible results in high-stakes lab environments. Based in Watertown, MA, he’s actively pursuing continued roles in atomic physics where his blend of experimental rigor and systems-level engineering provides fast, practical progress. An uncommon strength is his track record of translating lab-scale innovations into robust, assembly-ready systems used across research projects.
9 years of coding experience
Dual B.S. Degrees, Physics and Math, Dual B.S. Degrees, Physics and Math at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (16)
vscode6
code-review6
vscode-extension5
visual-studio-code4
tray-icon4
github4
visual-studio4
system-tray3
vacuum3
tray2
windows1
octave1
macos1
matlab1
toolbox1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dreens/spin-flip-writing
Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:7 PRs, 165 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 2 months
spinmanuscript
dreens/decel-sim
Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:250 commits, 186 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 1 month
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