Education: excelled
PhD,
MIT, grade point average 3.6 out of 4.0 max.
Physics / Mathematics
BS,
University of South Carolina, GPA 5.7 / 6.0
Physics / Mathematics
On literary debating society executive; 8
awards / scholarships
University
of Göttingen, Germany, Fulbright Fellow
Physics / Mathematics
Research
experience: made significant innovations in 2
fields
Physics/Mathematics
in North America, 1988-1996:
AECL
Chalk River Laboratories Mathematics /
Physics
McMaster
University NSERC Fellow, Nuclear Physics
University
of Montreal Collaborator, Mathematics
Physics
in Germany, positions at:
Technical
University Munich (exchange professor level)
Max
Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics,
Heidelberg (postdoctoral)
Nuclear
Research Centre, Karlsruhe (staff)
Student
research:
DuPont
(X-ray diffraction)
USC
(water waves; lab instructor)
MIT
(cosmology and nuclear theory)
Linguistic
experience: building on knowledge
Primary technical
German-English translator for agency,
1998-present
3 years professional technical German
translation in fields of software
localisation (main focus) including manuals
and press releases; computer hardware; IT
marketing; control systems; several fields of
industrial science and engineering; and
financial documentation.
More than 4 years in Germany,
living and working in German language. Speak,
read, write German in business and family
life.
English (native language)
articles published in journals (scientific)
and newspapers (general).
Strengths
Excellent
writing, editing, communication and teaching
skills
Very
proficient in German, especially
understanding complex text
Extensive
experience in computing and computer
applications
Experienced
in Trados applications; licensed user of
Freelance Edition
Skills in French,
Spanish: fluent
