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Naomi Wharton

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Graduate Student in Physical Oceanography at University of Washington

  • Education

    • Harvard university

      2015 - 2019
      Bachelor of arts (a.b.) physics; secondary in environmental science and public policy cum laude in physics with high honors

      Activities and Societies: Small Claims Advisory Service; President of Harvard's board games club (HAPIE); The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal.

    • Lexington high school

      2011 - 2015

      Activities and Societies: Founding Co-Captain of all-girls FIRST FTC Robotics team (The Parity Bits, FTC Team #8379); Horn player at NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and Boston Youth Symphony.

    • University of washington

      2022 - 2028
      In progress: doctor of philosophy - phd physical oceanography

  • Experience

    • Mitre

      Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
      Software engineering intern

      Harnessed crowd-sourced cell phone data to predict cell tower locations for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Applied Python clustering algorithms to identify antennas sharing cell towers.

    • The johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory

      Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
      Theater missile systems engineering intern

      Translated optimization algorithms from MATLAB to C++ to incorporate into larger simulation framework. Held an Interim Secret security clearance.

    • Harvard university

      Jan 2017 - May 2017
      Mathematics course assistant

      Course assistant for Math 21b: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations. Taught weekly hour-long problem sessions; held course-wide office hours; graded homework assignments for 30+ students.

    • Center for astrophysics | harvard & smithsonian

      Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
      Radio telescope operator

      Observed CO and HCN molecular clouds with 1.2-meter Millimeter-Wave Telescope. Calibrated telescope to minimize noise and adjust to atmospheric conditions. Performed liquid helium and nitrogen fills of telescope dewar.

    • Caltech

      Jun 2017 - Sept 2017
      Ligo summer undergraduate research fellow

      Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Lab at Caltech, advised by Dr. Rana Adhikari and Dr. Koji Arai. Research project aimed to use measurement of higher-order laser beam modes to perform metrology of interferometer mirrors.

    • Harvard university

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Research assistant, department of earth and planetary sciences

      Advised by Professor Eli Tziperman on a climate dynamics research project exploring high-latitude warming during the Eocene period. Developed Python program to correlate HYSPLIT air mass trajectories with Community Atmosphere Model outputs using a Lagrangian method.

    • Harvard summer school

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Proctor

      Provided supervision, information, advising, discipline, and social activities for 31 high school juniors.

    • University of washington

      Sept 2023 - now

      • Graduate Research Assistant

        Sept 2022 - now

      • Graduate Teaching Assistant

        Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Naomi Wharton
      National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Office of Naval Research, US Department of Defense Mar 2024
    • Awarded to Naomi Wharton
      Graubard Fellowship in the Program on Climate Change Program on Climate Change, University of Washington Nov 2023 Research assistantship and tuition support for 9 months. One of 4 fellows selected.
    • Awarded to Naomi Wharton
      Provost's Excellence Graduate Fellowship - Sep 2022
    • Awarded to Naomi Wharton
      Vetlesen Fellowship - Sep 2022

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Small Claims Advisory Service (SCAS) on Jan 2018
      Small Claims Advisory Service (SCAS)Associated with Naomi Wharton