781.223.6030 douglas@Genetical.com

Academic Background

Post-Doctoral, Molecular Physics, The Rowland Institute for Science (1997)
Ph.D. Chemical Physics and Computational Chemistry,
        Northwestern University (April 1994)
M.S. Chemical Physics, Northwestern University (1989)
B.S. Physical Chemistry, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL (1985)

Employment Interest

• Technical leader or member of a skilled and motivated team.
• Applying scientific or mathematical techniques to commercial product research or development. Likely to involve my skills bridging science and technical software development.
• Preference for a small company or independent, dynamic group of a larger company in the Boston metro area.

Skills

• Solid understanding of a wide range of physical sciences: physical chemistry, molecular physics, and scientific instrumentation.
• Experienced computer scientist specializing in instrumentation interfaces, numerical simulation, algorithms for optimization, pattern recognition and machine learning. Expert level knowledge of C++. Extensive application development and C++ library design experience. Detailed knowledge of Win32 API, multithreading, Visual C++.
• Laboratory and mechanical skills related to the design, construction and operation of world class research in molecular physics. Experience designing and building laboratory electronics, laser optics, and ultra-high vacuum equipment.
• Mathematical and numerical analysis skills commensurate with graduate level work in ab initio quantum chemistry. Developer of custom software for molecular dynamics and molecular structure optimization.
• Capable presenter of technical material to inform an audience. Capable group leader.

Research and Employment History

• 2000-2002   
  Independent Consultant, Genetical.com and AlphaSquared.com, Wellesley, MA
  Statistical and information theoretic software for non-linear pattern recognition. Following a genetic algorithm implementation. Continuing development. Additional consulting work providing Internet and networking expertise to a few Boston area companies.
• 1999-2000
  Principal, Lamarck, Inc., 171 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
  Software development on novel computing environment for investment research and data mining for financial services sector. Venture capital funded start up. Development of C++ interfaces and protocols for TCP/IP access to large, high-speed real-time databases.
• 1998
  External Consultant, The Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, MA
  Development of computer simulation of scientific experiments involving molecular dynamics and specialized image processing. (The Rowland Institute is a non-profit collaborative foundation of Polaroid, Harvard and MIT researchers, now part of Harvard University.)
• 1997-1998
  Research Associate, The Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, MA
  1994-1997
  Post-Doctoral Position, The Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, MA
  Designed and built the world's first ion trap capable of simultaneous mass analysis and electron diffraction for molecular structure determination. Studied unique ion-molecule reactions of C₆₀ and other fullerenes in custom mass spectrometers. Joel Parks, research director.

Trajectories of ions in a Paul trap

• 1992-1994
  Graduate Student, Physical Chemistry, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
  Extended graduate research in an international environment. Trained a team of German graduate students in experimental physics techniques building custom mass spectrometers and lasers. Theoretical and computation work on quantum physics of atomic clusters.
• 1988-1992
  Graduate Student, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  Experimental and theoretical study of chemical and electronic properties of gas-phase metal clusters. Laser desorption and spectroscopy of atomic and molecular species in a molecular beam. Member of a team that designed and built electronics, laser, and high vacuum chamber for the first determination of ionization potentials of silver clusters, Ag₂-Ag₁₀₀. Thesis work under Prof. Manfred M. Kappes.
  Computational chemistry using local density theory on a Cray YMP supercomputer to study alkali clusters with Prof. Donald E. Ellis, Dept. of Physics.
  Taught physical chemistry recitation classes. Teaching assistant in general chemistry and spectroscopy.
• 1986-1988
  Research Associate, R & D Baxter International, Round Lake, IL
  Analytical chemist. Chromatographic analysis of amino acids for intravenous solutions. Reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on attainment of product manufacturing requirements and product stability. Developed protocols for chemical and statistical analysis. Employed a variety of analytical methods such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Atomic Absorption, and Gas Chromatography. (Later graduate work with UV-VIS, NMR, SEM, STM instruments.)

Additional Skills

Extensive experience with interfacing computers and laboratory instrumentation. LabView developer. Experience with digital-analog interfaces and signal and image processing. Developer of custom software for scientific CCD camera. Developer of assembly and C/C++ routines for embedded processors, especially DSPs for controlling scientific instruments and complex FPGA algorithms.

Developer of low level multithreaded C++ code handling TCP/IP and HTTP communications. Experienced in HTML design, and WinNT network management.

Experience with a range of lasers and optics, techniques of ultra-high vacuum design and generation, mass spectroscopy (linear and reflectron time-of-flight, quadrupole), and radio frequency ion (Paul) traps.

Majority of computing and development experience is on Windows and Mac platforms, with less experience on Unix and Linux systems. Open to improving Linux/Unix skills.

Personable leadership style. Patient teacher.

Publications

1. Electron Diffraction of Trapped Cluster Ions
   Mathias Maier-Borst, Douglas B. Cameron, Mordechai Rokni, and Joel H. Parks
   Physical Review A, 59 (1999) R3162-R3165.
2. Charge-exchange collisions of C₆₀^z+: a probe of the ion charge distribution
   Douglas B. Cameron, J.H. Parks
   Chemical Physics Letters, 272 (1997) 18-24.
3. Charge-Exchange and Cluster Formation in an rf Paul Trap: Interaction of Alkali Atoms with C₆₀⁺
   Stuart Pollack, Douglas Cameron, Mordechai Rokni, Winfield Hill, J.H. Parks
   Chemical Physics Letters, 256 (1996) 101-108.
4. Photofragmentation of Ag₄(N₂)_x⁺, x=0-3: N₂ Binding Energies
   Susanne Haupt, Julian Kaller, Douglas Cameron, Detlef Schooß, Manfred M. Kappes
   Z. Physik D, 40, Issue 1-4 (1997) 331-333.
5. Photodissociation Spectroscopy of Metal Clusters: a Status Report
   Douglas Cameron, Susanne Haupt, Julian Kaller and Manfred M. Kappes, SPIE Proceedings, 1994, 2124, 418-425.
6. Electronic and Geometric Structure in Silver Clusters.
   George Alameddin, Joanna Hunter, Douglas Cameron and Manfred Kappes, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1992, 192, 122-128.
7. Impurity Doped Simple Metal Clusters: Optical Response.
   Geoffrey M. Koretsky, Tina A. Dalhseid, Stuart Pollack, C.R. Chris Wang, George Alameddin, Joanna Hunter, Douglas Cameron, Shengzhong Liu and Manfred Kappes, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 1270-1272.
8. Optical Response of Doped s¹-Electron Metal Clusters.
   Tina A. Dahlseid, Geoffrey M. Koretsky, Stuart Pollack, C.R. Chris Wang, Joanna Hunter, George Alameddin, Douglas Cameron, Shengzhong Liu and Manfred Kappes, Z. Physik D., Proceedings of the 88th Heraeus Seminar, "Nuclear Concepts in the Study of Atomic Cluster Physics," R. Schmidt, H. Lutz and R. Dreizler (Eds.), pp. 262-265, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1992.
9. Photoabsorption Spectra of s¹-Electron Metal Clusters.
   C.R. Chris Wang, Stuart Pollack, Joanna Hunter, George Alameddin, Tina Dahlseid, Douglas Cameron, Shengzhong Liu and Manfred Kappes, Z. Physik D, 1991, 19, 13-17.
10. Optical absorption spectroscopy of sodium clusters as measured by collinear molecular beam photodepletion. C.R. Chris Wang, Stuart Pollack, Douglas Cameron and Manfred Kappes, J. Chem. Phys., 1990, 93, 3787-3801.

Online Resources

www.genetical.com/dc/resume.html

1. Electron Diffraction of Trapped Cluster Ions (poster)
2. C₆₀⁺ Reactions with Alkali Metals in an rf Trap (poster)
3. Paul Traps, Fullerenes, and Electron Diffraction (talk slides)
4. Silver Clusters: Spectroscopic Probes and Theoretical Models of Gas Phase Structure (thesis)
5. Scientific, publicly available programs
6. Personal web site

Member
American Physical Society (APS),
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

US Citizen