dr. vasily0710
Objective:
Results oriented experimental nuclear physicist and programmer with experience and proven track record in detector design and implementation for nuclear/particle physics experiments is looking for a challenging position in a field of applied physics.
Summary of Qualifications:
Experienced in conducting research in the field of Nuclear and Particle Physics, data analysis, simulation, code development and detector design.
PhD (Physics, Specialization in Experimental Particle Physics) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia. Title: "Observation and Study of a Narrow resonance in a Σ-(1385) K+ system".
Languages
Fluent: English, Georgian (native tongue) and Russian. Good knowledge of German and Polish.
Computer Languages
C, C++, FORTRAN
Software
ROOT, PAW, GEANT, MARS, MCNP, MATLAB
Computer platforms
UNIX/LINUX, Windows, MAC
Detector design
Electromagnetic calorimeters, Scintillation detectors, Ring Imagine Cerenkov counters, Magnetometers for Magnetic Monopole search
Scientific Experience:
Consulting position at the Brookhaven National Laboratory 2011- present
• Working on realization of the US Department of Energy Projects: Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (GIPP) with former Soviet Union countries. Three Projects were submitted and one project has approved by DoE for funding recently. Other two projects are at the different review stages.
Senior Research Associate at the Boston University, Massachusetts 2010-present
• Developed Geant4 based simulation code in design of cosmic ray veto counters for the International Project Mu2e at the Fermi National Laboratory, searching for lepton flavor violation process - muon to electron conversion.
Senior Research Associate at the Brookhaven National Laboratory 2006-2010
• Coordinated and run the Magnetic Monopole (MM) search project at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
• As a member of the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, worked on search for CP-violation in heavy ion collisions. The project, however, stalled and was previously all but abandoned due to a major inconsistency with theoretical predictions. I wrote an independent analysis code and which was consistent with the CP violation hypothesis. Next I found the bug in the previous data analysis program. The research program is now revitalized and two papers have been submitted to Physical Review C claiming a major physics observation at RHIC.
Research Associate at the University of California, Riverside and University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, PHENIX experiment at BNL 2002-2006
• Made decisive contribution in design of the Silicon-Tungsten based calorimeter for the RHIC experiment PHENIX, while located at BNL. I wrote a GEANT-3 based simulation code for the project, results of which were used for actual detector prototype design, preparation and testing at the Serpukhov accelerator in Russia. I was member of two men team, which has successfully tested the device and demonstrated its functionality.
• Primary responsibilities included maintenance of the PHENIX Muon Identification system and its operation. Wrote a code, able to calculate a background related to the beam particles coming from the RHIC tunnel using beam transport programs MARS and MCNP5. Results of my calculations were used for positioning of the concrete shielding blocks in the RHIC tunnel. Shielding blocks significantly reduced background on Muon ID system. As a result the Muon ID system was able to operate in normal mode, saving multimillion RHIC operation costs.
Guest Scientist at DESY, Zeuthen, Germany 1998-2002
• Member of the TESLA collaboration. My primary responsibility was DAQ system development for the Photon Injector Test Facility (PITZ) of the TESLA linear collider.
• Wrote GEANT based simulation code for the Electro Magnetic Calorimeter for the TESLA Project at DESY. Results were used for the EMCAL p...
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