Joel Johnson
PHD Candidate
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolJoel Johnson is a 4th-year PhD candidate in Applied Physics specializing in nonlinear optics, photonics, and nanotechnology, with eight years of research and teaching experience. He leads experimental work in optomechanics, Brillouin and Raman scattering, and laser/sideband cooling while developing low-frequency Raman techniques. Alongside his research, he has extensive undergraduate teaching experience across calculus-based physics, lab instruction, and accelerated online formats, including use of modern tools like virtual reality. He also brings practical systems skills from building and maintaining a 10 TB LAMP scientific data archive and custom remote web interfaces for a nanotech group. Based in Flagstaff, Joel blends hands-on nanofabrication and optical metrology with strong student mentorship and a track record of translating lab demonstrations into applied sensing and biomedical-relevant nanomaterials.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Astrophysics, Physics, Astrophysics at UCSDSacramento City CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Physics and Material Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Physics and Material Science at Northern Arizona UniversityGithub contributions (5)
HamletTheHamster/Plotting-Data-in-Go
Apr 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:366 commits, 598 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
HamletTheHamster/CABS
Apr 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:130 pushes in 9 months
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