CHRISTOPHER D. JONES, PH.D. email: [email protected] web: ChristopherDJonesPhD.com 126 4th Avenue #7E Brooklyn, NY 11217 (303) 521-6155 SUMMARY PhD physicist with over 15 years research and leadership experience My passion and expertise is helping companies solve complex problems. My problem solving has been in very diverse industries with unique challenges that range from creating novel microfluidic devices for medical diagnostics to building new sensors for agriculture characterization and IED detection to developing the next generation of 3D printers. My approach to solving problems applies to many companies. I’ve worked with innovative small businesses and start-ups as well as large corporations. The more difficult the problem the more passionate I get in seeking reliable solutions. EXPERIENCE Principal Scientist MakerBot 4/2014 - 4/2015 Brooklyn, NY • Management & Leadership: Managed R&D’s Systems Team and the R&D Materials Group. Reported to the VP of R&D and helped determine road maps for the department. • Program Management: Co-wrote charter for a development program for a future 3D printer. Determined device requirements and specifications via a QFD (Quality Function Deployment)-led design process. • Physics: Developed models of the polymer behavior in the extruder and fluidics of the polymer melt at the extruder exit to develop fundamental knowledge of the behavior of the system for future advancement. Gave a lecture series on polymer physics to provide a large group with a diverse background the necessary foundations to understand the systems. • IP Development & Collaboration: Created several new invention disclosures and dramatically expanded MakerBot’s network with other research companies and institutions to expand fundamental knowledge of the printers. Worked directly with legal team creating agreements. Initiated a journal club to read related science literature. This group was responsible for roughly one internal invention disclosure per month. Senior Staff Scientist Advanced Reconnaissance Corp 12/2012 - 3/2014 Fishkill, NY • Research & Development: Reported directly to the Chief Scientist, led all R&D efforts, such as the development of new hyperspectral sensor systems, investigations into developing new IP and techniques, and advancing the analysis capabillities of the company. • Program Management: Ran development and operations for AgVu, ARC’s subscription based agriculture product, including leading all field operations, data transfer and flight logistics, customer delivery, and client training. • Project Management: Developed a novel agriculture-focused hyperspectral and infrared sensor system, including overseeing all design reviews, prototype developments, schedules, budgets, testing, and final integration of the sensor system into the aircraft. • Business Development: Acted as technical spokesperson in all high level meetings with investors and business partners. Wrote and presented slide decks on ARC’s capabilities, limitations, roadmap, and market penetration. Acted as official spokesperson in on-camera and on-air interviews about ARC’s core products. Wrote several funding proposals and white papers each month. Postdoctoral Research Associate Cornell University 11/2009 - 8/2012 Ithaca, NY School of Applied & Engineering Physics • Microfluidics & Biotechnology: Developed a solid-state, microfluidic chemical reactor for probing of nucleic acids. Designed, prototyped, fabricated, and characterized novel microfluidic devices, employing a mineral matrix for creating localized chemical reactions for the purpose of nucleic acid “footprinting”, with millisecond time resolution and high throughput potential. • Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering: Provided beamline support during small angle x-ray scattering experiments on biomolecules. CONTINUED ON REVERSE EXPERIENCE CONTINUED... Visiting Scientist Albert Einstein College of Medicine 11/2009 - 8/2012 Bronx, NY Department of Biochemistry • Biochemistry: Conducted experiments of dynamics of radio-labeled nucleic acids using microfluidic reactors developed and manufactured at Cornell. • Experimentation: Utilized gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to determine cleavage of nucleic acids as a function of flow rate in the devices. Postdoctoral Research Assistant University of Pennsylvania 11/2007 - 8/2009 Philadelphia, PA Department of Physics & Astronomy • Rheology & Complex Fluids: Developed experimental apparatuses for the study of aquaeous foams, including the novel rheological study of 3D foams in a channel with a no-slip edge condition. • Material Coarsening: Developed apparatuses to study the coarsening dynamics of 2D foams with the objective of changing dynamics as a function of constrained cell curvatures. • Lab Management: Organized an experimental soft matter journal club attended by all students and postdocs from multiple research groups. Manager of Regional X-Ray Diffraction Facility University of Colorado 8/2005 - 10/2007 Boulder, CO Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center & Department of Physics • Lab Management: Wrote proposals to the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), and led experimental runs for roughly four weeks each year. Made contacts with collaborators for samples, prioritized sample importance, and determined the run manifests. Mentored graduate students learning XRD and trained synchrotron users. • Equipment Management: Maintained rotating anode x-ray source at the University of Colorado and scheduled lab time for internal and outside users. Primary contact for outside users, and primary decision maker on whether users should operate as paying customers or as collaborators, and trained facility users. • Experimentation: Utilized scattering expertise in both powder diffraction and aligned samples (crystallography), both at small and wide angle x-ray scattering, and microdiffraction. Worked on liquid crystals, multilayer thin films, polymer films, aggregating DNA crystals, lipid bilayers, molecular motors, and more. EDUCATION University of Colorado, Boulder 2001 - 2007, PhD in Physics with Certificate in Liquid Crystal Science & Technology THESIS ADVISOR: NOEL A. CLARK The Colorado College, Colorado Springs 1995 - 1999, BA, Major in Physics PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Association for the Advancement of Science American Physical Society American Chemical Society Materials Research Society METRICS Over 20 peer-reviewed publications Work presented at 25+ conferences Attended 6 selective summer schools and workshops SKILLS Fluidics & Microfluidics, 3D Design, Polymers, Remote Sensing & Optics, Biotechnology, Silicon Fabrication, Rheology, Image Analysis, Liquid Crystals, Materials Characterization & Materials Science, Thermodynamics, Optical Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, MATLAB, Mathematica, TeX, ImageJ, SolidWorks, JavaScript, MS Office, Public Speaking, Leadership, Management, Project & Program Management, Product Development, Research & Development, Writing and Technical Writing