Summary

• Skilled at communicating complex topics using both technical and non-technical language.
• Developed R package to solve Physics problems (available on GitHub).
• A diligent worker at developing workflows for data acquisition, cleaning, analysis, and visualization.
• Dedicated to continued learning and skill development.

Skills

Programming Languages: R, LabVIEW, Markdown, LaTeX, Git, SQL, Python
R Package Experience: ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr, readr, devtools, rmarkdown, tibble
Computer Programs: RStudio, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint
Continuing Coursework: DataCamp Data Scientist (with R) career track (including courses in machine learning), DataCamp Data Scientist (with Python) career track (including courses in machine learning)

Education

2010–2017

Ph.D., Physics, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Dissertation: Dipole-Dipole Interactions in a Cold Rydberg Gas

2006–2010

B.S., Physics, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Physics

Experience

2018

Analytics - Analyst, Merkle, Charlottesville, VA

2018

R Package Volunteer, The Center for Open Science, Charlottesville, VA

• Assisted in the development of osfr, an R package used to communicate with the OSF API.

2011–2017

Graduate Research Assistant, Ultrafast Laser and Atomic Physics Lab
Department of Physics, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Developed data analysis workflows in R for two studies of dipole-dipole interactions in cold Rydberg gases. 
• Developed R package modeling the Stark effect in Rubidium. 
• Studied the absence of collective decay in Rubidium Rydberg atoms. 
• Studied cold Rydberg atom dipole-dipole resonance line shapes. 
• Investigated methods to control the minimum separation between atoms in a cold gas.

2010–2014

Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Led discussion sections and laboratory sections and evaluated student assignments for introductory and mid-level physics courses.

2010

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Pomeroy Lab
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

• Studied methods for precision resistance measurements. 
• Assisted in the fabrication and assembly of lab equipment.

2009–2010

Undergraduate Researcher, Aubin Lab
Department of Physics, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

• Studied methods to implement an optical frequency comb using an actively mode-locked diode laser. 
• Trained in optical experimental techniques.

2009

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Windover Lab
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

• Used R, Python, and genetic algorithms to analyze X-ray reflectometry data.

Publications

• B. G. Richards and R. R. Jones, Phys. Rev. A 93, 042505 (2016).
• T. Zhou, B. G. Richards, and R. R. Jones, Phys. Rev. A 93, 033407 (2016).

Presentations and Talks

• B. G. Richards, “Dipole-dipole Resonance Line Shapes in a Cold Rydberg Gas.” SESAPS, Charlottesville, VA, November 11, 2016
• B. G. Richards and R. R. Jones, “Lineshapes of Dipole-Dipole Resonances in a Cold Rydberg Gas.” DAMOP, Columbus, OH, June 10, 2015
• T. Zhou, B. G. Richards, and R. R. Jones, “Absence of Collective Decay in a Cold Rydberg Gas.” DAMOP, Columbus, OH, June 10, 2015