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<title>Sonya S. - About</title>
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<li class="nameplate"><b>Sonya</b></li>
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<p>Data enthusiast with a strong background in math, science and programming. I just finished <a href="research.html">my PhD</a> in Applied Physics at Yale, where I worked on data science and python fu in my spare time. I am currently on maternity leave with my son!
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Email me</a> any time, or find me on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sonya-sawtelle/30/b34/176">linked in</a> or <a href=https://github.com/sdsawtelle>github</a>.
Here is my <a href="resume.html">resume</a>.</p>
<p><mark class="highlight">compulsive optimizer</mark> (I can make 2 weeks worth of breakfast in 6 min. 26 sec.)</p>
<p><mark class="highlight">self starter</mark> (You kind of have to be to survive a PhD.)</p>
<p><mark class="highlight">frugal minimalist</mark> (There are three spoons in my household of two people.)</p>
<p><mark class="highlight">non-conformer</mark> (I'm not on facebook. Me and that one other guy are going to start our own club.)</p>
<p>I have one lovely husband, two bachelors degrees, and three aforementioned spoons.</p>
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<p>Born and raised in St. Johnsbury <mark class="highlight">Vermont</mark>.</p>
<p>Went to undergrad in <mark class="highlight">Louisiana</mark> to escape the cold.</p>
<p>Followed <a href="http://www.stat.yale.edu/~wdb22">my husband</a> to <mark class="highlight">Indiana</mark> and learned to be a teacher.</p>
<p>Discovered that doing physics is much more fun than teaching physics.</p>
<p>Moved to <mark class="highlight">Connecticut</mark> to get a PhD in applied physics. Also, cold again.</p>
<p>I want to continue solving quantitative problems now that I've finished <a href="research.html">my PhD</a>.</p>
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<p>My undergrad and graduate programs in physics give me a solid foundation in <mark class="highlight">math</mark> and I also flatter myself that they've made me a more logical and careful thinker. I do a lot of coding for simulation and data analysis in my research. Also I just like programming, full stop. <mark class="python">Python</mark> is my language of choice, I got started at <a href="https://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python">codeacademy.com</a> and can highly recommend their intro course. I used <mark class="matlab">MATLAB</mark> for all of my data analysis and visualization for my PhD research for four years before migrating to Python. I code all my instrument control and data acquisition routines in <mark class="cpp">C++</mark>. For fun I started learning <mark class="web">HTML / CSS / SASS</mark> and made this website! For an intro I used the lovely <a href="http://marksheet.io">marksheet.io</a> tutorial. I try to keep some coding projects up on <a href=https://github.com/sdsawtelle> my github</a>.</p>
Here's a breakdown of my coursework and coding background:</p>
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<li>Calculus</li>
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<li>Graduate Electricity and Magnetism</li>
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<li>Mathematical Methods in Physics</li>
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<p>A place where I can put other random things.</p>
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<h2><a href=https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ovE0erGBpl_xmAWoFpnhxiN0rW9DJTw6Mli3pS6QY8/edit?usp=sharing">Collected Riddles (in the Dark)</a></h2>
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I collect riddles and keep them together with their solutions in a google doc. This makes me a very cool person and not at all a nerd. Most of the riddles tend to be math-y, some are more word play. If you know some good ones send them to me!
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<h2><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/351724/Resources/151001_SamsTeachYourself_CppCliffnotes/sams-teach-yourself-cplusplus.pdf" class="code">Cliffnotes to Sam's Teach Yourself C++</a></h2>
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I used a good chunk of the book <a href='http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-Hour-Edition/dp/0672335670'>Sam's Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day</a> to learn the underpinnings of C++ in order to code our instrument control and data acquisition system for my PhD research. I collected my notes on the lesson from the book into a pdf. I used the <a href="https://www.ctan.org/pkg/minted">minted package</a> for Latex to do syntx highlighting of C++ snippets. The result was that now I kind of hate both C++ <em>and</em> LaTex, very efficient.
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