# Benjamin Cooper

> Integrations Software Engineer, TetraScience

Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benjamincooper

I'm a physicist by training, with experience in both theoretical and experimental work. After a thesis on superconducting quantum computing, I moved into computational microscopy for several years. I enjoy opportunities to do technical work adjacent to science and scientists.

## Work Experience
### Integrations Software Engineer @ TetraScience
Jan 2021 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Senior Scientist, Computational Microscopy @ Soley Therapeutics
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Scientist @ Calico Life Sciences
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
* Performed original research in computational microscopy and image reconstruction with photophysical models, using maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference, deep learning (e.g. Keras, TensorFlow)
* Developed signal processing methods to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in fluorescence microscopy
* Trained and supported ~50 biologists w/ use of Micro-Manager, an open source Java/C++ microscope control software package
* Developed hardware interaction code, both for Micro-Manager (C++) and custom in-house work (Python)
* Expertise in scientific Python (e.g. numpy, scipy, matplotlib, scikit-image, pandas, scikit-learn)

### Scientific Programmer @ The National Institutes of Health
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
* Developed new approach for 3d structured illumination microscopy (SIM) reconstruction using maximum likelihood estimation
* Implemented multiprocessing SIM algorithm in Python, including routines for point spread function fitting and illumination inference

### Postdoctoral Research Associate @ University of Maryland
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
* Designed and built tunnel junction devices for proof-of-principle experiment demonstrating novel nonlinear capacitive measurement for detecting Majorana fermions in nanowires
* Built custom low-capacitance cryogenic probe for lock-in measurement of test devices

### Ph.D. Candidate @ University of Maryland
Jan 2005 – Jan 2013 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
* Designed, fabricated (e-beam and photolithography), and measured (microwave and low-frequency electronic, in cryogenic environment) dc SQUID phase qubits, a particular type of superconducting qubit
* Developed quantum theory of full circuit to explain anomalous measurement results


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Physics
University of Maryland

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Physics / Math
Williams College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-cooper-physicist
- Portfolio: https://bkcooper.github.io

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Last updated: 2026-04-11