Clare Burrage
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Dr Clare Burrage Address: School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK Telephone: 0115 752 3688 Email: [email protected] Nationality: British RESEARCH POSITIONS 01/01/2013 – Royal Society University Research Fellow 01/11/2011 – 31/12/2012 Anne McLaren Research Fellow Particle Theory Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, UK 01/10/2010 – 31/10/2011 Postdoctoral Fellow (Assistante Post-Doctorante) Cosmology Group, Départment de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, Switzerland 01/10/2008 – 30/09/2010 Postdoctoral Fellow (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) Theory Group, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany EDUCATION 10/2005 – 09/2008 PhD (Physics) Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of Cambridge, UK Supervisor: Prof. Anne-Christine Davis Thesis title: Scalar Fields and the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe 10/2004 – 06/2005 MMath (Part III Mathematics) Class: Distinction Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, UK 10/2001 – 06/2004 MA (Mathematics) Class: First Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, UK TEACHING EXPERIENCE Postgraduate Sept 2012 Tutor at British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics (BUSSTEPP) a two week school for postgraduate students held in Durham Jan 2012 Tutor at Young Experimentalists and Theorists Institute (YETI), a three day school for postgraduate students held in Durham 2010 Supervisor for the DESY Summer Student Program Student: Joanne Chorley (UCL) Research Project Title: Cerenkov Radiation in the Galileon Model 2007 – 2008 Tutor for course in Supergravity for MMath (Part III), Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge Undergraduate 2011 Tutor and examiner for course in Cosmology for Bachelor in Physics, Université de Genève 2006 – 2008 Tutor for courses in Quantum Mechanics, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Special Relativity, and Complex Methods for BA in Mathematics, University of Cambridge Dr Clare Burrage PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Referee for: Physics Review Letters (PRL), Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP), Physical Review D (PRD), Physics Letters B (PLB), International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD), European Physical Journal C (EPJC) Invited reviewer for grants awarded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Member of the Theory Group for the Euclid satellite collaboration Organiser of the 2012 UK HEP Young Experimentalists and Theorists Institute (YETI), at the University of Durham Organiser of the Postdoc Lecture Series in the Particle Theory Group at the University of Nottingham GRANTS AND PRIZES Mar. 2013 Royal Society Research Grant (Shortlisted, results known early 2013) Funding for a three year PhD studentship. Project title: Laboratory Searches for Dark Energy Jan. 2013 Royal Society University Research Fellowship ~ £520,000 Project title: Dark Energy: Preparing Theory to Meet Experiment Jan. 2013 STFC Rutherford Fellowship (declined) ~ £400,000 Project title: Dark Energy: Preparing Theory to Meet Experiment Nov. 2012 Anne McLaren Fellowship, awarded by The University of Nottingham Three years independent funding and ~ £4,000 per annum research costs 2005 – 2008 STFC (PPARC) Postgraduate Studentship: Full doctoral funding 2007 Smith-Knight Essay Prize. Awarded by DAMTP, University of Cambridge 2003 – 2004 Richards Prize and Glynn Prize for outstanding undergraduate academic performance. Awarded by King’s College, University of Cambridge OUTREACH Jun. 2012 Organised visit of local MP Lilian Greenwood to the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham Mar. 2012 Poster presentation at the Houses of Parliament SET for Britain event to connect young scientists with the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee Mar. 2012 Participant in I’m a scientist get me out of here! Online program to enable school students to talk directly to scientists. 2007 – 2008 Leader of interactive workshops on Chaos theory for 12 and 13 year olds as Part of the Royal Institution Masterclasses POPULAR MEDIA Interview for the episode How Does the Universe Work? of Science Chanel series Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. First broadcast: 13 July 2011 My research has been reported in the following magazine articles: Is a cosmic chameleon driving galaxies apart? New Scientist, 2 August 2010 Dark-energy particle spotted. Nature News, 29 May 2009 Evidence mounts for axion-like particles. Physics World, 18 February 2009 Dr Clare Burrage RECENT PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES Jul. 2012 Shining Light on Dark Energy and Modifications of Gravity 8th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Chicago Sep. 2011 Laboratory Searches for Dark Energy Workshop on Infrared Modifications of Gravity, ICTP Jul. 2011 de Sitter Galileon Particle and String Cosmology (PASCOS), University of Cambridge May 2011 Searching for Axion-like Particles in Astronomy and in the Laboratory Photon 2011. Spa May 2011 Galileons in the Laboratory Gravity Workshop, Case Western Reserve University Jul. 2010 Galileon Fifth Forces Particle and String Cosmology (PASCOS), University of Valencia Jan. 2010 Astrophysical Searches for Light Axion-like Particles Axions 2010, University of Florida Sep. 2009 Chameleons in Cosmology and Astrophysics COSMO, CERN Jul. 2009 New Astrophysical Tests for Axion-like Particles Particle and String Cosmology (PASCOS), DESY RECENT INVITED SEMINARS Shining Light on Dark Energy and Modified Gravity Nov. 2012 ALPS seminar, DESY Jun. 2012 ICG seminar, University of Portsmouth Laboratory Tests of Dark Energy Jul. 2012 Centre for Cold Matter seminar, Imperial College Galileons May 2012 Cosmology and Particle Theory Group seminar, University of Oxford Dark Energy Hunting Apr. 2012 Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Physics Mar. 2012 Astronomy Centre seminar, University of Sussex Sep. 2011 Cosmology seminar, University of Geneva Chronology Protection for the Galileon and Massive Gravity Dec. 2011 Particle Theory Group seminar, University of Nottingham Dec. 2011 IPPP seminar, University of Durham Dec. 2011 Cosmology seminar, DAMTP, University of Cambridge REFEREES Prof. Edmund Copeland Particle Theory Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK [email protected] Prof. Anne-Christine Davis DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA , UK [email protected] Prof. Claudia de Rham Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA [email protected] Dr Clare Burrage LIST OF PUBLICATIONS h-index: 12 Average number of citations per paper: 17.9 Citation numbers are taken from Inspirehep.net 1. Strong Coupling and Bounds on the Graviton Mass in Massive Gravity Clare Burrage, Nemanja Kalloper, Antonio Padilla. arXiv:1211.6001 2. Screening Fifth Forces in k-essence and DBI models Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage, Anne-Christine Davis. Accepted for publication in JCAP arXiv:1209.1293 3. Shining Light on Modifications of Gravity Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage, Anne-Christine Davis. JCAP 1210 (2012) 016 arXiv:1206.1809 Citations: 2 4. Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite Euclid Theory Working Group Collaboration (Luca Amendola et al.) arXiv:1206.1225 Citations: 13 5. Chronology Protection in Galileon Models and Massive Gravity Clare Burrage, Claudia de Rham, Lavinia Heisenberg, Andrew J. Tolley. JCAP 1207 (2012) 004 arXiv:1111.5549 Citations: 12 6. Laboratory Tests of the Galileon Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage, Anne-Christine Davis. JCAP 1109 (2011) 020 arXiv:1106.1573 Citations: 15 7. de Sitter Galileon Clare Burrage, Claudia de Rham, Lavinia Heisenberg. JCAP 1105 (2011) 025 arXiv:1104.0155 Citations: 36 8. Large Slow-Roll Corrections to the Bispectrum of Noncanonical Inflation Clare Burrage, Raquel H. Ribeiro, David Seery. JCAP 1107 (2011) 032 arXiv:1103.4126 Citations: 22 9. Atomic Precision Tests and Light Scalar Couplings Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage. Phys.Rev. D83 (2011) 035020 arXiv:1010.5108 Citations: 11 10. Anomalous Coupling of Scalars to Gauge Fields Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage, Anne-Christine Davis, David Seery, Amanda Weltman. Phys.Lett. B699 (2011) 5-9 arXiv:1010.4536 Citations: 11 11. Galileon Inflation Clare Burrage, Claudia de Rham, David Seery, Andrew J. Tolley. JCAP 1101 (2011) 014 arXiv:1009.2497 Citations: 79 12. Chameleon Induced Atomic Afterglow Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage. Phys.Rev. D82 (2010) 095014 arXiv:1009.1065 Citations: 7 Dr Clare Burrage 13. Revisiting Fifth Forces in the Galileon Model Clare Burrage, David Seery. JCAP 1008 (2010) 011 arXiv:1005.1927 Citations: 22 14. Constraints on Cosmic Opacity and Beyond the Standard Model Physics from Cosmological Distance Measurements Anastasios Avgoustidis, Clare Burrage, Javier Redondo, Licia Verde, Raul Jimenez. JCAP 1010 (2010) 024 arXiv:1004.2053 Citations: 22 15. Higgs Production as a Probe of Dark Energy Interactions Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage, Anne-Christine Davis, David Seery, Amanda Weltman. Phys.Rev. D81 (2010) 103524 arXiv:0911.1267 Citations: 16 16. Late Time CMB Anisotropies Constrain Mini-charged Particles Clare Burrage, Joerg Jaeckel, Javier Redondo, Andreas Ringwald. JCAP 0911 (2009) 002 arXiv:0909.0649 Citations: 12 17. Collider Constraints on Interactions of Dark Energy with the Standard Model Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage, Anne-Christine Davis, David Seery, Amanda Weltman. JHEP 0909 (2009) 128 arXiv:0904.3002