Education
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ph.D. Candidate (2015 – ), M.Phil. (2015), M.S. (2013)
Advisor: Karsten Heeger
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
B.A. cum laude with High Honors in Physics (2012)
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, Bayside, NY
Valedictorian
Research
CUORE, 2013–present: Neutrino physics research with Professor Karsten Heeger and CUORE, an experiment to detect and measure neutrinoless double beta decay in 130Te
Superfluid He excimer detection, 2013: Condensed matter physics research with Professor Dan McKinsey, working on an experiment to detect quantum vortices in superfluid helium with transition edge sensors.
ACME, 2011: Atomic physics research with Professor John Doyle and the ACME collaboration, working to measure the permanent electric dipole moment of the electron using the heavy polar molecule ThO.
ATLAS, 2010–2011: Worked at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland and at Harvard analyzing the first data obtained by the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider with Professors Masahiro Morii and Joao Guimaraes da Costa and the ATLAS Group at the Harvard University Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology.
WorldWide Telescope, 2010: Research assistant for Professor Alyssa Goodman, developing applications for WorldWide Telescope (WWT), a virtual telescope that brings together astronomical images in a unified, easily accessible format, and teaching weekly sessions at the local middle school.
NuSTAR, 2009: Helped to develop the optical calibration facility for NuSTAR, a high-energy X-ray telescope array launched in 2012, with Professor Charles Hailey.
Teaching
Physics 181: University Physics – A broad introduction to electromagnetism, optics, special relativity, and quantum physics (Head Teaching Fellow, Yale, Spring 2014)
Physics 180: University Physics – A broad introduction to Newtonian mechanics, gravitation, waves, and thermodynamics (Teaching Fellow, Yale, Fall 2012 and Fall 2013)
Physics 166: General Physics Laboratory – A laboratory course accompanying the introductory physics sequence (Teaching Fellow, Yale, Spring 2013)
Computer Science 50: Introduction to Computer Science – An intensive introduction to computer science and computer programming (Teaching Fellow, Harvard, Fall 2010)
Publications
C. Alduino et al. (CUORE Collaboration). Measurement of the two-neutrino double-beta decay half-life of 130Te with the CUORE-0 experiment. Eur. Phys. J. C 77, 13 (2017).
J. S. Cushman et al. The detector calibration system for the CUORE cryogenic bolometer array. Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 844, 32–44 (2017).
C. Alduino et al. (CUORE Collaboration). CUORE-0 detector: design, construction and operation. J. Instr. 11, P07009 (2016).
C. Alduino et al. (CUORE Collaboration). Analysis Techniques for the Evaluation of the Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Lifetime in 130Te with CUORE-0. Phys. Rev. C 93, 045503 (2016).
K. Alfonso et al. (CUORE Collaboration). Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of 130Te with CUORE-0. Physical Review Letters 115, 102502 (2015).
N. F. Brejnholt et al. The Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility for X-Ray Optics. X-ray Optics and Instrumentation 2011 (2011).
Conferences
Initial performance of the CUORE detector. Poster. TAUP 2017: 15th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics. Sudbury, Ontario. July 25, 2017.
Improving the energy calibration of CUORE-0 and CUORE. Contributed talk. 2016 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics. Vancouver, British Columbia. October 16, 2016.
Calibration of CUORE-0 and CUORE. Contributed talk. 2015 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics. Santa Fe, New Mexico. October 29, 2015.
Commissioning and calibrating the CUORE neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. Contributed talk. APS April Meeting 2015. Baltimore, Maryland. April 13, 2015.
Cryogenic verification of the CUORE Detector Calibration System. Poster. Neutrino 2014: XXVI International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics. Boston, Massachusetts. June 6, 2014.
Other Public Talks
Designing and Building CUORE, a Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. Weak Interaction Discussion Group Seminar, Yale University, February 24, 2015.
Skills and Technical Experience
Multiple years of laboratory experience with electrical, vacuum, and cryogenic engineering; machining and metalworking; and fast prototyping tools including 3D printing, laser cutting, and water jet cutting.
Expertise and multiple years of scientific computing experience in C, C++, and LabVIEW. Proficient in Mathematica, MATLAB, and Python. Familiar with Java, PHP, SQL, and Ruby.
Experience working with large datasets and familiar with machine learning techniques (classification, regression, neural networks).
Conversant in Spanish and basic Italian.