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|style="padding:5px;"|Recent addition to PREX collaboration, student of Kent Paschke. Graduate student in nuclear physics at UVA. BS in Physics from UMass Amherst, worked on Darkside dark matter collaboration at the Gran Sasso Lab from 2012 - 2015. Interested in STEM education, as well as outreach. Trained in usage of ROOT, geant, and basic data analysis techniques.
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<!--Recent addition to PREX collaboration, student of Kent Paschke. Graduate student in nuclear physics at UVA. BS in Physics from UMass Amherst, worked on Darkside dark matter collaboration at the Gran Sasso Lab from 2012 - 2015. Interested in STEM education, as well as outreach. Trained in usage of ROOT, geant, and basic data analysis techniques.
  
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Currently assigned with the operation of the Compton Polarimeter for the 2019 PREX-II and CREX runs.
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Currently assigned with the operation of the Compton Polarimeter for the 2019 PREX-II and CREX runs.-->
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'''AJ Zec''' is a graduate researcher and PhD candidate in nuclear physics currently affiliated with the University of Virginia. Their advisor is Professor Kent Paschke. Their current research interests include experimental nuclear physics, accelerator physics, STEM education and science outreach.
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AJ became interested in physics in high school when they were invited by their teacher to create an independent experiment detecting cosmic muons. In 2011 they enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Amherst quickly deciding to major in physics. They first became involved in research in 2012, joining professor Andrea Pocar's group participating on in the Darkside collaboration, with its experiment at the LNGS laboratory in Italy. They graudated UMass in May 2015 with a bachelor of science in physics, and a bachelor of arts in computer science.
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AJ enrolled as a graduate student in physics at the University of Virginia in the Fall of 2015. After their first year they joined up with professor Paschke's group, participating on the PREX-II and CREX experiments, measuring neutron skins employing the parity violating electron scattering technique. They are currently involved in maintaining the compton polarimeter DAQ, data and analysis necessary to control key systematics for these two experiments.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Primary responsibilities'''
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|Compton DAQ maintenance<br>Compton photon detector maintenance<br>Compton analysis expert
 
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Other responsibilities'''
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|style="width:200px"|University of Massachusetts Amherst
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|Expert shift worker<br>Compton laser operator
 
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Collaborator since'''
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|April 2016
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|style="background-color:#E6E6FA; text-align:center; padding:3px" colspan="2"|'''Graduate Information'''
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Institution'''
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|University of Virginia
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Years'''
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|2015-present
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Research Advisor'''
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|Kent Paschke
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Institution'''
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|style="width:150px"|University of Massachusetts Amherst
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|'''Years'''
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|2011-2015
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|'''Research Advisor(s)'''
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|Andrea Pocar<br>Laura Cadonati
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|'''Degrees conferred'''
 
|B.S. Physics<br>B.A. Computer Science
 
|B.S. Physics<br>B.A. Computer Science
 
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|'''Institution'''
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|Medford High School
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|2007-2011
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Degree conferred'''
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|High school diploma
 
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== Undergraduate Research ==
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=== Darkside at Gran Sasso ===
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== Graduate Career ==
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== Technical Skills ==

Revision as of 22:38, 17 February 2020

AJ Zec is a graduate researcher and PhD candidate in nuclear physics currently affiliated with the University of Virginia. Their advisor is Professor Kent Paschke. Their current research interests include experimental nuclear physics, accelerator physics, STEM education and science outreach.

AJ became interested in physics in high school when they were invited by their teacher to create an independent experiment detecting cosmic muons. In 2011 they enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Amherst quickly deciding to major in physics. They first became involved in research in 2012, joining professor Andrea Pocar's group participating on in the Darkside collaboration, with its experiment at the LNGS laboratory in Italy. They graudated UMass in May 2015 with a bachelor of science in physics, and a bachelor of arts in computer science.

AJ enrolled as a graduate student in physics at the University of Virginia in the Fall of 2015. After their first year they joined up with professor Paschke's group, participating on the PREX-II and CREX experiments, measuring neutron skins employing the parity violating electron scattering technique. They are currently involved in maintaining the compton polarimeter DAQ, data and analysis necessary to control key systematics for these two experiments.

AJ Zec
AJ's personal stylized logo
AJ's personal stylized logo
PREX/CREX Collaboration Role
Primary responsibilities Compton DAQ maintenance
Compton photon detector maintenance
Compton analysis expert
Other responsibilities Expert shift worker
Compton laser operator
Collaborator since April 2016
Graduate Information
Institution University of Virginia
Years 2015-present
Research Advisor Kent Paschke
Undergraduate Information
Institution University of Massachusetts Amherst
Years 2011-2015
Research Advisor(s) Andrea Pocar
Laura Cadonati
Degrees conferred B.S. Physics
B.A. Computer Science
Other Education
Institution Medford High School
Years 2007-2011
Degree conferred High school diploma

Undergraduate Research

Darkside at Gran Sasso

Graduate Career

Technical Skills

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