Dr Matthew McDonnell
BSC(hons) BE(hons) DPhil


                             Employment History

July 2007-Present   The MathWorks UK

Project Engineer in the Consulting Services group.

September 2006-April 2007 Griffith University, Queensland

Research Fellow in the Hydrogen Cooling group.

July 2003-August 2006 University of Oxford

Postdoctoral  Research  Assistant  in  the  Ion  Trap  Quantum   Information
Processor group.

October 2002-May 2003 Keble College, University of Oxford

Tutor in First Year Classical Mechanics at Keble College.

                                  Education

October 1999-June 2003 University of Oxford

DPhil in Atomic and Laser Physics

Software development, mathematical analysis and experiment implementation

Positions of responsibility

   1. February 2001 - July 2001: Keble College Middle Common Room President

   2. February 2000 - December 2001: Keble MCR Social Secretary 

   3. July 2000 - November 2003: Keble MCR Internet Officer

February 1993-November 1998 University of Western Australia

BSc (Chemical Physics) (hons. 1st Class)

BE (Materials) (hons. 1st Class)

   1. 1996: Faculty of Science Medal for best Honours Science Student

   2. 1996:  J.A.Wood  Memorial  Prize  for  best  Honours  Student  in  the
      Faculties of Science, Engineering, Medicine, Agriculture and Dentistry

   3. 1999: Awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to study for a DPhil  at  the
      University of Oxford


                                   Skills

   1. MATLAB
      Experience in writing software for numerical simulation of quantum
      optical systems, laboratory automation and data analysis.  Experience
      with code review and refactoring of existing code written by other
      group members.  Mentoring of new group members.

   2. Mathematica, Ocaml, Erlang, C++, Unix

   3. analytical approach to problem solving  tasks,  attention  to  detail,
      ability to work in as an individual or in a team environment.

                                   Seeking

   1.  goal  oriented  situations  requiring  innovative   problem   solving
      abilities and the opportunity to further develop my technical  skills,
      particularly those relating to software development.

   2. a  career that fulfills a socially useful function by developing tools
      that enable others to work more  efficiently  or  open  new  areas  of
      enterprise.

   3.  a  range  of  interesting  technical  challenges  together  with  the
      resources required to meet these challenges successfully.


                                 References


Available on request