Software Engineer @ R&D Training From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Student Developer @ Developed and maintained Yale web-based applications in Ruby on Rails framework From January 2014 to January 2015 (1 year 1 month) Research Scientist @ Implemented controller for 1 Degree-of-Freedom Tail on hexapedal XRL robot to improve jumping actuation, gave final presentation to GRASP lab and general public, wrote final paper “Tail Effector Manipulation for Improved Jumping Actuation in a Hexapedal Robot” From May 2014 to August 2014 (4 months) Particle Physics Researcher @ Wrote C++ program and used ROOT (Rapid Object-Oriented Technology) software to separate signal from background in Z’ boson reconstruction from simulated all-hadronic top-quark decay in feasibility study on Z’ search at 14 TeV LHC Gave multiple Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to Yale-ATLAS group, outlining progress of project and effectiveness of certain jet substructure cuts to help shape consequent research and focus of team effort Developed C++ program to identify jets decaying from top quarks at extreme transverse momentum at 14 TeV LHC From June 2013 to December 2013 (7 months) Geneva Area, SwitzerlandAstrophysics Researcher @ Analyzed photometric data from Type Ia supernovae to plot magnitude and redshift on Hubble diagram. Results used to help determine evolution of rate of expansion of universe Wrote Chi-squared minimization program in C and used IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility) and Microsoft Excel to calibrate photometric data to produce light curves using SALT2 (Spectral Adaptive Light curve Template) Created 98-page manual describing process for downloading and classifying files, using SALT2 and IRAF, and doing data reduction, data analysis, plotting, and calibration for future astrophysics research interns From May 2012 to May 2013 (1 year 1 month)

BS, Physics @ Yale University From 2011 to 2015 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics @ Yale University From 2011 to 2015 Aaron Effron is skilled in: C, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, Python, PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Scheme, LaTeX, Spanish-speaking, Ruby, Linux, ROOT