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Postdoctoral Associates

Wei Shi

Wei Shi

Postdoctoral Associate

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I got Ph.D. at Rice University in 2021 with a thesis topic on searching for new bosons using muons at the CMS experiment at CERN LHC. I was also involved in CMS endcap muon triggers. After joining NN group, I spent significant time at DUNE R&D. I am heavily involved in the photon detection system (PDS) for the DUNE far detector modules. I am developing the PDS cold readout at Fermilab and coordinating cold box runs at CERN. I also lead the final PDS production at Stony Brook. One of my physics interests is the DUNE-PRISM program where the LAr and TMS near detectors will both move off-axis to sample neutrino fluxes at different energies. I am developing an analysis to utilize this data to predict neutrinos at the far detector and extract the oscillation parameters with minimum dependence on models. I am also working on a joint fit of samples collected from the beam (T2K) and atmospheric experiments (Super-K) exploiting the fact that the T2K far detector is the same as Super-K. The correlation of detector and interaction systematics at similar energy regions brings improved sensitivities to mass ordering and cp violation effects. I joined the group in 2021.

Uladzislava (Vlada) Yevarouskaya

Uladzislava (Vlada) Yevarouskaya

Postdoctoral Associate

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My research interests focus on neutrino physics at long-baseline neutrino experiments. My Ph.D. research was fully devoted to the preparation for the upgrade of the ND280 near detector of the T2K experiment. I participated in studies focused on testing the performance of the HA-TPC and developing the analysis, simulation, and reconstruction framework for future HA-TPCs. Additionally, my research interests include Oscillation Analysis, which is dedicated to measuring neutrino oscillation parameters in long-baseline experiments. My Ph.D. research involved the development and validation of a new T2K near detector fitting framework named GUNDAM. GUNDAM is a likelihood fitter that utilizes a gradient descent method to constrain flux and cross-section parameters by fitting near detector data at the T2K experiment, but can be easily adapted to other neutrino experiments. I joined the group in March 2024.

Shivam Joshi

Shivam Joshi

Postdoctoral Associate

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Doctoral Students

Abraham Teklu

Abraham Teklu

Doctoral Student

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I am Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Prof. Jung. I have been actively involved in various research projects, including T2K Near Detector Upgrade, T2K Oscillation Analysis in the MaCh3 Group, and the development of Novel 3D Scintillator Detector Prototypes. My thesis work aims to contribute to our understanding of neutrons in neutrino events through the use of cutting-edge technologies. I joined the graduate program and the group in 2018.

Jiayu Ji

Jiayu Ji

Doctoral Student

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I am Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. McGrew and I am currently working on the implementation of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo as minimization algorithm for future cross-section measurements in T2K. I joined the graduate program in 2019 and the group in 2021.

Jacob Smith

Jacob Smith

Doctoral Student

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I am a PhD student advised by Prof. Elizabeth Worcester who is broadly interested in neutrino oscillations, the search for sterile neutrinos, and the interface of particle physics and machine learning. These interests have led me to pursue my thesis work in Fermilab’s Short Baseline Neutrino program (SBND and ICARUS). I have also previously worked on the MINERvA and (Proto)DUNE experiments doing simulation/analysis work and some R&D for ProtoDUNE’s cold electronics. When I’m not in the office, I can be found woodworking, hiking, and talking about frogs. I joined the group in 2022.

Haowei Zheng

Haowei Zheng

Doctoral Student

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I am a 4th year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Ciro Riccio. I am currently working on combined data analysis of T2K beam and Super-K atmospheric neutrinos. In the past, I have worked on detector calibration, online monitoring and systematics for the off-axis Near Detector of the T2K Experiment, particularly the Super-FGD detector. My current academic interests include data analysis and simulation-based inference (SBI) for long baseline oscillation experiments. I am also broadly intrigued by neutrino-nucleon interaction, the Standard model and interesting new detector designs. I also maintain an interest in astrophysics and cosmology. When not doing physics, you will find me reading, watching anime, staring at trains and play the bass (guitar, not the fish). I joined the graduate program and the group in 2022.

Kuunal Mahtani

Kuunal Mahtani

Doctoral Student

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I graduated with a Mathematics and Physics Joint Specialist degree from the University of Toronto in 2021. My research interests and experience are founded in HEP, and I hope to continue making good contributions to interesting High Energy and Neutrino research throughout my academic career as a PhD student and beyond. I am grad student working under the supervision of Prof. Jung and Dr. Riccio. I am working both on the cryogenics test of DUNE electronics and on the analysis of test beam data taken with the so-called SuperFGD prototype. SuperFGD will be the tracker of the upgraded off-axis near detector of T2K. I love ramen, playing guitar, and dogs. I joined the graduate program and the group in 2023.

Rado Fanantenana Razakamiandra

Rado Fanantenana Razakamiandra

Doctoral Student

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I am grad student working with Prof. Jung and Dr. Doyle. I joined the graduate program and the group in 2018. I joined the graduate program and the group in 2023.

Alex Heindel

Alex Heindel

Doctoral Student

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I am a grad student working under the supervision of Prof. Jung and Dr. Riccio. I have worked with Dr. Shi to conduct studies for the development of a simulation for the DUNE PNS calibration system. I also have experience with the DUNE FD2 PoF system and I will continue to contribute to its development as we work towards producing components for the detector. I joined the graduate program and the group in 2024.

Masters and Undergraduate Students

Ian Segal-Gould

Ian Segal-Gould

MA Student

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I am a master's student at Stony Brook University with a strong interest in physics beyond the Standard Model, particularly through the lens of neutrinos. I’m passionate about deeply understanding nature and applying my novel perspective to uncover aspects of the universe that remain elusive. Currently, I’m working with Prof. Riccio in the NN group, focusing on a novel analysis framework called GUNDAM. I joined the group in 2024.

Flynn Guo

Flynn Guo

MSI Student

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I am a student enroled in the Master of Science in Instrumentation. My advisor is Prof. Riccio and currently is involved in the DUNE Far Detector. I am FPS games expert, F1 & snooker fan. I joined the group in 2021.

Fu Runshi

Fu Runshi

Undergraduate Student


I am undergraduate majoring in Physics. I work under the supervision of Prof. Riccio on activities related to the DUNE Collaborations. I joined the group in 2024.

Dominick Guarneri

Dominick Guarneri

Undergraduate Student


I am undergraduate majoring in Physics. I work under the supervision of Prof. McGrew on activities related to the DUNE Collaborations. I joined the group in 2024.

Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff

 

Past Members

Honorary Members:

  • Maurice Goldhaber (Deceased in May. 2011)
  • Peter Paul (Deceased in Mar. 2017)

Post-Docs:

  • Clark McGrew, now Associate professor at Stony Brook University
  • Jim Hill, now Associate professor at the Cal. State Univ. at Dominguez Hills
  • Kai Martens, Project Associate Professor at IPMU, U. of Tokyo  
  • Antony Sarrat, now Software Engineer, KEAS Group, France
  • Kazuyoshi (Kenkou) Kobayashi, now Assistant Research Professor at ICRR, U. of Tokyo, Japan 
  • Ian Taylor, now Senior Software Engineer at Dstl, U.K. 
  • Jeanine Adam, now Senior Software Engineer at Dstl, U.K. 
  • James Imber, now Scientific Researcher at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bremen, Germany 
  • Jose Palomino, now Postdoc at Illinois Institute for Technology
  • Guang Yang, now Scientist at BNL
  • Cristovao Vilela, now Assistant Profossor at University of Lisbon
  • Tristan Doyle, now PostDoc at Oxford University, UK

Graduate Students:

  • Mo Jia (PhD)
  • Harrison Wolf (MS), now Graduate student at South Dakota School of Mine
  • Perri Zilberman (MS), now Graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Mari Fucci (MS)
  • Jacob Larkin (PhD), now Postdoc at Rochester University, NY
  • Jiunjie Jiang (PhD), now Institute of High Energy Physics, China
  • Brett Viren (PhD), now staff at BNL
  • Christopher Mauger (PhD), now Associate Prof. at U. of Pennsylvania, PA
  • Eric Sharkey (PhD), now at Netrics Computing Software Company, Princeton, NJ 
  • Matthew Malek (PhD), now Senior Lecturer in Experimental Particle Physics at University of Sheffield, U.K. 
  • Tokufumi Kato (PhD), now Managing Director, Neuberger-Berman, Manhattan, NY   
  • Lisa Whitehead (PhD), now Associate Professor at University of Houston, TX    
  • Ryan Terri (PhD), now school teacher in London
  • Phoc Trung Le (PhD), now Postdoc at Tufts University, MA   
  • Glenn Lopez (PhD), now Assistant Vice President, CIT, Pasadena, CA    
  • Dmitriy Beznosko (PhD), now Assistant Professor at Clayton State University, Georgia  
  • Joshua Hignight (PhD), now Senior Quantitative Analyst II at Toronto-Dominion Bank 
  • Karin Gilje (PhD), now Bollinger Fellow in Data Science at University of Pennsylvania, PA  
  • Jay Hyun Jo (PhD), now Staff Scientist at BNL, NY  
  • Xiaoyue Li (PhD), now Postdoc at Max Planck Institute (MPI) for physics, Munich, Germany   
  • Zoya Vallari (PhD), now Postdoc at Caltech, CA   
  • Gabriel Santucci (PhD), now Postdoc at York University, York, Canada  
  • Segey Martynenko (PhD), now Postdoc at BNL, Brookhaven, NY   
  • Kevin Wood (PhD), now Chamberlain fellow at LBL, Berkeley, CA 
  • Yue Wang (PhD), now Software development at Tiktok, CA 
  • Shilin Liu (PhD), now at Renaissance, NY
  • Florian Goebel (MS), now First degree to come out of SuperK, deceased in Sep. 2008
  • Markus Ackermann (MS), now Scientist at DESY
  • Dan Kerr (MS) 

Undergraduates:

  • Nicolas Whitney
  • James Rose
  • Peter Meshkov
  • Rachel Anderson
  • Yuko Nakazawa (BS)    
  • B. Einarsen (BS)    
  • S.-M. Park (BS)    
  • J. Andrello (BS)    
  • Tokufumi Kato (BS)    
  • Svetoslav Dimov (BS)    
  • Constantinos Constantinou (BS)    
  • Evan Guarnacchia (BS)    
  • Gurpreet Singh (BS)    
  • Christopher Werth (BS)    
  • Brian Martin (BS)    
  • O. Litvek    
  • A. Kashu    
  • M. Orfin    
  • A. Rockefeller    
  • R. Reese    
  • V. Suwarez    
  • B. Williams    
  • Melissa Pawlowski    
  • Toseef Raza    
  • Megumi Kinoshita (BS)    
  • Motoya Ikeda    
  • Roger Cheng    
  • Philip Grandin (BS)    
  • Erik Lessac-Chenin (Stanford Univ.)    
  • Chris Galloway (BS)    
  • Chris Malafis    
  • Gaku Nagashima    
  • Kieran Ramos (BS)    
  • Arun Kumar (BS)    
  • Jacqie Schmidt (BS)    
  • Evgeny Yakimenko    
  • Jake (Jaehong) Kim (BS)    
  • Vyassa Baratham    
  • Deanna Zarrillo    
  • Junjie Jiang