John Van Der Laan
About John Van Der Laan
John Van Der Laan is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, with a background in optical and electrical engineering.
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John Van Der Laan currently holds the position of Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. His tenure at Sandia National Laboratories began in 2017 in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area.
Career at Sandia National Laboratories
John Van Der Laan currently serves as a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He started this role in 2017. Prior to this, he worked as a Graduate Student Intern in Optical Engineering at the same institution for a brief period in 2012, also in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Previous Work Experience
Before his current role, John Van Der Laan had varied roles in multiple organizations. He interned at DMetrix, Inc as an Optical Engineer during the summer of 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. From 2010 to 2015, he was a Graduate Associate at the University of Arizona's College of Optical Sciences in Tucson. He also worked as an Undergraduate Researcher at Michigan Technological University from 2009 to 2010 on MIMO Radar Target Simulation and from 2006 to 2007 on Digital Signal Processing. Additionally, he served as a Co-Op Electrical Engineer at GE Aviation in 2008 and as a Project Engineer at MTU Aerospace Enterprise from 2006 to 2010, both in Houghton, MI.
Education and Expertise
John Van Der Laan has a strong educational background, with advanced degrees in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, where he earned a PhD from 2010 to 2015 and an MS from 2010 to 2012. He completed his undergraduate studies at Michigan Technological University, where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from 2005 to 2010.