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Benjamin Theunissen

Berkeley,California

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Personal Physics Tutor

Private Employers
, Remote
01.2025 - Current
  • Provide individualised instruction to students in Physics concepts and topics.
  • Provide good test taking habits from personal experience

Undergraduate Condensed Matter Researcher

University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz , CA
11.2023 - Current
  • Conduct independent molecular beam epitaxy growths of copper selenide (CuSe).
  • Perform X-ray diffraction on thin film and powder samples.
  • Design and install various ultra-high vacuum chambers.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs on lab instruments.
  • Anneal and clean substrates using a saunicator and furnace.
  • Create Standard Operating Procedures for different laboratory instruments.

Summer Adventure Guide

Adirondack Trail Improvement Society
St Huberts, USA
06.2019 - Current
  • Establish and build relationships with campers to ease fears in new environment
  • Lead overnight and day trips up to two weeks long with children 4-15
  • Promote fun, safe and inclusive environment by monitoring activity of campers to identify and address behavioural issues
  • Administer first aid and notified emergency medical personnel
  • Help campers improve their canoeing, rock climbing, swimming and backpacking ability.

Undergraduate Grader

University California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
09.2024 - 12.2024
  • Graded weekly homework assignments for Quantum Mechanics
  • Met weekly with teaching assistant to discuss solutions and course improvements
  • Answered questions from the students pertaining to course the material
  • Created a rubric for each weeks homework assignment
  • Proctored the midterm and the final exams

Hollings Summer Intern

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA
Honolulu, HI
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Performed data analysis on datasets from opeNDAP to create x-array datasets.
  • Created data visualisations and animations of planet earth using Python and Cartopy
  • Developed intuitive Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) suitable for those with little coding experience to create similar visualisations
  • Presented these visualisations at the NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center, the Bishop Museum, and NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, MD
  • Created an interactive climate story using big wave surfing as a hook to engage and inform younger audiences in weather
  • Presented my work in August 2024 at the Hollings Internship Symposium

Undergraduate Climate Modeller

University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz , CA
09.2023 - 12.2023
  • Created a one-dimensional moist energy balance model using Python and Climlab, with diffusivity as a function of latitude.
  • Reviewed previous literature pertaining to fluid dynamics, poleward heat transport, and moist static energy.
  • Predicted future climate change effects pertaining to the mid-latitude storm tracks.

Undergraduate Astrophysics Researcher

University Of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz , CA
01.2023 - 06.2023
  • Performed order of magnitude calculations for Supernova Energy Calculations
  • Plotted the bolometric light curve and atomic spectra of a type IIn supernova.
  • Used computer packages Tigerfit and Superbol to create a temperature and mass fit for the Supernova.
  • Identified the progenitor star from the mass and temperature bounds.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Applied Physics

University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
06.2025

Skills

  • Public speaking
  • Python
  • Climate modeling
  • Machine learning
  • Data analysis
  • Data visualization
  • Weather forecasting
  • Differential Equations
  • Linear Algebra
  • Fourier Transform
  • X-ray diffraction
  • Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Emergency response training
  • Tutoring
  • Group leadership
  • Video Content Production
  • Event Planning

Affiliations

  • Cross Country Mountain Biking
  • UC Mens Club Soccer social chair 2023 - 2024
  • UC Mens Club Soccer vice president/captain 2024 - present
  • Humor Force Five - Improv Group School representative 2024 - present
  • Skateboarding
  • Pottery
  • Skiing

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
French
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Limited

Certification

  • Wilderness First Aid (WFA)
  • CPR
  • SDI Open Water Scuba

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Personal Physics Tutor

Private Employers
01.2025 - Current

Undergraduate Grader

University California Santa Cruz
09.2024 - 12.2024

Hollings Summer Intern

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA
06.2024 - 08.2024

Undergraduate Condensed Matter Researcher

University of California Santa Cruz
11.2023 - Current

Undergraduate Climate Modeller

University of California Santa Cruz
09.2023 - 12.2023

Undergraduate Astrophysics Researcher

University Of California, Santa Cruz
01.2023 - 06.2023

Summer Adventure Guide

Adirondack Trail Improvement Society
06.2019 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Applied Physics

University of California, Santa Cruz

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