JONATHAN ALLEN, Ph.D.

3 Creek Rim DriveTitusville, New Jersey 08560



Phone 609-737-8896, Fax 737-2686, e-mail: jon-a@ix.netcom.com

Employment Objective



Research and /or development involving applied physics or electronics.



Summary

Applied physicist and research engineer with excellent hands-on skills. I take pride in finding straightforward and inexpensive solutions to technical problems. I write and communicate well and enjoy working with and helping others.



Employment History



July 1995 - Sept. 1998

Senior Staff Scientist, RF Power Products, Inc., Voorhees, NJ. Head of Design and Development Team, high power RF generators and associated equipment. In charge of Standards Certification Program.



1994 - June 1995

Professor of Electronics, DeVry Technical Institute, Woodbridge, NJ. Taught courses in solid state devices and circuits, op-amps, electronic communication, and related laboratories. Also consultant on laboratory equipment design .



1993 - 1995

Independent Consultant, Electronics research and development.



1983 - 93

Senior Scientist, Research and Develoipment, Chronar Corp. - Advanced Photovoltaic Systems, Inc., Princeton, NJ. (APS bought out Chronar in 1990). Headed RF and Process Electronics Dept. Designed and developed apparatus to manufacture amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, including RF power systems, ultrasonics, and instrumentation for both research and production. Supervised a technical staff. Trained production operators. Senior scientist on team to install solar module manufacturing plants in U.S., U.K., France, China, and Croatia.



1978 - 83

Experimental Physicist, Contract Research, AeroChem Research Labs, Inc., Princeton, NJ. Developed a new process to make semiconductor silicon. Invented aerosol particle analyzer. Principal investigator on dust aerosol ignition and combustion studies. Also wrote proposals and technical papers, and purchased equipment.



1975 - 77

Research Assistant, Air Pollution Research Laboratory, Washington University. Instrumentation development and Ph.D. Dissertation.



1972 - 75

Jr. Research Fellow, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Washington University.





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JONATHAN ALLEN , Ph.D.



3 Creek Rim Drive

Titusville, NJ 08560



Phone 609-737-8896, Fax 737-2686





Education



Ph.D. Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1977. Dissertation: "Aerosol Particle Size and Shape Measurements Through Asymmetric Laser Light Scattering."



M.S. Physics, University of Massachusetts, 1971.



A.B. Physics, Colby College, Waterville, ME. 1964





Memberships and Activities



American Physical Society (Life Member)

Sigma Xi Honorary Research Society

New York Academy of Sciences

Union of Concerned Scientists (Speakers Bureau)

Engineers Club of Trenton

Federation of American Scientists

Stony Brook - Millstone Watersheds Association

Union Fire Company & Rescue Squad

Mercer County Science Fair Judge



Listings



American Men and Women of Science

Who's Who in Science and Technology

Who's Who in the East



Other Skills and Interests



Scientific instrument design and repair

Machine shop, Metalworking, and welding

Woodworking and cabinet making

Photography: scientific, technical, and aerial

Refrigeration systems

Private pilot

Emergency medical Technician (EMT-A) 1979-96

Moderate fluency in French