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CURRICULUM VITÆ JOCELYN MONROE ADDRESS: CONTACT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (617) 253 2332 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 26-561 Email: [email protected] Cambridge, MA 02139 Web: http://molasses.lns.mit.edu/jocelyn EDUCATION: 2006: Ph.D. (Physics) Columbia University Dissertation Title: “A Combined νµ and νe Oscillation Search at MiniBooNE,” Advisor: Prof. Michael Shaevitz 2002: M.A. (Physics) Columbia University 2002: M.Phil. (Physics) Columbia University 1999: B.A. (Astrophysics) Columbia University EMPLOYMENT: July 2009-: Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006-2009: Pappalardo Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000-2006: Research Assistant, Columbia University 1999-2000: Engineering Physicist, Beams Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 1997: DOE REU Summer Program, Particle Physics Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory COLLABORATION MEMBERSHIPS: 2008-: CLEAN/DEAP Collaboration (SNOLab, Canada) 2006-: DMTPC Collaboration (MIT, USA) 2006-: SNO Collaboration (SNOLab, Canada) 1999-: MiniBooNE Collaboration (FNAL, USA) 1999-2000: Neutrino Factory Collaboration (FNAL, USA) COMMITTEES: SNO Physics Interpretation Review Committee Chair (2006-present) SNO Low Energy Threshold Analysis Review Committee Member (2006-2009) Conference Organizer, 2nd CYGNUS Directional Dark Matter Workshop (2009) SNO Collaboration Executive Board Junior Member (2007-2008) Conference Organizer, 5th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories (2003) Jocelyn Monroe 1 of 11 OUTREACH: 2009 MIT Physics Alumni Magazine article co-author, on dark matter detection 2009 MIT MSRP summer research minority outreach program Faculty Brunch speaker 2009 Mentor in the MIT MSRP summer research minority outreach program 2008 Scientific American “Science Images: Are You in Here Dark Matter?” subject 2008 MIT Tech Talk newspaper article subject, for neutron detector development 2008 “Nova Science Now: Dark Matter” television program appearance 2008 Mentor in the MIT MSRP summer research minority outreach program 2008 Public lecture on dark matter for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Independent Activities Period physics department lecture series 2007 Boston Globe “Meeting of the Minds” newspaper profile subject 2007 MIT Tech Talk newspaper article subject, for MiniBooNE result, as one of the American Institute of Physics Top 10 Science Stories of 2007 2007-2008 MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing interview subject 2006-present MIT Women in Physics group member 2005 Public lecture on neutrino physics for the National Science Teachers of America Regional Meeting, American Association of Physics Teachers Strand Day 2003 Chicago Sun-Times “30 Under 30” newspaper profile subject 2003 “Meet-A-Scientist” participant, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 2002 “Virtual Ask-A-Scientist” participant, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 2002 Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg “Quarks Unbound” radio program guest 2001 APS Meeting Congressional Visiting Committee member, New York delegation 2001 Snowmass Outreach and Education “Science Weekend” volunteer 2000-2001 Young Particle Physicists Outreach to the Public Working Group member 1999 FermiNews article subject, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory TEACHING : Spring 2010 8.022 Electricity & Magnetism Lecturer Fall 2009 8.022 Electricity & Magnetism Recitation Instructor 2008-2009 Senior thesis supervisor to MIT students Richard Eyers and Tom Caldwell 2009-present Advising MIT PhD students Shawn Henderson, Steve Jaditz, Lu Feng 2006-2009 Mentoring MIT PhD students Shawn Henderson and Asher Kaboth 2006-present Supervising MIT UROP program undergraduate students Shawn Westerdale, Maitagorri Schade, Tom Caldwell (now a Physics PhD student at University of Pennsylvania), Esther Raymond, Dianna Cowern, Brett Cornell, Mareena Robinson, Sasha Rahlin (now a Physics PhD student at Princeton University) Eric Quintero, Juan Angel Rodriguez, Javier Duarte, Ian Smith, and Alastair Currie (now a Physics PhD student at Imperial College) 2000-2002 Columbia University Teaching Associate, physics laboratory 1998-1999 Columbia University Teaching Assistant, astronomy laboratory AWARDS AND HONORS: 2009 Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences 2006 Pappalardo Fellowships Competition Winner,Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005 Selvaggi Scholar Award for Doctoral Candidates, Columbia University 2001 Melvyn Month Fellowship for Travel to Snowmass, American Physical Society 2000 Employee Performance Recognition Award, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Jocelyn Monroe 2 of 11 RESEARCH : CLEAN/DEAP Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiment (2008-present) • Leader of the muon veto system: electronics, high voltage systems, and mechanical assembly integration, advising PhD student Steve Jaditz and mentoring post-doctoral associate Kim Palladino in simulation, electronics testing, deployment. • Neutron background tagging and calibration: development of d-d neutron calibration source deployment system, advising PhD student Lu Feng in developing neutron tagging algorithms and calibration system hardware, advising undergraduate Maitagorri Schade in charaterizing d-d neutron source with liquid-scintillator detector. SNO Neutrino Oscillation Experiment (2006-present) • Leader of the systematic uncertainty analysis for alpha backgrounds in the neutral current detector array in the SNO Phase III measurement of the 8B solar neutrino flux. • Simulations development for single-wire proportional counter neutral current interaction detectors in SNO phase III; Monte Carlo tuning and validation with calibration data sets, to reproduce accurately the detailed pulse shape characteristics of neutron and alpha interactions in the NCDs. • Magboltz and Garfield simulation calculations of gas properties and analysis of electron 3 drift physics. Analytical ion mobility calculation in HeCF4 with MIT undergraduate student Ian Smith. • Software and implementation for large scale production of Monte Carlo for NCD pulse shape analysis using the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. • Development of an indirect dark matter search in SNO, seeking dark matter scattering interaction signatures from the sun, the galactic center, and the center of the earth. Directional Dark Matter R&D (2006-present) • Development, construction, commissioning, and LANL WNR neutron beam test of a liquid scintillator-based neutron detector to measure neutron backgrounds to direct dark matter detection searches in underground laboratories; with undergraduate students Mareena Robinson (FAMU), Brett Cornell (Harvard), Richard Eyers (MIT), Dianna Cowern (MIT), and MIT PhD student Shawn Henderson. • Development of a new statistical method for setting limits in directional dark matter detectors, with MIT PhD student Shawn Henderson. • Calculation of neutrino coherent scattering backgrounds to dark matter searches. Jocelyn Monroe 3 of 11 RESEARCH, CONTINUED: • Work with MIT undergraduate students Alastair Currie and Javier Duarte to design, build, and commission a prototype multi-wire chamber detector and vacuum system for investigating 3-dimensional wire chamber read-out. Development and commissioning of associated low noise, low power wire read-out electronics. • Building, commissioning, and operating a proportional counter detector and vacuum system for measurement of electron gain, scintillation photon yield, and drift velocity in CF4 gas with MIT PhD student Asher Kaboth and undergraduate Eric Quintero. MiniBooNE Neutrino Oscillation Experiment (2000-present) • Analysis of the νµ charged current quasi-elastic (CCQE) data set for the νµ to νe oscillation search, including event selection and neutrino energy reconstruction. • νµ CCQE cross section, axial mass, Fermi momentum, and binding energy measurement in the context of the Smith-Moniz relativistic Fermi gas model; 2 measurement of the axial form factor vs. Q using νµ CCQE events, in the context of the Smith-Moniz relativistic Fermi gas model. + • Measurement of the background νµ single π to CCQE cross section ratio. • Development of a ratio method to predict νe from beamμdecay using measured νµ flux, and development of a new combined, simultaneous, νµ and νe oscillation fitting technique. • Global fit to world charged π and K production data for neutrino flux prediction. • Commissioning, calibration, and data acquisition software for proton beam line toroid system, used to measure proton intensity on target for the MiniBooNE neutrino beam. • Radiation safety calculations for the MiniBooNE target hall. • Development and implementation of an algorithm for proton beam orbit correction in the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Booster accelerator. Neutrino Factory Accelerator R&D (1999-2000) • Simulations development forμbeam ionization cooling, and lattice optimization. • Development of an analytical formalism for studying beam dynamics and the impact of angular momentum growth onμbeam cooling. • Calculations of electro-magnetic form factors forμ-e andμ-p scattering in hydrogen, for exact description of multiple scattering in light elements, without approximations. Jocelyn Monroe 4 of 11 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: S. Ahlen et al., “The Case for a Directional Dark Matter Detection and the Status of Current Experimental Efforts,” arXiv: 0911.0323, submitted to International Journal of Modern Physics A (2009) A. Roccaro et al., “A Background-Free Direction-Sensitive Neutron Detector,” Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A608:305-309 (2009) A. A.