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.
10 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)
vscode8
qt8
physics8
science7
python7
quantum-computing7
rust6
code-review6
compiler5
visual-studio-code4
github4
system-tray3
matlab2
octave2
vacuum2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dreens/pipe-conductance
Oct 2016 - Jul 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 9 months
pipesarbitrarymolecularcross-sectionvacuum
dreens/spin-flip-writing
Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:7 PRs, 165 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 2 months
spinmanuscript
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