Zabir Hossain is a physics student at The City College of New York pursuing a Master's degree in physics. He has worked as a research intern and research assistant on projects involving statistical data analysis, ultrafast spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, and fiber optics. He has skills in Python, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, and has published two papers and presented at conferences on topics related to supercontinuum generation and vector vortex beams.

1. ZABIR HOSSAIN
Email: zab_hoss@yahoo.com , Cell Phone: (646)301-4129, Home Phone: (718)-828-2875
Education: The City College of New York
1. Master’sin Physics(expected graduationSpring 2015).
2. Bachelor of Science, major in Physics and minor in Mathematics.
Work Experience:
1. City College of New York: Research Intern (February 2015- present). Areas of research: Statistical Data
Analysis.
Current project:
 Statisticalanalysis such asexperiment design, regressionanalysis,probability distributions, hypothesis testing,
error propagationand predictive modeling correlated data oflattice quantumchromo dynamics using PYTHON.
 Testing multiple degrees of correlation using resampling techniques like Jackknife and Bootstrap (ongoing).
 Understanding of scientific libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib in PYTHON.
 Familiar with SQL and relational Database Management (SQlite).
2. Institute of Ultrafast spectroscopy and Laser (IUSL) City College of New York: Research Assistant (July
2012-August 2014). Areas ofresearch:Ultrafast Spectroscopy,Telecomfiberoptics,NonlinearOptics,Optics in
Solid State Materials.
Previous Projects:
 Supercontinuumgeneration in photonic crystalfiber(theoreticaland experimental).Time resolve spectroscopy
using streakcamera. Interferometry andfemtosecondpulsewidth measurement using autocorrelator.
 Group velocity measurementof quasiparticles (polaritons)in Bose Einstein Condensate Material.
 OpticalProperties ofAntiferromagnetic Material.(Absorption,Photoluminescence)
 NonlinearOpticalKerr Effect in thin films of Gold and Copper.
 Spatialmode analysis (LGbeam, VectorBeams) in single and multimode telecomopticalfibers.
 Trained undergraduate physicsand engineering students about techniques oflaseroperation,fiberoptics and
spectroscopymethods.
Additional Computer Skills:
1. MATLAB (Simulation/ Data Analysis)
 Using Numerical Approximation Method (Euler’s Method, Midpoint Method, Runge Kutta Method) to
solve differential equations. Fast Fourier Transformand solving implicit and explicit analytic functions.
2. MICROSOFT OFFICE (Excel, Word, Power Point)
Publication:
1. "Tunable supercontinuumlight vectorvortexbeamgenerator using a q-plate" Optics Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 23,
pp. 5083-5086 (2013).
2. “Tuning vector vortex in spatially coherent supercontinuum multicolored optical beamusing q -plate” Proc.
SPIE 8999, Complex Light and Optical Forces VIII, 89990D (February 25, 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2042102
Academic and Research Awards:
1. Graduated with a Research Honors in Physics 2014.
2. Recipient of Army Educational Outreach Program(AEOP) Undergraduate Academic Research Grant 2013.
3. Recipient of Joseph Grossfield Memorial Academic Scholarship, 2011.
SelectedConference Presentation:
 FiO 2013/LS XXIX conferencein Orlando,sponsored by The Optical Society (OSA), Frontiers in Optics 2013,
collocated with the American Physical Society Division of Laser Science's Annual Meeting, Laser Science
XXIX.