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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

FALL 2016 SELF-STUDY Department of Physics and Astronomy

Texas A&M University

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE SELF-STUDY REPORT The Department of Physics and Astronomy is a relatively large department with 72 faculty members. Faculty members perform research that can be categorized in five broad areas: astronomy, atomic molecular and optical physics, condensed-matter physics, high-energy physics, and nuclear physics. In addition to these research groups, our faculty members are members of three major institutes: The Cyclotron Institute, the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, and the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy. The department is involved in both undergraduate and graduate education. There are currently about 250 undergraduate physics majors and about 170 graduate students. A large fraction of the teaching done by the department is for non-majors, including large service courses required for engineering majors and elective P&A courses for non-engineering and non-physics majors. The great majority of our undergraduates are in the bachelor of science (BS) degree program. This is a quite standard degree program that prepares students well for admission to graduate school in physics as well as for jobs in industry. A problem with our curriculum that we are currently seeking to improve is a shortage of electives and options. We have taken several steps in the last few years to address this. The second semester of some yearlong classes was made optional, with the possibility of taking an alternative physics class. The university-mandated writing and communication course requirements were integrated into existing physics classes. This has created four slots in the curriculum that can be filled with electives or independent research. A new experimental research faculty member is supported part time by the department to revitalize and modernize our senior physics labs. More elective classes are planned in the near future. Our bachelor of arts (BA) degree program has many fewer students than the BS but still serves an important role with our students. This program allows more flexibility for minors and double majors and is predominantly used by students seeking a career in education. We are also seeing a steady rise in undergraduate degrees, as shown in table 1.

degree offered TABLE 1: Degrees awarded annually 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

BA 7 2 8 2 2 6 7 BS 15 10 25 11 13 18 19 MS 10 16 12 12 11 7 7 MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PhD 11 17 11 14 22 23 30

totals 43 45 56 39 48 54 63

Most of our graduate students receive masters of science (MS) degrees on the way to doctoral (PhD) degrees in both physics and applied physics. Currently students pursuing research in astronomy pursue a separate course track and receive PhDs in physics, although we have a proposal currently before the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a PhD in astronomy. The applied physics PhD program is comparably small and exists to attract students who are planning to apply their knowledge in an industry setting. Of the full graduate student body, approximately one third are supported as teaching assistants (mostly for the service courses), about 45% from research grants or startups, 12% by fellowships (university sponsored merit and diversity fellowships, various local funded fellowships, and a handful of competitive national fellowships, e.g. by NSF). The remaining 10% are students sponsored by foreign fellowships (primarily from Turkey and the Middle East). The graduation rates in the PhD program (defined as the fraction of students who have obtained a PhD or expected to obtain a PhD shortly) have varied over time, reaching about 70% in 2009; if students leaving with MS degrees are included, the rate is about 77%. In 2010, an anomalous number of graduate students were admitted, including a large number of weak domestic students, many of whom dropped out. This has lowered the average graduation rate to something more like 50% in the last few years. Since 2010, a more reasonable policy of graduate admissions has slowly lowered the number of graduate students to the more sustainable numbers we currently have. INTRODUCTION TO THE DEPARTMENT Brief departmental history TABLE 2: Department and college administration department heads College of Science deans J. G. Potter C. Zener 1966-68 C. F. Squires H. R. Byers 1968-69 G. N. Plass 1969-77 J. M. Prescott 1970-77 T. W. Adair III (acting) 1977-79 J. B. Beckham (acting) 1977-78 R. E. Tribble 1979-87 T. T. Sugihara 1979-81 R. Arnowitt 1987-93 J. B. Beckham 1981-82 R. C. Webb (interim) 1993-94 J. P. Fackler, Jr. 1983-91 T. W. Adair III (interim) 1994-97 W. M. Kemp (acting) 1992 T. W. Adair III 1997-2001 R. E. Ewing 1992-2000 E. S. Fry 2002-11 H. J. Newton (interim) 2000-02 G. R. Welch 2011-16 H. J. Newton 2002-15 P. M. McIntyre June 2016-present M. Aronson October 2015-present

Prior to 1968 The Texas A&M Board of Regents authorized formation of the Physics Department in 1893. However, prior to 1950 it was primarily a service department with few majors even at the undergraduate level. Texas A&M was predominantly an undergraduate school with a strong military emphasis and little interest in graduate education. In the early 1950s, the department, under the direction of J. G. Potter, hired several professors interested in a graduate program and began granting advanced degrees in physics.

Most of the graduate students were supported as instructors. After Sputnik in 1957, the increased federal spending in science came just at the time that we were able to utilize it and expand our research and teaching programs. Graduate research and graduate students were being supported. In addition, programs for secondary, junior college, and four-year college teachers, as well as for research participation, brought many people to the department, some of whom became full-time students. At this time the department had the largest graduate program of any program on campus. Our graduates in many cases staffed nearby colleges and universities, and others went into the space program and defense industries. The Welch Foundation promoted first a nuclear reactor and then a cyclotron in order to develop the physical sciences. The Physics Department was in the College of Arts and Sciences, with the dean from the arts and the associate dean from the sciences. After the post-Sputnik growth had spread to other science departments, the College of Science was formed and the first dean, Charles Zener, envisioned almost limitless expansion. Numerous faculty were hired at all levels, and the number of graduate and undergraduate students increased. 1968 – 1995 In 1969 there were 32 physics faculty. Over the years the number of tenured/tenure track faculty increased, reaching a maximum of 46 in 1992. It then declined to 41 in 1995. Physics graduate student enrollments increased from 52 in 1977 to a peak of 147 in 1989, then declined to 120 in 1995. The number of undergraduate students in physics service courses increased dramatically by more than a factor of two between 1970 and 1995; in 1995 this number was 5,700. Variations in the rate of increase were dominated mainly by changing requirements for engineering undergraduates. The large increase in direct teaching responsibilities (numbers of graduate students and undergraduates in physics courses) compared to the small increase in faculty was especially notable. Starting in 1969, the new head, Gilbert Plass, systematically hired new young faculty. By 1977 he had hired 30 new faculty; 15 of those remained in 1995. As a consequence of the young age of these new faculty hires, the average age of the faculty was very low in the 1970s and then increased steadily. Prior to 1980, the main research efforts in the department were in the areas of (1) atomic, molecular, and optical physics; (2) condensed matter physics; and (3) nuclear physics. During Robert Tribble’s tenure as department head, 1979-87, there were 14 new hires, of which six were in experimental high energy physics. During this period, the Board of Regents approved creation of the Center for Theoretical Physics (1981), and Richard Arnowitt was hired as its director in 1986. During the tenure of Richard Arnowitt as department head, 1987-93, the theoretical high energy physics group was built and the three other major groups were strengthened with a total of 16 new hires. 1995 – 2008 Richard Arnowitt stepped down as head in 1993, and Robert Webb served as interim head until Thomas Adair became interim head in 1994. There was an internal head search, and Adair was appointed head in 1997. In 2001 there was a head search that included internal candidates. When this search failed, there was an internal search that resulted in Edward Fry being appointed head in January 2002, and he served until 2011.

Richard Ewing served as dean of the College of Science during 1992-2000. In August 2000, H. Joseph Newton became interim dean; at the time of his appointment he had been serving as executive associate dean under Ewing. There was an open search that included external candidates, and in July 2002, Newton became dean of the college, serving until 2015. The George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy was established in 2002 with an endowment from George Mitchell; Chris Pope was its initial director. The Institute for Quantum Studies, now known as the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering was established in 2001 with Marlan Scully as its director. In this period, there was a dramatic increase in the endowments in the department for institutes, chairs, professorships, scholarships, and in support of the new astronomy program, and construction of two new physics buildings was underway. 2008 – present In November 2009, the department moved into its two new buildings, the George P. Mitchell ’40 Physics Building and the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy. Ed Fry stepped down as head in 2011. After an internal search, George Welch was appointed head. Welch served until 2016, and after an internal search, Peter McIntyre was appointed head in June 2016. New administrative positions were created: associate head for undergraduate programs, now held by Alexey Belyanin; director of service courses, held by Robert Webb; and shop supervisor, now Rupak Mahapatra. An external academic program review (APR) was held in the spring of 2008, the report from which is one of the appendices to this document. During this period, several new faculty have been hired; this is discussed in the faculty profile section of the self-study. Also, the numbers of undergraduate and graduate majors have increased, as discussed in the student profile section of the report. In 2009, the faculty voted to change the name of the department to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. In spring 2016, we received final approval to offer MS and PhD degrees in astronomy. Texas A&M is a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope project. MISSION AND GOALS This document is from 2003. It ties the mission and goals of the department to those of the university. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT (Modified for Physics Department) General Mission Texas A&M University is a public institution dedicated to the development, dissemination, and use of knowledge in many diversified academic and professional fields. The University assumes as its historic trust the maintenance and enhancement of an intellectual environment that encourages the development and expansion of the human mind and spirit. The University is committed to assist students in their search of knowledge, to help them understand themselves and their cultural and physical environments, and to develop in them the wisdom and skills needed to assume responsibility in a

democratic society. While continuing to fulfill its mission as a Land-Grant/Sea-Grant/Space-Grant institution, the University is evolving and expanding its role to meet the changing needs of state, national, and international communities. The University aspires to preeminence in teaching, research, and public service, and in the performance of all its missions seeks quality that will relate to the world of tomorrow. To that end, the Physics Department mission is to provide leadership in these areas as they relate to the physical sciences. Undergraduate Mission Texas A&M University considers its undergraduate mission to be the preparation of students to be leaders of tomorrow in their chosen professions and as members of a society that will face increasingly complex social, legal, and ethical questions associated with the environment, health, and resources of the state, nation, and world. The University will strive to provide a learning environment in which undergraduate students can acquire a social academic foundation as well as develop and practice leadership skills. This mission will be implemented by the offering of programs to advance and consolidate the individual student’s ability to learn; improve the student’s understanding and use of his or her personal attributes and abilities; contribute to the student’s ability to work and live with others; broaden the student’s comprehension of all facets of the natural, social, and human-modified world; and focus the student’s acquisition of knowledge and skills in preparation for an intended career. The University programs that respond to this mission are both formal and informal, including classroom and curricular activities as well as non-academic and extra-curricular experiences. The University is dedicated to the concept that these two streams be closely integrated. The Physics Department contributes heavily to this mission through its service teaching role and through its own undergraduate programs. Our department is committed to providing a solid foundation in the principles of physics as one element of the preparation we offer our undergraduates. Graduate and Professional Mission Texas A&M University undertakes its mission for post-baccalaureate programs by providing both in-depth and comprehensive learning experiences for students who wish to develop their intellectual and scholarly capabilities for entry into university and research careers, practice in the professions, or practice in other professional oriented careers serving society. In addition to fostering learning through the pursuit of scholarly activities and research in the student’s chosen field on an independent basis, the University seeks to assure that each graduate student understands the role of the field within the general field of learning, appreciates its significance to society as a whole, and develops a capacity for disseminating knowledge to others. The University will pursue its graduate and professional missions in close concert with the scholarship and research activities of its faculty, will foster and facilitate interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary faculties and programs, will seek out appropriate cooperative arrangements with other institutions and agencies, and will provide for interactions between its students and the professions to which they aspire. In pursuit of its aspirations to preeminence, the University strives to attract graduate and professional students with the highest qualifications of promise, and with a balanced representation of gender, ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds.

This mission has been a focus of the graduate program in the Physics Department. Over the past decade we have advanced significantly in this area. We continue to work on building our program by trying to attract graduate students with the highest qualifications and promise and with attention towards enhancing the diversity of the University community. Scholarship and Research in Mission Texas A&M University considers its mission in scholarship to include intellectual inquiry and research, the results of which not only advance the frontiers of knowledge but also contribute to the improved organization, integration, and use of knowledge. In addition to pursuing the traditional methods of developing knowledge through controlled experimentation and theoretical inquiry, the University also espouses the advancement of learning through the analyses of real-life events, environments, and experiences. The focus of the scholarship mission of the University will range from the details of single disciplinary fields to concepts that embrace many disciplines. Through its centers, institutes, and inter-university arrangements, the University seeks to encourage its faculties and students from all disciplines to work together toward common scholarship goals. The Physics Department contributes extensively to this aspect of the University mission. Our programs are dedicated to advancing the body of knowledge of the physical sciences and transferring these advances to society at large. Public Service Mission Texas A&M University recognizes its service mission as a channel through which it can contribute directly to the improvement of society other than through formal teaching and scholarship programs. This mission also is the means by which the University can become more knowledgeable about the problems and issues of the society in which it serves. The University responds to the call for its public service on the basis that it processes a unique source of expertise for the services offered and, with the expectation that the public service, will enhance the other missions of the University. The public service mission includes programs such as continuing education; extension; educational materials and technology; educational analytical services; technology transfer; patient care; advice to governmental, industrial and other societal groups; and faculty consulting. Inasmuch as the nature of societal problems does not parallel the structure of knowledge disciplines, the University encourages the use of centers and similar groups through which its public service role can be affected. We in the Physics Department realize the need for society in general to be scientifically literate. To that end we are committed to improving the science education infrastructure to allow society at large an understanding of how science can be utilized to benefit mankind. International Mission Texas A&M University supports the international activities of its students, faculty, and staff and encourages distinct and coordinated programs that catalyze, enrich, and provide support information bases for international activities. The teaching, research, and public service activities undertaken by

University faculty, staff, and students include consideration of the effect and interaction of their work on the rest of the world, as well as of the opportunities and challenges that exist. Consistent with its international mission, the University seeks to foster a global perspective among students, faculty, and staff, to understand and contribute to worldwide economic, environmental, and cultural development, and to enhance global awareness. A key to the development of an international attitude is the integration of international students and faculty into all aspects of the University. This serves to facilitate the building of cultural bridges both on campus and in those nations to which they may return to positions of leadership. The Physics Department has long been a leader in the international mission of the University, and we are committed to continuing our efforts in this area through international scientific collaboration, international student recruiting, hosting international conferences, etc. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE The departmental web pages are located at http://physics.tamu.edu/. Texas A&M has a department head system. The current head, Peter McIntyre, was appointed head in June 2016 as a result of an internal search. The previous head, George Welch, was also an internal appointment and served as head for five years. The head represents the department to the dean and to the rest of the university, but the faculty has a strong voice in departmental decisions. Department heads typically serve four-year terms with the possibility of reappointment. Appointment of the head is done by the dean but is based on the recommendation from the department faculty. The department has two associate heads. Lewis Ford is associate head for operations and has been associate head since 1993. Alexey Belyanin is associate head for undergraduate programs, a new position in the department. Belyanin has held this position since 2012. Associate heads are appointed by the department head with concurrence by the dean and provost. Another new administrative position, also created in fall 2012, is director of service courses; Webb holds this position. Additional administrative structure for academic programs include undergraduate and graduate curriculum committees. There are two staff academic advisors and a faculty graduate advisor. Teaching assignments are coordinated by a group consisting of the chairs of the two curriculum committees, the associate head for undergraduate programs, the department head, and administrative coordinator (staff) Heather Walker. Each multi-section service course (PHYS 201, 202, 208, and 218) has a course coordinator who oversees coordination among the instructors in the course of items such as the course syllabus, lab schedule, and common exams. The committee structure in the department reflects the research group structure. The currently identified groups are astronomy, atomic/quantum optics, condensed matter, high energy, and nuclear. The advisory committee is elected to staggered two-year terms with one member from each of the five research groups. The degree to which decisions are delegated to the advisory committee or the degree to which the advisory committee serves to give advice to the head has depended on the leadership and management style of the head.

http://physics.tamu.edu/

Discussion at faculty meetings can consist of sharing information, providing input to the head or to departmental committees, or discussion that will be followed by a full faculty vote via email or paper ballot. Some items that require taking and reporting a full faculty vote include recommendation of a head appointment, faculty offers, election to committees, appointment of current faculty to chairs and other endowments, promotion (vote of faculty at the sought rank and higher) and tenure (vote of tenured faculty). Elected committees, in addition to the advisory committee, include the promotions, tenure and appointments committee (six members with staggered three-year terms, one elected at large and one appointed by the head each year); this committee oversees construction of tenure and promotion packages. The performance evaluation committee makes recommendations to the head on salary increases for faculty; this committee has five members — one member from each research group — with one-year terms. A faculty member is assigned to coordinate TA job assignments, and there is a committee that handles graduate admissions and recruiting and a committee that allocates TA positions. Department staff include administrative/academic staff led by Heather Walker and business staff let by Mary Louise Sims. Cheryl Picone and Jay Jones manage our physical inventory and buildings, Brendan Martin maintains the departmental computer operations, Tony Ramirez oversees the undergraduate teaching labs, and Don Carona manages the observatory. There are three institutes associated with the department. • The Cyclotron Institute has its own administrative structure and includes several physics faculty

members (Tribble, Hardy, Youngblood, Gagliardi, Ko, Rapp, Fries, Mioduszewski, Melconian, Christian, Holt, and Kwiatkowski). It has its own funding lines from the state. The current director of the Cyclotron Institute is Sherry Yennello of the Department of Chemistry.

• The George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy is housed in the physics buildings. Its director is Bharkar Dutta. It is funded by an endowment from the late George Mitchell.

• The Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering is directed by Marlan Scully. It includes physics faculty, postdoctoral research associates and other researchers, and graduate students.

Tatiana Erukhimova holds an instructional associate professor appointment and is assigned half-time to lead physics outreach activities, including our nationally-recognized Physics and Engineering Festival that happens each spring. The current bylaws, which are in need of updating, are in Appendix IV. The department has adopted a number of policies and procedures that need to be incorporated and revisions need to be considered, especially the focus on group structure. The departmental facilities are described in appendix V, and the departmental finances are described in appendix VI.

Date of last APR review: February 24-27, 2008 Analysis The alignment of the department’s strategic goals and priorities with those of the university is discussed in the mission and goals subsection. We provide education and degrees for undergraduate students, including service course instruction to a number of other departments, especially those in life sciences and engineering. We have a number of courses in the science component of the university core curriculum, and we provide education and degrees for graduate students. We have a broad and active research program that addresses fundamental questions about the nature of the physical world and supports technological advances and addresses societal issues. We have a very active outreach program that includes the annual Physics and Engineering Festival, but there are many other outreach activities conducted by our department. We are also very involved internationally, with international scientific collaborations, international student recruiting, and hosting international conferences and workshops. In spring 2015 the department head, George Welch, appointed a group of faculty to develop a short to mid-range strategic plan. The charge to the group included developing a strategy aimed at improving the strength, reputation, and visibility of the department’s overall research programs. Our research programs are an essential component of our degree programs. The working group consisted of Artem Abanov (condensed matter), Lucas Macri (astronomy), Ralf Rapp (nuclear), and Aleksei Zheltikov (AMO), and was chaired by Alexei Safonov (high energy). The group spent a year collecting and analyzing information about our department and making comparisons to departments at peer and other nationally successful institutions. A series of meetings were held with the members of each core research group in our department, as well as with the faculty as a whole. The committee’s final report to the faculty was issued at the end of 2015 and is appendix VIII of this self study. The group focused on faculty hires for the next 7-10 years (discussed in the faculty profile section of the self study), but they also made some recommendations concerning the department’s service courses and degree programs. One recommendation was to continue to improve the recitation component of the introductory courses and to incorporate more interactive learning into all our undergraduate courses. They recommended creation of a physics education and outreach group in the department, in part to promote physics education research, and to continue to expand opportunities for undergraduate participation in research. Their recommendations for the graduate degree programs focused on improving the quality of admitted students and coordinating graduate admissions with the needs of the research groups. A number of improvements in the department and its academic programs have been accomplished since the February 2008 academic program review. We have moved into two new buildings that are adjacent to each other, and this has achieved consolidation of the department and its teaching programs. We have hired a number of early career faculty, especially in astronomy/astrophysics and nuclear physics. These hires have strengthened these programs and also helped improve the age profile of the faculty in the department. We have made a number of changes in our introductory service courses, such as using WebAssign for online and interactive presentation of the labs. The calculus-based introductory sequence, primarily populated by engineering students but also taken by our majors, has been altered to bring it into a more interactive and flipped style, and we have strengthened the coordination among sections. We have doubled the size of our advising staff. Our MS and PhD degrees in astronomy have been approved by the state, and we can now start awarding those degrees, and our outreach activities have

continued to flourish. As an example, the annual Physics and Engineering Festival now attracts visitors in the thousands. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CURRICULA Programs offered Undergraduate degrees

• BS in physics • BA in physics • Minor in astrophysics • Minor in physics

Graduate degrees

• MS in physics • MS in astronomy • PhD in physics • PhD in astronomy • PhD in applied physics

Program curricula Course descriptions and curriculum tables for BS and BA degrees are listed in appendices II and III. Here we summarize the required physics, astronomy, and math courses required for each degree. BS in physics

• Mechanics: one introductory course, two advanced courses (PHYS 218, 302, 303) • Electricity and optics: one introductory courses and half of the content of another introductory

course, two advanced courses (PHYS 208, 221, 304, 305) • Modern physics: one introductory course, two advanced courses in quantum mechanics (PHYS

309, 412, 414) • Thermal and statistical mechanics: half of the content of an introductory course, one advanced

course (PHYS 221, 408) • Math methods: two advanced courses (PHYS 331, 332) • Electronic circuits: one lecture/lab combined course (PHYS 225) • Experimental physics: three advanced courses (PHYS 327/328, 425, 426) • Computational physics: one advanced course (PHYS 401) • Mathematics: three calculus courses and one differential equations course (MATH 171, 172, 221,

308) • Research: four semester credit hours required (PHYS 491) • Advanced technical elective: one course

BA in physics • Mechanics: one introductory course, one advanced course (PHYS 218, 302) • Electricity and optics: one introductory courses and half of the content of another introductory

course, one advanced course (PHYS 208, 221, 304) • Modern physics: one introductory course, one advanced course in quantum mechanics (PHYS

309, 412) • Thermal and statistical mechanics: half of the content of an introductory course (PHYS 221) • Math methods: two advanced courses (PHYS 331, 332) • Electronic circuits: one lecture/lab combined courses (PHYS 225) • Experimental physics: one advanced course (PHYS 327/328) • Computational physics: one advanced course (PHYS 401) • Mathematics: three calculus courses and one differential equations (MATH 171, 172, 221, 308) • Courses in a minor field

Minor in astrophysics

• Introductory electricity and optics plus four advanced astronomy courses (PHYS 208, ASTR 314, 320, and six credits from ASTR 401, 403, 491)

Minor in physics

• PHYS 218, 208, 221, 309 and one advanced physics course MS in physics

• PHYS 601 Analytic Mechanics • PHYS 603 Electromagnetic Theory • PHYS 606 Quantum Mechanics • PHYS 607 Statistical Mechanics • PHYS 615 Methods of Theoretical Physics I • Research in field of thesis (non-thesis option also offered)

MS in astronomy

• ASTR 601 Extragalactic Astronomy • ASTR 602 Astronomy Instrumentation and Statistics • ASTR 603 Stellar Astrophysics • ASTR 604 Cosmology • ASTR 605 Galactic Astronomy • ASTR 606 Radiative Transfer • Any two of the physics core courses PHYS 601, 603, 606, 607, 625 • Research in field of thesis (non-thesis option also offered)

PhD in physics • PHYS 601 Analytic Mechanics • PHYS 603 Electromagnetic Theory • PHYS 606 Quantum Mechanics • PHYS 607 Statistical Mechanics • PHYS 615 Methods of Theoretical Physics I • PHYS 624 Quantum Mechanics • PHYS 611 Electromagnetic Theory • Two graduate courses chosen from three distribution areas: high energy, low energy, and/or

astronomy • Research

PhD in applied physics

• PHYS 601 Analytic Mechanics • PHYS 603 Electromagnetic Theory • PHYS 606 Quantum Mechanics • PHYS 607 Statistical Mechanics • PHYS 615 Methods of Theoretical Physics I • One graduate course in classical or quantum physics (PHYS 624 or 611) • Four elective courses

PhD in astronomy

• ASTR 601 Extragalactic Astronomy • ASTR 602 Astronomy Instrumentation and Statistics • ASTR 603 Stellar Astrophysics • ASTR 604 Cosmology • ASTR 605 Galactic Astronomy • ASTR 606 Radiative Transfer • Any two of the physics core courses (PHYS 601, 603, 606, 607, 615) • Research

The BA and BS curriculum tables specify completion in four years. The MS degree typically takes two years. The duration of the PhD degree depends on the time it takes the student to complete the dissertation research, with standard being five to six years. Our BA and BS degrees are very similar to those at peer universities, and the same is true of our MS and PhD degrees. Many peer universities do not offer an applied physics PhD, and we are rather unique in offering the MS and PhD in astronomy within the same department as the MS and PhD in physics.

Admission requirements for our graduate programs All these items are considered by the department’s graduate admissions committee.

• GRE General Test (Verbal, Quantitative, Analytical) • GRE Subject Test in Physics • CV • List of publications or statement of research experiences • At least three letters of recommendation • Personal statement • Transcript • International students must have a GRE verbal score of at least 146, or a IELTS score of at least

6.0, or a TOEFL score of at least 80, or a master’s degree from a U.S. institution. To achieve PhD qualification for the physics or applied physics PhD degree, a grade of B or better is required in the PHYS core courses 601, 603, 606, 607, 615, and 624. Number of degrees awarded per year The number of degrees awarded per year for the most recent five years is given in table 3.

TABLE 3: Five year history of number of degrees awarded BA in

physics BS in

physics MS in

physics PhD in physics


Dec 2011 – Aug 2012 8 25 12 11 0

Dec 2012 – Aug 2013 2 11 12 14 0

Dec 2013 – Aug 2014 2 13 11 19 3

Dec 2014 – Aug 2015 6 18 7 20 3

Dec 2015 – Aug 2016 7 19 7 27 3 There are year-to-year fluctuations but the data show a strong upward trend for both BS and PhD degrees. The number of applied physics degrees remains small, but the department feels this is still an important option to have available to students. Approval to grant astronomy MS and PhD degrees was given during spring 2016 so these degrees haven’t been awarded yet. Average time to degree The average time to degree for baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees is given in table 4. The number of applied physics PhD degrees is small so the statistics are poor. For the other degrees, the years to degree are reasonable.

TABLE 4: Average number of years to degree

academic year bachelor’s in

physics master’s in



2010-2011 4.50 3.25 6.19 8.50 2011-2012 4.35 4.04 6.00 n/a 2012-2013 4.50 3.58 6.35 n/a 2013-2014 4.18 2.86 6.58 10.5 2014-2015 4.38 3.58 6.25 5.33

Academic enhancements/high-impact opportunities for students For undergraduates, a primary enhancement is the opportunity to participate in faculty research projects. There is good opportunity for this due to the very favorable ratio of number of undergraduate majors to number of research active faculty. Sometimes the research participation is done with registration in ASTR or PHYS 491 Research, but it is often independent of credit hour registration. For the BS degree, four credit hours of 491 Research is required and is normally spread over two semesters; however, many students participate in research for more than the required amount of credits. For the past four years, the department has encouraged undergraduate research participation in the summer by paying a stipend to students who enroll in 491 Research. Also, the faculty supervisor of the research received some graduate student support funds to compensate partially for the graduate student time spent mentoring the undergraduates who were doing research in the research group. In summer 2016, thirty-seven undergraduates participated in this program. Most, but not all, were physics majors. There were twenty-five physics faculty who supervised undergraduates. Another enhancement for both undergraduate and graduate students in the department is the DEEP (Discover, Explore, and Enjoy Physics and Engineering) program, run by instructional associate professor Tatiana Erukhimova. In this program, graduate and undergraduate students work together, along with faculty, on the concept, design, and fabrication of science demonstration experiments. The exhibits that are developed are presented by the students at the annual Physics and Engineering Festival, at physics shows during the year, and as part of other outreach programs. The demos that are developed in DEEP are also used in classes to enhance the undergraduate curriculum. The department has also offered, for the past several years, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs in astronomy (coordinated by Jennifer Marshall) and in nuclear physics at the Cyclotron Institute (coordinated by Sherry Yennello).

Service Teaching Our department has three sets of large enrollment service courses. PHYS 218/PHYS 208

• For engineering and physical science majors. • Both courses have both lecture and lab and are in the science component of the University Core

Curriculum. • 2015/2016 enrollment: 4,023 • 2015/2016 student credit hours (SCH): 16,092

PHYS 201/PHYS202

• Primarily taken by life science majors. Both courses have both lecture and lab and are in the science component of the University Core Curriculum.

• 2015/2016 enrollment: 1,417 • 2015/2016 student credit hours (SCH): 5,668

Astronomy for non-majors

• Includes ASTR 101, ASTR 102, ASTR 111, ASTR/PHYS 109, and ASTR/PHYS 119. • ASTR 101 and ASTR/PHYS 109 are lecture only. • ASTR 102 and ASTR/PHYS 119 are lab only. • ASTR 111 is lab and lecture. • Each of these courses is in the science component of the University Core Curriculum. • 2015/2016 enrollment: 1,782 • 2015/2016 student credit hours (SCH): 4,737

The total enrollment in these service courses for 2015/2016 is 7,222; the total associate SCH is 26,497. Service course teaching alone requires about half the teaching capacity of our faculty. Assessment of student learning and departmental response Graduate Degrees Student learning has been assessed by grades in core courses and success in completing the degree. Communication skills were assessed by the student’s committee at the preliminary exam (PhD degrees) and final exams. A self-assessment done by students when they complete their degrees assesses their view of how well they met learning objectives and their assessments of the academic advising and career advice they have received. For the PhD degrees, we also look at time to PhD qualification, assessment by the student’s committee of the quality of the research done, and the number of publications, presentations, and awards. One deficiency found by the assessments was that the goal of time to achieve PhD qualification wasn’t being met. One change we made in response to the assessment was to change all core courses to three credit hours — some had been four credit hours — so three courses can be taken in a semester without exceeding the nine credit hours for which tuition is paid by the university. Other changes were to charge the graduate curriculum committee with oversight of the faculty teaching assignments for graduate

courses and to hire a second staff advisor. We are continuing to look at PhD qualification by considering a qualifying exam. This exam could also be a diagnostic exam for placement of new students into courses. Undergraduate Degrees Assessments include data on retention in major, placement after graduation, participation in research, and grades in laboratory courses. Each student also submits a self-assessment survey at the time of graduation. Our responses to the assessments have included increasing the number of advanced physics electives, adding a second staff advisor, and appointing an associate head for undergraduate programs. We have also made revisions to our two-semester introductory calculus-based sequence. These courses are for engineering students but also are taken by physics majors. We have introduced pre-lectures, Webassign for the labs, and common exams and grading. We are continuing to examine what the students do in recitation, including adding undergraduate teaching fellows (UTFs), and we are explicitly tying exam grading to learning objectives. FACULTY PROFILE Number of Faculty

• 64 full time tenured/tenure track, plus the College of Science dean who is a tenured member of the department

• 3 part-time tenured professors (Tribble and Herschbach, about one month per year each; Lee’s appointment for six months per year)

• 3 instructional track (non-tenure track) (Erukhimova, Krisciunas, and Ene) • 1 research professor (Mirabolfathi)

In addition to these full faculty members, we have five joint appointments.

• Steve Fulling (math) • Rusty Harris (electrical and computer engineering) • Ping Yang (atmospheric science) • Vladislav Yakovlev (biomedical engineering) • Philip Hemmer (electrical and computer engineering)

We have four adjunct professors.

• Ian Towner (Canada) • Paul Corkum (NRC) • Carlos Bertulani (TAMU-Commerce) • Jairo Sinova (Gutenberg, Mainz)

There are also five physics faculty members at TAMU-Qatar

• Milivoj Belic • Hyunchul Nya • Wieslaw Krolikowski • Othmane Bouhali • Stylianos Tzortzakis

Faculty hires since 2013 are listed in table 5.

TABLE 5: Recent faculty hires name year hired rank research area

Grigory Rogachev 2013 professor experimental nuclear Louis Strigari 2014 assistant professor theoretical astrophysics Keith Ulmer 2014 assistant professor experimental high energy Anna Kwiatkowski 2015 assistant professor experimental nuclear Gregory Christian 2015 assistant professor experimental nuclear Alexey Akimov 2015 assistant professor experimental atomic/quantum optics Jennifer Marshall 2015 assistant professor observational astronomy Steven Dierker 2015 professor experimental condensed matter Meigan Aronson 2015 professor and dean experimental condensed matter Jeremy Holt 2016 assistant professor theoretical nuclear

The CVs for the faculty are in appendix I. Publications (most recent five years) Figure 1 shows of the number of faculty publications in each year for the period 2002-2015. It shows the total number of publications and the number per faculty member, as per College of Science annual reports. The average number of publications per faculty member is around eight.

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Research Funding (most recent five years) Recent history of research funding in the department is shown in figure 2 both as total funding and as funding per faculty member. The average funding per faculty member is around $200,000. The data is from College of Science annual reports.

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Faculty/student ratio In fall 2015, we had 260 undergraduate majors and 165 graduate students, so the undergraduate to tenured/tenure track faculty ratio was 4.1, and for graduate students it was 2.6. The 260 undergraduates included 109 freshmen, whereas there were about 50 each of sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The freshman number includes a number of students who transfer out of the department after their freshman year, primarily to engineering. Teaching load The standard teaching load for a research active faculty member is one course each fall and spring semester. Faculty appointments are for nine months. A few faculty have administrative appointments for one or more summer months. Faculty qualifications Faculty are expected to have a PhD in physics or a closely related discipline. Normally, faculty have two or more years of postdoctoral experience. Newly hired faculty are expected to have a vigorous research program, including external funding and mentoring of graduate students. They are expected to teach undergraduate service courses, advanced undergraduate courses for physics majors, or graduate courses.

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professor female 3 0 0 0 0 3 professor male 36 1 0 6 0 43 associate professor female 1 0 0 1 0 2 associate professor male 5 1 0 2 1 9 assistant professor female 1 0 0 0 1 2 assistant professor male 3 0 0 0 1 4 instructional female 2 0 0 0 0 2 instructional male 1 0 0 0 1 2 Analysis Atomic, Molecular and Optics (AMO) The AMO group is large and strong with an excellent record of accomplishments. The group is productive with a high rate of publications and citations to the work published by the faculty. It is quite visible, with a high rate of well-recognized awards and APS fellowships among its members. The AMO group is at the heart of the interdepartmental Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) (recognized within the provost’s 2008-09 academic master plan for landmark research areas), which spans across five colleges (agriculture, engineering, liberal arts, science, veterinary medicine) and numerous departments (toxicology, pathobiology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, philosophy, anthropology, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, soil and crop sciences, ecosystems management, etc.). The AMO research group includes 14 faculty members with a cumulative group strength of 12 FTE, as some of the members contribute to other activities or have only partial appointments at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The research by the AMO group covers both theory (Allen, Belyanin, Kocharovskaya, Kocharovsky, Scully, Zubairy) and experiment (Akimov, Fry, Herschbach, Kocharovskaya, Lee, Schuessler, Scully, Sokolov, Welch, Zheltikov) in many areas of the optical sciences and technology, including quantum optics and quantum information, laser science and nonlinear optics, ultrafast optical physics, high-power lasers, agri-, bio- and neuro-photonics, optical spectroscopy and sensing, and novel photonic materials. The impact of the IQSE goes beyond AMO and includes other areas, such as condensed matter science, nanoscience, biophysics, and neuroscience. The IQSE has proven to be a powerful instrument for enhancing the AMO synergy at TAMU and for increasing the impact and visibility of TAMU in general and the TAMU Department of Physics and Astronomy on the international level. The group has an exceptional record of attracting strong internal funding (originating from within TAMU and affiliated structures) to support its research activities. Among the challenges the group faces are a relatively low level of federal funding compared to programs at peer institutions and a marked

unevenness in the “ownership” of the available research funding, as a very large share of the funding is associated with a single PI. While the optimization of effort arising from the strength of internal funding support may be one reason for the lower levels of federal funding, the lack of external funding poses a risk for the long term success of the group should the availability of internal funding decrease. Astronomy (ASTR) The astronomy group at TAMU was created about a decade ago following a strong recommendation by an external program review. Despite its young age, the group has become a success with a strong record of research accomplishments, including excellent publication rate, healthy external funding levels, and a good balance of activities in observational astronomy and in major instrumentation. The group has gained leadership positions in important future international projects, most notably the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project, and has been very successful in attracting internal funding and private donor contributions, e.g. contributions to the GMT and endowed chairs, to leverage their external funding portfolio. The group is one of the three founding entities, along with experimental and theoretical high energy physics (HEP), of the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy. In 2013, the department hired a cosmologist, which created an efficient bridge strengthening the connection between the astronomy and HEP. The ASTR program has grown over the past decade to a present size of 7.5 tenure/tenure-track faculty members (one member shared with HEP). The publication, citation, and funding record of the group is strong, and its members are well known in the community. The research activities of the faculty are well aligned with the priorities set by the last two decadal reviews for astronomy, as carried out by the National Academy of Sciences. In terms of ground-based optical astronomy (the group’s core area), these are (1) the construction and operation of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), (2) a mid-scale astronomical instrumentation program, and (3) the construction and operation of a giant segmented mirror telescope. The group is extremely well positioned to compete for funds for these activities, thanks to the vibrant astronomical instrumentation group led by DePoy and Marshall, the group’s role as founding member of the GMT, and a fully funded endowed chair in astro-statistics (directly related to the LSST). Equally important, the scientific activities of the faculty are well aligned with the priorities of the latest decadal review: (1) Cosmic Dawn (searching for the first stars, galaxies and black holes; Papovich and Tran); (2) New Worlds (seeking nearby, habitable planets; DePoy, Macri, and Marshall); and (3) Physics of the Universe (understanding dark matter and dark energy; Macri, Strigari, Suntzeff, and Wang). Condensed Matter Physics (CM) CM physics is one of the largest disciplines in contemporary physics, with over a quarter of all university-based physics researchers in the US working in this field. Based on our internal survey of the top physics programs in public universities, every highly rated program of comparable size to TAMU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy has a strong program in CM. For this reason, substantial weaknesses in the area of CM physics in our department have a negative impact on the entire departmental research program. The theoretical part of the group consists of seven faculty members: Abanov, Allen, Belyanin, Finkelstein, Katzgraber, Pokrovsky, and Saslow. Allen's and Belyanin's research are only in part in CM. Katzgraber’s research is in computational physics, mainly in the area of disordered and complex systems, quantum computing, and algorithm development. Abanov, Finkelstein, Pokrovsky, and Saslow work on the areas

of spintronics, cold atoms, strongly correlated systems, superconductivity, magnetization dynamics, mathematical physics, etc. With the exception of Belyanin and Katzgraber, the research funding of the group members has been unstable lately. There are very noticeable age gaps in the group, between the two youngest members of the group (PhDs in 1998 and 2001) and the next youngest one (PhD in 1973). Such a distribution is very unhealthy, as a new "revolution" in CM statistically happens every 5-7 years. The experimental part of the group consists of ten faculty members: Agnolet, Aronson (dean of the College of Science), Dierker, Lee, Lyuksyutov, Naugle, Ross, Teizer, Weimer, and Wu. Lee’s effort is shared between the CM and AMO groups. Teizer conducts his research in part in Japan and is moving towards biophysics. Aronson’s and Ross's research are mainly in materials science. Agnolet, Lyuksyutov, Naugle, Weimer, and Wu conduct research in magnetism, quantum liquids, STM imaging, and transport properties. Dierker is a new addition to the department who will focus on materials science with x-ray sources from synchrotrons. The lack of a modern fabrication facility as well as an inadequate situation with the liquid helium supply and technical support have compromised the group’s research for years, which has substantially contributed to the current situation of poor funding. The department feels that our CM physics group at TAMU needs immediate and concerted action to improve performance. In the theory part of the group, the active core of the effort is currently substantially below critical mass. Given the demographic situation and recent loss of one of the most active members of the group, the theoretical CM effort is rapidly approaching the point of deterioration. The scale of the problem in the experimental CM group is also severe, underperforming in essentially all of the categories from poor publication and citation records to unacceptably low levels of external research funding. This situation has been developing for an extended time which has brought the group to its current point where it may not ever recover: It has no funds to maintain its instrumentation infrastructure pivotal for performing competitive and visible research, and it cannot effectively compete for external funding required to repair its infrastructure without demonstrating a strong evidence of current research activities. High Energy Physics (HEP) The HEP group at TAMU is strong, active, and visible. The two parts of the group, focusing on experimental HEP including accelerator physics and on theoretical particle physics, are two of the three main stakeholders in the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy. The latter provides an important bridge to connect these areas of research. This synergy has recently been strengthened by the creation of an effort in the area of cosmology. Both parts of the HEP group lead active and competitive research programs, as evidenced by the strength of their publication and citation records. They have reasonably healthy demographics and competitive levels of external research funding. The group lags behind many peer institutions in nominations of its group members for fellowships in professional societies. The theory part of the group includes four faculty members working in the areas of supergravity and string theory (K. Becker, M. Becker, Pope, and Sezgin), two in the area of particle physics (Dutta and Nanopoulos), and one cosmologist (Strigari) working at the intersection of research activities carried out by the theoretical HEP and ASTR groups. The latest addition of cosmology to the theoretical effort is particularly important, as the developments in cosmology have made it one of the new core directions in theoretical HEP research. The group has strong publication and citation records, and members of the group are well known in the community and have been competitive in securing healthy external funding

levels. The experimental part of the group includes four faculty members (Eusebi, Kamon, Safonov, Ulmer) working on collider-based research at the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three faculty members working on direct dark matter searches at the SuperCDMS (Mahapatra, Toback) and LUX (Webb) experiments, and one faculty member who works in the area of accelerator research (McIntyre). In the last decade, the group has built strong infrastructure in detector and electronics R&D capabilities and remains on the ascending trajectory in terms of its impact and visibility, both nationally and internationally. A notable omission in the group’s portfolio is research in neutrino physics, an area that is quickly growing in the US. With the new facilities being built and increasing levels of federal funding becoming available, it is expected to become a dominant domestic program in experimental HEP for years to come. Nuclear Physics (NP) The NP group at TAMU is historically a strong and successful group engaged in research covering many sub-areas in both the theoretical and experimental realms. The group’s strength is evident from its excellent records of publications and citations, recognition of its research accomplishments, and visibility as illustrated by many awards. It has a high number of APS Fellows among its members, a high level of early career awards, healthy funding levels, and a strong infrastructure. The group is part of a multi-disciplinary Cyclotron Institute, which in turn is a key part of the Nuclear Solutions Institute (NSI). The group compares very well to its peers at top physics departments at public universities in the US. Over the last several decades, NP in the United States underwent consolidation with only the strongest programs, backed up by strong infrastructure, surviving. The TAMU NP group is one of those successful examples which has been further strengthened as DOE has selected the TAMU cyclotron facility as one of a few sites receiving strong funding support for its operations. The group has also been very successful in competing for internal resources. Notably, three junior faculty hires in 2015-2016 are funded via the 2008-09 provost’s initiative aimed at identifying and supporting inter-disciplinary landmark research areas at TAMU; these positions come at no cost to the department. In fact, both the NSI and the IQSE were funded in that initiative, which was a tremendous success for the Department of Physics and Astronomy given that only eight centers were selected across the entire campus. The experimental NP program consists of nine faculty members, seven of whom have their main research thrust associated with in-house experiments at the cyclotron facility conducting measurements of processes relevant for nuclear astrophysics (Christian, Rogachev, Tribble), for testing fundamental symmetries with nuclear precision experiments (Hardy, Kwiatkowski, Melconian), and nuclear structure studies (Youngblood). The recent additions of two assistant professors as part of the NSI (Christian and Kwiatkowski) were utilized as strategic reinforcements of the in-house program. These will offset future retirements while ensuring a vigorous experimental program at the cyclotron facility. Two experimental faculty members (Gagliardi and Mioduszewski) have their main thrust in high-energy NP, conducting nucleon structure and QCD matter studies using jets and quarkonia with the STAR detector at RHIC. The NP theory program consists of five faculty members. One of them is mostly engaged in computational physics (Chin). A very recent hire (Holt), also under the umbrella of the NSI, brings much needed low-energy nuclear structure and reaction expertise to the institute in support of the local experimental program. The main recognized strength of the group is in high-energy NP with three active faculty members (Fries, Ko, and Rapp) conducting theoretical and phenomenological investigations of QCD matter as produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC, LHC, and upcoming future facilities worldwide.

STUDENT PROFILE Enrollment A five-year history of the number of enrolled undergraduate majors and number of enrolled graduate students pursuing a degree in the department is given in table 7.

TABLE 7: History of number of majors

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and seniors total undergrad graduate fall 2011 64 85 149 186 fall 2012 138 77 215 183 fall 2013 189 113 302 185 fall 2014 146 139 285 180 fall 2015 109 151 260 173

Essentially all of these students are full-time. The number of graduate students in the department is limited by the available financial support — money from the university for teaching assistantships and research funds for research assistantships — and the number of enrolled graduate students has stayed roughly constant. The bulge in the number of freshmen majors is due in part to enrollment management in the College of Engineering. Students who wanted to be engineering majors but who were not admitted to engineering came to physics until they could transfer to engineering. That practice has abated somewhat, but the number of students majoring in physics has increased. Evidence for this is the steady increase in the number of majors past the freshman year and, as shown in table 1 of this report, an increase in the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded. Student diversity/demographics The gender and ethnicity for degree recipients in the 2014-15 academic year is given in this table. Female, black, and Hispanic groups are underrepresented.

TABLE 8: Demographics for degree recipients for 2014-15 academic year male female white black Hispanic Asian international

BA/BS 20 4 19 0 2 1 2 MS 7 0 4 0 1 0 2 PhD 21 2 7 1 1 1 13

Retention and Graduation Rates Table 9 shows the retention and graduation rates for doctoral students who entered starting in 2010. For the 2010 group, 23% have graduated after five years. About one-third of those who entered in 2010 are no longer in our program. This includes those who left with a terminal MS degree.

TABLE 9: Retention and graduation rates for doctoral students

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2010 34 100% 0 76% 0 44% 23% 2011 45 88% 0 68% 2% 2012 45 91% 0 71% 6% 2013 27 100% 0 2014 24 100% 0

Table 10 gives graduation and retention rates for cohorts who entered as freshmen in each of the years 2010 and 2014 and declared themselves physics majors. The two-part table shows a large attrition in the first two years. We attribute this to students who are not able to get into their chosen engineering majors so they declare physics and transfer out as soon as they have the opportunity.

TABLE 10: Retention and graduation rates for entering freshmen

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2010 73 35% 0% 20% 0% 16% 0% 2011 64 45% 0% 29% 0% 23% 0% 2012 137 36% 0% 19% 0% 14% 0% 2013 185 29% 0% 17% 0% 2014 142 34% 0%

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2010 73 5% 9% 2% 12% 2011 64 3% 14% 2012 137 2013 185 2014 142

Table 11 gives retention and graduation rates for students who entered our undergraduate program as transfer students from another university. The number of transfer students is small but around one-third obtain degrees.

TABLE 11: Retention and graduate rates for undergraduate transfer students

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Number of Degrees per year Table 12 gives the five-year history of the number of degrees awarded. For undergraduate degrees, there has been a steady increase in the number since a spike in the 2011-12 academic year. The number of PhD degrees shows a healthy increase, more than double in 2015-16 than what it was in 2011-12. The number of applied physics degrees is small, but there have been a few in each of the past three years. Astronomy MS and PhD degrees will start to be awarded in 2016-17.

TABLE 12: Five year history of number of degrees awarded

BA BS MS in physics PhD in physics


Dec 2011 – Aug 2012 8 25 12 11 0

Dec 2012 – Aug 2013 2 11 12 14 0

Dec 2013 – Aug 2014 2 13 11 19 3

Dec 2014 – Aug 2015 6 18 7 20 3

Dec 2015 – Aug 2016 7 19 7 27 3 Average time to degree (most recent five years) Table 13 gives the average time to degree for baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees for each of the past five academic years. For the baccalaureate degree, the number is for students who entered A&M as freshmen.

TABLE 13: Recent history of average number of years to degree

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2010-11 4.50 3.25 6.19 8.50 2011-12 4.35 4.04 6.00 n/a 2012-13 4.50 3.58 6.35 n/a 2013-14 4.18 2.86 6.58 10.5 2014-15 4.38 3.58 6.25 5.33

Financial Support of Graduate Students in the Department Graduate students on assistantship (teaching or research) receive a stipend of $1,850 per month. In addition, the university pays their tuition for nine credit hours of resident tuition. Students on an assistantship who aren’t Texas residents receive a non-resident tuition waiver and are charged tuition at the resident rate. Some faculty also pay the fees of students that they are supporting on research assistantships, but this is not required. The sources of support for graduate students enrolled in the department in fall 2015 are given in table 14.

TABLE 14: Sources of graduate student support for fall 2015

source of support number of FTE students sponsored 17 fellowship 21.5 teaching assistantship 56 research assistantship 72.5 no TAMU support 6

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The support for some students is split 50-50 between fellowship and a research or teaching assistantship or 50-50 between a research and a teaching assistantship. Some teaching assistants are required to support our teaching program (mostly for recitations and labs), but the number of students supported on teaching assistantships is less than one-third of the total number of supported students. Employment profile The employment profile for students who have received BA or BS degrees in recent years is shown figure 3. The majority go to graduate school.

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Data on employment of students who received a PhD from our department for the past several years is given in figure 5. More than half of our PhD graduates go next to a postdoctoral position.

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CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS Our department and its academic programs are mostly healthy and strong. We have been successful in adding to our faculty during difficult times by taking advantage of special opportunities by the university. We have added a very healthy astronomy program and have just begun accepting students into our astronomy PhD program. Many of our faculty members are members of three powerful institutes (Cyclotron Institute, George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering), which leverages many opportunities. We have been successful obtaining gift funding, which has created many opportunities for faculty members to support their research. We have seen a growth in our undergraduate majors, and we have modernized our freshman teaching program in all the ways shown by research to be most effective. There are clearly ways we could improve. Too many faculty members do not have grants, though those who do beat the average in funding. Our faculty is large, but the percentage who have no publications is higher than the national average. Many of our faculty members have difficulty supporting their students, and cuts to the department budget have meant reducing the number of graduate students supported on teaching assistantships. This, combined with graduate stipends that are far below our peers, has resulted in a modest decrease in graduate enrollment. This results in a vicious circle that makes improving research difficult. Our faculty members' demographics are very broad. Ten are women, which is about the national average, and three are Hispanic, which is well below what might be expected for a public university in Texas. The faculty age distribution is reasonably flat and very broad. Out of 70 faculty members, the 10 who most recently graduated have had their PhDs for less than 11 years. However, 10 faculty members have had PhDs for more than 50 years and another 10 have had their PhDs for more than 40 years. This suggests that a large fraction of the faculty members in our department may leave in the near future, and finding startup money for new hires will be extraordinarily challenging. National rankings consistently list our department in the mid-30s of public universities. An effective way to move forward is by maintaining, consistently, a vibrant and active research program that produces top PhD graduates. Although we have some success with this, it has been a challenge to maintain consistently. We need to find creative ways to improve our deficiencies and maintain our strengths in a sustainable fashion.

appendix I

MOST RECENT DEPARTMENTAL

STRATEGIC PLAN

During 2015-2016, the department formed a medium-range plan committee, which examined our programs for teaching and research and set prioritized goals for our medium-term development. The timing and focus of that report provide an excellent view of our programs and our priorities. It is in this appendix.

One important development has colored the potential for growth and for the priorities for development. In the similar planning process at the College of Science, the college is currently coping with a budget that admits of near-zero growth of faculty and programs. In evaluating the relative situation of our department and of our sister departments, the Department of Chemistry has comparable aggregate teaching load and somewhat larger total research funding, and the Departments of Math and Biology have less research funding but larger service course teaching loads. All three of those departments have total faculty size <50, while the Department of Physics and Astronomy has total faculty size of ~70.

Our disproportionate size is largely a consequence several elements of the department’s success over the past decade – we won two Center of Excellence competitions within the university that each accorded the department ~5 new faculty positions, we created our astronomy program from scratch to eight excellent faculty members, and we coalesced the Mitchell Institute with several new faculty positions granted in its formation.

Another strategic aspect of our faculty is its age distribution. We have a bimodal distribution with a large contingent of faculty in their 70s and 80s. At such time as many of those faculty retire, our faculty size will return to proportionate bounds within the college, and we will be able to be in a position to justify resumption of faculty growth. The university is presently conducting a voluntary separation program, and several of our faculty have indicated plans to participate.

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Committeemembers: A.Safonov(Chair) A.Abanov L.Macri R.Rapp A.Zheltikov

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TableofContents1. TheChargeandtheReviewProcess...................................................................................32. TAMUDepartmentofPhysics&Astronomy....................................................................42.1. BasicStatistics........................................................................................................................52.2. GraduateandUndergraduateAcademicPrograms...................................................82.3. TheSharedGovernanceStructure................................................................................113. ChallengesandPrioritiesoftheDepartmentalResearchProgram......................113.1. Strengths,ChallengesandPrioritiesinCoreResearchAreas.............................113.1.1. Atomic,MolecularandOptics.....................................................................................123.1.2. Astronomy.........................................................................................................................133.1.3. CondensedMatterPhysics...........................................................................................143.1.4. HighEnergyPhysics.......................................................................................................153.1.5. NuclearPhysics................................................................................................................173.2. SummaryofRecommendationsRelatedtoPrioritizationofFutureHires.....184. TopicsRelatedtoDepartmentalStructureandSharedGovernance...................204.1. DepartmentalStructure...................................................................................................204.2. TenuredFacultyClassificationandAnnualPerformanceEvaluation..............224.3. “PhysicsEducationandOutreach”group...................................................................244.4. ProfessionalSocietiesFellowshipCommittee..........................................................245. UndergraduateandGraduatePhysicsTeachingMission.........................................255.1. CoordinationandImprovementofServiceCourses...............................................255.2. GraduateAdmissions........................................................................................................256. Summary...................................................................................................................................26SupplementaryMaterialInformation.....................................................................................28

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1. TheChargeandtheReviewProcessTheMediumRangePlanningCommittee(hereafterreferredtoasMRPC)hasbeencharged with the task of reviewing a broad range of topics pertinent to thefulfillmentofthedepartment’smission,therebyidentifyingspecificchallengesandrecommendingastrategyaimedatimprovingthestrength,reputationandvisibilityofitsoverallresearchprogram.TheMRPChasbeenspecificallyrequestedtoderivea set of recommendations on prioritizing future faculty hires as part of such astrategy,coveringamediumrangetimeframeof7-10years.The recommendations presented are a result of an almost one year long process,during which the MRPC analyzed a wealth of data, including various estimatorsrelated to research productivity and performance, experiences and practices atother nationally successful departments. A series ofmeetingswere heldwith themembersofeachcoreresearchgroupinourdepartment,aswellaswiththefacultyasawhole.TheMRPChasstudiedreportsoftheexternalreviewsofthedepartmentthat took place in 1997 and 2008. One of the important outcomes of the 1997reviewwas therecommendationtocreateanewprograminAstronomy, followedup by a special panel in 2003 that provided a specific strategy to build such aprogram.FinalMRPCrecommendationspresented inthisreportbuildandexpandon the conclusions of past reviews, taking into account many developments thattookplaceinthelastsevenyears.Whileasignificantpartofthereviewhasfocusedon the departmental research program, the MRPC also reviewed a set of topicsrelated to the departmental organization, participation of faculty in the sharedgovernance, as well as steps aimed at improving the overall climate in thedepartment. A particular emphasis has been placed on efforts dedicated to theexcellenceinundergraduateandgraduateteaching,acorepartofthedepartmentalmission.The assessment of the departmental research program has been carried out as acomparativereviewwithasetofaspiratedpeers,definedasthesecondhalfofthetop twenty US public university physics and astronomy programs. As part of thereview,theMRPChascollectedandassembledpubliclyavailabledatapertinenttoeachofthefivecoreresearchareas(astronomy(ASTR);atomic,molecularphysicsandoptics(AMO);condensedmatterphysics(CM);highenergyphysics(HEP);andnuclear physics (NP)). In addition to measures describing the composition andstrength of the groups, the data include metrics that are customarily used toevaluateresearchproductivity,suchaspublicationsandcitations,distributionofthefaculty members according to their stages in career, evidence of national andinternationalrecognition,aswellastheexternalfundingsupport.Themainpurposeof assembling thesedatawas toprovidea context for initiatinga substantiveandproductive discussion with the research groups in the department in order toascertainstrengthsaswellasthechallengesfacedbyeachoftheprograms,andtoidentify best strategies to strengthen the quality of the overall departmentalresearchprogramtobringitintotheleagueofthetopprogramsnationwide.

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Eachoftheresearchgroupshasbeenaskedtoprovideawrittenself-assessmentofthestrengthandchallengesalongwiththevisiondescribingstrategiesnecessarytomeet these challenges. TheMRPC initiated a series ofmeetingswith the researchgroups, for which each group has been provided a set of specific questions anddiscussion itemsarising from theMRPC’s reviewof thevision statementsand theanalysis of the comparative data. The discussions that took place during thesemeetingshaveproventobeimmenselyhelpful in identifyingthekeygoalsofeachgroup’sstrategicdevelopmentplanandallowedanin-depthanalysisoftheexistingstrengthsandchallengesbothinthecontextofthespecificresearchareasaswellasin the context of the common departmental research program. Each group laterresponded to a set of follow-upquestions arising from thediscussionsduring theMRPC’smeetingswiththegroups.Whileasignificantfocusofthemeetingswithresearchgrouphasbeenonresearchactivities, thediscussions included a broader set of topics relevant for the overallmissionofthedepartment,includingteachingexcellenceattheundergraduateandgraduate levels, improvements to the graduate program, enhancing inter-disciplinary research, the flexibility of the departmental operational structure,shared governance, and performance evaluation procedures. TheMRPCmembershave also discussed these and other topicswith individuals and groups of facultymembers in a variety of settings and then followed up on these items in internalcommittee’sdiscussions.TheMRPChaspresented its initial findingstotheentiredepartmentataspeciallyorganized town-hall meeting, where the presentation was followed by a Q&Asessionandanopenfloordiscussion.Afterthetownhallmeeting,facultymembershave been requested to provide additional feedback to theMRPC. TheMRPC hasthen held a series of meetings, in which the gathered information has beensystematically studied, evaluated and categorized in order to provide a set ofspecificrecommendations.Attheconclusionofitswork,theMRPChaspresenteditsrecommendations in a departmental faculty meeting, which was followed by thereleaseofthisfinalreport.

2. TAMUDepartmentofPhysics&AstronomyIn this section, we provide a brief overall description of the department andcompareit toasetofpeer institutionsdefinedasthesecondhalfofthetop20USpublic graduate programs in physics, using the US News &World Report’s mostcurrent rankingavailable fromspringof2015.The reference schoolsare:GeorgiaTech University, Michigan State University, Rutgers, SUNY at Stony Brook,University of California at Davis, University of California at Irvine, University ofWashington, Ohio State University, and Penn State University. For comparison, inthesamerankingtheTexasA&MUniversityprograminphysicssharesarankingof26-29with3otherpublicuniversities.Whileanyranking,includingthatbytheUSNews&World Report, is not free of subjective biases, there is certainly a strongcorrelation between the ranking and the perceived reputation of a particulardepartmentjustifyingthechoiceofthereferencepool.Furthermore,rankingsplaya

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2.1. BasicStatisticsTheDepartmentofPhysics&Astronomy(P&A)atTexasA&Misalargedepartmentwith approximately 70 academic facultymembers, comparable in size to those atMichiganState,OhioState,Rutgers,andStonyBrook,asillustratedinFigure1.Notethat threeof theninereferenceuniversitieshaveseparatephysicsandastronomydepartments. If the number of faculty in the two programs is combined, theUniversityofWashingtonandPennStatealsobecomesimilarinsizetoTAMU’sP&Adepartment.Wealsonotethat in2015UCDavishasspentsignificantresourcestoboost its CM and theoretical HEP programs, bringing it closer to the largedepartmentsamongthereferenceuniversities.

Figure1:NumberofacademicfacultyatTAMU’sPhysics&Astronomydepartmentcomparedtothatatthereferencedepartments(blue).AtinstitutionswithseparatePhysicsandAstronomydepartments,thenumberofacademicfacultyisshownseparatelyforPhysics(blue)andAstronomy(red).Peerinstitutiondata have been surveyed in Spring 2015, while the TAMU data have been adjusted for 4 additionalfacultyhiresintheFallof2015(3intheNPgroupandoneintheAMOgroup).

Similartootherlargedepartments,TMAU’sP&Ahasanearlycompletecoverageofthe traditional areas of physics research including Atomic, Molecular and Optics(AMO), CondensedMatter physics (CM), High Energy Physics (HEP), and NuclearPhysics(NP).TheAstronomy(ASTR)programisarelativelyrecentadditiontothedepartment recommended by the 1997 external visiting review committee of thedepartment.Figure2showsthedistributionoffull-timeemployee(FTE)academicfaculty among the five core research areas compared to the average at peerinstitutions. To account for differences in the reference departments, severalmetricshavebeenusedinthiscomparison.The“Other”categoryincludesgroupsinareas such asBiophysics andEducationalResearch,which arepresent at someofthepeerdepartments.

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Notable features seen in Figure 2 include stronger than average AMO and NPgroups,somewhatsmallerthanaverageCMandASTRefforts,andaslightlysmallerthanaverageHEPgroup.NotethatnotallofthereferencedepartmentshaveAMOorNP groups; in the case ofNP the list of peer institutions included some of thestrongest players in the US (three departments in that list hold first, second andforth place in the US News&World Report ranking for NP programs). The AMOgrouphashistoricallybeenoneofthelargeeffortsatTAMU’sDepartmentofPhysicsand is a foundingmember of the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering(IQSE). Similarly, theNPgroup is adominant force inTAMU’sCyclotron Institute,which in turn is part of theNuclear Solutions Institute (NSI). The ASTR andHEPgroupsjointlyformtheMitchellInstituteforFundamentalPhysicsandAstronomy.TheCMgroup is currentlynotpartofany interdisciplinaryentity,although in thepast part of the group has been collaborating with the materials science andengineering program, which since became a separate department in the TAMUSchoolofEngineering.TheUSNews&WorldReportdoesnotpublicize full rankingdata for eachof thestandard research areas, so the rankings for the five core research groups in thedepartmentarenotknown.Itdoes,however,showalistoftop~12departmentsinthestandardresearchareas;noneoftheTAMUprogramsiscurrentlylistedamongthose.TheNPprogramappearedinthetop12-15listinsomeofthepastyears.

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TAMU’sDepartmentofP&AhastwoNobelLaureatesamongitsmembers(oneatasmallFTEfraction),andthreemembersoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.Manymembersofthefacultyhavereceivednationalandinternationalawards,andagoodfraction of junior faculty have received Early Career awards or equivalents. Inaddition to internal and external sources of funding, the department has asignificant number of endowed chairs distributed (albeit unevenly) among theresearchareas.One of the notable challenges for the department is the current demographicsituation, as illustrated inFigure3 showing thedistributionof theyears inwhichmembersofthefacultyreceivedtheirPhD.Comparisonofthedatawiththeaveragefromreferenceinstitutionsindicatesahighlikelihoodthatthedepartmentwillfacea significant number of retirements in the coming years. With no replacements,suchretirementscanresultinsubstantialweakeningofthedepartmentalresearchprogram.Anotheridentifiedoverallchallengeisthelowerlevelsofresearchfundingfrom federal agencies, as illustrated in Figure 4. The next section of this reportcontainsadetaileddescriptionandassessmentofeachoftheresearchgroupsinthisregard.With some exceptions,many of the performance indicators related to therate of publications and citations are comparable with those at referenceinstitutions. Note that the information publicly available on federal grants haslimited the data to grants awarded by the DOE and NSF only. The DOD funding,whichcanbesignificant insomeof theresearchareas (e.g. forAMOandCM),hasnotbeenincludedasthecorrespondingdataisnotsystematicallyavailable.Despitethelimitationsrelatedtotheincompletenessofdata,thesurveyresultsindicatethatfederalresearchfundingisanareathatrequiresstrengthening.

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2.2. GraduateandUndergraduateAcademicProgramsThe department is playing major roles in both undergraduate and graduateeducation.Thedepartmenthas~250-270undergraduatephysicsmajorsand~150-170graduatestudentsinphysicsandappliedphysicsPh.D.aswellasphysicsM.Sc.programs.Inadditiontocoursestargetingphysicsmajors,thedepartmentisheavilyengaged in teachingP&A fornon-majors, including large service courses requiredfor engineering majors and elective P&A courses for non-engineering and non-physicsmajors.Physics for engineering students is taught as two multi-section semester-longcourses covering calculus-based mechanics (first semester) and electricity,magnetism and optics (semester 2). The courses are offered in two flavors andinvolve about 15 FTE of academic faculty and lecturers per semester, primarilyinvolvedinlecturing,andalargenumberofTAsteachingrecitationsandlabs.Thedepartmentfurthermoreoffersnon-calculusbasedtwo-semestersequencecoursesin mechanics and electromagnetism taken by non-engineering majors, whichinvolve about five FTE of academic faculty and lecturers per semester. The TApositionsarepredominantly filledbyphysicsgraduate studentswhohavenotyettransitionedtobeingsupportedfromresearchfundingasRAs.Inthepast2-3years,bothflavorsofphysicsforengineershavetransitionedtoincludeflippedclassroomphilosophy,includinganactiveuseoftechnology,groupbasedrecitationsandlabs.

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Bothcoursesusecommonmidtermexams,whichensuresauniformcurriculumandgrading. The enrollment in service courses is about 3,000 students per year.Undergraduate astronomy courses have been introducedwith the creation of theASTR group in the department and have since developed into a large programattractingasmanyas1,500undergraduatesperyear.Theundergraduatecurriculumforphysicsmajorshadatraditionalstructure,withverylittleflexibilityforthestudentsandonlytwoelectivesover4years.Inthelast2-3 years the department took steps toward increasing flexibility and optionsoffered to thestudents.Thesecondsemesterof someyear-longclasseswasmadeoptional,withthepossibilityof takinganalternativephysicsclass.Theuniversity-mandated writing and communication course requirements were integrated intoexisting physics classes. This has created 4-5 slots in the curriculum that can befilledwithelectivesorindependentresearch.Atthesametime,thedepartmentnowoffers more physics elective courses and combined graduate/undergraduatecoursesthatcanbetakenaselectives.Anewexperimentalresearchfacultymemberhasbeenhiredtorevitalizeandmodernizeseniorphysicslabs.Moreelectiveclassesareplannedinthenearfuture.

Figure 5: A comparison of the distribution of the affiliations of the graduate students supported asResearchAssistants(fundedfromresearchgrants)betweenthecoreresearchgroups(left)comparedtothe distribution of the departmental faculty FTE among the same core research groups (center). Inaddition, the charton the right shows the samedistributionbutamonggraduate studentswhoare intheirthirdorlateryearintheirgraduatestudiesandwhoarestillsupportedasTAs.

Themajority of the 150-170 graduate students are in the physics Ph.D. program.The applied physics Ph.D. program is comparably small and has been created toattractstudentswhoareplanningtoapplytheirknowledge inan industrysetting.Only a few students have been initially admitted to the M.Sc. program, but itbecomesapathforstudentswhodecidenottopursueaPh.D.andchoosetoswitchto theM.Sc. track and graduate. Of the full graduate student body, approximatelyone third are supported as TAs (mostly for the service courses), ~45% fromresearchgrantsorstartups,~12%byfellowships(universitysponsoredmeritanddiversityfellowships,variouslocalfundedfellowshipsandahandfulofcompetitivenationalfellowships,e.g.byNSF).Theremaining~10%arestudentssponsoredbyforeignfellowships(primarilyfromTurkeyandthemiddleeast).

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The support via RA positions across the five core research groups shows areasonablescalingwiththenumberofPIsinthecorrespondingresearchareas,withCMandHEPtheorysupportingarelativelysmallerfraction,asillustratedinFigure5(the left and the middle graphs, respectively). Graduate students are normallyexpectedtobecomeRAsoncetheyaredonewiththeirclassesandarereadytofullyfocuson research, typically in their thirdyear.Thegraphon the right inFigure5shows the distribution of the graduate students who are still supported as TAsaccording to their affiliation with research groups. The comparison with thedistribution of faculty among research groups shows a larger number ofunsupportedstudentsamongthoseaffiliatedwithCM,HEPtheoryandASTR.Inthelatter case, this is driven by the need of TAs to teach undergraduate astronomycourses.

Figure 6: The distribution shows the number of students admitted into the graduate program as afunctionoftheadmissionyear(foreignstudentsfullysponsoredbytheirgovernmentprogramsarenotincluded).Thecolor coding indicates thenumberof students inagivenyearwhoarecurrently (asofSpring 2015) supported as TA’s, those who dropped out of the program, those leaving with M.Sc.,graduatingwithaPh.D.,supportedbyfellowshipsandthoseemployedasRAs.

ThegraduationratesinthePh.D.program(definedasthefractionofstudentswhohaveobtainedaPh.D.orexpectedtoobtainaPh.D.shortly)varyovertime,reachingabout 70% in 2009 (if students leavingwithM.Sc. are included, the rate is about77%). The 70% figure is an average of a ~80% graduation rate among foreignstudents(Chineseandnon-Chineseapplicantshavesimilarrates)anda~50%ratefordomesticones.Past2009,theprojectedgraduationratefellto~50%,whichhasbeen traced to an abrupt increase in graduate admissions in 2010. The spike hasbeenlargelyduetoanadmissionoflessprepareddomesticstudents,manyofwhomhavedroppedout.However,asthenumberofstudentsexceededthecapacityofthedepartment’s research enterprise, a bottleneck has been created affecting both

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domestic and foreign students by leading to a sharp decrease in graduation rateacrossallcategoriesofstudents.Thisalsocausedfinanciallossesasforanumberofyears the department had to spend significant resources to support a larger thannormalnumberofTApositions.

2.3. TheSharedGovernanceStructureThedepartmentisledbythedepartmenthead,assistedbytwoassociateheads,oneinvolvedinabroadrangeofissuesrelatedtobudgetingandinfrastructureandtheotheroneinchargeofundergraduateacademics.Thesharedgovernancestructurefollowstheadoptedbylawsandisbasedonfiveexistingcoreresearchgroups,eachhaving a reserved seat on critical departmental committees, e.g. the promotion,tenure and appointment (PTA) committee, the advisory committee, and theperformanceevaluationcommittee(PEC)responsiblefortheannualassessmentofperformanceofeachindividualfacultymember.With almostnoexceptions, every academic faculty is amemberof oneof the fivecoreresearchgroupsandisconsideredtohave45%oftheirFTEtimededicatedtoresearch,35%toteaching,and20%toservice.ThePECisassembledinthespringofeachyear.Itreviewsannualreportssubmittedbyindividualfacultymembers,andassignsseparatescoresforperformanceinresearch,teachingandservice,basedontheguidelinesagreedbythePEC.Theweightedscoreisoneofthekeymeasuresindeterminingmeritincreases.It hasbeennoted in the2008external reviewof thedepartment that the currentorganization into the five group structures is too rigid, does not provide optimalflexibility,andcreatesunnecessarydivisionsamongthe faculty in thedepartment.Whilethisissuehasbeendiscussedandthefacultyagreedthatthecurrentschemeisnotoptimal,significantchangesareyettobeimplemented.

3. ChallengesandPrioritiesoftheDepartmentalResearchProgramThe MRPC has undertaken an extensive review of the departmental researchprogram, which resulted in a set of recommendations aimed at enhancing thequality and strengthof theTAMUP&Aprogram, ensuring its long term relevanceand competitiveness, to generate an elevated visibility and reputation of theprogram compared to peers. The recommendations include a prioritized list offuture faculty hires, which has been divided in three categories, based on theurgencyofthechallengesthesehiresaretoaddress.

3.1. Strengths,ChallengesandPrioritiesinCoreResearchAreasInthefollowing,webrieflyelaborateoneachofthecoreresearchgroup’sactivitiesand plans, as well as the MRPC’s recommendations. In many instances, therecommendations refer to the vision statements provided by the correspondinggroups.

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3.1.1. Atomic,MolecularandOpticsTheAMOgroupishistoricallyoneofthestrongandlargeresearchgroupsatTAMUwith an excellent record of accomplishments. The MRPC notes the exceptionallyhigh productivity of the group with an unusually high rate of publications andcitationstotheworkpublishedbytheirfaculty,theexcellentvisibilityofthegroup,e.g. the high rate of highly recognized awards and APS fellowships among itsmembers. The AMO group is at the heart of the interdepartmental Institute forQuantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) (awarded within the provost’s 2008/9academic master plan for landmark research areas), which spans across fivecolleges (Agriculture, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Science, VeterinaryMedicine) andnumerousdepartments(toxicology,pathobiology,chemistry,mathematics,physics,philosophy, anthropology, aerospace, chemical, electrical and mechanicalengineering, soil and crop sciences, ecosystems management, etc.). The MRPCparticularlycommendsthegrouponitsexceptionallysuccessfulrecordofattractingstronginternalfunding(originatingfromwithinTAMUandaffiliatedstructures)tosupport its research activities. Among the challenges the group faces, the MRPCnotes the relatively low levels of federal funding compared to programs at peerinstitutions,andamarkedunevennessinthe“ownership”oftheavailableresearchfunding,asaverylargeshareofthefundingisassociatedwithasinglePI.WhiletheMRPC acknowledges that the optimization of effort arising from the strength ofinternal funding support isone reason for the lower levelsof federal funding, thelackofcompetingforexternalfundingposesaseriousriskforthelongtermsuccessof the group should the availability of internal funding decrease. A related keychallenge is the eventual transition of the leadership in the group, including thesuccessionofleadershipattheIQSEandmaintainingthestrongrolethegroupplaysin thismulti-disciplinary enterprise.Wenote that since the spring of 2015,whenthis review has started, the group has filled one new position in experimentalquantumphysics.The AMO research group includes 14 faculty members, with a cumulative groupstrengthof12FTEas someof themembers contribute tootheractivitiesorhaveonly partial appointments at TAMU. The research by the AMO group covers boththeory (Allen, Belyanin, Kocharovskaya, Kocharovsky, Scully, Zubairy) andexperiment (Akimov, Fry, Herschbach, Kocharovskaya, Lee, Schüssler, Scully,Sokolov, Welch, Zheltikov) in many areas of the optical sciences and technology,including quantum optics and quantum information, laser science and nonlinearoptics,ultrafastopticalphysics,high-powerlasers,agri-,bio-andneuro-photonics,opticalspectroscopyandsensing,andnovelphotonicmaterials. TheimpactoftheIQSEgoesbeyondAMOandincludesotherareas,suchascondensedmatterscience,nanoscience, biophysics, neuroscience. The IQSE has proven to be a powerfulinstrumentforenhancingtheAMOsynergyatTAMUandforincreasingtheimpactand visibility of TAMU in general and the TAMU Department of P&A on theinternationallevel.

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The MRPC’s recommendation is to seek two hires of new academic faculty, onefocusingonattosecondopticsandtheotheroneonquantumtheory.Alackofactiononthesewithinareasonabletimeframewillquicklyescalatetheproblemintoonethatcouldbedifficultandcostlytorepair,onascaleofafewyears,inpartcausedbysubstantial losses of faculty over the past years. Furthermore, given thedemographic situation in the AMO group, there is a substantial likelihood ofretirementsintheforeseeablefuture,whichbearstheriskofdroppingoneormoreofthecoreAMOareasbelowcriticalmass.

3.1.2. AstronomyThe Astronomy group at TAMU has been created about a decade ago following astrongrecommendationbyanexternalprogramreview.Despite itsyoungage,thegroup has become a major success with a strong record of researchaccomplishments,includingexcellentpublicationrate,veryhealthyexternalfundinglevels, and a good balance of activities in observational astronomy and in majorinstrumentation. The group has gained leadership positions in important futureinternational projects, most notably the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project.Thegrouphasbeenverysuccessfulinattractinginternalfundingandprivatedonorcontributions,e.g. contributions to theGMTandendowedchairs, to leverage theirexternal funding portfolio. The group is one of the three founding entities (alongwith experimental and theoretical HEP) of theMitchell Institute for FundamentalPhysicsandAstronomy.In2013,thedepartmenthiredacosmologist,whichcreatedanefficientbridgestrengtheningtheconnectionbetweentheastronomyandHEP.The ASTR program has grown over the past decade to a present size of 7.5tenure/tenure-track faculty (one member is shared with HEP). The publication,citationand fundingrecordof thegroup isquitestrong,and itsmembersarewellknowninthecommunity.TheresearchactivitiesofthefacultyarewellalignedwiththeprioritiessetbythelasttwodecadalreviewsforAstronomy,carriedoutbytheNational Academy of Sciences. In terms of ground-based optical astronomy (thegroup’s core area), these are: (1) the construction and operation of the LargeSynoptic Survey Telescope (LSST); (2) a mid-scale astronomical instrumentationprogram;(3)theconstructionandoperationofagiantsegmentedmirrortelescope.The group is extremely well positioned to compete for funds for these activities,thankstothevibrantastronomicalinstrumentationgroupledbyDePoy&Marshall,its role as foundingmember of the GMT, and the fully-funded endowed chair onastro-statistics(directlyrelatedtoLSST).Equallyimportant,thescientificactivitiesof the facultyarewellalignedwith theprioritiesof the latestDecadalReview:(1)Cosmic Dawn (searching for the first stars, galaxies and black holes; Papovich &Tran); (2) New Worlds (seeking nearby, habitable planets; DePoy, Macri &Marshall);(3)PhysicsoftheUniverse(understandingdarkmatteranddarkenergy;Macri,Strigari,Suntzeff&Wang).The MRPC believes that filling the endowed chair position in the area of astro-statistics is of vital importance to fully realize the benefits of the ongoingparticipationinLSST,thedarkenergysurvey(DES)andtocapitalizeonthegrowing

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interest in"bigdata"problemsinastrophysics.TheMRPCassignsit tothehighesturgencyandpriority first category. Inaddition, theMRPCrecommends filling twopositionsintheoreticalcosmology,oneofwhichwouldbeattheinterfaceoftopicsrelated to both HEP and ASTR (the other position is discussed as part of therecommendationsforHEP).TheMRPCalsoconcurswiththeimportanceofhiringajunior faculty in the area of GMT-related observational astrophysics (such asexoplanets and star formation or transient phenomena) well ahead of the GMTcommissioning.Given the timing, thisposition isput incategory#3andmaywellbecomeareplacement(oranearlyreplacement) foroneof theretirements in thegroup.

3.1.3. CondensedMatterPhysicsCMphysics is one of the largest disciplines in contemporary physics,with over aquarterofalluniversity-basedphysics researchers in theUSworking in this field.Basedonthesurveyofthetopphysicsprogramsinpublicuniversities,everyhighlyratedprogramofcomparablesizetoTAMU’sP&Adepartment,hasastrongprograminCM.Forthisreason,substantialweaknessesintheareaofCMphysicshaveaverynegativeimpactontheentiredepartmentalresearchprogram.The theoretical part of the group consists of 7 faculty: Ar. Abanov, R. Allen, A.Belyanin, A. Finkelstein, H. Katzgraber, V. Pokrovsky, andW. Saslow. Allen's andBelyanin'sresearchareonlyinpartinCM.Katzgraber’sresearchisincomputationalphysics,mainlyintheareaofdisorderedandcomplexsystems,quantumcomputingand algorithm development. Abanov, Finkelstein, Pokrovsky, and Saslowwork ontheareasofspintronics,coldatoms,stronglycorrelatedsystems,superconductivity,magnetizationdynamics,mathematicalphysics,etc.WiththeexceptionofBelyaninandKatzgrabertheresearchfundingofthegroupmembershasbeenunstablelately.Thereareverynoticeableagegapsinthegroup,betweentheyoungestmembersofthegroup(AbanovandKatzgraber,Ph.D.in1998and2001)andthenextyoungestone (Finkelstein, Ph.D. in 1973). Such a distribution is very unhealthy, as a new"revolution" inCMstatisticallyhappensevery5-7years.Theexperimentalpartofthegroupconsistsof8faculty:G.Agnolet,D.Lee,I.Lyuksyutov,D.Naugle,J.Ross,W.Teizer, M. Weimer, andW. Wu. Lee’s effort is shared between the CM and AMOgroups. Teizer conducts his research in part in Japan and is moving towardsbiophysics. Ross' research is mainly in material science. Agnolet, Lyuksyutov,Naugle, Weimer, and Wu conduct research in magnetism, quantum liquids, STMimagingandtransportproperties.Thelackofamodernfabricationfacilityaswellasan inadequate situationwith the liquidhelium supply and technical support havecompromisedthegroup’sresearchforyears,whichsubstantiallycontributedtothecurrentsituationofpoorfunding.Basedonthecurrentreview,theMRPC’sconclusionisthatthesituationwiththeCMphysicsgroupatTAMU isbeyondcriticalwarrantingan immediateandconcertedactiononthepartofthedepartmenttorepairtheproblem.Inthetheorypartofthegroup, the active core of the effort is currently substantially below critical mass.Giventhedemographicsituationandrecentlossofoneofthemostactivemembers

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of the group, the theoretical CM effort is rapidly approaching the point ofdeterioration.ThescaleoftheproblemintheexperimentalCMgroupisevenmoresevere,whichisveryevidentinthecomparativereviewdatashowingthatthegroupissubstantiallyunderperforminginessentiallyalloftheconsideredcategories,frompoor publication and citation records to unacceptably low levels of externalresearch funding. This situation has been developing for an extended timewhichhasbroughtthegroupto itscurrentpointwhere itcannotrecover itself: ithasnofunds to maintain its instrumentation infrastructure pivotal for performingcompetitive and visible research, and it cannot effectively compete for externalfunding required to repair its infrastructure without demonstrating a strongevidenceofcurrentresearchactivities.Alackofaconcertedactiontosalvagetheoperationalpartsofprogramonashorttimescalewillresultinanear-completelossoftheCMresearch.Asitisdifficulttosee how a department of the size of TAMU P&A can afford not to have a strongprograminthisessentialarea,postponingrigorousactiontoaddressthisproblemwill lead to a rapid escalation of the costs required to rebuild the program fromscratch.IntheareaoftheoreticalCM,theMRPCrecommendscreatingtwopositions,with the most likely feasible solution to hire an accomplished mid-career levelresearcherwhowillplayaproactiveroleinselectingacandidatefora juniorhire.TheMRPCassignsthesehirestothehighestprioritycategory#1.IntheareaofexperimentalCM,theMRPCnotestheimportanceofimmediateactionandrecommendsformingaspecialtaskforcetodeviseastrategyofrecoveryofthiseffort at TAMU. The cost associated with such action are likely to be substantial(hiring a highly accomplished experimentalist would likely require a startupapproaching$1.5-2M),anditisdifficulttoseehowthenumberofnewhirescanbelessthan2-3.However,therecentadditionoftwofacultymembersassociatedwiththehireofthenewDeanoftheCollegeofScienceaddshopethatsynergiescanbecreated that attract strong researchers toTAMUandhelp reduce theoverall cost.TheMRPCnotesthatthegrouptaskedwithdevisingafeasiblestrategyofrepairingtheexperimentalCMgroupmusthaveastrongrepresentationof facultymembersfrom allmain stakeholders in the department, not just the CM group, and has toinclude externalmembers selected amonghighly accomplishedCM researchers inthe fieldwho could bring a broader perspective and assist in identifying suitablecandidates to fill new faculty positions. The MRPC notes that the demographicsituationintheCMgroupsuggestsahighlikelihoodofanumberofretirementsintheforeseeablefuture,whichcouldhelpreducethefacultylinecommitmentsofthisundertaking.

3.1.4. HighEnergyPhysicsThe HEP group at TAMU conducts one of the strong, active and visible researcheffortsinthedepartment.Thetwopartsofthegroup,focusingonexperimentalHEPincluding accelerator physics and on theoretical particle physics, are two of thethree main stakeholders in the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics andAstronomy.The latterprovides an importantbridge to connect the threeareasof

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research. This synergyhas recently received an additional strengtheningwith thecreation of an effort in the area of cosmology. Both parts of the HEP group leadactive and competitive research programs, as evidenced by the strength of theirpublicationandcitationrecordaspartofthecomparativereviewwithpeereffortsat the top US universities. They have reasonably healthy demographics andcompetitive levels of external research funding. Among some of the challengesfacing the group, the MRPC notes the importance of taking proactive steps thatcontribute to the visibility and strengthening of the group’s reputation nationallyandinternationally.Anexampleofsuchstepsisthenominationofgroupmembersforfellowshipsintheprofessionalsocieties,mostnotablytheAPS.WhilethegrouphasaddedanAPSfellowshiptoitsportfoliosincethecomparativedatasurveyhasbeentaken,itstilllagsbehinditspeers.The theory part of the group includes four faculty working in the areas ofsupergravityandstringtheory(K.Becker,M.Becker,PopeandSezgin), twointhearea of particle physics (Dutta and Nanopolous), and one cosmologist (Strigari)workingattheintersectionofresearchactivitiescarriedoutbythetheoreticalHEPand ASTR groups. The latest addition of cosmology to the theoretical effort isparticularly important,as thedevelopments incosmologyhavemade itoneof thenewcoredirectionsintheoreticalHEPresearch.Thegrouphasastrongpublicationand citation record,membersof the grouparewell known in the community andhavebeencompetitiveinsecuringhealthyexternalfundinglevels.Theexperimentalpartofthegroupincludesfourfaculty(Eusebi,Kamon,Safonov,Ulmer)workingoncollider-basedresearchattheCMSexperimentattheLargeHadronCollider(LHC),threefacultyworkingondirectdarkmattersearchesatthesuperCDMS(Mahapatra,Toback) and LUX (Webb) experiments, and one faculty works in the area ofaccelerator research (McIntyre). In the last decade, the group has built stronginfrastructure in detector and electronics R&D capabilities and remains on theascending trajectory in terms of its impact and visibility, both nationally andinternationally. A notable omission in the group’s portfolio is the research inneutrinophysics,anareathat isquicklygrowing intheUS.Withthenewfacilitiesbeingbuiltandincreasinglevelsoffederalfundingbecomingavailable,itisexpectedtobecomeadominantdomesticprograminexperimentalHEPforyearstocome.Inadditiontoitsrecommendationsfortheincreasedeffortstoenhancethegroup’svisibilityandfillingthecriticalpositionoftheMitchellInstituteDirector,theMRPChas several specific recommendations. For the theoretical HEP group, the MRPCrecommendstofilltwopositionsintheareaofcosmologytoachievecriticalmassinthisimportantareaduetoitsimportanceformaintainingthegroup’sstrengthandrelevance in the field. In experimental HEP, the MRPC recommends adding apositiontostartanewprograminneutrinophysicstoensuretheTAMUprogramtoremain in line with the domestic HEP priorities. There is a strong potential forsynergy of the new direction with the existing programs, including both theinfrastructureandexpertiseofthePIsincollideranddarkmatterprograms,whichwillbothhelpstrengthenthenewprogramandprovidenewopportunities forthegrouppast the timehorizonof theexistingexperiments. Thepriority for the two

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cosmology hires and the position in experimental neutrino physics is assigned tocategory#2. In addition, theMRPC recommends adding anewposition to ensurethat the experimental direct dark matter program maintains its strength andleadership (TAMU is currently a part of both the super-CDMS and LUX, the twoleading experiments in the field), especially in light of possible losses due toretirements.TheMRPCassignsthepriorityofthisfuturehiretothethirdcategory.The MRPC furthermore recommends that the department should make a strongefforttomaintaintheexistinghigh-profileprograminacceleratorphysics,currentlycarriedbyone faculty andhis group. If a successorof exceptionalpromise in thisareacanbe identified, itwouldprovideanexcellenttargetofopportunitytocarryonthiseffortwithouttheneedforhiring2-3newfacultyasusuallyrequiredforacritical mass. The review of the group demographics suggests a substantiallikelihood of a retirement in the theory group and likely two retirements in theexperimentaleffort.

3.1.5. NuclearPhysicsThe NP group at TAMU is historically a strong and successful group engaged inresearchcoveringmanysub-areasinboththetheoreticalandexperimentalrealms.The group’s strength is evident from its excellent record of publications andcitations,recognitionofitsresearchaccomplishments,andvisibilityasillustratedbymanyawards.IthasahighnumberofAPSFellowsamongitsmembers,ahighlevelofearlycareerawards,healthyfundinglevelsandastronginfrastructure.Thegroupispartofamulti-disciplinaryCyclotronInstitute,whichinturnisakeypartoftheNuclearSolutionsInstitute(NSI).ThegroupcomparesverywelltoitspeersattopphysicsdepartmentsatpublicuniversitiesintheUS.Overthelastseveraldecades,NPunderwentconsolidationwithonlythestrongestprograms,backedupbystronginfrastructure,surviving.TheTAMUNPgroupisoneofthosesuccessfulexamples,which has been further strengthened as the TAMU cyclotron facility has beenselectedasoneofafewsitesreceivingstrongfundingsupportforitsoperationsbythe DOE. The group has also been very successful in competing for internalresources. Notably, three junior faculty hires in 2015-2016 are funded via the2008/9 Provost’s initiative aimed at identifying and supporting inter-disciplinarylandmark research areas at TAMU; these positions come at no cost to thedepartment.Infact,boththeNSIandtheIQSEwerefundedinthatinitiative,whichwas a tremendous success for P&A given that only eight centers were selectedacrossallcampus.TheexperimentalNPprogramconsistsof9faculty;sevenofthemhavetheirmainresearch thrust associated with in-house experiments at the cyclotron facility,conductingmeasurementsofprocessesrelevantfornuclearastrophysics(Christian,Rogachev, Tribble), for testing fundamental symmetries with nuclear precisionexperiments (Hardy, Kwiatkowski, Melconian); and nuclear structure studies(Youngblood). The recent additions of two assistant professors as part of theNSI(Christian andKwiatkowski)where utilized as strategic reinforcements of the in-house program. Thesewill allow to offset two future retirements on the~5-yeartimescale(HardyandYoungblood)whileensuringavigorousexperimentalprogram

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at the cyclotron facility. Two experimental faculty (Gagliardi and Mioduszewski)have theirmain thrust in high-energyNP, conducting nucleon structure andQCDmatterstudiesusingjetsandquarkoniawiththeSTARdetectoratRHIC.Inthisarea,anadditional futurehire,especially if targetedwithintheLHCheavy-ionprogram,wouldbe very effective in creating criticalmass, aswell as synergywith theHEPexperimental program. The NP theory program consists of now 5 faculty. One ofthemismostlyengagedincomputationalphysics(Chin).Averyrecenthire(Holt),also under the umbrella of the NSI, will bring much needed low-energy nuclearstructureandreactionexpertisetotheinstituteinsupportofthelocalexperimentalprogram.Themainrecognizedstrengthofthegroup,is,however,inhigh-energyNPwith 3 active faculty (Fries, Ko and Rapp) conducting theoretical andphenomenologicalinvestigationsofQCDmatterasproducedinheavy-ioncollisionsat RHIC, LHC and upcoming future facilities worldwide. To ensure this corecompetencygoing forward, it iscritical tomaintain the intellectualcapacityof thegroup, i.e., an upcoming retirement on the ~5-10 year timescale (Ko) must bereplaced. An excellent opportunity to do so exists, by taking advantage of acooperativeagreementwiththeRIKEN-BNLResearchCenter,whichtheNPfacultyhavebeencarefullypreparingoverthelastfewyears.The MRPC commends the members of the NP group on their excellentaccomplishments. Among its recommendations, the MRPC notes an outstandingopportunity to hire a high-energy NP theorist under the high profile RIKEN-BNLfellowshipprogram,which identifiedTAMUasoneof the strongest contenders tohost a fellow. Under this program, the RIKEN-BNL program covers 2/3 of thewinner’s9monthsalaryandprovidesfundingsupportforresearchactivities.Thisprogram is to end soon and so is thewindowof opportunity to benefit from thisuniqueprogram, and therefore theMRPChas assigned this position to its highestprioritycategory.TheMRPCalsonotesthatthesurveyofthegroup’sdemographicsshowsahighlikelihoodofatleastfourretirementsinthenearfuture.Thegroup’ssuccessfulhireof threenew facultymembers this year via theprovost’s initiativewill help mitigate negative consequences of the three of these retirements. TheRIKEN-BNLopportunityprovidesforanopportunitytooffsettheweakeningofthehighenergyNPtheorygroupassociatedwiththefourthretirement.TheMRPCalsonotesthattheNPprogramatTAMUcouldgainfurtherstrengthandincreaseinitsinternationalvisibilitywithstartingaprograminexperimentalNPatthe LargeHadron Collider at CERN. Studies carried out at the LHC providemanyuniquescientificopportunities,shouldanaccomplishedresearcherwithestablishedresearch program at the LHC be identified. An excellent synergy with the strongexperimentalHEPeffortatCMSmakessuchhireparticularlyattractive.TheMRPCcategorizedthisproposedpositiontothetargetsofopportunitycategory.

3.2. SummaryofRecommendationsRelatedtoPrioritizationofFutureHiresTheMRPC’srecommendationsintheareaoffacultyhiringarebasedonthereviewof the research programs in the department and are designed to remedy existingandprojectedshortcomings,strengthentheoverallphysicsprogramatTAMU,and

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increase its visibility and reputation among the highly ranked programs in tier-1researchuniversities.TheMRPC specifically notes the importance of efforts on proactive retention andimmediatereplacementof facultymembers,whoselosscouldbringanirreparabledamageordangerouslossofcriticalmassinkeyresearchareas.Equallyimportant,theMRPCnotesthatcurrentsituationswhereagroup’sfacultyisheavilydominatedby fullandassociateprofessorsarenothealthy. It isof theutmost importance forthevitalityandcontinuityofthecoreresearcheffortstoensureanadditionofnewjunior facultyat leastevery5-7years ineachresearcharea.Theprioritized listofrecommended future hires allows to jump-start this process. It is, however,importanttocontinueitbeyondthetimehorizoncoveredinthisreport.Area Goal1.Criticalvulnerabilitiesrequiringurgentandimmediateaction:Astrostatistics-(1hire) FillapprovedChairposition;enableTAMUparticipationinthe

highpriorityLSSTprojectCondensedMattertheory*-(2hires)

Repairandstrengthenthetheoreticalcondensedmattergroup;1seniorandonejuniorhires

Nucleartheory*-(1hire) BenefitfromauniqueopportunityundertheRIKENprogram;maintainstrengthintheoreticalhighenergynuclearphysics

Experimentalcondensedmatter*-(upto2-3hires)

Rebuildthegroupbasedonandfollowingastrategysetbyadedicatedcommittee

2.HighimportancehirestomaintainstandingandrelevanceinthefieldHighEnergyPhysicsexperiment*-(1hire)

MaintainTAMUstrengthandvisibilityinthefieldbytargetingneutrinophysics,anewUSnationalpriorityinHEP

Cosmology(2hires) StrengthenTAMUfootprintinthiscriticalemergingareaontheintersectionofASTRO&HEP

AtomicandMolecularOptics*-(2hires)

MaintainthestrengthoftheTAMUprograminultrafastexperimentalAMOandquantumtheory

3.EnsuringcontinuousstrengthinkeyareasObservationalAstronomy*-(1hire)

EnsuremaintainingofthecriticalmassandstrengthinahighpriorityGMTproject

ExperimentalHEP*-(1hire) Ensuremaintainingcriticalmassandstrengthindirectdarkmattersearches

Theasterisknexttothefieldindicatesthatthereisasubstantiallikelihoodofretirement(s)inthatgrouponthetimescaleof5-10years.In addition, the MRPC has identified two areas presenting an exceptionalopportunity to add strength of the departmental research program should a highcaliberandexceptionalqualitycandidatebeidentified:Area Goal1.Highreturnoninvestment,targetofopportunityareasAcceleratorPhysics-(1hire) Ensuresuccessfulcontinuationofahighlyvisibleexisting

programatTAMU,whichotherwisewouldlikelyrequire2-3regularhires

ExperimentalNuclearPhysics(1hire)

Jointheheavy-ionprogramattheLHC,gainnewinternationalvisibility;utilizesynergybetweennuclearandHEPprograms

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Thespecificprioritizationrecommendationsarebasedonadetailedassessmentofthe strength of each of the research groups as well as their existing and futurechallenges. The prioritization of future hires reflects the expected impact of thecorrespondinghiresontheoverallstrengthofthedepartmentalresearchprogram.Finally, theMRPCwishes tonote thehigh importanceandurgency inacceleratingtheeffortsaimedatfillingthevacantpositionoftheMitchellInstituteDirector.Thisprovides an outstanding opportunity to hire a high-profile scientist in the area ofHEP or ASTR,which is not to bemissed or even delayed. A suitable candidate islikely to generate a marked boost to the impact, reputation and visibility of theexcellentresearchperformedatTAMU,bothnationallyandinternationally.

4. TopicsRelatedtoDepartmentalStructureandSharedGovernanceThe MRPC recommends improving the structure of the department governance,whichcurrently largelyreliesonanequalrepresentationof the fivecoreresearchgroups.TheMRPCoutlinesasetof specific suggestions tosimplify thecreationofnew research groups and their inclusion in the shared governance. Theserecommendationsoutlineapathforfacultytocontributetomorethanoneresearchgroup and for the new groups to participate in the shared governance of thedepartment. The MRPC recommends creating additional faculty categories withvaried distribution of effort on research, teaching and service, to bettermeet theindividualstrengthsandcapabilitiesof facultymembersbyproviding flexibility tomaximize their contributions to the department. The MRPC specificallyrecommends the creation of a physics education and outreach group in charge ofenhancing the teaching operation of the department and coordinating outreachactivities. In addition to this explicit task, the new group could provide newopportunities for facultymemberswithdiminished researchactivities to continuemaking strong contributions to the overall mission of the department. Therecommendationsoutlinepertinentmodificationstotheannualfacultyperformanceevaluation process to ensure that diverse contributions of individual facultymembersreceiveappropriatecredit.

4.1. DepartmentalStructureAsalreadyemphasizedinthe2008externalreviewreport,theMRPCreiteratestherecommendation to change the bylaws to improve the existing research groupstructureto fosternewdirections inresearchandotheractivitiesandtoallowformore flexibility in the distribution of faculty members contributions to teaching,researchandservice.Eachelementrequiredforsucharestructuringisdiscussedindetail in the MRPC’s specific recommendations; here we mainly focus on theirimpactonthedepartmentalsharedgovernancestructure.First,werecommendsimplifyingthethresholdforcreatingadditionalbasegroupsandtoallowfor fractionalmembership.Wenote that thecurrentdefaultresearchloadfortenuredfacultyof45%FTEcorrespondsto100%membershipinaresearchgroup if the faculty member contributes to only one research group. ThisequivalencymeasurebetweentheFTEfractionandtheexpectationfortheresearch

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contributions by a tenured faculty primarily focused on research appearsreasonable.Itsusecanhoweverbeexpandedtofacilitatenewresearchactivitiesbyaccommodating facultymemberswho contribute tomore thanone research area.TheMRPCrecommendstoestablishfractionalmembershipforfacultymembersinresearch groups with the fractions determined by the FTE a faculty memberdedicates to corresponding research areas, taking 45% to correspond to 100%.Researchactivefacultymemberswithlessthan45%FTEdedicatedtoresearchwillhave fractionalmembership inoneof thebase groups and the remaining fractionwill be considered as “at large” membership, as discussed below. In addition tofacilitating interdisciplinary collaboration, such changes will also ensure that aresearchgroupmembershipisadequatelyreflectsitsstrength.Second, the MRPC recommends more flexibility in the expected distribution offacultyeffortonteaching,researchandservicebeyondthecurrentfixedschemeof35%,45%and20%.Additionalcategorieswillallowfacultymembers tomaintaintheirtotaloverallcontributiontothedepartmentalmissionshouldtheleveloftheircontributions in one of these areas change. The PEC should explicitly account formodifieddistributionsintheirannualevaluationprocess.Forexample,performanceexpectation for research activities by a faculty member with a lower than 45%researchFTEshouldbescaledaccordingtotheirresearchFTEfraction:Ifafacultymemberworksat15%researchFTE,hisaccomplishmentsshouldbebenchmarkedataboutone thirdofwhat isexpectedofa facultymember in the sameareawith45% research FTE. If a faculty member participates in more than one researchgroup, his/her activities in each research area should be evaluated andweightedaccordingtothefractionsofhis/herparticipationineachofthesegroups.Third, theMRPC recommends that the scopeof thebasegroupsnotbe limited toresearchactivitiesonly,butalsoenableadequaterepresentationofallfacultyinthesharedgovernance.Anexampleisthephysicseducationandoutreachgroup,whichis discussed inmore detail in a specific recommendation by theMRPC below. Inaddition, we propose establishing the “at-large” membership of faculty memberswhose contribution to base groups does not add up to 100%, which effectivelyformsanewgroupinthesharedgovernancecontext.Thebylawsshouldprovideamechanism for effective participation of the base groups and “at-large” facultymembers in the shared governance structure, including the PTA and AdvisoryCommittee.Asanexample, groupswhichexceeda certainminimumFTEstrengthmaybeguaranteedarepresentationinthesecriticalcommittees,whileoneortwoadditionalseatscouldbereserved forrepresenting thesmallergroupsandtheat-large members. Staggering of the terms among the small groups could beimplementedaswell.TheMRPCbelievesthatimplementationoftheserecommendationswillachievethefollowing:

• Allow all faculty members to maximize their contributions to thedepartmentalmissionasawhole,whiletakingintoaccounttheir individualcircumstances.

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• Ensure all faculty members receiving appropriate credit for theircontributions,includingtheannualperformanceevaluationprocess.

• Provideamechanismforcontinuedrepresentationofallfacultymembersinthedepartmentalsharedgovernancestructurethroughouttheircareer.

• Ensure that research groupmemberships reflect the actual strength of therespectivegroups.

• Enhancethedepartmentalteachingandoutreachmission.

4.2. TenuredFacultyClassificationandAnnualPerformanceEvaluationThe MRPC notes that having only a single category for tenured faculty, with ateaching, research and service effort fixed at 35%, 45% and 20% FTE is notsufficientlyflexibletomaximizetheabilityoffacultymemberstocontributetothesuccessofthedepartmentalmission.Forexample,facultymemberswhoseresearchcontributions have diminished over time should be afforded opportunities tomaintain their overall contribution to the departmentalmission by redistributingtheireffort.Whilethedepartmentshouldinprinciplehaveaflexibilitytoaddnewcategories,we recommendcreating threebase categories for tenured facultywiththefollowingdistributionofteaching,serviceandresearchefforts:

• Category1:Teaching35%,Research45%,Service20%• Category2:Teaching55%,Research25%,Service20%• Category3:Teaching70%,Research15%,Service15%

Categories1,2and3implyastandardteachingloadatthelevelof2,3and4coursestaught per year, respectively. Faculty membership in research groups willcorrespondto100%,50%,and33%levelsforcategories1,2and3,respectively.Ifafacultymemberparticipatesinmorethanoneresearchgroup,thesenumberswouldrepresent a sum of their fractional memberships. Faculty in categories 2 and 3shouldbeencouragedtoseekmembershipintheeducationandoutreachgrouptomaintainthesumoftheirgroupmembershipfractionsat100%,elsetheremainingfractionshallbeassignedasan“at-large”membership.Annual performance evaluations by the PEC should correspondingly adjust theexpectation levels for research activities by faculty members according to theircategory.Forexample,researchperformanceexpectationsforfacultymemberswitha25%researcheffortshouldbeadjustedtocorrespondtoroughlyhalfofthatofafacultymemberwitha45%researcheffort.The MRPC believes that the added flexibility will allow faculty members tocontributetothebestoftheirabilitiestotheoveralldepartmentalmission,ensurefair evaluation and proper credit for their contributions in annual reviews, andimprovetheoverallclimateinthedepartment.Theseadjustmentswillalsoensurethat themembershipof researchgroupsrepresents theiractualstrength,which isimportantforassessingneedsforfuturehires.

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The MRPC recommends that the re-classification of a faculty member should beinitiatedbythedepartmentheadbasedonPECreviewsorattherequestofafacultymember, and be put in effect by approval through the PTA committee. The re-classification review should be initiated based on the review of facultymember’sperformance and the decision of reclassification should follow the review of thefacultycontributionstoteaching,researchandserviceoverthepastthreeormoreyears,aswellasPECevaluationsforthepastthreeormoreyears.Whilere-classificationdecisionsshouldtakeintoaccountindividualcircumstanceswithsufficientflexibilityintheprocedure,thenominal“standard”expectationforatenuredfacultyincategory1canincludethefollowing:

• Research activities at the level comparable to that at tier-1 researchinstitutions, including publication and citation records and other researchrelatedactivities(thedatacollectedbytheMRPCcomparingperformanceofresearchgroupsathigherrankedtier-1institutionscanserveasaguideforsuitablebenchmarks).

• Availability of competitive research funding to support a facultymember’sresearchactivitieswithallowableexpensesincludingsummersalary,travel,graduate-studentandpostdocsupport.

• Atrackrecordofsuccessfulsupervisionofgraduatestudentsinthepast3-5years as evidencedbyprogress towards theirdegreeand supervisionof atleastonecurrentgraduatestudentprogressingtowardshis/herdegree.

Thesebaselinerequirementsshouldallowforareasonableflexibility,e.g.afacultymembermayelect tosupportadditionalgraduatestudentsat theexpenseof theirsummer salary or postdoc funding instead of a student if they determine it to beprudent.Anotherexampleincludesrecenthighlyrecognizedawardsforexceptionalresearch contributions, which provide a strong impact on the visibility andreputationof thedepartment andwhich couldbe considered in lieuof oneof theexpectation “benchmarks”.While thePEC’s evaluationprocedure shouldbebasedon well defined criteria, it should also take into account the faculty member’sresearch record for the past 3-5 years as warranted. An example where suchconsiderationswouldbenecessary includes caseswhere a research active facultymember unexpectedly loses their funding support in a particular year. Otherexamplesmayincludefieldswithalowexpectationofaveragenumberofpapersperfaculty per year, in which case averaging over a multi-year period is in order.Facultymembersnotmeetingalltherequirementsshouldcommentintheirannualreport on the pertinent reasons and actions being undertaken to address theproblem.ThePECshouldconsidereachsituationbasedonitsmerits,includingthereviewofthefacultyactivitiesinpreviousyears.Failuretoaddresstheprobleminsatisfactorytermsoversuccessiveyearsshouldtriggerareviewifare-classificationofthefacultymemberwouldbeabeneficialsolution.Inallcases,re-classificationoffacultymembersshouldbeapprovedbythePTAcommitteetoensureproperpeerreviewprocess.

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4.3. “PhysicsEducationandOutreach”groupTheMRPCrecommendscreatinga“PhysicsEducation&Outreach”(PE&O)groupinthedepartmentwithitsmembersinvolvedinthreekeyactivities:

• Supportandenhancementoftheteachingmissionofthedepartment• Educationalresearch,includingpublicationsinpeer-reviewedjournals• Outreachactivities

Althoughphysicseducationresearchshouldbeakeycomponentofthenewgroup,the group should also serve a broader purpose of strengthening the teachingmissionofthedepartment.Consideringthecurrentsituation,membersofthePE&Ogroup could takeona leadership role in improving thequalityof service courses.Specific areas could range from participation in coordinating service courses andestablishing effective communicationwith the College of Engineering, to carryingout periodic reviews of the components of the courses to identify possibledeficienciesandimplementinnovation,andparticipationintraining,mentoringandcoordination of the work of graduate teaching assistants. Other activities couldinclude overseeing administration of common exams, promoting best teachingpractices, providing mentoring and help to faculty who are assigned to servicecourses for their first time or who have not taught these courses recently. Oneparticularly important area could be strengthening the recitation and labcomponents of the service courses, including direct engagement of highlyexperiencedfacultyinteachinglabsandrecitations.Provided that the fractionalFTEmembershipof faculty indepartmentalgroups isenacted,tenuredfacultymemberswitharesearcheffortoflessthan45%shouldbeencouraged to join the PE&Ogroup andbring their knowledge and experience tostrengthentheirefforts.Dependingonthespecificnatureoftheactivitiescarriedbya faculty member in the PE&O group, those can count towards either facultymember’s service or teaching contributions. Similarly, members of the groupinvolved in outreach activities shall receive service credit for their work to beincludedintheyearlyassessmentsbythePEC.

4.4. ProfessionalSocietiesFellowshipCommitteeTheMRPCrecommendscreatinga small committeeof3-4members chargedwithidentifyingandbuildingstrongcasesforfellowshipnominationsoffacultymembersto professional societies (APS, AOS, AAAS). The committee members should befellowsthemselvesandhaveexperienceinnominatingtheircolleaguesinthepast.This practice is used at other departments with good success helping facultymembersreceivedeservedcreditandrecognitionfortheirresearchachievements.Italsohelpsthevisibilityofthedepartmentandisoneofthefactorsconsideredbythe university in the evaluation of its colleges and departments. The fellowshipcommittee should assist faculty members in identifying potential externalnominations for fellowships, contact and work with external references to buildstrongcasesforthenominees.Asthelevelofengagementbythiscommitteeinthenominations process is foreseen to be substantially higher thanwhat is expected

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from the departmental awards committee and the specific focus of this work,creatingsuchapermanentcommitteeasaseparateentityappearswelljustified.

5. UndergraduateandGraduatePhysicsTeachingMission

5.1. CoordinationandImprovementofServiceCoursesAsthemagnitudeoftherecentproblemwithnothavingaenoughfacultytoprovideinstruction for the key courses is reduced, the MRPC recommends using thisopportunitytocontinue improvingthequalityofservicecourses. Inparticular,werecommendinvolvingfacultyinteachingrecitationsandlabsfortheservicecourseswiththegoalofimprovingthequalityofinstructionintheseareas.Itisunlikelythatthequalityof recitations and labs canbe improvedwithoutdirect involvementofexperienced facultymembers engaged in establishing “gold standard”practices inteaching these elements of the service courses. If the fraction of GANTs in thedepartmentwere to slightly increase, those GANTs can be assigned as graders torelieve facultymembers engaged in teaching recitations from grading duties.Wealso recommend that members of the proposed PE&O group take a role inoverseeing the efforts of coordinating improvements in service courses with theCollege of Engineering, including possible modifications to the curriculum toprovide learning outcomes necessary for success in engineering programs. ThePE&Ogroupshouldfostereducationalresearchperformedbyitsmembersengagedin such activities as well as provide leadership in the outreach activities of thedepartmentandthecollege.

5.2. GraduateAdmissionsTheMRPCnotestheeffortsofthegraduateadmissionscommitteeinimprovingthepracticesandpoliciesingraduateadmissionoverthepastseveralyears.Wewouldlike to emphasize the importance of coordinating graduate admissions with theprojectedabilityofthedepartmentalresearchprogramtoabsorbnewstudentsandwith the bodies coordinating TA teaching assignments. We particularly note anegativeexperienceinsomeofthepastyearswhenanunjustifiableloweringoftheadmission’s standard for domestic students resulted in a significant drop ofgraduation rates. As a larger number of less qualified students exceeded thecapacityofourresearchenterprise,abacklogofstudentswascreatedwhohadtobesupported on TA positions resulting in substantial financial losses by thedepartment over several years. Effectively, such an over-admission led these lessprepared students towaste several years of their livesworkinghard in relativelypoorlypaidTApositionsonlytobedroppedoutoftheprogramlater.With the improved balance between the number of faculty and the instructionneeds, and theexpected increase inparticipationof faculty in teaching recitationsand labs for the service courses, certain realignments in the admissions policiesappeartobeinorder.Onepossibilityisamodestincreaseintheadmissionofhighlyqualified foreign students, who can be supported as graders assisting facultymembersengagedinteachingrecitationsandlabsuntiltheyarequalifiedtoserveasregular TAs. In the absence of artificial backlogs due to over-admission, typical

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graduationrates for foreignPh.D.studentsadmittedtoTAMUareclose to80%asopposed to about 50% for admitted domestic students. The former are likely toengage in research activities early on, allowing them to secureRA positions oncethey are done with course and teaching duties. When the rankings of thedepartment improve and the quality of domestic applicants increases, thedepartmentcanrevisititspoliciestoincreasethenumberofdomesticadmissions.TheMRPCthinksthataneffectivemeasurethatcouldhelpsignificantlyinattractinghigh-quality candidates, both domestic and foreign, is to offer competitivefellowships comparable in benefits to the NSF graduate fellowship. We alsorecommend amodest increase in the standard salary offered to applicants in thePh.D. program as current rates are barely competitive and likely to reduce theacceptancerateofqualifiedapplicantstooutgraduateprogram.Finally,theMRPCrecommendsthatthedepartmentshouldconsiderthepossibilityof reinstating a graduatequalification exam. In addition to ensuringuniformity inthepreparednessofgraduatestudentsoncoresubjects,suchanexamwouldservetwootherpurposes.First, itwillallowthemostqualifiedstudents toavoid takingcoursesonthematerialtheyhavepreviouslylearned,whichwillhelpattractmoreofsuchhighlyqualifiedstudentsintoourprogram.Second,suchanexamcouldbeusedasaplacementexamtoidentifylesspreparedstudentswhocouldbenefitfromremedial courses to improve their preparedness for graduate coursework andincreasethelikelihoodofsuccessamongthesestudents.

6. SummaryTheassessmentof theoverallprogramofTexasA&M’sdepartmentofphysicsandastronomyhasledtoanumberofimportantfindingsrelatedtothechallengesthattheprogram is facing todayandgoing into themidterm futureof7-10years.TherecommendationsoftheMRPCaimtoaddressmanyofthesechallengesandcoverareasrelatedtothedepartment’steachingandresearchmissions,aswellasaspectsrelatedtotheoperationsandthesharedgovernancestructureofthedepartment.The assessment of the status and strategy for future developments of thedepartmental research program has been a key area of theMRPC’s focus, wheremostofitstimeandefforthasbeenspent,asaconsequenceofalargediversityandcomplexity of the issues involved. TheMRPCnotesmany accomplishments of thefaculty that contribute to the strength of the departmental research programoverall.TheMRPC’srecommendationsaddressseveralsignificantchallenges facedby thedepartment, includingdifficultdemographic situations (requiringproactiveaction to avoid a significant weakening of the program), lower average levels offederalfundingperPIcomparedtothereferenceinstitutions,aswellasformidablechallenges in specific areas, most notably the experimental condensed matterprogram.AspartofitsrecommendationsandinresponsetothechargeposedtotheMRPC,thereportcontainsaprioritizedlistoffuturefacultyhirestoaddresscritical

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existing vulnerabilities and those thatwill develop soon if no proactivemeasuresaretaken.The MRPC notes that significant progress has been made in recent years inimproving the quality of the service courses and modernizing the ways thesecourses are taught, adopting methods with proven effectiveness and latesttechnologies.Theseimprovementsshouldcontinue,includinganincreasedfocusonfurther improving thequalityof recitationsby involvingmore facultymembers tobringintheirexperience.Theinsightsgainedshouldbeactively implementedintoother areas involving undergraduate education. Physics education and outreachgroup that theMRPC recommended to create could play a particularly importantrole instrengtheningundergraduateeducation.TheMRPCwishestorecognizetheexcellentprogressinexpandingthenewundergraduatecoursesinastronomythatled to a large increase in enrollment. There are now more opportunities forundergraduatestoengageinresearchearlyintheircareers,andtheseopportunitiesshouldcontinuetobeexpanded.Intheareaofgraduateeducation,theMRPCnotesthe importance of sustained efforts in increasing the fraction of highly qualifiedstudents to be admitted into the graduate program. The recommendations alsorevealtheimportanceofclosecoordinationofplanningingraduateadmissionswiththecapacityoftheresearchenterprise.The MRPC made specific recommendations to provide more flexibility to thedepartmental shared governance and operational structure. These changes willmake it easier for faculty to successfully engage in the cross-disciplinary researchactivities,providemoreopportunities for faculty to contribute to thebestof theirabilities to the overall departmental mission by having more flexibility indistributing their timebetween research, teachingandserviceefforts, ensure thatthe individual contributions are suitably recognized and reflected in their annualperformanceevaluation.Specifically,theMRPCrecommendsanewgroupdedicatedtophysicseducationandoutreach,tostrengthentasksrelatedtothedepartmentalteaching mission and enhance the opportunities for faculty with diminishedresearchportofoliotorebalancetheireffortsandcontinueplayingvitalrolesinthesuccessofthedepartmentalenterprise.TheMRPC believes that implementing these recommendations will help increasethe strength, visibility, national and international reputationof theDepartmentofPhysics&AstronomyatTexasA&MUniversity.Finally, theMRPCwishestothankallmembersofthefacultyfortheiroutstandingcontributions to this report. These recommendations heavily rely on the visionstatementsformulatedbyfacultymembersineachofthefiveresearchgroups,manysuggestionsfromindividualfacultymembersandgroups,discussionsthattheMRPCheld with the research groups and as part of the town hall meeting. The MRPCparticularlythanksmembersoftheadministrativesupportpersonnelfortheirhelpwith collecting the information for the survey, finding answers to many of ourquestions,andfortheirlogisticssupport.

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SupplementaryMaterialInformationThe supplementary part of the report contains a compilation of the information,documentationandmaterialsthathavebeencollectedandreviewedbytheMRPC.The supplementary information is organized by research group, and the last partincludes information describing the details and definitions used to collect thecomparativedata,aswellasthefinalreportsoftheexternalacademicreviewsofthedepartmental program in 1997 and 2008. The content for the supplementarymaterialisarrangedasfollows:1. Atomic,MolecularandOptics:

1.1. Requestforvisionstatementandpreliminarydatareport1.2. Visionstatementandresponsestoinitialquestions1.3. Follow-upquestionsandresponses

2. Astronomy:2.1. Requestforvisionstatementandpreliminarydatareport2.2. Visionstatementandresponsestoinitialquestions2.3. Follow-upquestionsandresponses

3. CondensedMatterPhysics:3.1. Requestforvisionstatementandpreliminarydatareport3.2. Visionstatementandresponsestoinitialquestions3.3. Follow-upquestionsandresponses

4. HighEnergyPhysics4.1. Requestforvisionstatementandpreliminarydatareport4.2. Visionstatementandresponsestoinitialquestions4.3. Follow-upquestionsandresponses

5. NuclearPhysics:5.1. Requestforvisionstatementandpreliminarydatareport5.2. Visionstatementandresponsestoinitialquestions5.3. Follow-upquestionsandresponses

6. Additionalproposals7. Datacollectiondefinitionsanddescription8. Final reports of the 2008 external review, the 2003 Astronomy panel

recommendations,andthe1997externalprogramreview.

appendix II

FRESHMAN PHYSICS PLAN

During academic year 2016, the department came to face a predicament in its relationship with the College of Engineering, whose students take our calculus-based physics (218/208) courses. These courses constitute ~30% of the department’s total teaching load, and so it is vital to our underpinning for faculty and graduate student support.

Over the years, engineering faculty have expressed unhappiness with a number of issues in our curriculum, both in its scope (what topics are covered) — details that illustrate the different terminology and points of emphasis that they find create confusion when students subsequently take follow-on engineering courses — and perception that the particular problems we use to train students in problem-solving skills are not germane to what they will need thereafter. In retrospect, our department did less than it should to seek substantive engagement with our engineering colleagues on these concerns.

Meanwhile, the College of Engineering embraced an initiative “25 by 25” that aspires to increase the enrollment of engineering students toward a goal of 25,000 students on-campus by 2025. They coupled that initiative with a concern that the retention rate (fraction of students earning A, B, or C grades in the freshman courses) was unacceptably lower than at peer universities. Typical ABC rates in both 218 and 208 have been ~70% and have held at that level for at least six years. ABC rates at a selection of peer universities average ~85%, so the concerns of our engineering colleagues are well-founded.

Beginning in June 2016, we undertook a priority effort to analyze the origins of the poor retention rates and to design a set of improvements aimed to improve both student learning and student retention. The results of that effort are reported in the following three-page document, which has been submitted to both colleges. All elements of this report are in practice for the first time this fall. We are conducting assessments to measure their effectiveness.

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Improving learning and grades for students in calculus-based freshman physics — PHYS 218 and 208

The PHYS 218 and 208 courses are designed and taught to provide pre-engineering students with basic concepts and problem-solving skills needed to succeed in subsequent engineering courses. There has been a growing realization that the retention of pre-engineering students into the engineering degree programs is below a healthy level — ~70%, compared with ~85% in peer universities. During summer 2016, the course leadership reviewed the courses and targeted several elements of the course pedagogy, grading policy, and provisions to help at-risk students as key focus areas for improvement. The team then undertook a systematic reform of those elements, and we are implementing those reforms in the 218 course for the fall 2016 semester. The department has adopted the goal of improving the ABC grade fraction in PHYS 218 and PHYS 208 to 85% to improve student learning as measured against defined learning outcomes and to link the problem-solving skills taught in the courses to example problems from sophomore engineering courses the students will take next year. Following is a summary of the reforms. The PHYS 218 team prepared a set of 70 learning objectives, and the curriculum and pedagogy have

been aligned with those learning objectives. The sections of the course have common syllabi, common midterm exams, and common homework to assure that the proficiency of all students is measured with standard, uniform criteria independent of their instructors. A new exam grading policy has been introduced in which each problem and its grading rubric are linked to the specific learning objectives that it involves. Final letter grades will be based on each student’s mastery of learning objectives rather than a cumulative numerical grade. The goal is to provide maximum transparency to the student from the learning objectives stated in the syllabus, to the homework, to the exams, to the midterm and final grades. Also, all exam papers are graded by a team of all TAs and faculty teaching those sections to ensure maximum uniformity and consistency of grading. The exams are returned promptly so that students quickly receive feedback to guide them in seeking help, if needed.

There is ample evidence that small-group learning leads to higher grades and fewer failing students in STEM courses. The recitations provide a critical opportunity for actively engaging the students to help them build conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. In recognition of this, the division of time each week devoted to recitation and lab has been shifted from 50 minutes for recitation and 110 minutes for lab to 80 minutes for each. To increase engagement with the students, the student to instructor ratio in recitation has been reduced from 24:1 to 12:1 in about half of the sections and to 8:1 in the other half of the sections.

The course team recruited successful engineering students, each of whom earned A in PHYS 218/208 within the past two years, to serve as undergraduate teaching fellows (UTFs) alongside graduate student teaching assistants (GATs), with either one or two UTFs plus a graduate student GAT for each section. About half of the sections have implemented a peer-led team learning (PLTL) small-group collaborative learning format to create an environment that is more effective in helping each student actively participate in the process of learning science. The UTF and GAT peer leaders were trained and supervised in group facilitation and questioning techniques to assist the students

in constructing their own knowledge in a socially supportive and motivating environment. The close personal interactions that the UTFs and GATs have with their small groups also enable them to more readily identify students at risk of receiving DFQ grades and guide them to additional help resources.

A ‘flipped’ classroom is implemented in which students are assigned to watch online content before each lecture. Some of this material was created by our own faculty. Clickers are used in all PHYS 218/208 classes to better engage the large classrooms and for instant feedback from the students. Two faculty have received a $75K grant from TAMU and are recording a set of video lectures that explain key concepts and demonstrate problem-solving techniques.

Some students are skeptical that the physics taught in PHYS 218/208 is truly necessary for their future studies in their chosen engineering degree programs. The course team has extracted example problems from the end-of-chapter exercises in a variety of chapters in the texts that are currently used in the College of Engineering in the sophomore courses in dynamics (MEEN 221) and electrical engineering ELEN 214), and those problems are assigned in homework for both courses. Note that these problems are exactly like similar problems that are in the physics texts and on homework sets and exams in PHYS 218/208. These problems are highlighted to students as examples that they will see again next year. This is the most effective way to overcome student skepticism about the relevance of their freshman physics.

To reduce the DFQ rate and reach out to failing students, an early warning and intervention system has being introduced this semester. Early warnings were sent to the students who perform poorly at the diagnostic pre-test and the first midterm. These students were invited to attend faculty-led help sessions and were strongly encouraged to utilize other numerous help opportunities offered in the course.

A nearly unlimited amount of help is offered to students who need it. In addition to standard office hours by faculty and GATs, it includes weekly review sessions and peer learning sessions led by faculty; a staffed help desk operating Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-4:00pm and Friday, 9:00am-12:00pm; four weekly help sessions conducted by supplementary instruction leaders and upperclassmen; video lectures; and other online resources listed in the syllabus.

A pilot version of the immersive physics program, aimed at improving the learning outcomes for students with weak math backgrounds, was operated in spring 2016. One physics faculty member and a GAT ran weekly review/peer learning evening sessions for engineering students who were co-enrolled in PHYS 218 and MATH 151 in spring 2016. These are the students who did not qualify for these classes in the fall. The data showed a statistically significant higher performance for each exams and the final grade for enrolled students who attended the evening sessions compared with their peer group who did not attend. The improved performance increased as the semester progressed.

Diagnostic pre- and post-tests based on national standard tests (FCI, BEMA) are conducted for all students every semester in order to evaluate learning gain and teaching effectiveness. The learning gains in PHYS 218 and 208 courses in recent years are among the highest reported by universities nationwide. We expect that these gains should increase hereafter with the above improvements. An expanded set of assessment questions has been added to FCI and BEMA to assess more effectively the entering and exiting skills that underpin the learning objectives of the courses.

Undergraduate engineering and science majors are involved in extra-curricular service learning and peer-learning programs. One of them, Discover, Explore, and Enjoy Physics and Engineering (DEEP) http://physics.tamu.edu/outreach/deep/, has enrolled hundreds of physics and engineering students since 2012. The DEEP students build physics and engineering demonstrations and experiments throughout the year in small teams led by physics graduate students, under the

http://physics.tamu.edu/outreach/deep/

guidance of faculty and with the help from departmental machine and electronics shops. The teams exhibit and explain their projects to other students, K-12 students, and the public at various outreach events. Many of these demonstrations are then used in the PHYS 218/208 curriculum. The students get experience in hands-on work on the projects, teamwork, communication skills, and service to the community.

One benefit from linking the curriculum and exams to the learning objectives is that it provides a solid basis for dialogue with the faculty in engineering departments to further refine the learning objectives to their students’ requirements. With the foundation of learning objectives linked to curriculum and assessments, the course leadership plans to engage such a dialogue with engineering faculty with a view toward further refinement of the learning objectives by summer 2017. The Department of Physics and Astronomy has given its highest priority to putting these reforms in operation for fall 2016. The faculty, the graduate student teaching assistants, and the undergraduate teaching fellows are enthusiastic about how it is working so far, and we look forward to the results this semester as we strive toward our goal of 85% retention and correspondingly improved student learning.

appendix III

CURRICULUM TABLES

FOR

BS AND BA DEGREES

Texas A&M University 1

Physics - BSThe Bachelor of Science curriculum is more rigorous in its physics andmathematics course requirements and is designed primarily for studentswho wish to pursue an advanced degree in physics or employment asa professional physicist in an industrial setting. Because physics formsthe basis of many other sciences such as chemistry, material science,oceanography, nano-engineering and geophysics, the BS program is anexcellent preparation for advanced degrees in these fields. In addition,physicists are increasingly applying their talents to molecular biology,biochemistry and medicine. An important part of the BS program is studentparticipation in experimental or theoretical research with physics andastronomy faculty.

Program RequirementsFirst Year

Fall SemesterCreditHours

ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric 3

American history elective 3

MATH 171 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 4

PHYS 101 Freshman Physics Orientation 1 1

PHYS 218 Mechanics 1 4

Term Semester Credit Hours 15

Spring

CHEM 107& CHEM 117

General Chemistry for EngineeringStudentsand General Chemistry for EngineeringStudents Laboratory 1

4

American history elective 3

MATH 172 Calculus 1 4

PHYS 102 Freshman Physics Orientation II 1 1

PHYS 208 Electricity and Optics 1 4


Second Year

Fall

MATH 221 Several Variable Calculus 1 4

MATH 308 Differential Equations 1 3

PHYS 221 Optics and Thermal Physics 1 3

POLS 206 American National Government 3

Language, philosophy and culture elective 3


Spring

PHYS 225 Electronic Circuits and Applications 4

PHYS 309 Modern Physics 1 3

PHYS 331 Theoretical Methods for Physicists I 1 3

POLS 207 State and Local Government 3

Communication elective 2 3


Third Year

Fall

PHYS 302 Advanced Mechanics I 3

PHYS 304 Advanced Electricity and Magnetism I 3

PHYS 332 Theoretical Methods for Physicists II 3

Social and behavioral science elective 3

Creative arts elective 3


Spring

PHYS 303 Advanced Mechanics II 3

PHYS 305 Advanced Electricity and Magnetism II 3

PHYS 327 Experimental Physics I 2

PHYS 328 Experimental Physics II 1

PHYS 412 Quantum Mechanics I 3

Electives 3 3


Fourth Year

Fall

PHYS 408 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 4

PHYS 414 Quantum Mechanics II 3

PHYS 426 Physics Laboratory 2

PHYS 444 Art of Communication in Physics I:Communicating Science to Scientists 3

2

PHYS 445 Art of Communication in Physics II:Communicating Science to Non-Scientists 3

1

PHYS 491 Research 4 2


Spring

PHYS 401 Computational Physics 5 3

PHYS 425 Physics Laboratory 2

PHYS 491 Research 2

Science or technical elective 6 3

Electives 7 3


Total Semester Credit Hours: 120

1A physics major must complete the foundation courses(PHYS 101, PHYS 102, PHYS 208, PHYS 218, PHYS 221,PHYS 309, CHEM 107/CHEM 117, MATH 171, MATH 172,MATH 221, MATH 308) with a grade of C or better and have a 2.0cumulative GPR before taking non-foundation upper-level physicscourses.

2Any approved Communication course with an ENGL prefix.

3Approved W course designation.

4Maximum combination of 18 hours of 481, 482, 485 and/or 491.

5To register for PHYS 401 a student must be able to program in a highlevel language, such as FORTRAN, Java or C. This prerequisite canbe satisfied by taking CSCE 206 or the equivalent.

6ASTR 314 or any 400-level physics, science or technical elective,except the writing intensive courses, PHYS 444 and PHYS 445.

7Electives should be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.If the student has not fulfilled the six hour international and culturaldiversity Graduation requirement with courses used to meet areasof the Core, they must fulfill this requirement with six of their electivehours.


Physics - BAThe Bachelor of Arts curriculum provides the student with a firm foundationin physics and with the flexibility to choose from a large number of electivecourses, thus permitting the student to explore other interests. Exceptfor those students pursuing teacher certification, some of these electivecourses are chosen to satisfy the requirements of a minor field of study.The student can, therefore, customize his or her program of study inpreparation for a career in any science-related or science-required field,from intellectual property law and science reporting to physics teaching.Although not required for the BA program, students have the opportunityto become directly involved in any of the active research programs in theDepartment of Physics and Astronomy.

Program RequirementsFirst Year

Fall SemesterCreditHours

ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric 3

HIST 105 History of the United States 1 3

MATH 171 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2 4

PHYS 101 Freshman Physics Orientation 2 1

PHYS 218 Mechanics 2 4


Spring

CHEM 107& CHEM 117

General Chemistry for EngineeringStudentsand General Chemistry for EngineeringStudents Laboratory 2

4

HIST 106 History of the United States 1 3

MATH 172 Calculus 2 4

PHYS 102 Freshman Physics Orientation II 2 1

PHYS 208 Electricity and Optics 2 4


Second Year

Fall

MATH 221 Several Variable Calculus 2 4

MATH 308 Differential Equations 2 3

PHYS 221 Optics and Thermal Physics 2 3

POLS 206 American National Government 3


Spring

PHYS 225 Electronic Circuits and Applications 4

PHYS 309 Modern Physics 2 3

PHYS 331 Theoretical Methods for Physicists I 2 3

Elective 3 6


Third Year

Fall

PHYS 302 Advanced Mechanics I 3

PHYS 304 Advanced Electricity and Magnetism I 3

PHYS 332 Theoretical Methods for Physicists II 3

POLS 207 State and Local Government 3

Language, philosophy and culture elective 3


Spring

PHYS 327 Experimental Physics I 2

PHYS 328 Experimental Physics II 1

PHYS 412 Quantum Mechanics I 3

Communication elective 4 3

Social and behavioral science elective 3

Electives 3 3


Fourth Year

Fall

PHYS 444 Art of Communication in Physics I:Communicating Science to Scientists 5

2

PHYS 445 Art of Communication in Physics II:Communicating Science to Non-Scientists 5

1

Electives 3 12


Spring

PHYS 401 Computational Physics 6 3

Creative arts elective 3

Electives 3 9


Total Semester Credit Hours: 120

1Any course in this category from the approved University CoreCurriculum list of courses.

2A physics major must complete the foundation courses (PHYS 101,PHYS 102, PHYS 208, PHYS 218, PHYS 221, PHYS 309, PHYS 331,CHEM 107/CHEM 117, MATH 171, MATH 172, MATH 221,MATH 308) with a grade of C or better and have a 2.0 cumulativeGPR before taking non-foundation upper-level physics courses.

3A minor field must be selected in conference with the student’sadvisor. In addition, 6 hours of courses must be in the area ofinternational and cultural diversity. These may be in additionto University Core Curriculum courses, or if a course in thiscategory satisfies an area of the Core, it can be used to meet bothrequirements.

4Any approved Communication course with an ENGL prefix.

5Approved W course designation.

6To register for PHYS 401 a student must be able to program in a highlevel language, such as FORTRAN, Java or C. This prerequisite canbe satisfied by taking CSCE 206 or the equivalent.

appendix IV

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

FOR

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE

ASTR AND PHYS COURSES


ASTR - Astronomy (ASTR)ASTR 101 Basic AstronomyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.(ASTR 1303) Basic Astronomy. A qualitative approach to basic stellarastronomy; earth-moon-sun relationships then studies of distances tostars, stellar temperatures, and other physical properties; birth, life on themain sequence of the H-R diagram, and ultimate fates of stars; not open tostudents who have taken ASTR 111 or ASTR 314.

ASTR 102 Observational AstronomyCredit 1. 3 Lab Hours.Observational and laboratory course which may be taken in conjunctionwith ASTR 101 or ASTR 314. Use of techniques and instruments ofclassical and modern astronomy.Prerequisite: ASTR 101 or ASTR 314, or registration therein.

ASTR 103 Introduction to Stars and ExoplanetsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.A qualitative study of stellar birth, stellar structure and evolution, stellarnucleosynthesis, the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, white dwarfs, neutronstars, supernovae, black holes, proto-planetary systems, origin of the solarsystem and the search for exoplanets; utilizes active learning methods thatincorporate observations from the current generation of ground and space-based telescopes. Open to all majors.

ASTR 104 Introduction to Galaxies and CosmologyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.A qualitative study of properties of galaxies, galaxy evolution throughcosmic time, galactic archaeology, active galactic nuclei, super-massiveblack holes, large-scale structure, the expansion history of the universe,cosmological parameters and Big Bang nucleosynthesis; utilizesactive learning methods that incorporate observations from the currentgeneration of ground and space-based telescopes. Open to all majors.

ASTR 109/PHYS 109 Big Bang and Black HolesCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Designed to give an intuitive understanding of the Big Bang and BlackHoles, without mathematics, and de-mystify them for the non-scientist.Cross Listing: PHYS 109/ASTR 109.

ASTR 111 Overview of Modern AstronomyCredits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 2 Lab Hours.(ASTR 1303, and 1103, ASTR 1403) Overview of Modern Astronomy.Roots of modern astronomy; the scientific method; fundamental physicallaws; the formation of planets, stars, and galaxies; introduction tocosmology; includes an integrated laboratory that reinforces the lecturetopics, including hands-on experience with telescopes and imaging ofcelestial objects; not open to students who have taken ASTR 101 orASTR 314.

ASTR 119/PHYS 119 Big Bang and Black Holes: Laboratory MethodsCredit 1. 2 Lab Hours.Hands-on understanding of the concepts surrounding the Big Bang andBlack Holes; emphasis on the evidence-based decision making process,methods and presentation; for non-scientists. Companion course forASTR 109/PHYS 109/PHYS 109/ASTR 109.Prerequisite: ASTR/PHYS 109/ASTR 109 or registration therein.Cross Listing: PHYS 119/ASTR 119.

ASTR 285 Directed StudiesCredits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Other Hours.Special work in laboratory or theory to meet individual requirements incases not covered by regular curriculum; intended for use as lower-levelcredit.Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

ASTR 289 Special Topics in…Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours. 0 to 4 Lab Hours.Selected topics in an identified area of astronomy. May be repeated forcredit.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

ASTR 291 ResearchCredits 0 to 4. 0 to 4 Other Hours.Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in astronomy.May be repeated 2 times for credit.Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore classification and approval ofinstructor.

ASTR 314 Survey of AstronomyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Primarily for majors in science and engineering. Kepler's laws, lawof gravitation, solar system, stars, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis,cosmology, clusters, nebulae, pulsars, quasars, black holes.Prerequisite: PHYS 208.

ASTR 320 Astrophysical Research MethodsCredits 2. 2 Lecture Hours.Background and tools used by astronomical researchers in performinganalyses; topics include reduction of photometric and spectroscopicdata, bivariate and multivariate statistical methods and chi-squaredminimization.Prerequisites: MATH 171 and MATH 172.

ASTR 401 Stars and Extrasolar PlanetsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.How stars are born, how internal structure changes, nuclear fuel burnedand ultimate fate; extrasolar planets: detection, formation, properties andhabitability.Prerequisite: ASTR 314.

ASTR 403 Extragalactic Astronomy and CosmologyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Physical makeup of individual galaxies and large scale structure inthe universe; origin and eventual fate of the universe; interpretationof observational data as it relates to baryonic matter, Dark Matter andcosmological models with Dark Energy.Prerequisite: ASTR 314.

ASTR 485 Directed StudiesCredits 1 to 12. 1 to 12 Other Hours.Special work in laboratory or theory to meet individual requirements incases not covered by regular curriculum.Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

ASTR 489 Special Topics in…Credits 1 to 4. 0 to 4 Lecture Hours. 0 to 4 Lab Hours.Selected topics in an identified topic of astronomy. May be repeated forcredit.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

2 ASTR - Astronomy (ASTR)

ASTR 491 ResearchCredits 0 to 4. 0 to 4 Other Hours.Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in astronomy.May be repeated for credit. Registration in multiple sections of this courseis possible within a given semester provided that the per semester credithour limit is not exceeded.Prerequisites: Junior or senior classification and approval of instructor.


ASTR - AstronomyASTR 601/PHYS 641 Extragalactic AstronomyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Overview of observations of galaxies and large-scale structures in theUniverse to understand their formation and evolution from theoretical andobservational perspectives; galaxy luminosity functions; evolution of stellarpopulations and chemical enrichment; clusters and AGN.Prerequisites: PHYS 601; or ASTR 314 and PHYS 302; or approval ofinstructor.Cross Listing: PHYS 641/ASTR 601.

ASTR 602/PHYS 642 Astronomical Observing Techniques andInstrumentationCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Theory and practice of obtaining and analyzing astrometric, photometric,spectroscopic, and interferometric measurements of astronomical sourcesacross the electromagnetic spectrum; principles of design, fabrication,assembly, test, deployment, and use of astronomical instruments.Prerequisites: PHYS 615 or equivalent; or approval of instructor.Cross Listing: PHYS 642/ASTR 602.

ASTR 603/PHYS 643 Stellar AstrophysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Theoretical and observational aspects of stellar astrophysics;thermodynamic properties of stellar interiors; energy sources; nuclearprocesses and burning stages; convective and radiative energy transport;evolutionary models; atmospheres; stability and pulsations; chemicalenrichment processes; population synthesis.Prerequisites: PHYS 606 and PHYS 607 or equivalents; or approval ofinstructor.Cross Listing: PHYS 643/ASTR 603.

ASTR 604/PHYS 644 CosmologyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Basic principles of modern cosmology and particle physics; generalrelativity; cosmic inflation; Big Bang nucleosynthesis; expansion of theuniverse; cosmic microwave background; large-scale structure of theUniverse; properties of particles; dark matter; dark energy.Prerequisites: PHYS 615 or equivalent; or approval of instructor.Cross Listing: PHYS 644/ASTR 604.

ASTR 605/PHYS 645 Galactic AstronomyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Basic nature and structure of constituents of Milky Way galaxy; distributionand motions of stars and gas; origin evolution and distribution of large-scale chemical abundances and kinematic patterns across populations;models of galaxy formation and implications of modern observations.Prerequisites: PHYS 601 and PHYS 607 or equivalents; or approval ofinstructor.Cross Listing: PHYS 645/ASTR 605.

ASTR 606/PHYS 646 Radiative TransferCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Fundamental radiative processes in stellar and planetary atmospheres;radiative fields; Stokes parameters; Mueller matrix formalism; radiationfrom moving charges; Compton scattering; plasma effects; atomicstructure and radiative transitions; molecular structure and spectra;multiple scattering.Prerequisites: PHYS 302, PHYS 304, PHYS 408, and PHYS 412 orequivalents; or approval of instructor.Cross Listing: PHYS 646/ASTR 606.

ASTR 681 SeminarCredit 1. 1 Lecture Hour.Subjects of current importance; normally required of all graduate studentsin astronomy. May be repeated for credit.

ASTR 685 Directed StudiesCredits 1 to 9. 1 to 9 Other Hours.Individual problems not related to thesis.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

ASTR 689 Special Topics in…Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours.Selected topics in an identified area of astronomy. May be repeated forcredit.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

ASTR 691 ResearchCredits 1 to 23. 1 to 23 Other Hours.Research toward thesis or dissertation.Prerequisite: Baccalaureate degree in physics or equivalent.


PHYS - Physics (PHYS)PHYS 101 Freshman Physics OrientationCredit 1. 1 Lecture Hour.Critical thinking skills and problem solving in physics: time managementand teaming skills. For physics majors. Registration by non-majorsrequires approval of instructor.Prerequisite: PHYS 218 or registration therein; MATH 171 or registrationtherein; or approval of instructor.

PHYS 102 Freshman Physics Orientation IICredit 1. 1 Lecture Hour.Critical thinking skills and problem solving in physics: time managementand teaming skills. For physics majors. Registration by non-majorsrequires approval of instructor.Prerequisites: PHYS 101, PHYS 208 or registration therein; MATH 172 orregistration therein; or approval of instructor.

PHYS 109/ASTR 109 Big Bang and Black HolesCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Designed to give an intuitive understanding of the Big Bang and BlackHoles, without mathematics, and de-mystify them for the non-scientist.Cross Listing: ASTR 109/PHYS 109.

PHYS 119/ASTR 119 Big Bang and Black Holes: Laboratory MethodsCredit 1. 2 Lab Hours.Hands-on understanding of the concepts surrounding the Big Bang andBlack Holes; emphasis on the evidence-based decision making process,methods and presentation; for non-scientists. Companion course forASTR 109/PHYS 109/PHYS 109/ASTR 109.Prerequisite: ASTR/PHYS 109/ASTR 109 or registration therein.Cross Listing: ASTR 119/PHYS 119.

PHYS 201 College PhysicsCredits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.(PHYS 1301 and 1101, 1401*) College Physics. Fundamentals of classicalmechanics, heat, and sound. Primarily for architecture, education,premedical, predental, and preveterinary medical students.

PHYS 202 College PhysicsCredits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.(PHYS 1302 and 1102, 1402*) College Physics. Continuation ofPHYS 201. Fundamentals of classical electricity and light; introduction tocontemporary physics.Prerequisite: PHYS 201.

PHYS 205 Concepts of PhysicsCredits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.General survey physics course for K-8 preservice teachers integratingphysics content and laboratory activities relevant to physics-relatedsubject matter included in the current Texas and national standardsfor elementary school science; includes aspects of mechanics, waves,electricity, magnetism and modern physics.Prerequisite: Major in interdisciplinary studies or interdisciplinarytechnology or approval of instructor.

PHYS 208 Electricity and OpticsCredits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.Continuation of PHYS 218. Electricity, magnetism, and introduction tooptics. Primarily for students in science and engineering.Prerequisites: PHYS 218; MATH 152 or MATH 172 or registrationtherein.

PHYS 218 MechanicsCredits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.(PHYS 2325 and 2125, 2425*) Mechanics. Mechanics for students inscience and engineering.Prerequisite: MATH 151 or MATH 171 or registration therein.

PHYS 221 Optics and Thermal PhysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Wave motion and sound, geometrical and physical optics, kinetic theory ofgases, laws of thermodynamics.Prerequisites: PHYS 208; MATH 152 or MATH 172; registration inMATH 221, MATH 308.

PHYS 222 Modern Physics for EngineersCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Atomic, quantum, relativity and solid state physics.Prerequisites: PHYS 208 or PHYS 219; MATH 308 or registration therein.

PHYS 225 Electronic Circuits and ApplicationsCredits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.Linear circuit theory and applications of solidstate diodes, bipolar and field-effect transistors, operational amplifiers and digital systems.Prerequisites: PHYS 208; MATH 308.

PHYS 285 Directed StudiesCredits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Other Hours.Special work in laboratory or theory to meet individual requirements incases not covered by regular curriculum; intended for use as lower-levelcredit.Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

PHYS 289 Special Topics in...Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours. 0 to 4 Lab Hours.Selected topics in an identified area of physics. May be repeated for credit.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

PHYS 291 ResearchCredits 0 to 4. 0 to 4 Other Hours.Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in physics. Maybe repeated 2 times for credit.Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore classification and approval ofinstructor.

PHYS 302 Advanced Mechanics ICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Classical mechanics of particles and rigid bodies, both by directapplication of Newton's equations and by Lagrangian methods;applications to gravity and other central forces, coupled oscillators, non-inertial reference frames, and the statics and dynamics of fluids with andwithout viscosity; introduction to statics of structures.Prerequisites: MATH 221 or MATH 251 or MATH 253; MATH 308;PHYS 208, PHYS 218, PHYS 222, and PHYS 331; concurrent enrollmentin PHYS 332; for students with other backgrounds, approval of instructor.

PHYS 303 Advanced Mechanics IICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Classical mechanics of particles and rigid bodies with an emphasis onLagrangian and Hamiltonian methods; applications to chaos, scattering,coupled oscillations, and continua, including sound in fluids; mechanicalimplications of special relativity; introduction to drag and turbulence influids; introduction to elasticity in solids; Euler buckling instability.Prerequisites: PHYS 302 and PHYS 332.

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PHYS 304 Advanced Electricity and Magnetism ICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Electrostatics; dielectrics; electrical current and circuits; magnetic fieldsand materials; induction; Maxwell's equations.Prerequisites: PHYS 221; PHYS 331; concurrent enrollment inPHYS 332; junior or senior classification.

PHYS 305 Advanced Electricity and Magnetism IICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Radiation and optics. Electromagnetic waves; radiation; reflectionand refraction; interference; diffraction; special relativity applied toelectrodynamics.Prerequisite: PHYS 304.

PHYS 309 Modern PhysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Special relativity; concepts of waves and particles; introductory quantummechanics.Prerequisites: PHYS 221; MATH 221; MATH 308.

PHYS 327 Experimental Physics ICredits 2. 1 Lecture Hour. 2 Lab Hours.Laboratory experiments in modern physics and physical optics with anintroduction to current, state-of-the-art recording techniques.Prerequisites: PHYS 225; PHYS 309.

PHYS 328 Experimental Physics IICredit 1. 1 Lecture Hour. 1 Lab Hour.Laboratory experiments in modern physics and physical optics with anintroduction to current, state-of-the-art recording techniques.Prerequisites: PHYS 225, PHYS 309, PHYS 327.

PHYS 331 Theoretical Methods for Physicists ICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Applications involving vectors; vector and additional methods for advancedelectricity and magnetism; relationship and solutions of classical waveequation, heat equation, and Schrodinger equation; harmonic motion onfinite or periodic lattice and in continuum; tensor and matrix notation inclassical mechanics and electricity and magnetism.Prerequisites: MATH 221 or MATH 251 or MATH 253; MATH 308;PHYS 208 or PHYS 219, PHYS 218, and PHYS 221; restricted to physicsmajors.

PHYS 332 Theoretical Methods for Physicists IICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Methods to solve the important equations of theoretical physics,emphasizing the effects of boundary conditions and quantization on theirsolutions and restricted to the essential physical symmetries associatedwith free space, spheres, cylinders, and rectangles; if time permits,introduction to symmetries in physics and to asymptotic methods.Prerequisites: PHYS 222 or PHYS 309; PHYS 331; restricted to physicsmajors.

PHYS 401 Computational PhysicsCredits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 2 Lab Hours.Introduction to computational and simulational techniques widely used inphysics applications and research, including trajectory integration, wavemotion analysis, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, statisticalmechanics of spin systems, phase transitions, quantum evolution, boundstate problems, and variational methods.Prerequisites: PHYS 302; PHYS 309; PHYS 331; PHYS 332; knowledgeof a high level language such as FORTRAN or C (This prerequisite canbe obtained by taking CSCE 206 or the equivalent.); junior or seniorclassification.

PHYS 408 Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsCredits 4. 4 Lecture Hours.Statistical method, macroscopic thermodynamics, kinetic theory, blackbody radiation, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, and Fermi-Diracstatistics.Prerequisites: PHYS 331; PHYS 412; junior or senior classification.

PHYS 412 Quantum Mechanics ICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Postulates of wave mechanics; wave packets; harmonic oscillator; centralfield problem; hydrogen atom; approximation methods.Prerequisites: PHYS 302; PHYS 309; PHYS 332; junior or seniorclassification.

PHYS 414 Quantum Mechanics IICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Continuation of PHYS 412. Electron spin; addition of angular momenta;atomic structure; time dependent perturbations; collision theory;application of quantum mechanics to atomic, solid state, nuclear or highenergy physics.Prerequisite: PHYS 412.

PHYS 416 Physics of the Solid StateCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.A survey of solid state physics; an introduction to crystal structures andthe physics of electrons, lattice vibrations and photons; applications tosemiconductors; magnetism; superconductivity; physics of nanostructures;brief introduction to selected current topics in condensed matter physics.Prerequisites: PHYS 304 and PHYS 412.

PHYS 420 Concepts, Connections, and CommunicationCredit 1. 1 Lecture Hour.Stars and atoms; new physics; post-Newtonian universe.Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification.

PHYS 425 Physics LaboratoryCredits 2. 6 Lab Hours.Experiments in nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics using moderninstrumentation and equipment of current research.Prerequisite: PHYS 327 or equivalent.

PHYS 426 Physics LaboratoryCredits 2. 6 Lab Hours.Experiments in solid state and nuclear physics. Modern instrumentationand current research equipment are employed.Prerequisite: PHYS 327 or equivalent.

PHYS 444 Art of Communication in Physics I: CommunicatingScience to ScientistsCredits 2. 2 Lecture Hours.Communication in physics, communicating physics to scientists, scientificpresentations; scientific writing; information retrieval; reading technicalpublications.Prerequisite: Knowledge of oral and written English; junior or seniorclassification.

PHYS 445 Art of Communication in Physics II: CommunicatingScience to Non-ScientistsCredit 1. 1 Lecture Hour.Communication in physics, communicating physics to scientists, scientificpresentations; scientific writing; job and graduate school application; jobinterview.Prerequisites: PHYS 444; knowledge of oral and written English; junior orsenior classification.


PHYS 485 Directed StudiesCredits 1 to 12. 1 to 12 Other Hours.Special work in laboratory or theory to meet individual requirements incases not covered by regular curriculum.Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

PHYS 489 Special Topics in...Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours. 0 to 4 Lab Hours.Selected topics in an identified field of physics. May be repeated for credit.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

PHYS 491 ResearchCredits 0 to 4. 0 to 4 Other Hours.Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in physics.May be repeated for credit. Registration in multiple sections of this courseis possible within a given semester provided that the per semester credithour limit is not exceeded.Prerequisites: Junior or senior classification and approval of instructor.


PHYS - PhysicsPHYS 601 Analytical MechanicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Hamilton approaches to dynamics; canonical transformation andvariational techniques; central force and rigid body motions; the mechanicsof small oscillations and continuous systems.Prerequisites: PHYS 302 or equivalent; MATH 311 and MATH 412 orequivalents; concurrent registration in PHYS 615.

PHYS 603 Electromagnetic TheoryCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Boundary-value problems in electrostatics; basic magnetostatics;multipoles; elementary treatment of ponderable media; Maxwell'sequations for time-varying fields; energy and momentum ofelectromagnetic field; Poynting's theorem; gauge transformations.Prerequisites: PHYS 304 or equivalents; PHYS 615.

PHYS 606 Quantum MechanicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Schrodinger wave equation, bound states of simple systems, collisiontheory, representation and expansion theory, matrix formulation,perturbation theory.Prerequisites: PHYS 412 or equivalent; MATH 311 and MATH 412 orequivalents; concurrent registration in PHYS 615.

PHYS 607 Statistical MechanicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Classical statistical mechanics, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, andequipartition theorem; quantum statistical mechanics, Bose-Einsteindistribution and Fermi-Dirac distribution; applications such as polyatomicgases, blackbody radiation, free electron model for metals, Debye modelof vibrations in solids, ideal quantum mechanical gases and Bose-Einsteincondensation; if time permits, phase transitions and nonequilibriumstatistical mechanics.Prerequisites: PHYS 408 and PHYS 412 or equivalents; PHYS 615.

PHYS 611 Electromagnetic TheoryCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Continuation of PHYS 603. Propagation, reflection and refraction ofelectromagnetic waves; wave guides and cavities; interference anddiffraction; simple radiating systems; dynamics of relativistic particles andfields; radiation by moving charges.Prerequisite: PHYS 603.

PHYS 615 Methods of Theoretical Physics ICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Orthogonal eigenfunctions with operator and matrix methods applied tosolutions of the differential and integral equations of mathematical physics;contour integration, asymptotic expansions of Fourier transforms, themethod of stationary phase and generalized functions applied to problemsin quantum mechanics.Prerequisites: MATH 311, MATH 407 and MATH 412 or equivalents.

PHYS 616 Methods of Theoretical Physics IICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Green's functions and Sturm-Liouville theory applied to the differentialequations of wave theory; special functions of mathematical physics;numerical techniques are introduced; conformal mapping and theSchwarz-Christoffel transformation applied to two-dimensionalelectrostatics and hydrodynamics.Prerequisites: PHYS 615.

PHYS 617 Physics of the Solid StateCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Crystalline structure and symmetry operations; electronic properties inthe free electron model with band effects included; lattice vibrations andphonons; thermal properties; additional topics selected by the instructorfrom: scattering of X-rays, electrons, and neutrons, electrical and thermaltransport, magnetism, superconductivity, defects, semiconductor devices,dielectrics, optical properties.Prerequisites: PHYS 606 and PHYS 607.

PHYS 619 Modern Computational PhysicsCredits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 2 Lab Hours.Modern computational methods with emphasis on simulation such asmolecular dynamics and Monte Carlo; applications to condensed matterand nuclear many-body physics and to lattice gauge theories.Prerequisites: PHYS 408 and PHYS 412 or equivalents; knowledge ofany programming language.

PHYS 624 Quantum MechanicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Continuation of PHYS 606. Scattering theory, second quantization,angular momentum theory, approximation methods, application to atomicand nuclear systems, semi-classical radiation theory.Prerequisite: PHYS 606.

PHYS 625 Nuclear PhysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Nuclear models, nuclear spectroscopy, nuclear reactions, electromagneticproperties of nuclei; topics of current interest.Prerequisite: PHYS 606.

PHYS 627 Elementary Particle PhysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Fundamentals of elementary particle physics; particle classification,symmetry principles, relativistic kinematics and quark models; basics ofstrong, electromagnetic and weak interactions.Prerequisite: PHYS 606.

PHYS 631 Quantum Theory of SolidsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Second quantization, and topics such as plasmons; many-body effectsfor electrons; electron-phonon interaction; magnetism and magnons;other elementary excitations in solids; BCS theory of superconductivity;interactions of radiation with matter; transport theory in solids.Prerequisites: PHYS 617 and PHYS 624.

PHYS 632 Condensed Matter TheoryCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Continuation of PHYS 631. Recent topics in condensed matter theory.Peierl's Instability, Metal-Insulator transition in one-dimensionalconductors, solitons, fractionally charged excitations, topologicalexcitations, Normal and Anomalous Quantum Hall Effect, FractionalStatistics, Anyons, Theory of High Temperature Superconductors,Deterministic Chaos.Prerequisites: PHYS 601, PHYS 617 and PHYS 624.

PHYS 634 Relativistic Quantum Field TheoryCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Classical scalar, vector and Dirac fields; second quantization; scatteringmatrix and perturbation theory; dispersion relations; renormalization.Prerequisite: PHYS 624.

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PHYS 638 Quantum Field Theory IICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Functional integrals; divergences, regularization and renormalization; non-abelian gauge theories; other topics of current interest.Prerequisite: PHYS 634.

PHYS 641/ASTR 601 Extragalactic AstronomyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Overview of observations of galaxies and large-scale structures in theUniverse to understand their formation and evolution from theoretical andobservational perspectives; galaxy luminosity functions; evolution of stellarpopulations and chemical enrichment; clusters and AGN.Prerequisites: PHYS 601; or ASTR 314 and PHYS 302; or approval ofinstructor.Cross Listing: ASTR 601/PHYS 641.

PHYS 642/ASTR 602 Astronomical Observing Techniques andInstrumentationCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Theory and practice of obtaining and analyzing astrometric, photometric,spectroscopic, and interferometric measurements of astronomical sourcesacross the electromagnetic spectrum; principles of design, fabrication,assembly, test, deployment, and use of astronomical instruments.Prerequisites: PHYS 615 or equivalent; or approval of instructor.Cross Listing: ASTR 602/PHYS 642.

PHYS 643/ASTR 603 Stellar AstrophysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Theoretical and observational aspects of stellar astrophysics;thermodynamic properties of stellar interiors; energy sources; nuclearprocesses and burning stages; convective and radiative energy transport;evolutionary models; atmospheres; stability and pulsations; chemicalenrichment processes; population synthesis.Prerequisites: PHYS 606 and PHYS 607 or equivalents; or approval ofinstructor.Cross Listing: ASTR 603/PHYS 643.

PHYS 644/ASTR 604 CosmologyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Basic principles of modern cosmology and particle physics; generalrelativity; cosmic inflation; Big Bang nucleosynthesis; expansion of theuniverse; cosmic microwave background; large-scale structure of theUniverse; properties of particles; dark matter; dark energy.Prerequisites: PHYS 615 or equivalent; or approval of instructor.Cross Listing: ASTR 604/PHYS 644.

PHYS 645/ASTR 605 Galactic AstronomyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Basic nature and structure of constituents of Milky Way galaxy; distributionand motions of stars and gas; origin evolution and distribution of large-scale chemical abundances and kinematic patterns across populations;models of galaxy formation and implications of modern observations.Prerequisites: PHYS 601 and PHYS 607 or equivalents; or approval ofinstructor.Cross Listing: ASTR 605/PHYS 645.

PHYS 646/ASTR 606 Radiative TransferCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Fundamental radiative processes in stellar and planetary atmospheres;radiative fields; Stokes parameters; Mueller matrix formalism; radiationfrom moving charges; Compton scattering; plasma effects; atomicstructure and radiative transitions; molecular structure and spectra;multiple scattering.Prerequisites: PHYS 302, PHYS 304, PHYS 408, and PHYS 412 orequivalents; or approval of instructor.Cross Listing: ASTR 606/PHYS 646.

PHYS 647 Gravitational PhysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Special relativity; equivalence principle; theory of gravitation; Einstein’stheory of general relativity; classic tests of general relativity; simple blackhole and cosmological solutions; global aspects; penrose diagrams;stationary black holes; Hawking radiation.Prerequisites: PHYS 611 and PHYS 615.

PHYS 648 Quantum Optics and Laser PhysicsCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Line widths of spectral lines; laser spectroscopy; optical cooling; trappingof atoms and ions; coherence; pico- and femto-second spectroscopy;spectroscopic instrumentation.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

PHYS 649 Physics of Optoelectronic DevicesCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Overview of basic concepts: laser physics, optics of semiconductors,heterostructures with quantum confinement and their interaction with light;physical principles of state of the art optoelectronic devices; emergingconcepts and technologies: integrated photonics, nanophotonics,plasmonics, metamaterials, terahertz optoelectronics, quantum informationprocessing, etc.Prerequisites: Quantum mechanics (PHYS 412 and PHYS 414 orPHYS 606 or equivalent).

PHYS 651 Superstring Theory ICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Basics of string theory, including bosonic string, conformal field theory,strings with worldsheet and space-time supersymmetry, as well as thehigher dimensional extended objects called D-branes.Prerequisites: PHYS 634 and PHYS 653; PHYS 647 recommended.

PHYS 652 Superstring Theory IICredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.M-theory unification of superstring theories into a single eleven-dimensional theory; duality symmetries relating string theories; stringgeometry; Calabi-Yau manifolds and exceptional holonomy manifolds; fluxcompactifcations; black holes in string theory; AdS/CFT correspondence;string and M-theory cosmology.Prerequisites: PHYS 651; PHYS 647 recommended.

PHYS 653 Introduction to Supersymmetry and SupergravityCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Core material on supersymmetric field theories and their coupling tosupergravity theories.Prerequisite: PHYS 634.


PHYS 654 The Standard Model and BeyondCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.The standard model of particle physics in detail; general principles ofgauge theories, including spontaneous breaking and applications toElectro-Weak Interactions and Quantum Chromodynamics; extensionof the standard model involving Grand Unified Theories (GUT),Supersymmetry (SUSY) and Supergravity (SUGRA).Prerequisites: PHYS 624 and PHYS 634.

PHYS 655 String PhenomenologyCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Physical applications of string theory; rudiments of string theory;compactification of extreme dimensions in string theory; free-fermionicformulation; dualities, M-theory, intersection D-Branes, and D-Branephenomenology; model building.Prerequisites: PHYS 634 and PHYS 651.

PHYS 666 Scientific Instrument MakingCredits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 2 Lab Hours.Theory and techniques for designing and constructing advanced scientificinstruments such as spectrometers, cryostats, vacuum systems, etc.;mechanical and electronic shop procedures utilizing the lathe and mill;welding and soldering; drafting and print reading; circuit design.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

PHYS 674/ECEN 674 Introduction to Quantum ComputingCredits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.Introduces the quantum mechanics, quantum gates, quantum circuits andquantum hardware of potential quantum computers; algorithms, potentialuses, complexity classes, and evaluation of coherence of these devices.Prerequisites: MATH 304; PHYS 208.Cross Listing: ECEN 674/PHYS 674.

PHYS 681 SeminarCredit 1. 1 Lecture Hour.Subjects of current importance; normally required of all graduate studentsin physics.

PHYS 685 Directed StudiesCredits 1 to 9. 1 to 9 Other Hours.Individual problems not related to thesis.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

PHYS 689 Special Topics in...Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours. 0 to 4 Lab Hours.Selected topics in an identified area of physics. May be repeated for credit.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

PHYS 691 ResearchCredits 1 to 23. 1 to 23 Other Hours.Research toward thesis or dissertation.Prerequisite: Baccalaureate degree in physics or equivalent.

appendix V

DEPARTMENTAL BYLAWS

appendix VI

FACILITIES

The department now occupies two buildings that were built with assistance of a large contribution from George Mitchell and that bear his name. Prior to moving into these buildings in 2009, the department offices were spread over several buildings, and the bulk of our teaching was done in Heldenfels, a building a five-minute walk from the Engineering Physics building, where most of the faculty offices were located. The new buildings have allowed us to have most of our activities in contiguous space. The Mitchell Physics building (MPHY) has faculty, postdoc, and graduate student offices. Most staff offices are on the first floor. There are three 156-seat classrooms; these three classrooms are separated by partitions that can be raised to produce 312- or 468-seat classrooms. So far, we have not used these larger versions of the classrooms for our classes, but they are used for common exams and for special presentations such as talks during the Physics and Engineering Festival. The MPHY building also has recitation rooms and teaching lab rooms for service course and advanced undergraduate physics major labs. It also has small conference rooms, student study areas with whiteboards, and a large help desk room that is available to students and is staffed during the day by graduate assistants. In addition to the three large classrooms, there is one 50-seat classroom and two small 30-seat classrooms. There are two computer labs. The George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy (MIST) building is adjacent to the MPHY building. It has faculty, postdoc, and graduate student offices, plus administrative offices and several meeting rooms. The Hawking Auditorium (capacity of about 180) is in the basement of MIST. No classes are held in MIST. The Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) occupies the 5th floor of MPHY, with faculty, staff and postdoc offices, a seminar room, and an open discussion area. There are research labs in the basement of MPHY and also in the Cain building, which is a short distance from MPHY. The Cain building (previously Engineering Physics) was the primary building for the department before we moved to our two new buildings. We retained some research lab space there when we moved. The Cain building also is the location of our machine and electronics shops. The machine shop has three staff machinists, and the electronics shop has two staff. The electronics shop includes a parts store and liquid nitrogen sales. The machine shop has a student shop area. The astronomical instrumentation lab facility is housed in the Munnerlyn Astronomical Laboratory and Space Engineering Building, a short walk from MPHY and MIST. This facility involves faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates and hosts design, construction, and testing of components for large telescope installations. Texas A&M is a partner in the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). Another departmental facility is our observatory. The observatory is a few miles from the university. The undergraduate ASTR 102 is taught there, and it is also a site for advanced observing instruction, research, and outreach. We have a full-time staff member, Don Carona, who serves as the observatory manager. Having the department, including teaching, consolidated into two adjacent buildings has been an important improvement, but even with two buildings dedicated to the department, we do not have enough space. Our most critical space need right now is office space for graduate students. Also, as our number of undergraduate majors grows, we need a classroom or two in the 60-100 seat range. The three large classrooms are not well suited for exams because students can easily see the desk writing arms of several adjacent students, and with fixed seats filling the floor space in the room, these rooms are not well suited to interactive learning and small group discussion.

appendix VII

FINANCES

The current dean of the College of Science was appointed dean in October 2015. The current fiscal year, which began in September 1, 2016, is, therefore, the first year for which budgeting has been done under her leadership, and her approach to budgeting is somewhat different from that use by the previous dean. The budget for the department is divided into three categories.

• Category I is for the salaries and stipends of instructional personnel. • This includes tenured and non-tenured faculty, instructional (non-tenure track) faculty,

and graduate teaching assistants (GAT/GANT). We are budgeted funds for the nine-month salaries of all our faculty. Our GAT/GANT allocation is based on what was required in the previous year for teaching assistants for recitations, labs, and advanced labs. There is little funding for graduate assistants who provide instructional support such as grading. If a faculty member retires or leaves the university, his/her salary is removed from our faculty salary allocation and returned to the college. New hires require a salary addition from the college.

• Category II is staff. • We are allocated funds to cover the salaries of all current staff positions in the

department, including vacant positions. • Category III is what might be called operational costs.

• We are given funds from the college (College Differential Tuition, College Advancement Fee) with amounts computed by a formula based on things like the number of student credit hours we teach. For fiscal year 2017, these total $64,626. This money can be used to fund instructional activities such as teaching lab equipment and stipends for undergraduate peer instructors. We also receive a small allocation ($28,851) from the TAMU-Qatar service agreement in compensation for our support of the physics instruction at TAMU-Qatar.

• Included in Category III are funds that the department receives from the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS). These funds include money to pay nine-hour resident tuition for all students on teaching assistants. It can also pay tuition for students on research assistantships if the funding source, such as the Welch Foundation, for those assistantships don’t allow payment of tuition. These funds can be used only for tuition payments. We receive an allocation ($20,134 in FY17) for graduate student recruiting, such as campus visits. We receive an allocation ($151,256) for recruiting high-quality graduate students. These funds are used primarily to provide $2,000 scholarships to first-year graduate students and to pay the stipends of first-year international students who haven’t achieved certification in English, so they are ineligible to do classroom instruction such as teaching recitations or labs. Stipends for these students aren’t funded in the Category I instructional allocation for GAT/GANTS.

We also receive graduate enhancement funds ($92,225 in FY17) that are to be used “to enhance the graduate student academic experience” such as providing funds for travel to scientific meetings. In the past, these funds have been used primarily to supplement the funding for GAT/GANT stipends. The department receives approximately $50,000 a year from royalties from the lab manuals for service course labs, manuals that are made available to students online in WebAssign.

Labor charges for shop services (machine and electronics) pays a portion of the staff salaries (approximately $65,000 in FY16). This generates staff salary savings that can support other departmental activities. The College of Science supports some research activities in the department directly with designated funding. This includes $260,000 of the $450,000 college/department payment towards the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project. The remaining $150,000 must be paid by the department. The department receives a portion (15%) of indirect cost return for indirect cost expenditures for grants on which physics and astronomy faculty are PIs when the grant proposals are submitted through the department. For FY17, the amount we are expected to receive is approximately $160,000. For FY17, there is no direct allocation from the College of Science for departmental operations, which includes such items as student workers, phones, photocopiers, seminars and colloquia, office supplies, etc. In FY16, we received a departmental ops allocation from the college of $343,018; for FY17, we will have to fund ops from our other budget allocations. There is also $139,276 of faculty salaries for summer administration work that is not directly funded by the college, and we must also find within the department the $150,000 GMT payment. A continuing funding problem is that our allocations come in several different account categories (“flavors”) that have different restrictions on how they can be spent, and funds often cannot be moved between categories. Some fund categories are fringe-bearing, meaning salary fringe is covered from central funds, whereas others are not.

appendix VIII

REPORT OF

EXTERNAL REVIEW COMMITTEE

FOR THE FEBRUARY 2008

ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW

2008 Review of the Texas A and M University Physics Department

Executive summary

Under the leadership of Professor Fry, the TAMU Physics Department has made

tremendous gains since the last review in 1997: 23 three new, high-quality faculty

members were added, including 5 women and 3 Hispanics; 2 new buildings are

under construction; a dramatic increase in endowments has been generated; and,

in response to last external review report, an excellent new 7-member

astrophysics group has been formed. The scale and boldness of these initiatives

are the envy of all of us on the review committee.

Now is the time to protect this impressive investment and solidify these gains so

that the Department can move up in national stature.

The most important, and closely coupled, current issues are:

1. building a coherent departmental community where the whole is greater

than the sum of its parts,

2. insuring the success and retention of the new people who are the future of

the Department, and

3. raising the average quality of the graduate students.

Professor Fry has generated a tremendous amount of good will and should use his

power as Department Head to make long-needed improvements in Departmental

governance and empower faculty throughout the Department. The immediate

goals should be:

1. transforming the inward-looking, group-centered approach to one that is

oriented toward the welfare of the entire Department (currently the group

structure is codified in the Departmental bylaws).

2. improving mentoring of new faculty (there is currently no formal process

for this vital task).

3. building a stronger graduate program (essential to improve the

Department’s reputation) by appointing a director of graduate studies with

responsibility to oversee all aspects of the graduate program.

4. building a stronger undergraduate program (ditto).

5. improving departmental infrastructure.

6. generating a succession plan for leadership in the Department.

Success in each of these endeavors is needed if the Department’s ambitious goals

are to be realized. We give below some detailed suggestions for doing this.

The University must support desperately needed additions to the staff that support

the increased size of the faculty (example: currently a single person acts as an

advisor/assistant for both undergrad and grad students).

In addition to filling the remaining Reinvestment Initiative positions, a

compelling case can be made for hiring an additional senior condensed matter

experimentalist who, looking forward, would provide leadership and cohesion for

the CM group.

Key Findings

We thank the entire Department and especially Professors Fry and Ford for providing us

with a great deal of helpful and frank information that assisted us in preparing this report.

Our recommendations are based on the material provided to us before the review and,

meetings with the faculty of the different research groups, the undergraduate and

graduate students, and some of the support staff that took place during our February 24-

27 visit. Thanks to the Faculty Reinvestment Initiative, and the fabulously successful

efforts of Prof. Fry in raising private support for the Department, Texas A & M Physics is

in a vastly better position now than it was at the time of the last Departmental Review.

Twenty three high-quality and diverse new faculty members (including 5 women and 3

Hispanics) have been hired, a generous Departmental endowment has been created, and

two thoughtfully designed new buildings are under construction. Any one of these three

achievements would have been remarkable. The Department is in many ways positioned

to make a “great leap forward” in national rankings. We unanimously identify the key

issue that must be resolved for this to occur is improving the Departmental culture to take

full advantage of the many strengths of individual faculty members. As a consequence we

devote most of our discussion to this topic, making specific suggestions for how this can

be done. Our suggestions are based on our own experiences and, of course, may need to

be adapted to the special situation at A & M.

Mentoring young faculty and graduate students

The Department and University have invested heavily to bring a large number of

excellent and diverse junior faculty members into the Department. It is imperative that

these people be given as much support as they need to succeed in their teaching and

research careers. In addition, the business plan of top ten departments is to lure away the

most successful of the mid-career faculty from lower ranked departments - thus as these

junior faculty become successful, their retention will be a major issue. A strong

contributor to faculty research success and retention is the quality and work-satisfaction

of the graduate students – thus more emphasis must be placed on recruiting and retaining

top-notch students. Mentoring plays a very large part in the success and retention of both

faculty and students, especially for those from underrepresented minority groups.

Mentoring of newly hired junior faculty appears to be inconsistent in the department –

very strong in some groups and less so in others. Mentoring of graduate students appears

to be left to the discretion of the graduate advisor.

The Department should appoint a formal mentor for each recently hired non-tenured

faculty member. This mentor should be a senior professor from another research group.

The mentors should meet with the junior faculty member on a regular basis to discuss

his/her progress, what is really required for attaining tenure and any issues that are

awkward to discuss with the Departmental leadership. This practice was instituted at

MIT with considerable success in the job satisfaction of the junior faculty, and helped to

break down barriers between groups in that department.

A similar system of appointing a second faculty mentor or a senior graduate student

mentor could be established for entering graduate students. A more formal requirement

should be instituted to have the graduate students’ progress regularly documented by their

advisors and to have documented regular meetings with their graduate committee.

Improving Departmental Governance

We have several suggestions for ways to improve departmental governance:

1. Appoint directors of graduate studies and of undergraduate studies who have the

responsibility, authority and resources to raise the quality of these two programs

which is necessary if the Department is to rise in national stature.

2. Form an executive committee consisting of the associate head, the directors of

graduate and undergraduate studies, an untenured faculty member (eliminate

group-based membership).

3. Replace the existing by-laws, which have outlived their usefulness and now

perpetuate the group-centered culture, with simple common-sense policies.

4. Select appointment committee chairs that are not from the group involved. This

will help ensure that a broad, strategic departmental perspective will inform these

vital decisions.

5. Rotate the committee chairs every three years. This will bring more faculty

members into the Departmental governance and help provide new perspectives on

evolving issues.

6. Place a Graduate Student Representative on all appropriate committees.

7. Develop a mechanism for assessing progress toward tenure and providing

feedback to young faculty members. Again it can be helpful if this procedure is

headed by someone from a different group than that of the young faculty member-

the young person learns to communicate to a broader audience and is dealing with

someone whose perspective may be wider than that of his/her immediate

colleagues.

8. Respond promptly to student concerns for more structure in the graduate program

requirements and more uniformity in course instruction.

Finally, it is time to develop a plan for leadership grooming and succession. This is

particularly acute in the case of 2 individuals who have played major roles in the

Departmental successes, Professors Fry and Scully.

Enhancing the sense of community

The new buildings should help bring the various groups together and enhance the sense

of a common community. However additional changes are needed.

Currently only a few faculty meetings are held each year and key issues for advancing

the status of the Department are typically not discussed. The Head should

consider holding monthly meetings; making an effort to minimize bureaucratic issues

and concentrate on Departmental strategy, curriculum, graduate recruiting, etc.

At present, Departmental colloquia, which are key to developing a common intellectual

culture, are sparsely attended by faculty and graduate students alike. This must be fixed.

This requires upgrading the average quality of the talks by ensuring that speakers are

chosen for their ability to communicate to a broad audience as well as to present

interesting new results. Some concrete suggestions for improving the colloquium are:

1. appointing a colloquium committee chaired by a recently hired junior faculty

member.

2. communicating to speakers the importance of addressing a general audience.

3. strongly encouraging regular attendance by both faculty and graduate students.

4. arranging for speakers to have pizza and pop lunch with the undergraduate

students.

5. arranging for graduate students (without faculty members present) to meet with

the speaker immediately after the colloquium. This extended discussion will

give students a chance to ask questions without embarrassment.

Funding an Adequate Infrastructure

One of the major impediments inhibiting the Department from moving beyond the

current state of affairs, even with all the money for buildings and hires, is the

Departmental infrastructure. We recognize three areas of weakness – technical support

for those not in the Cyclotron Institute, insufficient administrative support for the

educational mission, and inadequate funds for attracting the best graduate students.

Nearly every department in nearly every public university in the country receives far

too little support for their technical, administrative and educational activities. This

inadequacy demands clever reprogramming of existing funds to survive. Sources such

as indirect cost returns and open lines make it possible for many institutions to meet

these needs.

Texas A & M has been blessed with the University-wide Reinvestment Initiative that

has provided a plethora of new lines with which to make hires deemed necessary to

move to the next level. It goes without saying that Prof. Fry has been extraordinarily

successful with obtaining fund for new buildings and funding faculty chairs. It strikes

us that the largest need now is not for more faculty chairs but for endowed fellowships

for students. The department should consider devoting future matching funds to

creating long-term support for students and technical needs. Endowed fellowships for

graduate and undergraduate students would allow high-quality students to be recruited

just as endowed chairs allowed high-caliber faculty to be recruited.

Improving the Graduate Program

A key step in taking the Department of Physics to the next level is recruiting and

retaining higher quality students in the Physics graduate program. The quality of the

students in the Physics graduate program has a direct impact on the amount and quality of

the research done in the Department.

The recent decision of the University to provide tuition waivers to all TAs and to increase

the graduate student stipends (for both TAs and RAs) to levels comparable to those of

competing institutions are important steps that should enable the Department to recruit

higher quality graduate students. Further possible steps are (1) to increase the amount of

fellowship funds that can be used to attract high-quality graduate students, and (2)

making it a virtual requirement that faculty members arrange to meet with undergraduate

students in physics when giving a colloquium or seminar at another university. The

Chemistry Department has been successful in increasing the quality of their U.S. graduate

students by establishing pipelines from small 4-year undergraduate colleges. They visit

these institutions giving colloquia and also invite selected faculty from those institutions

to visit TAMU. The Physics Department AMO group has also proactively attracted high-

quality graduate students. We urge the Physics Department as a whole to implement

similar approaches.

Over half of admitted graduate students do not complete their Ph.D. The committee

regards this as an important issue requiring attention. Recruiting higher quality graduate

students will help. The Committee feels that closer mentoring of graduate students is

also needed. Many students do not take their preliminary exam until very late in their

graduate student careers, as late as six months before their thesis defense, making it less

valuable than it might be. We recommend that students take their preliminary exams by

the end of the second year of graduate studies.

We also recommend that the Department consider re-instituting a qualifying exam,

administered at the end of the summer of the first year. This would provide a relatively

uniform means of determining which students are capable of and ready to take on thesis

research.

Major research thrusts of the department

Nuclear physics

The nuclear physics faculty is a strong group of 6 experimentalists and 4 theorists. This

group, based at the Cyclotron Institute, has a broad research program, focused on weak

interactions, nuclear astrophysics and QCD studies, that in some cases is unmatched

anywhere. They have developed a very impressive technical infrastructure as well as

effective outreach and graduate mentoring programs. Their experimental research is

performed with the TAMU cyclotrons and at the RHIC (Brookhaven) and TRIUMF

(Vancouver) machines. The Institute is supported by the DOE, the Welch Foundation and

the University. A major upgrade to the TAMU accelerator complex that will enhance the

radioactive-ion capability was begun in 2005 and should be completed in 2011. The

Institute is well run, benefits from good support, is an effective community and has

sensible plans for the future.

High-energy physics

The high energy physics group consists of 7 theorists and 6 experimenters. The theory

group investigates the consequences of extra dimensions, including superstrings. The

experimental group has three components. A collider group of 3 people currently taking

data at the Fermilab Tevatron and contributing to building the CMS experiment at the

CERN Large Hadron Collider, a single person taking data on the MINOS neutrino

oscillation experiment and contributing to building the NOVA neutrino oscillation

detector, and a single person working on detecting dark matter. One person shares time

between working on collider physics and investigating interesting advanced accelerator

technology. The research directions chosen by the theorists and the experimenters are

among the most important in physics. However, the group as a whole needs to be more

coherent to contribute to moving the department to the next level of recognition.

There is not much interaction between the theory group and the experimental group

which is, unfortunately, not that unusual in high energy physics. However, with the

imminent turn on of the LHC, where there might be possible tests of superstrings and

extra dimensions, more contact between theorists and experimenters would be useful.

The high energy experimental group is itself fragmented. Each of the three sub-groups is

too small to have a significant impact. There is need to immediately add at least one

more person to the neutrino oscillation effort if it is to be viable. The collider group

could also use one more person to work on CMS data analysis to take advantage of the

rich data that will soon be available. To obtain a more normal balance between theory

and experiment, where there are more experimenters than theorists, the theory group

could be allowed to shrink slightly if that is necessary to allow a slight expansion of the

experimental group

Astrophysics

We commend the Department in recruiting an outstanding leader for the astrophysics

group in the person of Nick Suntzeff, and six other excellent young astronomers.

We think that recruiting an excellent instrument builder as one of the first hires was a

good decision. Prof. Suntzeff seems to be doing an excellent job in building a cohesive

group even before several of these young astronomers have arrived at TAMU.

The astronomy group has a well thought out strategic plan for the future. This includes

leveraging instruments built at TAMU for time on large telescopes, buying into a project

that plans to build one of the largest telescopes in the world, and pursuing an opportunity

to build an array of modest-aperture telescopes at Dome A in Antarctica – a location that

may well be the best astronomical site in the world.

Atomic, molecular and optical physics

The AMO group, which has a charismatic leader in Prof. Marlan Scully, is a world-

class collection of experimentalists and theorists. From all indications, they function

seamlessly as a group, collaborating scientifically, supporting graduate students and

postdocs collectively, obtaining group funding and publishing. The general quality of

the students within the department has not been a major impediment to the AMO

program as the group has been independently attracting high-quality students. AMO

graduate students, for example, not only do well while at A & M, they go on to obtain

positions at some of the best institutions in the world. Former student Mikhail Lukin,

who is a full professor at Harvard, is just one example. The AMO group succeeds in

attracting good students because they actively recruit and have established pipelines, a

pattern which the rest of the department should emulate.

The AMO group has made several significant hires during the past five years or so but

has also lost 2 young faculty members during this same period and an additional senior

member through retirement. We understand that the group has not filled their allotment

of lines from the Faculty Reinvestment Initiative, which they intend to devote to people

working in attosecond physics. The group plans to move into the attosecond regime by

building a user facility around a laser having different characteristics than the Canadian

system, the only active attosecond user facility in North America. (The Michigan laser

is not really a user facility.) To succeed in this forward-looking plan, significant hires

in the attosecond area, especially experimentalists, are required.

The AMO group hopes to form an Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering. This

would provide line-item support from the university, ensuring more stable, long term

funding for administrative and technical needs, such as laser technicians, etc. In

addition, it would provide the flexibility to move into new areas more quickly. We

support this goal. However, all parties should make a concerted effort to prevent

another new institute from further fragmenting the department.

Condensed matter physics

Condensed Matter Experiment:

The 7 condensed matter experimentalists are involved in a large number of diverse

projects, which is typical of this field. Most of these projects are led by a single faculty

member but some projects are collaborations between groups. The topics covered by this

group span a large number of problems in condensed matter physics including

superconductivity, magnetism, the interplay between these phenomena, metal-insulator

transitions, low dimensional systems, magnetic nanodot arrays, low temperature physics,

etc. There is some overlap in research between the condensed matter group, the applied

physics group, and the interdisciplinary Materials Science and Engineering Program

(MSTP) at TAMU.

The experimentalists have a wide array of specialized equipment in their individual

laboratories; however, some of this equipment, such as a SQUID magnetometer, a

Quantum Design Physical Properties Measurements System, etc., is of general use and of

interest to several different groups. It would be advantageous to set up a small user

facility in which to house this equipment manned by a technician that is provided by the

university to run the facility and maintain the equipment. The facility could be set up in

collaboration with researchers in the applied physics group and the MSEP. A number of

talented young condensed matter experimentalists have been hired, bringing the group

closer to critical mass and setting the stage for a transition to the next level. A

compelling case can be made for hiring a senior condensed matter experimentalist of high

stature working in a field complimentary to the fields already represented in the group to

provide leadership and vision for the group looking forward. It is unfortunate that such a

person was not hired first and the remaining positions created by the Reinvestment Initiative made in consultation with that individual. The success of the condensed matter

group depends to a large extent on the quality and work ethic of the graduate students.

The group should make a concerted effort to recruit higher quality graduate students.

Condensed Matter Theory:

The new hires made in condensed matter theory make this a 7 member group and

consolidate the high level of scientific expertise that already existed in the department

prior to the university’s Reinvestment program. The recent hire of Prof. Alexander

Finkel’stein brings to the group a possible new leadership that is needed to take the

department as a whole to a higher ranking among peer institutions. It is very important

that the theory group participates actively in the search for the senior experimentalist in

an effort to integrate the experimental and theoretical components of the condensed

matter group. The interaction between theory and experiment can be a fundamental part

of the effort towards a stronger and healthier condensed matter group.

We also should point out that it is important to establish a stable weekly condensed

matter seminar series that could be used to bring to the department visitors from other

institutions. This kind of seminar series would benefit the faculty by providing more

exposure of the faculty and their research efforts and foster new collaborations between

different groups. It also should be pointed out that many of the problems of interest for

AMO researchers have strong overlap with the problems in strongly correlated quantum

systems, one of the main research interests of the condensed matter theory group. The

administration of the Physics Department should make an effort to bring together these

two groups by funding, perhaps, a seminar series that focuses on problems of common

interest to these two groups.

Interdisciplinary Research

There have been good strides in cross-campus interdisciplinary and interdepartmental

research collaborations:

1. The Cyclotron Institute continues its long standing strong collaborations between

nuclear physics and radiation chemistry.

2. The quantum optics group has a strong interdisciplinary program with

collaborators on campus (AMO-condensed matter – electrical engineering,

chemistry, math, computer science) and with other international groups.

3. The new group in astronomy will jointly occupy the renovated Munnerlyn

building and share graduate and undergraduate students with Aerospace

Engineering.

4. Several members of the condensed matter and AMO groups are members of the

TAMU Materials Science and Engineering interdisciplinary program.

Faculty members in condensed matter and high-energy accelerator physics have

interdisciplinary collaborations with faculty at external institutions, but these have fewer

cross-campus cross-disciplinary synergies. Except for several AMO-condensed matter

interactions, there appears to be less synergy and leverage from intra-physics Department

collaborations across groups; the strong Departmental group structure seems to create and

maintain stovepipes.

The University administration and Department should give high priority to securing an

endowment for the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering to further strengthen

strong on-campus science-engineering interdisciplinary research and retain program

excellence, including support for a 5th

floor of the Mitchell building with a walkway to

the engineering building.

Co-locating the physics department offices, some labs and most classrooms to the new

Mitchell buildings provides a major opportunity to the department to foster intra-

departmental synergies and the breaking down of stovepipes. Some thought needs to be

applied as to how to best locate offices of faculty and graduate students to create a less

fragmented feel to the department but still maintain collegiality and cohesiveness in the

groups.

The new instrumental astronomy group provides an excellent tie between engineering

and physics and should continue to get Departmental and University support. The group

may well serve as another nucleus for a stronger applied or engineering physics program.

Applied Physics Ph.D. Degree Program

Although the Applied Physics Ph.D. program started in 2000, only 10 students are

currently in the program (as well as 6 students in MSEN Ph.D. or M.S. programs

supervised in the Physics Department) – this is a relatively small number compared to the

strength of applied programs in the department, programs in top ten universities or those

departments that offer physics M.S./business programs. Feedback from graduate students

interested in industrial careers is that the course work required for applied physics is one

course short of a regular physics Ph.D. qualification and thus not sufficiently flexible,

especially for being able to take advantage of business courses or other courses outside

the department.

The Department should consider providing more flexibility in the Ph.D. course

requirements for Applied Physics and explicitly encourage adding courses from the

business school or engineering. Furthermore, the Department could look into providing

an Applied Physics M.S./business path similar to the TAMU engineering/business

certificate program for those students interested in industrial careers. The Department

could appoint an Applied Physics advisory board – executives from local industry,

investment banks, national labs, etc. to help shape a degree program that is tailored to

their needs. This approach could help to create graduate fellowships in applied physics

as well as provide support for industrial/applied physics seminars and industrial

internships. One important result could be a successful recruiting program for strong

experimental students.

Panel Members

Eric G. Adelberger, Chair

Department of Physics, University of Washington

Antonio Castro Neto

Physics Department, Boston University

Ken Heller

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Wendell T. Hill III

Department of Physics, University of Maryland

Don Q. Lamb

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago

Brian Maple

Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego

Cherry Murray

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

appendix IX

FACULTY CVs

CURRICULUM VITAE Thomas Weymon Adair III Professor Texas A&M University EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Physics, Texas A&M University, 1957

Master of Arts, Physics, Rice University, 1960 Thesis: A Liquid Nitrogen Cooled Solenoid Magnet Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, Texas A&M University, 1965 Dissertation: Magnetic Properties of Lattice Imperfections in Alkali Halide Single Crystals Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Science Foundation), Physics, Leiden University (Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory), Leiden, The Netherlands, 1965-1966 Research: Weak Ferromagnetism

POSITIONS: Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1978 to present

Professor and Head of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1997-2002 Professor and Interim Head of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1994-1997 Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1978-1994 Faculty Athletics Representative (NCAA, SWC, Big 12, SEC), 1982-2016 Chairman, Athletic Council, 1982-1990 Secretary, Academic Council, 1972-1985 Acting Department Head, Physics, Texas A&M University, 1977-1979 Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1972-1978 Assistant to the President, Texas A&M University, 1972-1975 Assistant to the Dean, College of Science, Texas A&M University, 1971-1972 Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1966-1972 Research Scientist, Production Research Laboratory, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Houston, Texas, 1959-1962

MILITARY: Officer - United States Army, 1959-1960 (six months)

PROFESSIONAL: Member, Advanced Placement Physics Development Committee, The College Board,

New York HONORS/AWARDS: Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, 1977

Distinguished Service Award - Memorial Student Center Council, 1972 Phi Eta Sigma Honor Fraternity Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fraternity

SOCIETIES: American Physical Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Texas Association of College Teachers

OFFICES: President, TAMU Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1978-1979 Vice President, TAMU Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1977-1978 President, Brazos County A&M Club, 1975

COMMITTEES:* Self Study Steering Committee, 1993

Committee on Membership and Procedures, Chairman International Student Advisory Committee Student Publications Board Placement Advisory Committee Selection Committee for W. T. Doherty Award Search Committee for Departmental Head for Mechanical Engineering Search Committee for Department Head for Physics, Chairman Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Committee for Georgia State University

STUDENT ACTIVITIES: MSC Council

Faculty Advisor, SCONA Faculty Advisor, Travel Committee Faculty Advisor, Snow Ski Club Faculty Advisor, Flying Club

PATENT: A High Voltage Transformer for Radioactive Oil Well Logging, 1962 BOOK: Physics of the Atom, 3rd Edition, Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1978 (with R. Wehr and J. A. Richards)

Physics of the Atom, 4th Edition, Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1984 RECENT PUBLICATIONS: None

PROFESSOR GLENN AGNOLET TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Department of Physics and Astronomy, MPHY 450 Tel: (979) 845-2836 4242 TAMU Fax: (979) 845-2590 College Station, TX 77843-4242 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION: Ph.D. & M.S. (Physics) Cornell University, 1980, 1983 B.S. with University Honors (Physics) Carnegie-Mellon University, 1976

POSITIONS HELD: 2009 - present Holder of the Neslon M. Duller Endowed Fund in Experimental Physics 2001 – present Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 1992 - 2001 Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 1985 – 1992 Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 1982 - 1985 Postdoctoral Research, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 1978 - 1982 Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University 1976 - 1978 Teaching Assistant, Cornell University

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Physical Society Tau Beta Pi

AWARDS: AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Individual Student Relationships, Texas A&M University, 2014 Nelson M. Duller Endowment in Experimental Physics, 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award, Physics Department Graduate Students, TAMU 2006, 2004, 2001, 1999 AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, Texas A&M University, 2003 AFS Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Science, TAMU 1990 and 1997 Presidential Young Investigator Award (PYI) 1985

RESEARCH: Inelastic electron spectroscopy and low temperature STM studies of molecules on metallic and

superconducting surfaces. 29 refereed publications 38 invited talks and presentations 38 contributed talks 19 grants from National Science Foundation, Robert A. Welch Foundation and the State of Texas Advanced

Research Program ($ 1.5 M from single PI grants, $ 230 K from multi-PI grants)

COLLABORATORS: C.M. Drain Hunter College, New York, NY J.D. Batteas Texas A&M University, College Station, TX F.A. Cotton Texas A&M University, College Station, TX K. Dunbar Texas A&M University, College Station, TX D.G. Naugle Texas A&M University, College Station, TX V.L. Pokrovsky Texas A&M University, College Station, TX J.H. Ross Jr. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX W. Teizer Texas A&M University, College Station, TX M.B. Weimer Texas A&M University, College Station, TX D.T. Zimmerman Penn State University, Altoona, PA

FORMER ADVISORS: D.D. Osheroff, Stanford University Post-Doctoral Advisor J.D. Reppy, Cornell University Graduate Advisor

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POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES: Xin Chen March 2003 - August 2006 Zhiqiang Peng January 2000 - December 2002 Shi Yin August 1987 - December 1988

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

“Characteristic crossing point ( * 2.7T K» ) in specific heat curves of samples RuSr2Gd1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-δ taken for different values of magnetic field,” BI Belevtsev, VB Krasovitsky, DG Naugle KDD Rathnayaka, G Agnolet, I Felner, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 21, 455602 (2009).

“Electric transport properties of Mn12-acetate films measured with self-assembling tunnelling junction”, Lianxi Ma, Chi Chen, Glenn Agnolet, Jiacai Nie, Hanhua Zhao and Kim R Dunbar, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 095104 (2009).

“Transport, thermal and magnetic properties of RuSr2(Gd1.5Ce0.5)Cu2O10-δ, a magnetic superconductor”, D.G. Naugle, K.D.D. Rathnayaka, V.B. Krasovitsky, B.I. Belevtsev, M.P. Anataska, G. Agnolet, I. Felner, Journal of Applied Physics 99, 08M501 (2006).

“Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Measurements Using Adjustable Oxide-Free Tunnel Junctions,” D.T. Zimmerman and G. Agnolet, Reviews of Scientific Instruments 72, 1781 (2001).

“An Adjustable Oxide-Free Tunnel Junction for Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecules,” D.T. Zimmerman, M.B. Weimer and G. Agnolet, Applied Physics Letters 75, 2500 (1999).

COURSES TAUGHT AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: PHYS 412/414 (Quantum Mechanics I&II) PHYS 408 (Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics) PHYS 304/305 (E&M I&II) PHYS 221 (Optics and Thermal Physics) PHYS 607 (Statistical Mechanics)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES (OUT OF A TOTAL OF 90): E&M Waves – Modern Physics, Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program (2013, 2014, 2015) Magnetism, Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program (2012) “Low Temperature Physics Extravaganza,” Banquet Lecture, Joint Spring 2011 Meeting of the Texas Section

APS, Texas Section of the AAPT & Zone 13 of SPS, Nacogdoches, TX (2011) Low Temperature Demonstration for Texas Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (2011) Physics Advisor, New Jersey Science and Engineering Festival 2010 Temperature Demonstration (2) for Big Physics Day (satellite event of the USA Science & Engineering Festival

(transmitted to Clifton High School, NJ) (2010) Low Temperature Physics Demonstrations for Chemistry Open House (2003 - 2015) Low Temperature Physics Demonstration for Aggieland Saturday (2005 - 2016) Low Temperature Demonstrations for Physics Festivals (2003 - 2016) Low Temperature Demonstrations for Science Olympiad (2002). Low Temperature Physics Demonstration for Texas Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (2002). Low Temperature Physics Demonstrations for High School Students participating in the TAMU PreCollege

Partnership Program / Summer Enrichment Program for 9th Graders (2001) Low Temperature Physics Demonstrations for High School Students participating in the NASA Sharp Plus

Program (2001) “The Quest for Absolute Zero: Low Temperature Demonstations”, Plenary Lecture at the 2000 Conference for

the Advancement of Science Teaching (2000).

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CURRICULUM VITAE Alexey Akimov

Contact Information E-mail: [email protected]

Affiliation and official address: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Department of Physics and Astronomy 4242 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4242

Co-affiliations Principal Investigator Russian Quantum Center, BC “Ural”, 100, Novaya str., Skolkovo, Odintsovo district Moscow reg., Russia, 143025

Co-affiliations Senior scientific researcher, Department of Optics, P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr, 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia

Foreign languages: English

Education

2003 Ph.D, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

2000 MS, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

1998 BS, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Career/Employment

Since 2015 Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Since 2012 Russian Quantum Center, Principal Investigator

2010-2012 Russian Quantum Center, Acting Director

since 2007 P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Senior research scientist

2006 – 2013 Harvard University Visiting Scholar (April –October , 2006, January –July, 2007, January – July 2008, October – December, 2008, January – July, 2010, May-July, 2011, May – July, 2012 and starting form Sep. 2012)

2005 – 2015 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region Senior Lecturer

2003 – 2007 P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Research scientist

mailto:[email protected]

Scientific Interests

Quantum optics, quantum interfaces, nanoscale sensors, solid-state atom-like systems, integrated photonic and plasmonic structures, ultracold atoms, laser spectroscopy, quantum information proceessing and simulations.

List of selected publications

1. N. N. Kolachevski, A. A. Papchenko, N. A. Kiselev, V. N. Sorokin, A. V. Akimov, and S. I. Kanorski, "Isotopic Shifts and the Hyperfine Structure of the Samarium Spectral Lines at 672 and 686 nm ", Optics and Spectroscopy 90(2), 164, (2001).

2. Yu. V. Vladimirova, B. A. Grishanin, V. N. Zadkov, N. N. Kolachevski , A. V. Akimov, N. A. Kisilev, and S. I. Kanorski , "Spectroscopy of Coherent Dark Resonances in Multilevel Atoms for the Example of Samarium Vapor" JETP 96(4), 629, (2003).

3. A.V. Akimov, A. Mukherjee, C.L. Yu, D.E. Chang, A.S. Zibrov, P.R. Hemmer, H. Park & M.D. Lukin "Generation of single optical plasmons in metallic nanowires coupled to quantum dots" Nature 450, 402 (2007).

4. N. Kolachevsky, A. Akimov, I. Tolstikhina, K. Chebakov, A. Sokolov, P. Rodionov, S. Kanorski and V. Sorokin "Blue laser cooling transitions in Tm I" Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 89, 589 (2007)

5. A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin, A.Y. Samakotin,A.V. Akimov,A.V. Sokolov,V.N. Sorokin, N.N Kolachevskiy, “Possibility of using magnetic field for quatum filtration at D1 87Rb line” JETP Letters 88(6), 409 (2008)

6. Abram L. Falk, Frank H. L. Koppens, Chun L. Yu, Kibum Kang, Nathalie de Leon Snapp, Alexey V. Akimov, Moon-Ho Jo, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, "Near-field electrical detection of optical plasmons and single-plasmon sources" Nature Physics 5, 475-479 (2009)

7. A. V. Akimov, E. O. Tereshchenko, S. A. Snigirev, A. Yu. Samokotin, A. V. Sokolov, N. N. Kolachevskiі, and V. N. Sorokin “Resonant Interaction of Femtosecond Radiation with a Cloud of Cold 87Rb” Atoms Journal Of Experimental And Theoretical Physics 109(3), 419 (2009)

8. D. Sukachev, A. Sokolov, K. Chebakov, A. Akimov, S. Kanorsky, N. Kolachevsky, and V. Sorokin, “Magneto-optical trap for thulium atoms”, Phys. Rev. A 82, 011405 (2010)

9. Nathalie P. de Leon, Brendan J. Shields, Chun L. Yu, Dirk E. Englund, Alexey V. Akimov, Mikhail D. Lukin, and Hongkun Park, “Tailoring Light-Matter Interaction with a Nanoscale Plasmon Resonator”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 226803 (2012)

10. J. D. Thompson, T. G. Tiecke, N. P. de Leon, J. Feist, A. V. Akimov, M. Gullans, A. S. Zibrov, V. Vuletic, and M. D. Lukin, “Coupling a Single Trapped Atom to a Nanoscale Optical Cavity”, Science 340, 1202 (2013)

11. Measurement of the 5D-level polarizability in laser-cooled Rb atoms, S. Snigirev, A. Golovizin, D. Tregubov, S. Pyatchenkov, D. Sukachev, A. Akimov, V. Sorokin, and N. Kolachevsky, Phys. Rev. A 89, 012510 (2014)

Roland E. Allen Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 [email protected], http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/allen Education: B.A., Physics, Rice University, 1963

Ph.D., Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1968 Research: Theoretical Physics Positions Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, 1969 - 1970 Resident Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, summers of 1967 - 69 Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1970 - 1976 Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1976 - 1983 Sabbatical Scientist, Solar Energy Research Institute, 1979 - 1980 Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, University of Illinois, 1980 - 1981 Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1983 - Present Recent Research-Related Activities Deputy Editor, Physica Scripta (published for Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), 2013-present Co-organizer of Richard Arnowitt Memorial Symposium (September 19-20, 2014) Teaching Awards and Exceptional Teaching Activities Teaching at Texas A&M Qatar in Education City, Doha – Spring, 2012 University Scholars Mentor Groups – Fall and Spring, 2005-2008 Renaissance Astronomy, Santa Chiara Study Center, Italy – Summer, 2006 Honors Program Teacher/Scholar Award, 2005 University Teaching Award, 2004 College of Science Teaching Award, 2003 Recent Conferences and Programs Organized Organizer of Second Mitchell Symposium on Astronomy, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics (2006) Organizing Committee, Fifth Conference on Dark Matter in Astroparticle Physics (2004) Organizer of Mitchell Symposium on Observational Cosmology (2004) Organizer of Institute for Quantum Studies Research for Undergraduates Program (2003) Recent Publications 225. Yusheng Dou, Weifeng Wu, Hong Tang, and Roland E. Allen, “Ultrafast laser excitation and rotational de-excitation of cis-stilbene”, Chemical Physics 353, 104 (2008). 226. Petra Sauer and Roland E. Allen, “Multiple steps and multiple excitations in photoisomerization of azobenzene”, Chemical Physics Letters 450, 192 (2008). 227. Petra Sauer and Roland E. Allen, “Influence of laser pulse parameters on dynamical processes during azobenzene photoisomerization”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 112, 11142 (2008). 228. Roland E. Allen, “Coupling of electrons to the electromagnetic field in a localized basis”, Physical Review B 78, 064305 (2008); arXiv:0805.3803 [quant-ph]. 229. Chenwei Jiang , Ruihua Xie, Fuli Li , and Roland E. Allen , “Trans-to-cis isomerization of stilbene following an ultrafast laser pulse”, Chemical Physics Letters 474, 263 (2009). 230. Zhibin Lin and Roland E. Allen, “Ultrafast equilibration of excited electrons in dynamical simulations”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 21, 485503 (2009). 231. Chenwei Jiang, Ruihua Xie, Fuli Li, and Roland E. Allen, “Photocyclization of trans-stilbene induced by an ultrafast laser pulse”, Chemical Physics Letters 487, 177 (2010). 232. Xiang Zhou, Zhibin Lin, Chenwei Jiang, Meng Gao, and Roland E. Allen, “Maximum relative excitation of a specific vibrational mode via optimum laser-pulse duration”, Physical Review B 82, 075433 (2010); arXiv:1001.1016 [cond-mat].


233. Roland E. Allen, “Supersymmetric SO(N) from a Planck-scale statistical picture”, in Physics Beyond the Standard Models of Particles, Cosmology and Astrophysics, edited by H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, I. V. Krivosheina, and R. Viollier (World Scientific, 2011), arXiv:1005.1439 [hep-th]. 234. Chenwei Jiang, Ruihua Xie, Fuli Li, and Roland E. Allen, “Comparative studies of the trans-to-cis photoisomerizations of azobenzene and a bridged azobenzene”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115, 244 (2011). 235. Chenwei Jiang, Xiang Zhou, Ruihua Xie, Fuli Li, and Roland E. Allen, “Selective control of vibrational modes with sequential femtosecond-scale laser pulses”, Chemical Physics Letters 515, 137 (2011). 236. Chen-Wei Jiang, Xiang Zhou, Zhibin Lin, Rui-Hua Xie, Fu-Li Li, Meng Gao, and Roland E. Allen, “Semiclassical simulations in materials science”, Physica Status Solidi B 248, 2008 (2011). 237. Chenwei Jiang, Ruihua Xie, Fuli Li, and Roland E. Allen, “Ultrafast cis-to-trans photoisomerization of a bridged azobenzene through nπ* excitation: rotational pathway is not restricted”, Chemical Physics Letters 521, 107 (2012). 238. Roland E. Allen, Tyler D. Hughes, Jia Lerd Ng, Roberto D. Ortiz, Michel Abou Ghantous, Othmane Bouhali, Philippe Froguel, and Abdelilah Arredouani, “Mechanisms behind the immediate effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on type 2 diabetes”, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 10: 45 (2013). 239. Zhongqu Long, Xiang Zhou, Hao Cai, Chi Chen, Ling Miao, and Roland E. Allen, “Breathing-trap mechanism for encapsulation of atomic hydrogen in C60”, Chemical Physics Letters 583, 114 (2013). 240. Chen-Wei Jiang, Xiang Zhou, Zhibin Lin, Rui-Hua Xie, Fu-Li Li, and Roland E. Allen, “Electronic and Structural Response of Nanomaterials to Ultrafast and Ultraintense Laser Pulses”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 14, 1 (2014). 241. Roland E. Allen, “The London-Anderson-Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble-Weinberg mechanism and Higgs boson reveal the unity and future excitement of physics”, Journal of Modern Optics, DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2013.818170 (2013) and arXiv:1306.4061 [hep-ph]. 242. Roland E. Allen, “The Higgs bridge”, Physica Scripta 89, 018001 (2014). 243. Roland E. Allen, “From crystallography to life”, Physica Scripta 89, 068005 (2014). 244. Chen-Wei Jiang, Xiang Zhou, Zhibin Lin, Rui-Hua Xie, Fu-Li Li, and Roland E. Allen, “Electronic and Structural Response of Nanomaterials to Ultrafast and Ultra-intense Laser Pulses”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 14, 1 (2014). 245. Weifeng Wu, Shuai Yuan, Jiajie She, Yusheng Dou, and Roland E. Allen, “Bonded Excimer in Stacked Cytosines: A Semiclassical Simulation Study”, International Journal of Photoenergy, Article ID 937474 (2014). 246. Yusheng Dou, Zhisong Wang, Fuli Li, and Roland E. Allen, “Dynamics in Photoexcited DNA Bases and Related Molecules”, International Journal of Photoenergy, Article ID 501028 (2014). 247. Chen-Wei Jiang, Xiu-Xing Zhang, Ai-Ping Fang, Hong-Rong Li, Rui-Hua Xie, Fu-Li Li, and Roland E Allen , “Photoisomerization dynamics of a rhodopsin-based molecule (potential molecular switch) with high quantum yields”, Physica Scripta 90, 025401 (2015). 248. Roland E. Allen and Suzy Lidström, “Your Higgs number — how fundamental physics is connected to technology and societal revolutions”, Physica Scripta 90, 028002 (2015). 249. Joshua Stenzel, Johannes Kroll, Minjie Lei, and Roland E. Allen, “Production mechanisms for predicted new Higgs-related spin 1/2 particles”, Proceedings of the European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (22-29 July 2015, Vienna, Austria). 250. Suzy Lidström and Roland E. Allen, “Their Higgs numbers – inspiration for young people around the world”, Proceedings of the European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (22-29 July 2015, Vienna, Austria). 251. Joshua Stenzel, Johannes Kroll, Minjie Lei, and Roland E. Allen, “Predicted Higgs-related spin 1/2 particles as a new dark matter candidate”, Proceedings of the Meeting of the APS Division of Particles and Fields (August 4-8, 2015, Ann Arbor, Michigan) 252. Roland E. Allen, “Predictions of a fundamental statistical picture”, arXiv:1101.0586 [hep-th]. 253. Roland E. Allen and Suzy Lidström, “Life, the universe, and everything – 42 fundamental questions”, submitted. 254. Roland E. Allen, “A dark matter candidate with well-defined mass and couplings”, submitted. 255. M. Ross Tagaras and Roland E. Allen, “Method for realistic simulations of ultrafast phase transitions in advanced materials”, to be submitted.

MEIGAN ARONSON Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Texas A&M University

Professional Preparation Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA Physics A.B. 1980 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Physics M.S. 1982 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Physics PhD 1988 Los Alamos National Laboratory Physics Postdoc 1988-1990

Appointments Dean, College of Science, Texas A+M University 2015- Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A+M 2015- Professor, Department of Physics Stony Brook University 2007-2015 Group Leader, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2007-2015 Associate Dean for Natural Sciences, University of Michigan 2004-2006 Professor, Department of Physics, University of Michigan 2002-2006 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Michigan 1996-2002 Visiting Research Fellow, Leiden University 2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Michigan 1990-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory 1987-1989 Key Publications ``From antiferromagnetic insulator to correlated metal in pressurized and doped LaMnPO'', J. W. Simonson, Z. P. Yin, M. Pezzoli, J. Guo, J. Liu, K. Post, A. Efimenko, N. Hollmann, Z. Hu, H.-J. Lin, C. T. Chen, C. Marques, V. Leyva, G. Smith, J. W. Lynn, L. L. Sun, G. Kotliar, D. N. Basov, L. H. Tjeng, and M. C. Aronson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, E1815 (2012). ‘’Observation of antiferromagnetic order collapse in pressurized LaMnPO insulator'', J. Guo, J. W. Simonson, L. L. Sun, Qi Wu, P. Gao, C. Zhang, D. Gu, Gabriel Kotliar, M. C. Aronson, and Z. Zhao, Scientific Reports 3, 2555 (2013). ``Synthesis and properties of the theoretically predicted mixed-valent perovskite superconductors: CsTlX3 (X=F, Cl)'', M. Retuerto, T. Emge, M. R. Li, Z. P. Yin, M. Croft, A. Ignatov, J. W. Simonson, M. C. Aronson, P. Stephens, J. Hadermann, A. Pan, D. N, Basov, G. Kotliar, M. Greenblatt, Chem. Materials 25, 4071 (2013). ``New Kagome Metal Sc3Mn3Al7Si5 and its Gallium-doped analogues: Synthesis Crystal Structure, and Physical Properties'', H. He, W. Miiller, and M. C. Aronson, Inorg. Chem. 53(17), 9115 (2014). ``Quantum Critical Fluctuations in Layered YFe2Al10'', L. S. Wu, M. S. Kim, K. Park, A. M. Tsvelik, and M. C. Aronson, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 111(339), 14088 (2014). ``CaMn2Al10: Itinerant Mn magnetism on the verge of magnetic order'', L. Steinke, J. W. Simonson, W-G. Yin, G. J. Smith, J. J. Kistner-Morris, S. Zellman, A. Puri, and M. C. Aronson, Phys. Rev. B (RC) 92, 020413 (R) (2015). Editor's Suggestion.

`Òrigin of the charge gap in the Hunds insulator LaMnPO'', D. E. McNally, J. W. Simonson, K. S. Post, Z. P. Yin, M. Pezzoli, G. J. Smith, Y. Zhao, J. W. Lynn, A. I. Kolesnikov, L. DeBeer-Schmidt, D. N. Basov, G. Kotliar, and M. C. Aronson, Phys. Rev. B 90, 180-403(R) (2015). `Òptical Measurements and dynamical mean field theory study of the metal-insulator transition in undoped and K-doped BaMn2As2'', D. E. McNally, S. Zellman, Z. P. Yin, K. Hao, D. N. Basov, G. Kotliar, C. Homes, and M. C. Aronson, Phys. Rev. B 92, 115142 (2015). ``Magnetic structure of Yb2Pt2Pb: Ising moments on the Shastry-Sutherland Lattice'', W. Miiller, L. S. Wu, M. -S. Kim, T. Orvis, J. W. Simonson, D. M. McNally, M. Gamza, C. S. Nelson, A. Podlesnyak, G. Ehlers, J. S. Helton, Y. Zhao, Y. Qiu, J. R. D. Copley, J. W. Lynn and M. C. Aronson, Phys. Rev. B. 93, 104419 (2015). `Òrbital-Exchange and fractional quantum number excitations in an f-electron metal, Yb2Pt2Pb'', L. S. Wu, W. J. Gannon, I. A. Zaliznyak, A. M. Tsvelik, M. Brockmann, J.-S. Caux, M. -S. Kim, Y. Qiu, J. R. Copley, G. Ehlers, A. Podlesnyak, and M. C. Aronson, Science 352, 1206 (2016). Synergistic Activities 2004,2011 Member, NSF-DMR Committee of Visitors. 2009- Chair, Neutron Advisory Board, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 2012-2013 Member, Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic

Field Science in the United States, Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Academy of Sciences.

2013-2015 International Advisory Board, Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity M2S. 2013-2019 Member and Chair (2017-2019) Board of Trustees, Gordon Research Conferences. 2015-2018 Chair, External Advisory Committee, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. 2015-2018 Presidential Line, Division of Condensed Matter Physics, American Physical Society

(elected). 2016 Panel co-Chair, Department of Energy Basic Research Needs Workshop on Quantum

Materials. Collaborators and Co-Editors: G. Blumberg, K. Haule, G. Kotliar (Rutgers), F. Steglich, L. H. Tjeng, M. Brando, M. Baenitz (MPI-Dresden), M. Garst (Cologne), Y. Zhu , P. Johnson, W. Han, C. Nelson(Brookhaven), J. W. Lynn, Y. Qiu, C. Brown (NIST), S. Nagler, M. Lumsden, M. Hagen, V. Garlea , M. Hagen(ORNL), D. Basov (San Diego), P. Khalifah, J. Parise, P. Stephens, S. Wong (Stony Brook), L. L. Sun (IOP-CAS), T. Tyson (NJIT), E. Morosan(Rice), D.MacLaughlin (Riverside), L. Greene (Illinois), A. Strydom(Johannesburg) Graduate Advisor and Postdoctoral Sponsor: Ph.D: Myron Salamon (University of Texas, Dallas): Postdoc: Joe D. Thompson (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Thesis Advisor (Total 5) and Postdoctoral-Scholar Sponsor (Total 19):M. C. Bennett(Varian Medical), L. S. Wu (Oak Ridge), D. McNally (Paul Scherrer Institute), J. Misurata (JEOL), W. Miiller, H. Yang, J. Simonson (Farmingdale State), M. Pezzoli, Z. Yin (Rutgers),M. Gamza (U Centr. Lancashire), J. Grose (BASF), K. Park (Daegu ), M. Feygenson (Oak Ridge), Y. Janssen (Stony Brook), K. Kim (Chungju), D. Sokolov (Edinburgh), H, He (TAMU), W. Gannon (TAMU), L. Steinke (TAMU),A. Pandey(TAMU), P. Miao (TAMU), O. Shukla (TAMU). Undergraduate Students mentored (Total 20): Patrick Koehn, Alexander Vetsko, Ila Prasad, Brian LeRoy, Diane Pugel, Emily Berkeley, Tony Smith, William Gannon, Yiu Yuen, Carlos Marques, Angela Kuo, Jude Safo, Victor Leyva, Greg Smith, Jiaxing Liu, Julian Hassinger, Thomas Orvis, Jedediah Kistner-Morris, Akshat Puri, Shelby Zellman, M. Klemm, M. Green, G. Geschwind, P.Kamenov, A. Zenbo, C. Weaver.

WILLIAM H. BASSICHIS

Education B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1959) M.S. Case Institute of Technology (1961) Ph.D. Case Institute of Technology (1963) Employment 1963-1965: Research Scientist Weizmann Institute for Science, Israel and Visiting Scientist, Centre d’Etudes Nucleaire Saclay, France 1965-1970: Faculty, Physics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970-Present: Faculty, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1966-1975: Consultant, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Misc: Visiting Scientist Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; Daresbury Laboratory,England; Technion, Israel Formerly Adjunct Professor: University of Texas at Dallas 2003 Presidential Professorship for Teaching Excellence Formerly: Thamann Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University Teaching Accomplishments and Activities Author of Introductory Physics Text Book Series; Volume I. Mechanics Volume II. Electricity and Magnetism Volume III. Optics and Thermodynamics Principle Designer, Physics Component, Integrated Engineering Program Five Year NSF Sponsored Program 1993-1998 C0-Principal Investigator, STEPS Five Year NSF Sponsored Program 2003-2008 Founder of Texas A&M Mentors Program; 40 year member Executive Committee Mentors, 30 years Designer of Online Physics Tutorial Teaching Accomplishments and Activities, Continued Undergraduate Advisor, Physics Department, 20 years Academic Advisor, Corps of Cadets, 10 years, Units B2 and I2 Designed and Taught Physics Component, Bridge to Medicine Preparation for MCAT Exam, Minority Students Designed and Taught Graduate Course, Teaching of Physics Faculty Advisor, Coop Program, 22 years Faculty Advisor: Pitmasters Club Faculty Advisor: Science Circus Faculty Advisor: Numismatic Club

Faculty Advisor: Seventh Day Adventist Student Organization, Faculty Advisor: Hillel Club Faculty Representative, Board of Regents Committee on Undergraduate Education Invited Speaker: Harvard Conference on Physics Education Board of Directors, Center for Teaching Excellence State Supervisor, Texas Science Olympiad Teaching Awards Recipient of Outstanding Teaching Award, University Wide 1978 Recipient of Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Science 1984 Recipient of Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Science 1994 Honored as FishCamp Namesake 2001 First Recipient, Presidential Professorship for Teaching Excellence, 2003 Voted Favorite Professor by Qatar Students 2004 Research Experience Author of over 50 Scientific Publications Bose-Einstein Condensation, Nuclear Structure, Scattering Theory Co-Developer: Vacuum Solar Collector Consultant to Various Corporations Expert Witness: Sloshing in Tanks Invited Speaker, Gordon Conference on Nuclear Chemistry Principal Investigator, NSF Nuclear Structure Co-Principal Investigator, ARP/ATP Laser Isotope Separation Latest Publication: Modified Bogoliubov Method Applied to a Simple Model

Katrin Becker

Professional preparation · Vordiplom in physics: October 1987, Universitaet Bochum (Germany)

· Summer student: Summer 1988, DESY, Hamburg (Germany)

· Diplom in physics: April 1991, Universitaet Bonn (Germany)

· Postdoctoral research associate, September 1994 – August 1997, ITP Santa Barbara, UCSB.

Appointments · Senior research fellow, September 1997 – August 2002, Caltech.

· Assistant professor, August 2002-August 2005, University of Utah.

· Professor of Physics, September 2005-present, Texas A&M University.

· Member, IAS Princeton, Fall 2011-Spring 2012.

Publications · K. Becker, M. Becker and D. Robbins, ``Kaluza-Klein Theories Without Truncation,'' JHEP 1502, 140 (2015),

arXiv:1412.8198.

· K. Becker, D. Robbins and E. Witten, ``The α’ expansion on a compact manifold of exceptional holonomy,'' JHEP 1406, 051 (2014), arXiv:1404.2460.

· K. Becker, S. Sethi, ``Torsional heterotic geometries'', Nucl. Phys. B820, 1-31 (2009), arXiv:0903.3769.

· K. Becker, M. Becker and J. H. Schwarz, ``String theory and M-theory: a modern introduction'', published by Cambridge University Press, Jan 15, 2007.

· K. Becker, ``A Note on compactifications on spin(7) - holonomy manifolds,'',JHEP 0105, 003 (2001), hep-th/0011114.

· K. Becker, M. Becker, D. R. Morrison, H. Ooguri, Y. Oz and Z. Yin,``Supersymmetric cycles in exceptional holonomy manifolds and Calabi-Yau 4 folds,'' Nucl. Phys.B 480, 225 (1996), hep-th/9608116.

· K. Becker, M. Becker and A. Strominger, ``Five-branes, membranes and nonperturbative string theory,'' Nucl. Phys. B 456, 130 (1995), hep-th/9507158.

Synergistic Activities . Co-organizer of the workshop ``String theory and scattering amplitudes’’ to take place at the Simons center for geometry and physics, Stony Brook University, January 9-13, 2017.

. Co-organizer of the conference ``Black Holes, Holography and Strings , A Celebration of the Science of Andrew Strominger’’, Harvard, July 30-31, 2015. The other organizers are Prof. Melanie Becker, Prof. Thomas Hartman (Cornell), Prof. Juan Maldacena (IAS Princeton), Prof. Alexander Maloney (McGill University), Prof. Stephen Shenker (Stanford), Prof. Marcus Spradlin (Brown University), Prof. Anastasia Volovich (Brown University), Prof. Shin-Tung Yau (Harvard University) and Prof. Xi Yin (Harvard University).

Co-organizer of the following workshops and conferences: `Heterotic Strings and (0,2) QFT' held at the Mitchell Institute April 28-May 2, 2014 (see MI webpage); `String Geometry and Beyond’ which took place at the Soltis Center, Texas A&M, in Costa Rica Nov 24–Dec 2, 2013; `String theory and generalized geometry', Banff International Research Station, December 2012; `Generalized geometries and string theory', Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, March 2011; `Strings 2010', Texas A&M, College Station, June, 2010; `Spring workshop on string theory', Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, 2008; `Super-cosmology workshop', Aspen Center for Physics, August 2005; `String theory at the millennium', Caltech, 2000.

· Member of the `International Organization Committee' of String-Math 2015, Sanya (China).

· Co-author of the following textbook: `String theory and M-theory: a modern introduction', by K.Becker, M. Becker and J. H. Schwarz, published by Cambridge University Press (Jan 15, 2007).

· Reviewer for the book: ``Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists’’, by A. Zee, to be published by Princeton University Press.

· Reviewer for the book: ``Introduction to String Theory’’, by V. Schomerus, to be published in Cambridge University Press.

· Regular referee for JHEP, Nucl. Phys. B, Comm. Math. Phys., Foundations of Physics.

Collaborators · Collaborators (6) during the last 48 months: M. Becker, S. Guttenberg, W. Linch, I. V. Melnikov, D. Robbins, A.

Royston (Texas A&M University), E. Witten (IAS, Princeton).

· Graduate advisors and sponsors (3): L. Alvarez-Gaum\'e, CERN (PhD advisor), W. Nahm, Dublin institute for advanced studies (PhD advisor), J. Polchinski, KITP, Santa Barbara (postdoctoral sponsor).

· Postdoctoral fellows advised (8): A. Bergman, S. Guttenberg, W. Linch, I. V. Melnikov, D. Robbins, A. Royston (Texas A&M), E. Sharpe, L-S. Tseng (U. of Utah).

· Students advised (4): Y.C. Chung (PhD), S. Guha (PhD), G. Guo (PhD), Zhao Wang (PhD) (Texas A&M), Y. Kasahara, (masters, U. of Utah).

Research recognition · 2003 – 2006: Alfred Sloan Fellowship.

· 2005 – 2006: Fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

· 2011 – 2012: Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Melanie Becker

Professional preparation · Vordiplom in physics: October 1987, Universitaet Bochum (Germany)

· Summer student: Summer 1988, DESY, Hamburg (Germany)

· Diplom in physics: April 1991, Universitaet Bonn (Germany)

· Postdoctoral research associate, September 1994 – August 1997, UCSB.

Appointments · Senior research fellow, September 1997 – August 2000, Caltech.

· Assistant/associate professor, September 2000-August 2005, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

· Professor of Physics, September 2005-present, Texas A&M University.

Publications · K. Becker, M.Becker, W. D. Linch and D. Robbins,``Abelian tensor hierarchy in 4D, N = 1 superspace,'' JHEP 1603,

052 (2016)

· K. Becker, M. Becker and D. Robbins, ``String Corrected Spacetimes and SU(N)-Structure Manifolds," Nucl. Phys. B 898, 715 (2015), arXiv:1503.04237.

· K. Becker, M. Becker and D. Robbins, ``Kaluza-Klein Theories Without Truncation," JHEP 1502, 140 (2015) [arXiv:1412.8198 [hep-th]].

· K. Becker, M. Becker, J. X. Fu, L. S. Tseng and S. T. Yau, ``Anomaly cancellation and smooth non-Kahler solutions in heterotic string theory," Nucl. Phys. B 751, 108 (2006), hep-th/0604137.

· K. Becker, M. Becker and J. H. Schwarz, ``String theory and M-theory: a modern introduction'', published by Cambridge University Press, Jan 15, 2007.

· K. Becker, M. Becker, C. Vafa and J. Walcher, \Moduli Stabilization in Non-Geometric Backgrounds," Nucl. Phys. B 770, 1 (2007), hep-th/0611001.

· K. Becker, M. Becker and A. Krause, `M-theory inflation from multi M5-brane dynamics," Nucl. Phys. B 715, 349 (2005), hep-th/0501130.

· K. Becker, M. Becker, D. R. Morrison, H. Ooguri, Y. Oz and Z. Yin,``Supersymmetric cycles in exceptional holonomy manifolds and Calabi-Yau 4 folds,'' Nucl. Phys.B 480, 225 (1996), hep-th/9608116.

· K. Becker, M. Becker and A. Strominger, ``Five-branes, membranes and nonperturbative string theory,'' Nucl. Phys. B 456, 130 (1995), hep-th/9507158.

Synergistic Activities . Co-organizer of the workshop ``String theory and scattering amplitudes’’ to take place at the Simons center for geometry and physics, Stony Brook University, January 9-13, 2017.

Co-organizer of the conference ``Black Holes, Holography and Strings , A Celebration of the Science of Andrew Strominger’’, Harvard, July 30-31, 2015. The other organizers are Prof. Melanie Becker, Prof. Thomas Hartman (Cornell), Prof. Juan Maldacena (IAS Princeton), Prof. Alexander Maloney (McGill University), Prof. Stephen Shenker (Stanford), Prof. Marcus Spradlin (Brown University), Prof. Anastasia Volovich (Brown University), Prof. Shin-Tung Yau (Harvard University) and Prof. Xi Yin (Harvard University).

· Co-organizer of the following workshops and conferences: `Heterotic Strings and (0,2) QFT' held at the Mitchell Institute April 28-May 2, 2014 (see MI webpage); `String Geometry and Beyond’ which took place at the Soltis Center, Texas A&M, in Costa Rica Nov 24–Dec 2, 2013; `String theory and generalized geometry', Banff International Research Station, December 2012; `Generalized geometries and string theory', Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, March 2011; `Strings 2010', Texas A&M, College Station, June, 2010; `Spring workshop on string theory', Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, 2008; `Super-cosmology workshop', Aspen Center for Physics, August 2005; `String theory at the millennium', Caltech, 2000.

· Member of the `International Organization Committee' of the Strings 2014 conference, Princeton University.

· Co-organizer (together with K. Becker) of the new distinguished lecture series of the department of physics. Obtained the funding needed to introduce this new (and very successful) lecture series.

· Regular referee for JHEP, Nucl. Phys. B, Comm. Math. Phys., Foundations of Physics.

Collaborators · Collaborators (18) K. Becker, Y. Cabrera, S. Cremonini, S. Guttenberg, L. Leblond, W. Linch, I. V. Melnikov, S.

Shandera, D. Robbins, A. Royston, N. Su, W. Schulgin, J. H. Schwarz, A. Strominger, L. S. Tseng, J.Walcher, C.Vafa and S. T. Yau.

· Graduate advisors and sponsors (4): L. Alvarez-Gaume, CERN (PhD advisor), W. Nahm, Dublin institute for advanced study (PhD advisor). A. Strominger, KITP, Santa Barbara (postdoctoral sponsor) J. H. Schwarz, Caltech (postdoctoral sponsor).

· Students and postdoctoral fellows advised (13): S.Cremonini, S. Guttenberg, L.Leblond, D. Robbins, W. Linch, I. Melnikov, A. Royston, W. Schulgin (Texas A&M, postdoctoral fellows), A. Krause (University of Maryland, postdoctoral fellow), Y. Cabrera, N. Su (Texas A&M (PhD students), D. Constantin, A. Knauf (University of Maryland, PhD students).

Research recognition · 2001 – 2004: Alfred Sloan Fellowship.

· 2004: RISE Fellowship.

· 2005-2006: Edward, Frances and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

· Research is funded by the NSF through regular grants (NSF-PHY- 1214344, NSF-PHY-1521099) and through a joint grant with the department of mathematics of Harvard University and the department of mathematics of Brandeis University. The title of this grant is FRG: Collaborative Research: ``Generalized Geometry, String Theory and Deformations’’ and the number DMS-1159404.

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Alexey Belyanin, Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy Tel: +1.979.845.7785 Texas A&M University Fax : +1.979.845.2590 College Station, TX 77843-4242 e-mail: [email protected] http://people.physics.tamu.edu/belyanin/ Research interests

Coherent and ultrafast optical phenomena Nonlinear and quantum optics Physics of semiconductors, nanostructures, and novel materials Physics of optoelectronic devices Plasma physics, astrophysics, and cosmology

Professional Preparation

Nizhny Novgorod State University Physics M.Sc. (Honors) 1989 Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Acad. of Science Physics Ph.D. 1995

Appointments 2013 - Present Associate Head, Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU 2010 - Present Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU 2007 - 2010 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, TAMU 2003 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, TAMU 1999 - 2003 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Physics, TAMU 1989 - 1999 Junior Research Scientist, Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist, Institute of

Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Publications: over 120 peer-reviewed papers, 3 book chapters, 5 patents Selected recent publications:

• D.G. Revin, M. Hemingway, Y. Wang, J.W. Cockburn, A. Belyanin, Active mode locking of quantum cascade lasers operating in external ring cavity, Nature Comm. 7, 11440 (2016).

• M. Tokman, Y. Wang, I. Oladyshkin, A. Ryan Kutayah, and A. Belyanin, Laser-driven parametric instability and generation of entangled photon-plasmon states in graphene and topological insulators Phys. Rev B. 93, 235422 (2016).

• M. Tokman, Y. Wang, and A. Belyanin, Valley entanglement of excitons in monolayers of transition-metal dichalcogenides, Phys. Rev. B 92, 075409 (2015).

• X. Yao, M.D. Tokman, and A. Belyanin, Efficient nonlinear generation of THz plasmons in graphene and topological insulators, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 055501 (2014).

• Q. Zhang, T. Arikawa, E. Kato, J. L. Reno, W. Pan, J. D. Watson, M. J. Manfra, M. A. Zudov, M. Tokman, M. Erukhimova, A. Belyanin, and J. Kono, Superradiant nature of cyclotron resonance decoherence in two-dimensional electron gases, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 047601 (2014).

• M. Tokman, X. Yao and A. Belyanin, Generation of entangled states in graphene in a strong magnetic field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 0774904 (2013).

• A. Wojcik, P. Malara, R. Blanchard, T. S. Mansuripur, F. Capasso, and A. Belyanin, Generation of picosecond pulses and frequency combs in actively mode locked external ring cavity quantum cascade lasers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 231102 (2013).

• G. T. Noe, J.H. Kim, Y. Wang, A. Wojcik, S.A. McGill, A. A. Belyanin, D. H. Reitze, and J. Kono, Giant superfluorescent bursts from a semiconductor magneto-plasma, Nature Physics 8, 219 (2012).

• X. Yao and A. Belyanin, Giant optical nonlinearity of graphene in a strong magnetic field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 255503 (2012) (Editor’s Suggestion).

• J.-H. Kim, G. T. Noe II, S. A. McGill, Y. Wang, A. K. Wojcik, A. Belyanin, and J. Kono, Fermi-edge superfluorescence from a quantum-degenerate electron-hole gas, Scientific Reports 3, 3283 (2013).

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• A. Wojcik, N. Yu, L. Diehl, F. Capasso, and A. Belyanin, Self-synchronization of laser modes and multistability in quantum cascade lasers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 133902 (2011).

• X. Wang, A. A. Belyanin, S. A. Crooker, D. M. Mittleman, and J. Kono, Interference-Induced Terahertz Transparency in a Magneto-plasma in a Semiconductor, Nature Physics, 6, 126 (2010).

• M. Belkin, F. Capasso, A. Belyanin, D. L. Sivco, A. Y. Cho, D. C. Oakley, C. J. Vineis, and G. W. Turner, Terahertz quantum cascade laser source based on intracavity difference-frequency generation, Nature Photonics, 1, 288 (2007).

Selected Synergistic Activities

• Chair of the annual International Conference “Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers” within SPIE Symposium “Photonics West” 2008-2017;

• Co-Chair of the International Conference “Infrared Technologies for Health and Environmental Applications” within SPIE Symposium “Optics East”: 2005-2007.

• Program Committee member for multiple international conferences • Review panelist for NSF, AFOSR, ARPA-E, and other agencies; reviewer for Nature journals, Science,

APS journals, AIP journals, ACS journals, etc. • Co-organizer of the Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program for high school physics teachers,

2012-2016. • Faculty advisor for the Society of Physics Students Chapter at TAMU.

Awards and Honors • Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), 2015 • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2012 • JoAnn Treat Research Excellence Award, 2007 • NSF CAREER Award, 2006 • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, guest professor, International Summer School

2015, 2016 • University of Jena, Abbe School of Photonics Lectureship, 2011 • Lund University Lectureship, 2011 • Russian Academy of Science Award for Outstanding Young Investigators, 1998 • President of Russian Federation Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists, 1993-1996 • Open Society Fellowship, 1993-1995

Research and students supervision Graduate students:

Debin Liu, M.Sc. 2005; Feng Xie, PhD 2008; Venkata R. Chaganti, M.Sc. 2008; Yonghee Cho, PhD 2011; Don Smith, PhD 2013; Xianghan Yao, PhD 2014; Yongrui Wang, PhD 2015; Zhongqu Long, Sultan Almutairi, and A. Ryan Kutayah (current). Postdoctoral researchers: Dr. Yongrui Wang (current), Dr. Aleksander Wojcik (2007-2013).

Curriculum Vitae

Name and Title: Siu Ah Chin - Professor of Physics

Address: Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843

Phone and e-mail address: (979)845-4190, [email protected]

Professional Preparation:

M.I.T. — Physics B.S. (Phi Beta Kappa) - 1971

Stanford University — Physics Ph.D - 1975

Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975-1978

Research Associate in Physics, M.I.T., 1978-1980

Appointments:

Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1993 - present

Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1990-1992

Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1984-1989

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics, UCLA, 1980-1984

Funding:

“Advanced Higher Order Symplectic Algorithms for the Time-Marching of Numerical Schemes in Computational Physics and Applied Mathematics”, Qatar National Research Fund project NPRP 5-674-1-114. Gordon Chen(LPI, Math, TAMU), Siu A. Chin (Physics, TAMU) and Milivoj Belic (Physics, TAMUQ), 10/2012-3/2016, with a total budget of $984,884.58 including indirect cost of $164,083.30.

Most Recent publications:

S. A. Chin, Omar A. Ashour and Milivoj R. Belic "Maximal intensity higher-order Akhmediev breathers of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation and their systematic generation", Phys. Letts A, 2016; DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2016.08.038

S. A. Chin, Omar A. Ashour and Milivoj R. Belic "Anatomy of the Akhmediev breather: Cascading instability, first formation time, and Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence", Phys. Rev. E 92, 063202 (2015); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.063202

S. A. Chin, "A unified derivation of finite-difference schemes from solution matching", Numer. Methods Part. Diff. Eq. 2015; doi: 10.1002/num.21993

S. A. Chin, "High-order Path Integral Monte Carlo methods for solving quantum dot problems", Phys. Rev. E 91, 031301(R) (2015); doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.031301

S. A. Chin, "A truly elementary proof of Bertrand's theorem", Am. J. Phys. 83, 320 (2015); doi: 10.1119/1.4901974

S. A. Chin, "Understanding Saul'yev-Tpye Unconditionally Stable Schemes from Exponential Splitting", Numer. Methods Part. Diff. Eq. 2014; doi: 10.1002/num.21885

Recent Talks:

Contributed Talk, Siu A. Chin, High-order Path Integral Monte Carlo method for solving strongly correlated fermion problems given on March 2, 2015 at the American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Invited Talk, Siu A. Chin, Reassessing the sign problem in light of higher-order propagators, given at the 18th International Conference Series on “Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories”, Niagara Fall, NY, on August 18, 2015. Invited Talk, Siu A. Chin, Operator solution matching method of solving linear and nonlinear PDE, given at the “15th International Conference on Computational and mathematical methods in Science and Engineering”, Rota, Spain on July 8, 2015. Invited Talk, “Fermion PIMC method with high-order propagators” given on May, 26, 2014 at the International Workshop on "Advanced higher order numerical methods in computational physics and applied mathematics" in Doha, Qatar, 5/26-6/6/2014.

Invited Talk, “Higher order algorithms and the instability of splitting algorithms in solving the non-linear equations” at the International Workshop on "Advanced higher order numerical methods in computational physics and applied mathematics" in Doha, Qatar, 6/2-6/28/2013

Invited Talk, 2013 “High-order path integral Monte Carlo methods of solving quantum dot problems”Physics at the Fall Conference Series on “Common challenges in finite fermion systems” (http://www.physics.buffalo.edu/Cluster_Workshop/index.html) 11/6/2013.

Current notable Activities

1. 2011 Outstanding Referee of the American Physical Society.

2. Excellent in Teaching Award 2009 - presented by the Physics graduate students.

3. Fellow of the American Physical Society, Division of Computational Physics, 2006.

4. Science judge for The Texas State Regional Science Bowl (for high school students) 2003-2008.

5. Current member of The International Advisory Committee responsible for the International Conference Series on “Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories”.

6. Member and Chair of the Selection Committee for the Feenberg Memorial Medal in Many-Body Physics,

2005-2009.

Academic Affiliations

Graduate adviser: Professor J. Dirk Walecka, formerly of Stanford, now at The Jefferson National Lab and at William and Mary College.

Principal Postdoctoral sponsor: Professor Gordon Baym, University of Illinois.

Principal Postdoctoral sponsor: Professor Arthur Kerman, M.I.T.

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Gregory Christian Assistant Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy and Cyclotron Institute Texas A&M University Education • Michigan State University PhD in Nuclear Physics 2009 – 2011

• Michigan State University MSc in Nuclear Physics 2005 – 2007

• Georgia Tech BSc in Physics 2001 – 2005

Appointments • 2015 - present Assistant Professor of Physics, College of Science, Texas A&M University (College Station, TX

USA) • 2011 - 2015 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Science Division, TRIUMF (Vancouver, BC Canada) Awards • 2011 Michigan State University Dissertation Completion Fellowship • 2005 - 2007 NSCL Graduate Fellowship, Michigan State University Recent Publications

• Direct measurement of the astrophysical 38K(p, 𝛾𝛾)39Ca reaction and its influence on the production of nuclides toward the end point of nova nucleosynthesis, G. Lotay, G. Christian, C. Ruiz, C. Akers, D. S. Burke, W. N. Catford, A. A. Chen, D. Connolly, B. Davids, J. Fallis, U. Hager, D. A. Hutcheon, A. Mahl, A. Rojas, and X. Sun, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 132701 (2016).

• Investigation of the role of 10Li resonances in the halo structure of 11Li through the 11Li(𝑝𝑝, 𝑑𝑑)10Li transfer reaction, A. Sanetullaev, R. Kanungo, J. Tanaka, M. Alcorta, C. Andreoiu, P. Bender, A. Chen,G. Christian, B. Davids, J. Fallis, J. Fortin, N. Galinski, A. Gallant, P. Garrett, G. Hackman, B. Hadinia, S. Ishimoto, M. Keefe, R. Krücken, J. Lighthall, E. McNeice, D. Miller, J. Purcell, J. Randhawa, T. Roger, A. Rojas, H. Savajols, A. Shotter, I. Tanihata, I. Thompson, C. Unsworth, P. Voss, and Z. Wang, Phys. Lett. B 755, 481 (2016).

• Measurement of lifetimes in 23Mg, O. S. Kirsebom, P. Bender, A. Cheeseman, G. Christian, R. Churchman, D. S. Cross, B. Davids, L. J. Evitts, J. Fallis, N. Galinski, A. B. Garnsworthy, G. Hackman, J. Lighthall, S. Ketelhut, P. Machule, D. Miller, S. T. Nielsen, C. R. Nobs, C. J. Pearson, M. M. Rajabali, A. J. Radich, A. Rojas, C. Ruiz, A. Sanetullaev, C. D. Unsworth, and C. Wrede, Phys. Rev. C 93, 025802 (2016).

• Unbound excited states of the N = 16 closed shell nucleus 24O, W. F. Rogers, S. Garrett, A. Grovom, R. E. Anthony, A. Aulie, A. Barker, T. Baumann, J. J. Brett, J. Brown, G. Christian, P. A. DeYoung, J. E. Finck, N. Frank, A. Hamann, R. A. Haring-Kaye, J. Hinnefeld, A. R. Howe, N. T. Islam, M. D. Jones, A. N. Kuchera, J. Kwiatkowski, E. M. Lunderberg, B. Luther, D. A. Meyer, S. Mosby, A. Palmisano, R. Parkhurst, A. Peters, J. Smith, J. Snyder, A. Spyrou, S. L. Stephenson, M. Strongman, B. Sutherland, N. E. Taylor, and M. Thoennessen, Phys. Rev. C 92, 034316 (2015).

• Inverse kinematic study of the 26gAl(d, p)27Al reaction and implications for destruction of 26Al in wolf-rayet and asymptotic giant branch stars, V. Margerin, G. Lotay, P. J. Woods, M. Aliotta, G. Christian, B. Davids, T. Davinson, D. T. Doherty, J. Fallis, D. Howell, O. S. Kirsebom, D. J. Mountford, A. Rojas, C. Ruiz, and J. A. Tostevin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 062701 (2015).

• Measurement of 23Na(𝛼𝛼, 𝑝𝑝)26Mg at energies relevant to 26Al production in massive stars, J. R. Tomlinson, J. Fallis, A. M. Laird, S. P. Fox, C. Akers, M. Alcorta, M. A. Bentley, G. Christian, B. Davids, T. Davinson, B. R. Fulton, N. Galinski, A. Rojas, C. Ruiz, N. de Séréville, M. Shen, and A. C. Shotter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 052702 (2015).

• Further insights into the reaction 14Be(CH2, X)10He, M. D. Jones, Z. Kohley, T. Baumann, G. Christian, P. A. DeYoung, J. E. Finck, N. Frank, R. A. Haring-Kaye, A. N. Kuchera, B. Luther, S. Mosby, J. K. Smith, J. Snyder, A. Spyrou, S. L. Stephenson, and M. Thoennessen, Phys. Rev. C 91, 044312 (2015).

• Three-body correlations in the ground-state decay of 26O, Z. Kohley, T. Baumann, G. Christian, P. A. DeYoung, J. E. Finck, N. Frank, B. Luther, E. Lunderberg, M. Jones, S. Mosby, J. K. Smith, A. Spyrou, and M. Thoennessen, Phys. Rev. C 91, 034323 (2015).

• Search for unbound 15Be states in the 3n + 12Be channel, A. N. Kuchera, A. Spyrou, J. K. Smith, T. Baumann, G. Christian, P. A. DeYoung, J. E. Finck, N. Frank, M. D. Jones, Z. Kohley, S. Mosby, W. A. Peters, and M. Thoennessen, Phys. Rev. C 91, 017304 (2015).

• Design and commissioning of a timestamp-based data acquisition system for the DRAGON recoil mass separator, G. Christian, C. Akers, D. Connolly, J. Fallis, D. Hutcheon, K. Olchanski, and C. Ruiz, Eur. Phys. J. A 50, 75 (2014).

• Constraining nova observables: Direct measurements of resonance strengths in 33S(𝑝𝑝, 𝛾𝛾)34Cl, J. Fallis, A. Parikh, P. F. Bertone, S. Bishop, L. Buchmann, A. A. Chen, G. Christian, J. A. Clark, J. M. D’Auria, B. Davids, C. M. Deibel, B. R. Fulton, U. Greife, B. Guo, U. Hager, C. Herlitzius, D. A. Hutcheon, J. José, A. M. Laird, E. T. Li, Z. H. Li, G. Lian, W. P. Liu, L. Martin, K. Nelson, D. Ottewell, P. D. Parker, S. Reeve, A. Rojas, C. Ruiz, K. Setoodehnia, S. Sjue, C. Vockenhuber, Y. B. Wang, and C. Wrede, Phys. Rev. C 88, 045801 (2013).

• Strength of the Ec.m. = 1113 keV resonance in 20Ne(𝑝𝑝, 𝛾𝛾)21Na, G. Christian, D. Hutcheon, C. Akers, D. Connolly, J. Fallis, and C. Ruiz, Phys. Rev. C 88, 038801 (2013).

• Measurement of radiative proton capture on 18F and implications for oxygen-neon novae, C. Akers, A. M. Laird, B. R. Fulton, C. Ruiz, D. W. Bardayan, L. Buchmann, G. Christian, B. Davids, L. Erikson, J. Fallis, U. Hager, D. Hutcheon, L. Martin, A. S. J. Murphy, K. Nelson, A. Spyrou, C. Stanford, D. Ottewell, and A. Rojas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 262502 (2013).

Darren L. DePoy

Current Position: Rachal/Mitchell/Heep Professor of Physics Postal Address:

Department of Physics & Astronomy Texas A&M University TAMU 4242 College Station, Texas 77843

E-mail Address: [email protected] Education:

B.S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982 Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Univ. of Hawaii, 1987

Employment: Physics Lab Instructor, Wellesley College, 1981-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1987-1988 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, 1988-1990 Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Ohio State Univ., 1990-1996 Associate Professor of Astronomy, Ohio State Univ., 1996-2002 Professor of Astronomy, Ohio State Univ., 2002-2008 Rachal/Mitchell/Heep Professor of Physics, Texas A&M Univ., 2008-present

Significant Publications • First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological

Parameters, Kessler, R., and 45 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 185, 32.

• Improved cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of the SDSS-II and SNLS supernova samples, Betoule, M., and 62 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2014, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 568, A22.

• A 2.2 micron survey in the L1630 molecular cloud, Lada, E. A., D. L. DePoy, N. J. Evans II, and I. Gatley including D. L. DePoy, 1991, The Astrophysical Journal, 71, 171.

• The Frequency of Barred Spiral Galaxies in the Near-Infrared, Eskridge, P. B., and 11 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2000, The Astronomical Journal, 119, 536.

• The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary, Frieman, J. A., and 100 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2008, The Astronomical Journal, 135, 338.

• Microlens OGLE-2005-BLG-169 Implies That Cool Neptune-like Planets Are Common, Gould, A., and 35 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2006, The Astrophysical Journal, 644, L37.

• Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing, Gaudi, B. S., and 73 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2008, Science, 319, 927.

• Frequency of Solar-like Systems and of Ice and Gas Giants Beyond the Snow Line from High-magnification Microlensing Events in 2005-2008, Gould, A., and 153 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 720, 1073.

• A Jovian-Mass Planet in Microlensing Event OGLE-2005-BLG-071, Udalski, A., and 36 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2005, The Astrophysical Journal, 628, L109.

• Near-Infrared and Optical Morphology of Spiral Galaxies, Eskridge, P. B., and 14 colleagues including D. L. DePoy, 2002, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 143, 73.

Experience Director of astronomical instrumentation laboratories (1997-2014) Directed laboratories that designed, built, and deployed a wide range of astronomical

instruments; included administration of ~$2M/yr budgets, supervision of ~10-20 personnel (scientists, engineers, and technicians), and overall management of projects (schedule tracking, systems engineering, logistics planning/execution, etc.)

Dark Energy Camera Project Scientist (2007-2013)

Helped to define requirements for camera, worked closely with project team to test/confirm design/fabrication/assembly of sub-systems, participated in deployment and verification of on-telescope performance

Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors (2009-2014) Member of Board of Directors of the Giant Magellan Telescope; Board makes all high-level

decisions about project (personnel, funding strategies, design reviews, management plans, etc.) MDM Observatory Board of Driectors (1999-2006) Member of the Board of Directors for the MDM Observatory; Board made operational,

personnel, and management decisions for the observatory LBT/MDM/Perkins Steering Committee (Chair 1997-2006) Chair of internal committee to review operations and set priorities for all OSU telescope

resources Large Binocular Telescope Science Advisory Committee (1997-2006) Member of the SAC for the LBT: SAC advised/commented on various project/observatory plans

and decisions; also reviewd progress and set science priorities Giant Magellan Telescope Science Advisory Committee (2008-2009) Member of the SAC for the GMT; advised/commented on various project plans and decisions Telescope time allocation comittees (1996-2014) Member of various comittees to review proposals for telescope time and assign priorities for

allocation of observing time Department level committees (Ohio State and Texas A&M 1992-2014) Member or Chair of a large number of department level committees, including: Steering/Advisory: Reveiw and set priorities and procedures Faculty Review: Review junior faculty activities and progress Promotion and Tenure: Prepare tenure cases for junior faculty Faculty Recruiting: Organize and provide initial review of applicants for faculty positions Space Allocation: Review and allocate office and lab space Graduate Studies: Oversight of the graduate program Graduate Admissions: Review and selection of graduate program applications Curriculum: Review course content and review new course proposals Computer/CIS: Review computer/information systems and support personnel Safety: Review safety procedures/training Building/Location Movement: Organize relocation of staff, faculty, and equipment College/University level committees (Ohio State and Texas A&M 1998-2014) Member or Chair of college/university level committees, including: Graduate Studies: Review graduate programs Health and Safety: Review lab and personnel health and safety issues Curriculum Review: Review General Education Curriculum course content and proposals Long Range Planning: Develop long-range objectives NSF Proposal Review Panels (AAG, TSIP, CoV): 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010 Member of panel to review funding proposals and overall assessment of AST DOE Proposal Review Panel (Cosmic Frontier): 2013 Member of panel to review funding proposals NASA Proposal Review Panels (MIDEX, SMEX, ADP, HST): 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2014 Member of panel to review potential satellite and science support funding proposals Principal Collaborators in 2011-2016 The DES Collaboration (see www.darkenergysurvey.org), A. Gould (Ohio State), G. Hill (Texas) Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors E. E. Becklin (UCLA/SOFIA), I. Gatley (NJIT) Thesis Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Advised B. Ali (IPAC), C. Burke (STScI), J. Pepper (Lehigh), P. Martini (Ohio State), B. S. Gaudi (Ohio State), K. Sills (McMaster), J. L. Marshall (Texas A&M), T. Li (Texas A&M), L Schmidt (Texas A&M)

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Steven B. Dierker Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy

Texas A&M University Education: 1983 Ph.D. Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1978 M.S. Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1977 B.S. Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1977 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO Professional Experience: Oct 2015-present Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University Feb 2015 – Oct 2015 Senior Advisor in Energy Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2003-Feb 2015 Associate Laboratory Director for Photon Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2006-2015 Director, National Synchrotron Light Source II Project, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2013-present Director, National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2001-2006 Director, National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Brookhaven National Laboratory 2001-2006 Chair, NSLS Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory 1999-2006 Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Michigan 1990-99 Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Michigan 1990 Guest Scientist, Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris,

France 1983-90 Member of Technical Staff, Semiconductor and Chemical Physics Research

Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories 1980-82 Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1978-83 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1974-77 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Washington University Recent Professional Service:

• Testified in 2009 to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology of the United States House of Representatives regarding the Reauthorization of the Basic Energy Sciences Program of the Department of Energy Office of Science

• German Science Foundation (including participation in a 2005 working group on “Large Scale Facilities for Basic Scientific Research” and in review panels in 2010 and 2011 for proposals to the program for “Clusters of Excellence and Graduate Schools on Condensed Matter Research with Contributions from Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science”)

• Chair of the International Advisory Committee and Organizer for the 2015 12th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation, New York, NY 2015

• Member of a Department of Energy National Laboratory Team that participated in the development of the inaugural “Science and Energy Plan” for the Department of Energy. This effort was carried out in association with the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Energy within the Department of Energy (2015).

• Member of Expert Committee reviewing proposals for the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Major Science Initiatives (MSI) 2017–2022 Fund competition (2016).

Awards and Honors:

• University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and Arts Excellence in Education Award • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) • Finalist for the Project Management Institute’s Project of the Year Award (2016) • United States Department of Energy “Secretary of Energy Achievement Award” (2016)

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Graduate and Undergraduate Students Supervised: • Victor David; Steven Kane; Dan Kilper; Alan Gonzalez; Ying Huang; Craig Jacobs; Tim Nurushev;

Anne Schaefer; Devon Sullivan; Beth Weinberg; Yuan Zhou Postdoctoral Research Fellows:

• Eric Dufresne; Yuzhen Shen; Tae-Joo Shin Selected Publications: 1. "Electronic Raman Scattering by Superconducting Gap Excitations in Nb 3Sn and V 3Si", S. B. Dierker,

M. V. Klein, G. W. Webb, and Z. Fisk, Physical Review Letters 50, 853-6 (1983). 2. "Theory of Raman Scattering in Superconductors", M. V. Klein and S. B. Dierker, Physical Review B 29,

4976-91 (1984). 3. "Consequences of Bond-Orientational Order on the Macroscopic Orientation Patterns of Thin Tilted

Hexatic Liquid-Crystal Films", S. B. Dierker, R. Pindak, and R. B. Meyer, Physical Review Letters 56, 1819-22 (1986).

4. "Random Field Transition of a Binary Liquid in a Porous Medium", S. B. Dierker and P. Wiltzius, Physical Review Letters 58, 1865-8 (1987).

5. "Dynamics of Thin Tilted Hexatic Liquid Crystal Films", S. B. Dierker and R. Pindak, Physical Review Letters 59, 1002-5 (1987).

6. "Wetting and Random Field Transitions of Binary Liquids in Porous Media", P. Wiltzius, S. B. Dierker, and B. S. Dennis, Physical Review Letters 62, 804-7 (1989).

7. "Statics and Dynamics of a Critical Binary Fluid in a Porous Medium", S. B. Dierker and P. Wiltzius, Physical Review Letters 66, 1185-8 (1991).

8. "X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Study of Brownian Motion of Gold Colloids in Glycerol", S. B. Dierker, R. Pindak, R. M. Fleming, I. K. Robinson, and L. Berman, Physical Review Letters 75, 449-52 (1995).

9. "X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy", S. B. Dierker, in Light Scattering and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy, Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop", E. R. Pike, Ed., (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1997).

10. "Concentration Fluctuations in the Binary Mixture Hexane-Nitrobenzene with Static and Dynamic X-ray Scattering," E. M. Dufresne, T. Nurushev, R. Clarke, and S. B. Dierker, Physical Review E 65, 061507/1-9 (2002).

11. “NSLS II: A Proposed New Synchrotron at Brookhaven National Laboratory,” S. B. Dierker, Synchrotron Radiation News 16, 39-45 (2003).

12. “NSLS-II Receives Initial Approval to Start”, S. B. Dierker, Synchrotron Radiation News 18, 40 (2005). 13. “Magnetization of Cobalt Nanodiscs”, J. Waddell, S. Inderhees, M. C. Aronson, and S. B. Dierker,

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 297, 54-59 (2006). 14. Two-dimensional Multiwire Gas Proportional Chamber for X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy of

Condensed Matter”, T. J. Shin, S. B. Dierker, and G. C. Smith, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, 587, 434-440 (2008).

Biographical Sketch Bhaskar Dutta, Ph.D.

Department of Physics, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4242

(Ph. 979.845.5359) (email: [email protected])

Professional Preparation: Presidency College, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, Physics, B.S., 1988. Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, Physics, M.S., 1990 Oklahoma State University, Ok, US, Theoretical Physics, Ph.D., 1995 Appointments: 2012-present: Interim Director, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy 2009 –present: Professor, Physics Department, Texas A&M University 2005-2009: Associate Professor, Physics Department, Texas A&M University 2002-2005: Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Regina, Canada 1998-2002: Research Associate, Physics Department, Texas A&M University 1995-1998: Research Associate, Physics Department, University of Oregon 13 Recent Publications (last 3 years):

1. Effective field theory treatment of the neutrino background in direct dark matter detection experiments, J. Dent, B. Dutta, J. Newstead, L. Strigari, Phys.Rev. D93 (2016) no.7, 075018.

2. Sensitivity to Z-prime and nonstandard neutrino interactions from ultralow threshold neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering, Bhaskar Dutta, Rupak Mahapatra, Louis E. Strigari, Joel W. Walker, Phys.Rev. D93 (2016) 1, 013015

3. Probing the Goldstone equivalence theorem in Heavy Weak Doublet Decays, Bhaskar Dutta, Yu Gao, David Sanford, Joel W. Walker, Phys.Rev. D93 (2016), 055020

4. Confronting Galactic center and dwarf spheroidal gamma-ray observations with cascade annihilation models, B. Dutta, Y. Gao, T. Ghosh, L. Strigari, Phys.Rev. D92 (2015) 7, 075019

5. Explaining the CMS dilepton mass endpoint in the NMSSM. B. Dutta, Y. Gao, T. Ghosh, T. Kamon, N. Kolev, Phys.Lett. B749 (2015) 326

6. Leptoquark implication from the CMS and IceCube experiments, B. Dutta, Y. Gao, T. Li, C. Rott, L. Strigari, Phys.Rev. D91 (2015) 125015

7. KeV Photon Emission from Light Nonthermal Dark Matter, R. Allahverdi, B. Dutta, Y. Gao, Phys.Rev. D89 (2014) 127305

8. Correlation between Dark Matter and Dark Radiation in String Compactifications, Rouzbeh Allahverdi, Michele Cicoli, Bhaskar Dutta, Kuver Sinha, JCAP 1410 (2014) 002

9. Dark matter indirect detection signals and the nature of neutrinos in the supersymmetric U(1)B−L extension of the standard model, R. Allahverdi, B. Dutta, Y. Gao, Phys.Rev. D90 (2014) 073002

10. Probing Dark Matter at the LHC using Vector Boson Fusion Processes, A.Delannoy, B.Dutta, A.Gurrola, W.Johns, T.Kamon, E.Luiggi, A.Melo and P.Sheldon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, (2013) 061801.

11. A Supersymmetric Model for Dark Matter and Baryogenesis Motivated by the Recent CDMS Result, R.Allahverdi, B.Dutta, R.Mohapatra and K.Sinha, Phys. Rev. Lett 111, (2013) 051302.

12. Successful Supersymmetric Dark Matter with Thermal Over/Under-Abundance from Late Decay of a Visible Sector Scalar, R. Allahverdi, B. Dutta and K. Sinha, Phys. Rev. D 87, (2013) 075024.

13. Power Suppression at Large Scales in String Inflation, Michele Cicoli, Sean Downes, Bhaskar Dutta, JCAP 1312 (2013) 007

Total Publications: 155 papers in major journals with ~ 6800 citations for citable papers (http://inspirehep.net/author/B.Dutta.2/)


Synergistic Activities:

1. Invited Talks at workshops and conferences (last 3 years): LHC, Run 2, 2016 (Santa Fe); Theory, Phenomenology and Experiments in Flavour Physics, 2016 (Capri, It); NEW TECHNOLOGIES for DISCOVERY, DPF, 2016, (Arlington); Dark Matter Workshop, 2015(Madrid); Lectures at The Mexican School of Particles and Fields (MSPF) 2014(Collima, Mexico); 3rd Uniandes Particle Physics School on Dark Matter,'14(Bogota, Colombia); String Phenomenology (ICTP, Trieste) 2014; IBS-MultiDark Dark Matter Workshop, 2014(South Korea); Santa Fe Dark Matter Workshop 2014; Fermilab: Future Collider Workshop, 2014; COSPA, 2013 (Hawaii); Aspen Winter Workshop’13. The list of talks are at: http://people.physics.tamu.edu/dutta/index_talks.html

2. Invited Contribution (last 3 years): Invited to edit the conference proceeding: “Workshop on Dark Matter, Unification and Neutrino Physics (CETUP* 2013, 2015)”. Invited to contribute to the Intensity Frontier Documents on proton decay, lepton flavor violation (2012); Invited contributions for Snowmass white paper (2013) in dark matter, collider.

3. Conference Organizer (last 3 years): Organized and co-chaired Dark Matter Workshops 2013, 2014, 2015, TAMU; Co-director of the “XVI Mexican School of Particles and Fields/BCVSPIN”, organized at Mexico, 8-13 December, Collima, Mexico; Organized Interconnection between Particle physics and Cosmology(PPC) 2014, Leon, Mexico), Organized PPC 2013, 2015(South Dakota) [We initiated PPC at TAMU in 2007] Organized and chaired two week dark matter program at CETUP 2012, South Dakota funded by NSF and South Dakota.

4. Referee: DOE and NSF grants, Physical review Letters, Physical Review D, Physics Letters B, JHEP, Nuclear Physics B

5. Outreach: Co-organizer of the Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program for high school physics teachers, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.

Collaborators and Co-Editors: Dr. Rouzbeh Allahverdi (Univ. of New Mexico), Dr. Michele Cicoli (Univ. of Bolognia, Italy), Dr. Fernando Quevedo (ICTP, Trieste), Dr. Teruki Kamon (Texas A&M Univ.), Dr. Jason Kumar (Univ. of Hawaii), Dr. Eiichiro Komatsu (Univ. of Texas), Dr. Rabindra. Mohapatra (Univ. of Maryland), Dr. Alfredo Gurrola (Vanderbilt Univ.), Dr. Kaladi Babu (Okla. State. Univ.), Dr. Louis Strigari (Texas A&M Univ.), Dr. Qaisar Shafi (Univ. of Delaware) Graduate Advisor: Dr. Satya Nandi (Oklahoma State University) Post-doctoral Advisor: Dr. Nilendra Deshpande (University of Oregon), Dr. Richard Arnowitt (Texas A&M University) Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Supervised: Current Ph.D. Degree Research Students and Postdoctoral Researcher Sean Wu, Esteban Jiminez (Graduate Students), Dr. Peisi Huang (post-doctoral fellow) Postdoctoral Researchers Supervised (current location) Prof. Yukihiro Mimura (Dept. of Phys., National Taiwan University), Prof. Jason Kumar (Dept. of Phys., University of Hawaii), Prof. Nikolay Kolev (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Regina, Canada), Prof. James Dent (Dept. of Phys.,University of Louisiana-Lafayette), Dr. Louis Leblond (Penn State University), Dr. Kuver Sinha (Dept. of Phys., University of Utah), Dr. Yu Gao (Dept. of Phys., Wayne State University) Graduate Students Supervised (current location) Dr. Tathagata Ghosh (Dept. of Phys., Oklahoma State University), Dr. Kechen Wang (Theory group, DESY, Germany), Dr. Sean Downes (Dept. of Phys University of Taiwan), Dr. Abram Krislock (Dept. of Phys University of Oslo, Norway), Dr. Sheldon Campbell (Dept. of Phys., University of California, Irvine). Undergraduate Students Supervised (current location) Paul Simeon (Goldwater scholar, Stanford University), PhuongMai Truong (UC, Berkeley), Daniel Freeman (UC, Berkeley), Christopher Ackers (UC, Berkeley).

Curriculum Vitae

Emanuela Ene CONTACT

• Mail: Physics Department Texas A&M University TAMU 4242 College Station, TX 77843-4242 • E-mail: [email protected]; phone: (979) 845-7910

EDUCATION PhD in Photonics July 2013, Oklahoma State University MS in Natural and Applied Sciences - Photonics Option July 2008, Oklahoma State University Bachelor in Physics June 1982, University of Bucharest, Romania SECONDARY SCHOOLS TEACHING LICENSES Physics, Chemistry, Intermediary and Advanced Mathematics PROJECT LEAD THE WAY TEACHING LICENSES Engineering Design & Development, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Sept.2014, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Physics & Astronomy

• Lecturer Aug. 2011-May 2014, Meridian Technology Center Stillwater OK, Pre-Engineering Academy

• Start-up instructor for a STEM college preparatory program with the Project Lead the Way organization • Courses: AP Calculus AB+BC, Algebra II, Pre-AP Physics, AP Physics C Mechanics, Principles of Engineering,

Digital Electronics, Engineering Design& Development Aug. 2003-May 2012, Oklahoma State University Stillwater OK, Department of Physics

• Lecturer and Teaching Associate • Courses

PHYS3322-MODERN LAB METHODS I: Experimental methods for physics research; in class team projects; electric AC circuits& electronics

PHYS1214-GEN PHYSICS: Theory and experiments of general electricity, magnetism, optics, photonics, and nuclear physics with emphasize on current energy sources and conversion. Interactive lecture format, pre-class questions, hypothesis based learning, team projects

PHYS3313-INTRO DEVICE PHYSICS: Theoretical physics of semiconductors; in class team projects; on-line lectures; emphasis on conceptual knowledge and current applications

Aug. 2009-May 2010, Putnam City North High School, Oklahoma City OK • Instructor for Honors Physics, Physical Science, and Character Education • Designed and introduced an inquiry-based curriculum for Conceptual Physics • Designed and taught a course on self-management inspired by Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective

Teens” Jan. 2000-July 2003, University of Bucharest, Romania

• Coordinator of the Center for Distance Learning of the University of Bucharest in Barlad, Romania • Instructor for the Cisco Networking Academy Program

Aug.1998-July 2003, CPP “Henri Coanda” Barlad, Romania • Founded and directed a Preparatory School for international examinations • Recruited and trained over 40 people for the faculty and staff

Curriculum Vitae Sept.1992-July 2003, Ministry of Education, Romania

• Coordinator of the Students’ Physics Contest Team, achieving more than 30 national and international prizes

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS 2004 - 2013, Oklahoma State University

• Designed, built, and calibrated a Rasch instrument for assessing conceptual knowledge of the physics of semiconductors

• Designed, built, and calibrated a Confocal Raman Tweezers Spectrometer • Designed and built a diode-pumped intracavity-doubled solid state laser • Accomplished extensive studies in: crystals fluorescence spectroscopy, pulsed lasers and fast detection, two-

photon absorption, lasers spectroscopy • Calculated an invisibility cloak using Mie’s theory • Designed a fast optical scanning system • Wrote codes for Fast Fourier transform analysis in Terahertz spectroscopy • Employed AFM, TEM, SEM, Particle Sizer, and Confocal Microscope • Computations and simulations using OSLO, Origin, MATLAB, Java, Lab View, Multisim, Xilinx, and R

1989-1995, Ministry of Education, Romania • Introduced an original method of teaching Physics for teenagers

1980-1982, National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering "Horia Hulubei" Romania • Developed a model for nuclear interactions, “Local equivalent potentials” • Applied experimental and computational techniques for dosimeters, X-ray diffraction, and nuclear detectors

MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS

• American Physical Society • The International Society for Optical Engineering • American Association of Physics Teachers, Committee on Women in Physics • Microscopy Society of America • National Merit Graduation for Teachers (top 5% of public schools teachers), Romania, during 1994-2003

SELECTED PAPERS

• Assessing learning in small sized physics courses (preprint, 2016), PRST PER • AAPT-Winter Meeting –San Diego , 2015: Calibrating Objective Scales for Knowledge Measurement &

Assessing Learning Gain for Undergraduate Physics Courses • APS+AAPT Texas, Oct. 2014: Measuring Learning Gain for Undergraduate Physics Courses • AAPT AOK Section, Oct. 2013: Calibrating an Objective Assessment Instrument on a Small Class of Students • APS Four Corners, 2013: Assessing Conceptual Knowledge for the Physics of Semiconductors • APS March Meeting, 2011: A Physics of Semiconductors Concept Inventory • NanoFocus & NSF EPSCoR Annual Oklahoma Conference, March 2008: Confocal Raman Tweezers for a

Nanotoxicology Application • Oklahoma State University, 19th Annual Research Symposium, February 2008: Confocal Raman Tweezers with

Fast Optical Scanning – award • APS March Meeting, 2007: Raman Spectroscopy from Optical Trapped Nano Coated Microsphere Complexes

Curriculum Vita

Tatiana Erukhimova, Instructional Associate Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy Tel: +1.979.845.5644 Texas A&M University Fax : +1.979.845.2590 College Station, TX 77843-4242 e-mail: [email protected] http://people.physics.tamu.edu/etanya/ 1. Professional Preparation

• M.S. in Physics with Honors, 1987, Nizhny Novgorod State University • Ph.D. Physics, 1999, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences • Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2001-2002 Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, TAMU

2. Appointments

• 2016 – present: Instructional Associate Professor & Outreach Coordinator, Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU

• 2010-2016: Senior Lecturer & Outreach Coordinator, Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU • 2006-2010: Lecturer and Outreach Coordinator, Dept. of Physics, TAMU • 2002-2006: Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, TAMU

3. Funding

• Principal Investigator: Tier One Program grant funded by Texas A&M University, 2012-2016: $350,000. Title: “DEEP: Discover, Explore, and Enjoy Physics & Engineering via High Impact Educational Experiences in Aggieland and Beyond”. http://physics.tamu.edu/outreach/deep/

• Principal Investigator: American Physical Society Outreach grant, 2015-2016: $10,000 • Principal Investigator: Simons Foundation/Science Festival Alliance “Just Add Science” grant, 2015-2016,

$10,000 • Principal Investigator (with William Bassichis): "Calculus Based Physics Courses Enhanced with

Technology", TAMU, 2016 - 2017, $75,000

4. Awards

• Distinguished Achievement College-Level Award in Teaching from the Association of Former Students: 2015 and 2009

• Sigma Xi’s Outstanding Science Communicator Award, 2014 • John E. Trott, Jr. Award in Student Recruiting, 2013 • Distinguished Achievement University-Level Award in Teaching from the Association of Former Students,

2012 • Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship Award for 2013 • Texas A&M University System Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE): 2011, 2009, and 2008

5. Selected Synergistic Activities • TEDxTAMU speaker, Spring 2016 • Organizer of the Physics and Engineering Festival (every spring since 2006), http://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/.

Attendance: over 5000 visitors every year from Texas and all over the country. Our event is an Affiliate Festival to the USA Science & Engineering Festival http://www.usasciencefestival.org/ and a member of the Science Festivals Alliance http://www.sciencefestivals.org

http://physics.tamu.edu/outreach/deep/

http://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/

http://www.usasciencefestival.org/

http://www.sciencefestivals.org/

• Started an innovative program DEEP, Discover, Explore, and Enjoy Physics & Engineering to engage students in the outreach activities. A team of DEEP mentors (grad students) works with undergraduate students on research, concept, design, and fabrication of science demonstration experiments. The program enhances undergraduate and graduate students learning and research experiences by incorporating active learning, service-oriented learning, and teamwork activities.

• Developed the Physics Show: entertaining and educational hands-on physics extravaganza for all ages. Presented dozens of physics shows per year at local schools, for summer camps, student societies, College of Science and University-wide outreach and recruitment events etc. Over 16,000 people attended the Physics Shows presented by Dr. Erukhimova since 2007. http://physicsshow.tamu.edu/

• Since 2012: co-organizer of the annual Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program (MIPEP): an intense two-week summer boarding school for high school physics teachers. The goal of MIPEP is to help teachers develop a deeper understanding of physics concepts, instructional strategies, and laboratory experiences that will enhance their classroom instruction and impact student performance in physics.

• Organizer of the Physics camp for the Youth Adventure Program: since 2008. This camp is for gifted and talented middle school and high school students from all over Texas.

• Member of the TAMU Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Board: 2013-2015 • Member of the Science Festivals Membership Committee: since 2013 • College of Science Representative of the TAMU Women’s Faculty Network: since 2014 • Organizer, Texas Section of the AAPT Meeting, Fall 2014 • Organizer/presenter of the inaugural Fall 2014 Graduate Student Professional Development in Teaching

seminar series 6. Mentoring

• DEEP students, 2012-2016: 58 graduate students and 250 undergraduate students • Honors program students in my undergraduate classes • Hundreds of student volunteers for the Physics Show and Physics Festivals

7. Selected Publications

• G. R. North and T. L. Erukhimova, "Atmospheric Thermodynamics. Elementary Physics and Chemistry". Cambridge University Press, 2009.

• T. L. Erukhimova, R. Zhang, and K. P. Bowman, “The climatological Mean Atmospheric Transport under Weakened Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation Climate Scenario”. Climate Dynamics, 32, 343 (2009). doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0402-x.

• T. L. Erukhimova and K. P. Bowman, “Role of convection in global-scale transport in the troposphere”. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D03105 (2006). doi:10.1029/2005JD006006.

• K. P. Bowman and T. L. Erukhimova, “Comparison of Global-Scale Lagrangian Transport Properties of the NCEP Reanalysis and CCM3”. J. of Climate, 17, 1135-1146 (2004).

• T. L. Erukhimova, Nielsen-Gammon J., Bowman K. “Trajectory analysis of meteorological simulations of the August 2000 Houston-Galveston ozone episode”, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Report (2002).

• T. L. Erukhimova and E. V. Suvorov, “Retrieval of the height profiles of ozone density and atmospheric temperature from ozone microwave absorption spectra”, Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, 44, 27-33 (2001).

• T. L. Erukhimova, M. D. Tokman, and V. Yu. Trakhtengerts, “Quasilinear theory of interaction of gravity waves with shear flows”, Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 34, 827-834 (1998).

• T. L. Erukhimova and V. Yu. Trakhtengerts, “A mechanism of atmospheric ozone disturbance by internal gravity waves in a stratified shear flow”, Journ. Atm. Terr. Phys., 57, 135-139 (1995).

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http://www.springerlink.com/content/j4n5705h42k57248/fulltext.html

Curriculum Vitae Ricardo Eusebi

Education and Training University of Buenos Aires Physics Licenciado 2000

University of Rochester Particle Physics Ph.D. 2000-2005

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Particle Physics Research Associate 2005-2006 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Particle Physics Lederman Fellow 2006-2009

Appointments 2015 – present: Associate Professor, Texas A&M.

2009 – 2015: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M.

2001 – 2005: Research assistant at University of Rochester 2001 – 2001: Teaching assistant at University of Rochester 2000 – 2000: Guest scientist, Fermilab.

Research and Professional Activities 2014-2016: co-leader of the JET and MET Performance Studies for the upgraded CMS detector. 2011-present: Search for Higgs Boson at CMS using the Matrix Element analysis. 2011-present: Search for High Mass Higgs

Bosons at CMS. 2011-2013: co-leader of the Jet Energy Corrections group at CMS. Our group is in charge of producing the calibration of the calorimeter sub-detector and currently with the goal of achieving the world’s more accurate calibrations to enhance the Higgs and Supersymmetry searches. 2010-present: Research and Development of Diamond as a suitable new detector technology for the next generation of pixel detectors at CMS. 2010-2014: Working on the characterization of possible technologies for the next generation of pixel detectors at CMS. This work is currently being carried by my group both at our new Lab in Texas A&M University and at Fermilab where my postdoc operate the pixel telescopes in the test beam and test stands. 2007-2008: Project co-leader of the silicon project. The silicon group, with more than 16 members, is in charge of the maintenance and well being of the CDF silicon detector, the most sensitive piece of equipment in the CDF detector. 2007-2010: Project co-leader of the diamond project at CDF; the diamond project serves as one of the beam abort systems at CDF. The beam abort systems monitors the proton-antiproton beams of the Tevatron accelerator for evidence of instabilities, which if allowed to grow can lead to catastrophic failures capable of damaging the accelerator or the CDF detector. 2007-2008: Creator of the Silicon Auto-Recovery system (SAR). The SAR is an intelligent program designed to automatically recover CDF’s silicon microstrip vertex detector to its data-taking condition in the event of a system failure. 2003-2004: Creator of the J-IMON, an online Silicon Current Monitor. This program made a large amount of

information readily available to the shift crew. It is one of the basic programs running in the CDF control room for monitoring the condition of the CDF’s silicon detector. 2003-2005: Designed and built the long-term burn-in and thermal cycling test facilities for the CMS Tracker Outer Barrel (TOB). All the rods used in the CMS TOB detector were tested in these burn-in facilities.

Publications in the last few years • CMS collaboration, ”CMS Jet Energy and Resolution in the 8 TeV pp data” CMS-PAS-JME-13- 004 (2015) • CMS collaboration, “Technical Proposal for the Phase-II Upgrade of the CMS Detector” CERN- LHCC-2015-010

; LHCC-P-008. • CMS collaboration, ”CMS JEC Run 1 legacy performance plots”. CMS-DP-2015-44 (2015) CMS collaboration,

”Measurements of WV Boson Production and Limits on Charged aTGCs at CMS” Published proceedings at DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2014-04/184 (2015)

• Bhaskar Dutta, Ricardo Eusebi, Yu Gao, Tathagata Ghosh, Teruki Kamon. ”Exploring the Doubly Charged Higgs of the Left-Right Symmetric Model using Vector Boson Fusion-like Events at the LHC”. ArXiv:1404.0685 (2014). Phys Rev. D 90, 055015 (2014)

• CMS collaboration. ”Measurement of the Sum of WW and WZ Production with W + dijet events in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV” Eur. Phys. J. C 73 (2013) 73:2283

• “Operational Experience, Improvements, and Performance of the CDF Run II Silicon Vertex Detector”. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 729 (2013) 153-181

• CMS collaboration. “Search for a standard-model-like Higgs boson with a mass in the range 145 to 1000 GeV at the LHC” Eur. Phys. J. C (2013) 73:2469

• D Menascea, et al “Tracking performance of a single-crystal and a polycrystalline diamond pixel detector” Journal of Instrumentation, 8, P06006

• CMS collaboration. ”Study of the Dijet Mass Spectrum in W + 2 jets Events”. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (2012) 251801

• CMS collaboration. ”Jet energy corrections and uncertainties in CMS: reducing their impact on physics measurements.”.Proceedings of CALOR 2012 Conference. New Mexico. (2012).

• T. Aaltonen et al. CDF collaboration. ”Search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a W boson using a matrix element technique at CDF in pp collisions at = 1.96 TeV”.Phys. Rev. D. 85 072001 (2012).

Group members Graduate students: Alexx Perloff, Andrea Delgado, and Sifu Luo. Krystal Sanchez, ex-graduate student, Texas A&M University. Postdocs and engineers: Marco De Mattia, engineer, Denis Rathjens, postdoc. Former postdocs: Ilya Osipenkov, Sinjini Sengupta, postdoc.

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Alexander M. Finkel'stein

Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

Employment: 2008-present: Professor of Physics at the Texas A&M University (TAMU), USA. 1995-present: Charles and David Wolfson Chair of Theoretical Physics, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

1992-present: Professor of Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

1972-1992: Research Fellow at the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia.

Professional Degrees: Doctor of Science Degree in Physics and Mathematics, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1988. Thesis: Electron-Electron Interactions in Disordered and Low - Dimensional Conductors. Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1973. Thesis: Decay of Metastable Crystals by Quantum Tunneling - Quantum Nucleation. M.Sc. with Honor in Physics, Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology (MPhTI), 1969. Thesis: Vortex Lattices in Liquid Helium and Superconductors. Research Interests:

Disordered Conductors,

Low-Dimensional and Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Electron Systems near Quantum Critical Points, Thermal and thermoelectric transport, Fundamentals of Spintronic Devices. Major Contributions:

• quantum tunneling in condensed systems; • non-perturbative analysis of the electron-electron interactions in disordered conductors; • scaling analysis of the metal - insulator transition; • suppression of superconductivity in amorphous films and wires; • transmutation of a nonmagnetic ion into a magnetic center; • theory of the Nernst effect in disordered superconductors

Teaching Activity at the TA&M University: “Physics 202: College Physics, part 2”, “PHYSICS 208: Electricity and Magnetism”, “PHYSICS 617: Solid State Physics”, “PHYSICS 689: Topics on the Condensed Matter Physics'', “PHYSICS 631: QUANTUM THEORY OF SOLIDS,” “PHYSICS 689: Elements of the Many-Body Physics in the Condensed Matter Physics,'' Recitations-“Physics 202: College Physics, part 2”.

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Mentoring (a partial list of my students and postdocs): Dr. Yuval Oreg, former graduate student, then a postdoc at Harvard, now Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science; Dr. Stephanie Curnoe, former postdoc, now Professor at MUN, Canada; Dr. Eugene Kanzieper, former postdoc, now Associate Professor at Holon Academic Institute of Technology; Dr. Alex Punnoose, former postdoc, now Associate Professor at City College of CUNY; Dr. Maxim Khodas, former graduate student, then the Goldhaber Postdoctoral Fellow at the Brookhaven National Laboratory; currently Associate Professor at the Jerusalem University; Dr. Arcadi Shekhter, former graduate student, then the Dirac Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Magnetic Laboratory; currently research associate at the National Magnetic Laboratory; Dr. Georg Schwiete, former postdoc, currently an Interim Professor for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at Gutenberg University at Mainz; Dr. Karen Michaeli, former graduate student, then the Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT, now assistant Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science; Konstantin Tikhonov, former PhD student at TA&MU. Now a member of the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia; Wei Zhao, PhD student at TA&MU.

Last Publications: 1 G. Schwiete and A. M. Finkel'stein: “Theory of Thermal Conductivity in the Disordered Electron Liquid” Special

JETP issue dedicated to the 85th birthday of Prof. L. V. Keldysh, JETP, Vol. 122, p. 567 (2016); arXiv:1510.06529. DOI: 10.1134/S1063776116030195

2 G. Schwiete and A. M. Finkel'stein: “Heat diffusion in the disordered electron gas” Phys. Rev. B 93, 115121 (2016); arXiv: 1509.02519. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.115121

3 G. Schwiete and A. M. Finkel'stein: “Renormalization group analysis of thermal transport in the disordered Fermi liquid” Phys. Rev. B 90, 155441 (2014).

4 K. S. Tikhonov, Wei L. Z. Zhao, and A. M. Finkel’stein: “Dephasing Time in Graphene Due to Interaction with Flexural Phonons” Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 076601 (2014).

5 G. Schwiete and A. M. Finkel'stein: “Thermal transport and Wiedemann-Franz law in the disordered Fermi liquid” Phys. Rev. B 90, 060201(R) (2014).

6 G. Schwiete and A. M. Finkel'stein: “Keldysh approach to the renormalization group analysis of the disordered electron liquid,” Phys. Rev. B 89, 075437 (2014).

7 G. Schwiete and A. M. Finkel'stein: “Kinetics of the disordered Bose gas with collisions,” Phys. Rev. A 88, 053611 (2013). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.053611

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A. LEWIS FORD Professor and Associate Department Head

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University Phone (979) 458-7908

E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION: Ph.D. Chemical Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1972. B.A. Chemistry, Rice University, 1968 EXPERIENCE 1985-Present: Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. 1979-1985: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. 1973-1979 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. 1972-1973: Research Associate, Department of Astronomy, Harvard University. REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS T. Bronk, J.F. Reading, and A. L. Ford, Intermediate-State Dynamic Correlation in the Ionization of Helium, J. Phys. B:

At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 31, 2477-2488 (1998). J. F. Reading, T. Bronk, A. L. Ford, Multi-Cut Forced Impulse Method Double Ionization Cross Sections for

Antiprotons on Helium, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 132, 231-235 (1997). A. L. Ford, L. A. Wehrman, K. A. Hall, and J. F. Reading, Single and Double Electron Removal from Helium by

Protons, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 30, 2889-2897 (1997). J. F. Reading, T. Bronk, A. L. Ford, L. A. Wehrman, and K. A. Hall, Multi-Cut Forced Impulse Method Single Ionization

Cross Sections for Slow Antiprotons on Helium, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 30, L189-L195 (1997). F. Reading, T. Bronk, and A. L. Ford, Comment on Electron Correlation in Multiple Ionization of Atoms by High-

Energy Ions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 749 (1997). A. L. Ford and J. F. Reading, Ion-Atom and Atom-Atom Collisions, in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Handbook, G. W. F. Drake ed., AIP, pp.571--577 (1996). K. A. Hall, J. F. Reading, and A. L. Ford, Excitation and Ionization of Atomic Hydrogen by Antiprotons, J. Phys. B: At.

Mol. Opt. Phys. 29, 6123-6131 (1996). J. F. Reading, T. Bronk, and A. L. Ford, Electron Correlation in the Ionization of Helium by High-Energy Protons and

Antiprotons, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 29, 6075-6090 (1996). L. A. Wehrman, A. L. Ford, and J. F. Reading, Double Ionization of Helium by Slow Antiprotons, J. Phys. B: At. Mol.

Opt. Phys. 29, 5831-5842 (1996). J. F. Reading, K. A. Hall, A. P. Neves and A. L. Ford, An Analytic Theory of Inclusive High-Energy Atomic Reaction

Cross Sections, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 29, 2529-2541 (1996). K. A. Hall, J. F. Reading, and A. L. Ford, Single-Centered Calculations of Excitation and Electron Removal in

Intermediate Energy Collisions, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 29, 1979-1994 (1996). J. F. Reading, A. L. Ford, and K. A. Hall, Correlation in Collisions, in Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories, Volume

4, pp.\ 143-152. Edited by E. Schachinger, H. Mitter, and H. Sormann, Plenum, New York, 1995. K. A. Hall, J. F. Reading, and A. L. Ford, Single-Centered Calculations of Excitation and Electron Removal in

Intermediate Energy Collisions, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 27, 5257-5270 (1994). A. L. Ford and J. F. Reading, Improved Forced Impulse Method Calculations of Single and Double Ionization of

Helium by Collision with High Energy Protons and Antiprotons, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 27, 4215-4227 (1994).

J. F. Reading, A. L. Ford, and K. A. Hall, A Review of Some Selected Two Electron Processes in Ion-Atom Collisions, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 86, 38-44 (1994).

E. Lindroth, J. F. Reading, M. Idrees, and A. L. Ford, Dynamic Correlation Effects in K-Shell Hole Production by Fast Protons, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 26, 4584-4598 (1993).

A. L. Ford, J. F. Reading, and K. A. Hall, Single-Centered Calculations of Excitation and Electron Removal in Intermediate Energy Collisions, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 26, 4553-4560 (1993).

CURRENT GRANTS None HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Fellow, American Physical Society; University-Level Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas A&M University, 1981 RESEARCH INTERESTS Theoretical study of ion-atom collisions. Coupled-states calculations of excitation, ionization, and charge transfer in ion-atom collisions in the intermediate

energy range. Few-electron systems, and inner-shell processes for many-electron targets. Electron correlation in ion-atom collisions; multi-electron transitions. Recent Courses Taught PHYS 201 College Physics I PHYS 202 College Physics II

August 2016

Rainer J Fries – Texas A&M University

A. Professional Preparation (i) Undergraduate Education

University of Regensburg Mathematics Diploma (equiv. M.Sc.), 1998 University of Regensburg Physics Diploma (equiv. M.Sc.), 1998

(ii) Graduate Education University of Regensburg Physics Ph.D., 2001

(iii) Postdoctoral Education Duke University Nuclear Theory 2002-2003 University of Minnesota Nuclear Physics 2003-2005

B. Appointments 2011- Associate Professor, Texas A&M University 2006-2011 Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University 2006-2011 RHIC Physics Fellow, RIKEN/BNL Research Center 2005-2006 Assistant Professor (non-tenure track), University of Minnesota 2003-2005 Research Associate, University of Minnesota 2002-2003 Research Associate, Duke University 1997-2001 Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Regensburg C. Awards 2009/2010 JSPS Fellowship, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science 2009 NSF CAREER Award 2008 Montague Scholar, Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M Univ. 2007 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Nuclear Physics, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 2002/2003 Feodor Lynen Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation D. Research Interests Quantum chromodynamics (QCD): perturbative QCD, QCD at high temperatures and densities. Quark gluon plasma (QGP): properties, creation in nuclear collision, its role in the early cosmos. Scattering of hadrons and nuclei, color glass condensate and its signatures, modelling of relativistic heavy ion collisions. Relativistic fluid dynamics and transport, large scale simulations and data analysis. E. Research Record

• 85+ publications, 3800+ citations, h=30 according to INSPIRE (inspirehep.net) • 100+ talks and presentations, 70+ of those invited talks, colloquia or seminars • Various invited review articles since 2006 • 8 workshops (co)organized nationally and internationally • Federal research funding: >$1,000,000 to TAMU as PI or co-PI (NSF and DOE) • Member and Co-PI of the JET and JETSCAPE collaborations

Students and Postdocs supervised: Guangyao Chen (Ph.D. 2013) now at Iowa State University, Sidharth Somanathan (Ph.D. 2016) now in the energy industry, Ricardo Rodriguez (Postdoc) now faculty at Ave Maria University (4-year college), Wei Liu (Postdoc) now in the financial industry, Min He (Postdoc) now faculty at Nanjing University of Science and Technology Most Recent Publications:

1. Kyong Chol Han, Rainer J. Fries, Che Ming Ko: Jet Fragmentation via Recombination of Parton Showers, Phys. Rev. C 93, 045207 (2016)

2. Rainer J. Fries, Kyongchol Han, Che Ming Ko: Jet Hadronization via Recombination of Parton Showers in Vacuum and in Medium, Nucl. Phys. A 276, 297 (2016)

3. Guangyao Chen, Rainer J. Fries, Joseph I. Kapusta, Yang Li: Early Time Dynamics of Gluon Fields in High Energy Nuclear Collisions, Phys. Rev. C 92, 064912 (2015)

4. Min He, Rainer J. Fries, Ralf Rapp: Modifications of Heavy-Flavor Spectra in sqrt(s_NN) = 62.4 GeV Au-Au Collisions, Phys. Rev. C 91, 024904 (2015)

5. Şener Özönder, Rainer J. Fries: Rapidity Profile of the Initial Energy Density in Heavy-Ion Collisions, Phys. Rev. C 89, 034902 (2014)

F. Teaching and Outreach

• Instructor, PHYS 1301, PHYS 1302, University of Minnesota (introductory undergraduate-level Mechanics, Electromagnetism); PHYS 218, PHYS 208, PHYS 601 PHYS 606, Texas A&M University

• Co-organizer, Saturday Morning Physics (2010-present); SMP lecturer: 3x since 2007 • Mentor, Cyclotron Institute REU program (2007-2010, 2012-2016) • Physics Festival (2007-2016)

G. Service at Texas A&M University

• Chair, Colloquium Committee (since 2012), Dept. of Physics and Astronomy • Chair, Marketing Committee (since 2014), Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, including overseeing the

construction and commissioning of the new departmental website • Member, Performance Evaluation Committee (2013, 2014); Chair of PEC (2014) • Member, Advisory Committee to the Department Head (2012-2013) • Member, Faculty Advisory Council to the Dean (since 2014), College of Science • Member, various search and ad hoc committees (1 chaired) for faculty searches and appointments in the

Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and the Cyclotron Institute • Member or Chair, various Ph.D. committees • Member, Space Allocation Committee (since 2012), Cyclotron Institute

H. Service Outside of Texas A&M

• Working group convener, and member of the executive committee, JET collaboration (a DOE Topical Collaboration), 2010-2015

• Working group convener and member of the oversight committee, JETSCAPE collaboration (a NSF SSI collaboration), since 2016

• Various Review Panels for the Department of Energy (e.g. two comprehensive reviews of experimental groups at national labs since 2007)

• Various proposal reviews for DOE and NSF; referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review C, Physics Letters B, , Nuclear Physics A, Journal of Physics G

• Member, International Organizing Committee of the Hot Quarks Conference Series (since 2009), Chair of IOC (since 2015)

EDWARD S. FRY Work Phone: 979-845-1910 email: [email protected] FAX: 979-845-2590

a. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION: University of Michigan Physics B.S. 1962 University of Michigan Physics M.S. 1963 University of Michigan Physics Ph.D. 1969

b. APPOINTMENTS: 2010-pres., Distinguished Prof., Physics & Astronomy Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 2005-pres., George P. Mitchell Prof. of Experimental Physics, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 2010-2011, Dept. Head, Physics & Astronomy Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 2002-2010, Dept. Head, Physics Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 1986-2010, Professor, Physics Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 1979-1986, Assoc. Prof., Physics Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX. 1977-1979, Visit. Assoc. Prof., Physics Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1975-1977, Assoc. Prof., Physics Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX. 1969-1975, Assist. Prof., Physics Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 1969-1969, Research Assoc., Physics Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1965-1969, Research Assist., Physics Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1963-1964, Research Staff, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

c. PUBLICATIONS:

(i) 5 most cited papers (Web of Science data) 1. (1019 citations) Robin M. Pope and Edward S. Fry, “Absorption Spectrum (380-700 nm) of Pure Water:

II. Integrating Cavity Measurements”, Appl. Opt. 36, 8710-8723 (1997). 2. (932 citations) Michael M. Kash, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Alexander S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, George R.

Welch, Mikhail D. Lukin, Yuri Rostovtsev, Edward S. Fry, and Marlan O. Scully, “Ultraslow Group Velocity and Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Effects in a Coherently Driven Hot Atomic Gas”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5229-5232, (1999).

3. (262 citations) Dmitri E. Nikonov, Marlan O. Scully, Mikhail D. Lukin, Edward S. Fry, Leo W. Hollberg, G. G. Padmabandu, George R. Welch, and Alexander S. Zibrov, “Lasing Without Inversion: A Dream Come True”, in Coherent Phenomena and Amplification Without Inversion; Anatoli V. Andreev, Olga Kocharovskaya, and Paul Mandel, Editors; Proc. SPIE 2798, 342-350 (1996).

4. (235 citations) Edward S. Fry and R. C. Thompson, “Experimental Test of Local Hidden Variable Theories,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 465-468 (1976).

5. (234 citations) Edward S. Fry, Xingfu Li, Dmitri Nikonov, G. G. Padmabandu, Marlan O. Scully, Arlie V. Smith, Frank K. Tittel, Ching Wang, Steve R. Wilkinson, and Shi-Yao Zhu, "Atomic Coherence Effects within the Sodium D1 Line: Lasing without Inversion via Population Trapping," Phys. Rev. Letters 70, 3235-3238 (1993).

(ii) 5 most recent papers 1. John D. Mason, Michael T. Cone, and Edward S. Fry, “Ultraviolet (250–550 nm) absorption spectrum

of pure water”, Applied Optics 55, 7163-7172 (2016). 2. Edward S Fry and John D Mason, “Integrating cavity ring-down spectroscopy (ICRDS) and the direct

measurement of absorption coefficients”, Physica Scripta 91, 043004 (2016). 3. John D. Mason, Michael T. Cone, Matthew Donelon, Jeffery C. Wigle, Gary D. Noojin, and Edward S.

Fry, “Robust Commercial Diffuse Reflector for UV-VIS-NIR Applications”, Applied Optics 54, 7542-7545 (2015).

4. Michael T. Cone, John D. Mason, Eleonora Figueroa, Brett H. Hokr, Joel N. Bixler, Cherry C. Castellanos, Jeffery C. Wigle, Gary D. Noojin, Benjamin A. Rockwell, Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Edward S. Fry, “Measuring the absorption coefficient of biological materials using integrating cavity ring-down spectroscopy”, Optica 2,162-168 (2015).

5. Michael T. Cone, Joseph A. Musser, Eleonora Figueroa, John D. Mason, and Edward S. Fry, “Diffuse reflecting material for integrating cavity spectroscopy, including ring-down spectroscopy”, Appl. Opt. 54, 334-336 (2015)


(iii) 5 other significant papers 1. Joel N. Bixler, Michael T. Cone, Brett H. Hokr, John D. Mason, Eleonora Figueroa, Edward S. Fry,

Vladislav V. Yakovlev, and Marlan O. Scully, “Ultrasensitive detection of waste products in water using fluorescence emission cavity-enhanced spectroscopy”, Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 7208-7211, (2014).

2. Edward S. Fry, “Studies on some of the inherent optical properties of natural waters [invited]”, Appl. Opt. 52, 930-939 (2013); reprinted: Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics 8, Issue 3 (2013).

3. David Haubrich, Joe Musser, and Edward S. Fry, “Instrumentation to measure the backscattering coefficient bb for arbitrary phase functions”, Appl. Opt. 50, 4134-4147 (2011). (Selected by the Optical Society of America for their “Focus on Optics” August, 2011.)

4. Edward S. Fry and Th. Walther, “Fundamental Tests of Quantum Mechanics”, Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 42, 1-27 (Academic Press, 2000).

5. Xiaohong Quan and Edward S. Fry, “Empirical Expression for the Index of Refraction of Sea Water”, Appl. Opt. 34, 3477-3480 (1995).

d. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES: 1) Initiated, guided, and supported an annual “Physics Festival” that now brings 4000 to 5000 people,

especially K-12 students, to A&M for a plethora of hands-on physics activities. See our website: http://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/

2) Supported and presented at our Saturday Morning Physics Program, an annual spring series of Saturday morning lectures. See website: http://cyclotron.tamu.edu/smp/

3) Supported and built the case to hire a Lecturer who runs our Physics Show for schools in the Brazos Valley. See website http://physics.tamu.edu/outreach/show.shtml

4) American Physical Society (fellow since 1998) and past Chair of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society.

5) Distinguished Scientist Award of Sigma Xi.

e. COLLABORATORS & OTHER AFFILIATIONS:

(i) Collaborators Gray, Deric Naval Research Laboratory Haubrich, David Germany Kattawar, George Texas A&M University Liu, Dahe Beijing Normal Univ Musser, Joe Stephen F. Austin State University Quan, Xiaohong Alcatel-Lucent Scully, Marlan Texas A&M University Walther, Thomas Technical University Darmstadt, Germany Weidemann, Alan NRL Code 7331, SSC Welch, George Texas A&M University Zhu, Xi Yao Beijing Computational Science Research Center

(ii) Graduate and Post Doctoral Advisors William L. Williams, (Ph.D. advisor, deceased) No Post-Doctoral advisor

(iii) Recent Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor Thesis advisor for: Dr. Zheng Lu, ION Geophysical Corporation. Dr. Joe Musser, Stephen F. Austin State University Dr. Ling Wang, Western Digital Dr. David Haubrich, Germany Dr. Xinmei Qu, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael Cone, Rice University Dr. Eleanor Figueroa, Intel Corporation

Postgraduate Scholars: Dr. Xinmei Qu, Texas A&M University In the last five years: 4 graduate students and 1 postgraduate scholar

http://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/

http://cyclotron.tamu.edu/smp/

http://physics.tamu.edu/outreach/show.shtml

CARL A. GAGLIARDI Professional Preparation:

Yale University Mathematics and Physics B.S. 1975 Princeton University Physics M.A. 1977 Princeton University Physics Ph.D. 1982 Argonne Nat’l Laboratory Post-doctoral Research Assoc.,

Physics Division 1982 Appointments:

Professor of Physics Texas A&M University 1996 - present Associate Professor of Physics Texas A&M University 1988 - 1996 Assistant Professor of Physics Texas A&M University 1982 - 1988

Honors:

2002 Fellow, American Physical Society 2001 Texas A&M Association of Former Students University-wide Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching

Selected Professional Activities: 2015-16 Member, RHIC Cold QCD Plan writing committee 2015 Member, NSAC Long-Range Plan writing committee 2013 Member, NSAC Sub-panel on Scientific Facilities 2010-12 Member, BNL Nuclear and Particle Physics PAC 2009-11 Member, DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee 2008-11 Member (’08-’10), Chair (’10), Past Chair (’11), RHIC/AGS Users’ Group Executive Committee 2005-07 Co-chair, RHIC II White Paper Committee 2005-08 Deputy Spokesperson, STAR Collaboration 2004 Member, NSAC Sub-panel on Heavy Ion Physics 1995-97 Member, Indiana University Cyclotron Facility Program Advisory Committee Selected Administrative Responsibilities within the STAR Collaboration at RHIC: 2010-13 Chair, STAR Decadal Plan Committee 2009 Chair, STAR Trigger Board; (member since 2006) 2006-13, 2016 Member, STAR Beam Use Request Panel 2005-08 Deputy Spokesperson 2002-05 Convener, High-pT Physics Working Group Research Activities: My research focuses on understanding the partonic origin of the proton spin. For over a decade, I have led the STAR Collaboration efforts to probe the proton spin through inclusive jet production in polarized pp collisions at RHIC. My group performed the analysis of ALL for inclusive jet production in 200 GeV pp collisions that provided the first clear evidence that the gluons in the proton are polarized in the momentum region x > 0.05. At present, we are finalizing the analysis of ALL in 510 GeV pp collisions, which will extend our reach down to x ~ 0.02. In parallel, we are working with two other groups in STAR (Lamar, Kentucky) to explore azimuthal modulations of pion production within mid-rapidity jets, which arise from the convolution of the quark transversity distributions with the Collins fragmentation function. Previously, I played a key role in the development of the Asymptotic Normalization Coefficient method in nuclear astrophysics, set some of the world’s best limits on the space-time structure of muon decay with the TWIST Collaboration at TRIUMF, measured the dbar/ubar anti-quark ratio in the proton and constrained the anti-quark densities in heavy nuclei with the Fermilab E866 Collaboration, and co-led the gamma detection effort to set the then world’s best limit on μ→eγ with the MEGA Collaboration at LAMPF.

Selected Publications: “Precision Measurement of the Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry for Inclusive Jet Production in Polarized Proton Collisions at √s = 200 GeV”, L. Adamczyk et al. (STAR Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 092002 (2015). “Jet-Hadron Correlations in √sNN = 200 GeV p+p and Central Au+Au Collisions”, L. Adamczyk et al. (STAR Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 122301 (2014). “Longitudinal and transverse spin asymmetries for inclusive jet production at mid-rapidity in polarized p+p collisions at √s = 200 GeV”, L. Adamczyk et al. (STAR Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 86, 032006 (2012). “Precision muon decay measurements and improved constraints on the weak interaction”, A. Hillairet et al. (TWIST Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 85, 092013 (2012). “Experimental Constraints on Left-Right Symmetric Models from Muon Decay”, R. Bayes et al. (TWIST Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 041804 (2011). “Azimuthal Charged-Particle Correlations and Possible Local Strong Parity Violation”, B.I. Abelev et al. (STAR Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251601 (2009). “New astrophysical S factor for the 15N(p,γ)16O reaction via the asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) method”, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, P. Bem, V. Burjan, C.A. Gagliardi, V.Z. Goldberg, Z. Hons, M. La Cognata, V. Kroha, J. Mrazek, J. Novak, S. Piskor, R.G. Pizzone, A. Plunkett, S. Romano, E. Simeckova, C. Spitaleri, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble, F. Vesely, and J. Vincour, Phys. Rev. C 78, 015804 (2008). “Measurement of the Michel Parameter ρ in Muon Decay”, J.R. Musser et al. (TWIST Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 101805 (2005). “Determination of the direct capture contribution for 13N(p,γ)14O from the 14O → 13N + p asymptotic normalization coefficient”, X. Tang, A. Azhari, C. Fu, C.A. Gagliardi, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, F. Pirlepesov, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble, V. Burjan, V. Kroha, F. Carstoiu, and B.F. Irgaziev, Phys. Rev. C 69, 055807 (2004). “Evidence from d + Au Measurements for Final-State Suppression of High-pT Hadrons in Au + Au Collisions at RHIC”, J. Adams et al. (STAR Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 072304 (2003). “Search for the lepton-family-number nonconserving decay µ+ → e+γ”, M. Ahmed et al. (MEGA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 65, 112002 (2002). “New Limit for the Family-Number Nonconserving Decay µ+ → e+γ”, M.L. Brooks et al. (MEGA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1521 (1999). “Tests of Transfer Reaction Determinations of Astrophysical S Factors”, C.A. Gagliardi, R.E. Tribble, A. Azhari, H.L. Clark, Y.-W. Lui, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, A. Sattarov, L. Trache, V. Burjan, J. Cejpek, V. Kroha, S. Piskor, and J. Vincour, Phys. Rev. C 59, 1149 (1999). “Measurement of the Light Antiquark Flavor Asymmetry in the Nucleon Sea”, E.A. Hawker et al. (FNAL E866/NuSea Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3715 (1998). “Overall Normalization of the Astrophysical S Factor and the Nuclear Vertex Constant for 7Be(p,γ)8B Reactions”, H. M. Xu, C. A. Gagliardi, R. E. Tribble, A. M. Mukhamedzhanov, and N. K. Timofeyuk, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2027 (1994).

John C. Hardy University Distinguished Professor R. & M. Schilling Chair Professor of Physics Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University Education:

• Ph. D. (Nuclear Physics) McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1965 • M. Sc. (Nuclear Physics) McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1963 • B. Sc. (Mathematics and Physics) McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1961

Employment: 2015-present R & M Schilling Chair Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 2006-present University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University 1997-present Faculty Researcher and Group Leader, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University 1997-2006 Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 1987-1997 Chair, National Board of Directors, Deep River Science Academy, Canada 1986-1997 Director TASCC (Tandem Accelerator SuperConducting Cyclotron) Division, Atomic Energy of

Canada, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories (CRNL), Ontario, Canada 1983-1986 Head, Nuclear Physics Branch, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories 1976-1977 Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva (sabbatical leave from CRNL) 1974-1983 Senior Research Officer, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories 1970-1974 Associate Research Officer, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories 1967-1970 Miller Research Fellow, then Staff Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley Lab (now LBNL) 1965-1967 NRC (Canada) Postdoctoral Fellow, Nuclear Structure Lab., Oxford University, England Awards and Honors: 2016 Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society 2006 Appointed Distinguished Professor by Texas A&M University 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, Association of Former Students, TAMU 2006 Tom W. Bonner Prize, American Physical Society 1983 Fellowship, American Physical Society 1981 Rutherford Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada 1979 Fellowship, Royal Society of Canada 1976-1977 CERN Research Associateship 1976 Herzberg Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists 1967-1969 Miller Fellowship for Basic Research, University of California, Berkeley 1965-1967 National Research Council (Canada) Postdoctoral Overseas Fellowship 1965 D.W. Ambridge Prize (Outstanding McGill graduand with science Ph.D.) 1963-1965 National Research Council Studentship (McGill) Major Professional Activities: 2014-present Member Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) 2008-present Member JSA Program Committee, Southeastern University Research Association (SURA) 2009-2015 Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters 2007-2013 Member, ATLAS Program Advisory Committee (Argonne National Lab.) 2002-2004 Member Executive Council, Nuclear Physics Division, American Physical Society 1999-2006 Chair, HRIBF Program Advisory Committee (Oak Ridge National Lab.) 1995-1997 Member Editorial Board, Physical Review C. 1994-1999 Chair, 88” Cyclotron Program Advisory Committee (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.) 1992-1998 Member, Advisory Board for TRIUMF, Canada. 1992-1995 Vice President, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada 1990-1993 Member NSCL Program Advisory Committee (Michigan State University)

Selected recent publications: • Precise measurement of αK and αT for the 150.8-kev E3 transition in 111Cd: Test of internal-conversion

theory, N. Nica, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, T.A. Werke, C.M. Folden III, L. Pineda and M.B. Trzhaskovskaya, Phys. Rev. C 93, 034305 (2016).

• Theoretical corrections and world data for the superallowed ft values in the β decays of 42Ti, 46Cr, 50Fe and 54Ni, I.S. Towner and J.C. Hardy, Phys. Rev. C 92, 055505 (2015).

• Precise measurement of branching ratios in the β decay of 38Ca, H.I. Park, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, M. Bencomo, L. Chen, V. Horvat, N. Nica, B.T. Roeder, E. McCleskey, R.E. Tribble and I.S. Towner, Phys. Rev. C 92, 015502 (2015).

• The current evaluation of Vud, J.C. Hardy and I.S. Towner, In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, CIPANP2015, eConf C15-05-19, 60 (2015).arXiv:1509.04743.

• Parameterization of the statistical rate function for select superallowed transitions, I.S. Towner and J.C. Hardy, Phys. Rev. C 91, 015501 (2015).

• Superallowed 0+ → 0+ nuclear β decays: 2014 critical survey, with precise results for Vud and CKM unitarity, J.C. Hardy and I.S. Towner, Phys. Rev. C 91, 025501 (2015).

• Precise measurement of αK for the 65.7-kev M4 transition in 119Sn: extended test of internal-conversion theory, N. Nica, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, M. Bencomo, V. Horvat, H.I. Park, M. Maguire, S. Miller and M.B. Trzhaskovskaya, Phys. Rev. C 89, 014303 (2014).

• The β decay of 38Ca: sensitive test of isospin symmetry-breaking corrections from mirror superallowed 0+ →0+ transitions, H.I. Park, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, M. Bencomo, L. Chen, V Horvat, N. Nica, B.T. Roeder, E. Simmons, R.E. Tribble and I.S. Towner, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 102502 (2014).

• ft values measured to ±0.1% for superallowed beta transitions: metrology at sub-second time scales, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, H.I. Park, L. Chen, N. Nica, V. Horvat, R.E. Tribble and I.S. Towner, Appl. Rad and Isot. 87, 297 (2014).

• Precise test of internal-conversion theory: transitions measured in five nuclei spanning 50 ≤ Z ≤ 78, J.C. Hardy, N. Nica, V.E. Iacob, S. Miller, M. Maguire and M.B. Trzhaskovskaya, Appl. Rad and Isot. 87, 87 (2014).

• Precision half-life measurement of the β+ decay of 37K, P.D. Shidling, D. Melconian, S. Behling, B. Fenker, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, E. McCleskey, M. McCleskey, M. Mehlman, H.I. Park and B.T. Roeder, Phys. Rev. C 90, 032501R (2014).

• The measurement and interpretation of superallowed 0+→0+ nuclear β decay, J.C. Hardy and I.S. Towner, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 41, 114004 (2014).

• CKM unitarity normalization tests, present and future, J.C. Hardy and I.S. Towner, Ann. Phys. (Berlin) 525, 443 (2013).

• Digital beta counting for high-precision nuclear beta-decay lifetime measurements: tested on 26mAl, L. Chen, J.C. Hardy, M. Bencomo, V. Horvath, N. Nica and H.I. Park, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 728, 81 (2013).

• Time-interval analysis of beta decay, V. Horvath and J.C. Hardy, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 713, 19 (2013).

Curriculum Vitae Jeremy Holt

Assistant Professor Education 2002 Honors B.A. in Physics, University of Michigan, Flint 2002 B.S. in Mathematics, University of Michigan, Flint 2002 B.A. in Philosophy, University of Michigan, Flint 2004 M.A. in Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook 2008 Ph.D. in Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook Professional Experience 2016 – Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station 2016 – Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle 2014 – 2015 Research Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle 2012 – 2014 Research Associate in Physics, University of Washington, Seattle 2008 – 2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Technical University of Munich Awards and Honors 2014 United Kingdom Rutherford Fellowship (declined) 5-year, £530,000 ($730,000) 2008 Max Dresden Prize Best theory dissertation in physics, SUNY-Stony Brook 2008 President’s Award for Distinguished Doctoral Students SUNY-Stony Brook 2002 GAANN fellowship SUNY-Stony Brook Professional Organizations American Physical Society FRIB Theory Alliance JINA-CEE Conference Organization 2016 Advances in transport and response properties of strongly interacting systems, ECT*, Organizers: Y. Burnier, J. W. Holt, A. Lovato and A. Roggero 2015 Observations and theory in the dynamics of neutron stars, ECT*, Organizers: N. Chamel, J. W. Holt, A. Rios and G. Shen Refereed Journals Physical Review Letters Physical Review C European Physics Journal A International Journal of Modern Physics E Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung A Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras Selected Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

[1] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and G. A. Miller, “Microscopic optical potential for exotic isotopes from chiral effective field theory”, Phys. Rev. C 93 (2016) 064603.

[2] E. Rrapaj, A. Roggero and J. W. Holt, “Microscopically constrained mean-field models from chiral nuclear thermodynamics”, Phys. Rev. C 93 (2016) 065801, Editors’ Suggestion.

[3] C. Wellenhofer, J. W. Holt and N. Kaiser, “Divergence of the isospin-asymmetry expansion of the nuclear equation of state in many-body perturbation theory”, Phys. Rev. C 93 (2016) 055802.

[4] T. T. S. Kuo, J. W. Holt and E. Osnes, “Introduction to low-momentum effective interactions with Brown-Rho scaling and three-nucleon forces”, Phys. Scr. 91 (2016) 033009.

[5] J. W. Holt, M. Rho and W. Weise, “Chiral symmetry and effective field theories for hadronic, nuclear and stellar matter”, Phys. Rept. 621 (2016) 2.

[6] C. Wellenhofer, J. W. Holt and N. Kaiser, “Thermodynamics of isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter from chiral effective field theory”, Phys. Rev. C 92 (2015) 015801.

[7] F. Sammarruca, L. Coraggio, J. W. Holt, N. Itaco, R. Machleidt and L. Marcucci, “Toward order-by-order calculations of the nuclear and neutron matter equations of state in chiral effective theory”, Phys. Rev. C 91 (2015) 054311.

[8] E. Rrapaj, J. W. Holt, A. Bartl, S. Reddy and A. Schwenk, “Charged-current reactions in the supernova neutrino-sphere”, Phys. Rev. C 91 (2015) 035806

[9] D. Davesne, J. W. Holt, A. Pastore and J. Navarro, “Effect of three-body forces on response functions in infinite neutron matter”, Phys. Rev. C 91 (2015) 014323.

[10] G. Wlazłowski, J. W. Holt, S. Moroz, A. Bulgac and K. Roche, “Auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo simulations of neutron matter in chiral effective field theory”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (2014) 182503.

[11] S. Maurizio, J. W. Holt and P. Finelli, “Nuclear pairing from microscopic forces: singlet channels and higher-partial waves”, Phys. Rev. C 90 (2014) 044003.

[12] H. Dong, T. T. S. Kuo and J. W. Holt, “Non-degenerate shell-model effective interactions from the Okamoto-Suzuki and Krenciglowa-Kuo iteration methods”, Nucl. Phys. A 930 (2014) 1.

[13] C. Wellenhofer, J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Nuclear thermodynamics from chiral low-momentum interactions”, Phys. Rev. C 89 (2014) 064009.

[14] T. T. S. Kuo and J. W. Holt, “Core polarization, Brown-Rho scaling and a memory of Gerry’s Princeton years”, Nucl. Phys. A928 (2014) 30.

[15] L. Coraggio, J. W. Holt, N. Itaco, R. Machleidt, L. Marcucci and F. Sammarruca, “The nuclear matter equation of state with consistent two- and three-body perturbative chiral interactions”, Phys. Rev. C 89 (2014) 044321.

[16] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Nuclear chiral dynamics and thermodynamics”, Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 73 (2013) 35.

[17] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser, G. A. Miller and W. Weise, “Microscopic optical potential from chiral nuclear forces”, Phys. Rev. C 88 (2013) 024614.

[18] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Chiral Fermi liquid approach to neutron matter”, Phys. Rev. C 87 (2013) 014338, Editors’ Suggestion.

[19] L. Coraggio, J. W. Holt, N. Itaco, R. Machleidt and F. Sammarruca, “Reduced regulator dependence of neutron-matter predictions with perturbative chiral interactions”, Phys. Rev. C 87 (2013) 014322.

[20] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Quasiparticle interaction in nuclear matter with chiral three-nucleon forces”, Nucl. Phys. A876 (2012) 61.

[21] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Nuclear energy density functional from chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions”, Eur. Phys. J. A 47 (2011) 128.

[22] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Second-order quasiparticle interaction in nuclear matter with chiral two-nucleon forces”, Nucl. Phys. A870-871 (2011) 1.

[23] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Density-dependent effective nucleon-nucleon interaction from chiral three-nucleon forces”, Phys. Rev. C 81 (2010) 024002

[24] J. W. Holt, N. Kaiser and W. Weise, “Chiral three-nucleon interaction and the carbon-14 dating beta decay”, Phys. Rev. C 79 (2009) 054331.

[25] J. W. Holt, G. E. Brown, T. T. S. Kuo, J. D. Holt and R. Machleidt, “Shell model description of the 14C dating beta-decay with Brown-Rho-scaled NN interactions”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 062501.

Biographical Sketch: TERUKI KAMON

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan 1986 Ph.D. Physics Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan 1986-87 Post-doc High Energy Physics Texas A&M University (TAMU) 1987-91 Post-doc High Energy Physics

APPOINTMENTS

2014-2015 US CMS LPC Management Board Member, Fermilab 2013-2015 Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, Kyungpook National Univ. (KNU) 2012 Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba (December) 2012-present Deputy Director, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy 2011-2013 SFB Fellow, University of Hamburg/DESY 2011 Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba (June) 2009-2013 WCU Professor, Department of Physics, KNU 2003-present Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, TAMU 1997-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, TAMU 1991-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, TAMU

RESEARCH THURST: He is a member of Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider, playing a unique and global role in the boundaries of theory and experiment to search for supersymmetry (SUSY) models and others that are connected to dark matter. His research on SUSY is recognized as one of “Top 20 Authors” by ScienceWatch.com (http://archive.sciencewatch.com/ana/st/super/authors/#tab2) in 2011. He co-founded a new type of international workshop “Interconnection between Particle Physics and Cosmology” (PPC) in 2007. PUBLICATIONS ON EXPERIMENTS (2013-present): [Key words] “vector boson fusion”, “dark matter”, “tau lepton”, “Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)” Below are seven selected papers out of 13 experimental papers (five CMS, one CDF, and seven GEM-related papers) as a primary author in 2013-present. (1) CMS Collaboration, “Search for supersymmetry in the vector-boson fusion topology in proton-proton

collisions at s = 8 TeV”, JHEP 11 (2015) 189. (This is the first experimental paper to examine the vector boson fusion (VBF) processes for supersymmetry (SUSY) searches in the LHC data.)

(2) CMS Collaboration, “Search for dark matter, extra dimensions, and unparticles in monojet events in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 TeV”, Eur. Phys. J. C 75 (2015) 235.

(3) CMS Collaboration, “Searches for third generation squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 TeV”, JHEP 06 (2015) 116.

(4) CMS GEM Collaboration, “CMS Technical Design Report for the Muon Endcap GEM Upgrade”, CERN-LHCC-2015-012, CMS-TDR-013, ISBN 978-92-9083-396-3.

(5) CMS Collaboration, “Search for pair production of third-generation leptoquarks and top squarks in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 (2013) 081801.

(6) CMS Collaboration, “Search for Physics Beyond the Standard Model in Events with τ Leptons, Jets, and Large Transverse Momentum Imbalance in pp Collisions at s = 7 TeV,” Eur. J. Phys. C 73 (2013) 2493.

(7) CDF Collaboration, “Search for −+→ µµ0sB and −+→ µµ0B Decays with the Full CDF Run II Data Set,” Phys.

Rev. D 87 (2013) 072003.

PUBLICATIONS ON PHENOMENOLOGY (2013-present): [Key words] “vector boson fusion”, “compressed”, “dark matter” “[*]” indicates physics in suggested in the phenomenology paper was/is tested in CMS. (1) M. Dalchenko, B. Dutta, Y. Gao, T. Ghosh, and T. Kamon, “Exploring the Jet Multiplicity in the 750 GeV

Diphoton Excess”, Phys. Lett. B 761 (2016) 77.

http://archive.sciencewatch.com/ana/st/super/authors/#tab2

(2) B. Dutta, Y. Gao, T. Ghosh, T. Kamon, and N. Kolev, “Explaining the CMS dilepton mass endpoint in the NMSSM”, Phys. Lett. B 749 (2015) 326.

(3) [*] B. Dutta, A. Gurrola, W. Johns, K. Hatakeyama, T. Kamon, P. Sheldon, K. Sinha, S. Wu, and Z. Wu, “Probing compressed bottom squarks with boosted jets and shape analysis”, Phys. Rev. D 92 (2015) 095009.

(4) B. Dutta, T. Ghosh, A. Gurrola, W. Johns, T. Kamon, P. Sheldon, K. Sinha, K. Wang, and S. Wu, “Probing compressed sleptons at the LHC using vector boson fusion processes”, Phys. Rev. D 91 (2015) 055025.

(5) B. Dutta, W. Flanagan, A. Gurrola, W. Johns, T. Kamon, P. Sheldon, K. Sinha, K. Wang, and S. Wu, “Probing compressed top squark scenarios at the LHC at 14 TeV”, Phys. Rev. D 90 (2014) 095022.

(6) B. Dutta, R. Eusebi, Y. Gao, T. Ghosh, and T. Kamon, “Exploring the Doubly Charged Higgs of the Left-Right Symmetric Model using Vector Boson Fusionlike Events at the LHC”, Phys. Rev. D 90 (2014) 055015.

(7) [*] B. Dutta, Y. Gao, and T. Kamon, “Probing Light Nonthermal Dark Matter at the LHC”, Phys. Rev. D 89 (2014) 096009.

(8) [*] A. G. Delannoy, B. Dutta, A. Gurrola, W. Johns, T. Kamon, E. Luiggi, A. Melo, P. Sheldon, K. Sinha, K. Wang, and S. Wu, “Probing Dark Matter at the LHC using Vector Boson Fusion Processes”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (2013) 061801.

(9) B. Dutta, T. Kamon, N. Kolev, K. Sinha, K. Wang, and S. Wu, “Top Squark Searches Using Dilepton Invariant Mass Distributions and Bino-Higgsino Dark Matter at the LHC,” Phys. Rev. D 87 (2013) 095007.

(10) [*] B. Dutta, A. Gurrola, W. Johns, T. Kamon, P. Sheldon and K. Sinha, “Vector Boson Fusion Processes as a Probe of Supersymmetric Electroweak Sectors at the LHC,” Phys. Rev. D 87 (2013) 035029.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES: (1) SELECTED TALKS (2013 – present) [URL: http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/kamon/research/talk/]: • [Invited Talk] “CMS Search for Supersymmetry at the LHC”, International Symposium on Higgs Boson and

Beyond Standard Model Physics, Shandong University, Weihai, China, August 15-19, 2016. • [Invited Talk] “CMS Search for SUSY and X at the LHC”, Kavli-IPMU-Durham-KIAS workshop: New Particle

Searches Confronting the First LHC Run-2 Data, Kavli-IPMU, Kashiwa, Japan, Sep 7 - 11, 2015. • [Invited Talk] “Dark Matter Searches at CMS”, IX International Conference on the Interconnection between

Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC2015), Deadwood, South Dakota, June 29 - July 3, 2015. • [Invited Talk] “SUSY Searches via VBF Dijet and ISR Jet Tagging at FCC”, Aspen Winter Conference on Exploring

the Physics Frontiers with Circular Colliders, Aspen, CO, Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2015. • [Invited Talk] “Search for Dark Matter at CMS”, VIII International Conference on the Interconnections between

Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC2014), University of Guanajuato. Leon, Mexico, June 22-28, 2014. • [Invited Talk] “LHC SUSY Searches with Leptons, Photons, Long-Lifetime, or No Large MET”, Tohoku Workshop

on Higgs and Beyond, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, June 5-9, 2013. (2) Conveners/Leaders in the CMS Experiment: [i] Co-convener of U.S. CMS Jets + Missing Transverse Energy

(MET) Topology group, 2007-2010; [ii] Co-convener of CMS MET group, 2009-2011; [iii] Co-leader of CMS SUSY Jets + MET + Taus working group, 2011-2014; [iv] Co-convener of CMS GEM DPG RECO/Validation subgroup, 2012-2015; [v] Co-leader of CMS BSM-3G working group, 2015-present; [vi] Co-convener of CMS GEM DPG group, 2015-present.

(3) PPC: Co-founder of International Workshop on the Interconnection between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC2007); Organization Committee for PPC2008-PPC2011, PPC2013-PPC2015; Co-chair for PPC2007 & PPC2012; Advisor to LOC of PPC2016.

(4) OTHER: [i] Development of Visual Physics Lab for introductory physics course, TAMU (2003-2005); [ii] Peer Review Project Scholars/Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU (2004-2007); [iii] Co-conveners of SUSY sessions at major international conferences (e.g., SUSY, ICHEP, ILC Workshops); [iv] Public lectures at TAMU Saturday Morning Physics and other places; [v] Development/operation of demonstration (gravity well, cloud chamber, Rubens’ tube, square-bicycle) for TAMU Physics Festival.

http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/kamon/research/talk/

CURRICULUM VITAE

Helmut G. Katzgraber http://katzgraber.org

Department of Physics and Astronomy TEL: (+1) 979 845 8532 Texas A&M University, 4242 TAMU FAX: (+1) 979 845 2590

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Physics 06/1998 – 09/2001 University of California Santa Cruz (USA), Advisor: Prof. A. Peter Young

M.S. in Physics 10/1997 – 06/1998 University of California Santa Cruz (USA) Advisor: Prof. A. Peter Young

Diploma in Physics 10/1992 – 04/1997 ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Advisor: Prof. G. Blatter Awards: Diploma with distinction (summa cum laude), Polya Prize

¨ German Bachelors Degree 03/1989 – 12/1991 Colegio Alexander von Humboldt Lima (Peru) Award: best student in Sciences and Mathematics

RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 09/2015 –

Faculty Member Visiting professor in computational physics, Coventry University, Coventry, UK 07/2015 – 07/2016 External faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe NM, USA 07/2014 – 06/2017 Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 03/2013 – 03/2016 Graduate School, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 01/2009 –

Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 09/2012 – 08/2015

Assistant Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 01/2009 – 08/2012 Theoretical Physics Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (SNF) 03/2007 – 03/2013

Post-Doctoral Researcher Theoretical Physics Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Advisor: G. Blatter) 10/2002 – 03/2007 Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, USA (Advisor: G. Zimanyi) 10/2001 – 10/2002

Research Assistant Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA 10/1997 – 10/2001 Theoretical Physics Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 04/1997 – 09/1997 PUBLICATION & PRESENTATION SUMMARY

Publications (incl. 4 book chapters and 10 conference proceedings) 119 Invited talks at conferences, seminars & colloquia 152 Conference contributions (talks & posters) 50

HELMUT G. KATZGRABER 2 AWARDS & ACCUMULATED FUNDING Polya Prize Awarded by ETH Zurich 1997, Best Diploma Thesis (masters equivalent) in theoretical physics SNF Forderungsprofessur, Awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation 2007, Faculty fellowship NSF CAREER Award, Awarded by the National Science Foundation 2012, Distinguished Achievement College-Level Award in Teaching, Awarded by the the Texas A&M Association of Former Students (USD 2000, Fall 2013) Teaching Excellence Award, Awarded by the Texas A&M System (USD 4000, Fall 2009) Funding Profile: Single PI: USD 4784000; Co-PI: 1249000

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1. Z. Zhu, Chao Fang and Helmut G. Katzgraber, “borealis - A generalized global update algorithm for Boolean

optimization problems,” Journal on Satisfiability, Boolean Modeling and Computation (JSAT), submitted (arXiv:physics.comp-ph/1605.09399) ◮ winner of the incomplete unweighted Max-SAT random track of the 2016 SAT competition (July 2016)

2. Helmut G. Katzgraber, Firas Hamze, Zheng Zhu, Andrew J. Ochoa, and H. Munoz-Bauza, “Seeking Quantum Speedup Through Spin Glasses: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Phys. Rev. X 5, 031026 (2015)

3. Zheng Zhu, Andrew J. Ochoa, and Helmut G. Katzgraber, “Efficient Cluster Algorithm for Spin Glasses in Any Space Dimension,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 077201 (2015)

4. J. C. Andresen, Helmut G. Katzgraber, V. Oganesyan, and M. Schechter, “Existence of a Thermodynamic Spin-Glass Phase in the Zero-Concentration Limit of Anisotropic Dipolar Systems,” Phys. Rev. X 4, 041016 (2014)

5. Helmut G. Katzgraber, Firas Hamze, and Ruben S. Andrist, “Glassy Chimeras could be blind to quantum speedup: Designing better benchmarks for quantum annealing machines,” Phys. Rev. X 4, 021008 (2014)

6. R. S. Andrist, Helmut G. Katzgraber, V. Dobrosavljevic and G. T. Zimanyi, “Self-Organized Criticality in Glassy Spin Systems Requires a Diverging Number of Neighbors,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 097203 (2013)

7. B. Yucesoy, Helmut G. Katzgraber, J. Machta, “Evidence of non-mean-field-like low-temperature behavior in the Edwards-Anderson spin-glass model,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 177204 (2012) ◮ see feature by A. A. Middleton in the Journal Club of Condensed Matter (May 2013)

8. Juan Carlos Andresen, Creighton K. Thomas, Helmut G. Katzgraber and Moshe Schechter, “Novel disordering mechanism in ferromagnetic systems with competing interactions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 177202 (2013)

9. H. Bombin, Ruben S. Andrist, Masayuki Ohzeki, Helmut G. Katzgraber and M. A. Martin-Delgado, “Strong Resilience of Topological Codes to Depolarization,” Phys. Rev. X 2, 021004 (2012) ◮ see Physics Viewpoint by D. Gottesman [Physics 5, 50 (2012)]

10. Helmut G. Katzgraber, H. Bombin and M.-A. Martin-Delgado, “Error Threshold for Color Codes and Random 3-Body Ising Models,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 090501 (2009)

11. Helmut G. Katzgraber, D. Larson and A. P. Young, “Study of the de Almeida-Thouless line using power-law diluted one-dimensional Ising spin glasses,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 177205 (2009)

12. T. Jorg,¨ Helmut G. Katzgraber, and F. Krza¸kała, “Behavior of Ising Spin Glasses in a Magnetic Field,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 197202 (2008)

13. Helmut G. Katzgraber, F. Pazm´andi,´ C. R. Pike, Kai Liu, R. T. Scalettar, K. L. Verosub, and G. T. Zimanyi,´ “Reversal-field memory in the Hysteresis of Spin Glasses,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 257202 (2002)

CURRICULUM VITAE OF CHE-MING KO

a. Professional Preparation

Tunghai University Physics B.Sc. 1965

McMaster University Physics M.Sc. 1968

Stony Brook University Physics Ph.D. 1973

McMaster University Nuclear theory Postdoctoral Fellow 1973-1974

b. Appointments

1988-present Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University

1996 fall Visiting Professor, Stony Brook University

1984-1988 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University

1984-1985 Visiting Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1980-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University

1978-1980 Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

1977-1978 Research Associate, Michigan State University

1974-1977 Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics

c. Honors and Awards

Fellow of American Physical Society since 1994

Humboldt Research Award, 1995

Distinguished Research Award, Texas A&M University, 2004

Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society, 2010

Excellence in Reviewing, Physics Letters B, 2012.

d. Publications

As of August 24, 2016, 343 publications with total citations of 13,203 and h index of 57 in Thomson Reuters Web of Science; 13,909 citations in SPIRES high-energy database with h-index of 62, and 19,386 citations in Google Scholar with h-index of 73.

1. K. C. Han, R. Fries, and C. M. Ko, “Jet Fragmentation via Recombination of Parton Showers”, Phys. Rev. C 93, 045207:1-9 (2016).

2. F. Li and C. M. Ko, “Spinodal Instability of Baryon-Rich quark-Gluon Plasma in the Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Model”, Phys. Rev. C 93, 035205: 1-13 (2016).

3. T. Song and C. M. Ko, “Modification of Pion Production Threshold in the Nuclear Medium in Heavy Ion Collisions and the Nuclear Symmetry Energy”, Phys. Rev. C 91, 014901: 1-9 (2015).

4. T. Song, S. H. Lee, K. Morita, and C. M. Ko, “Free Energy Versus Internal Energy Potential for Heavy Quark Systems at Finite Temperature”, Nucl. Phys. A 931, 607-611 (2014).

5. J. Xu, T. Song, C. M. Ko, and L. Feng, “Elliptic Flow Splitting as a Probe of the QCD Phase Structure at Finite Baryon Chemical Potential”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 012301: 1-4 (2014).

6. J. Xu, L. W. Chen, C. M. Ko, and Z. W. Lin, “Effects of Hadronic Potentials on Elliptic Flows in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions”, Phys. Rev. C 85, 041901(R): 1-4 (2012).

7. S. Cho, T. Furumoto, T. Hyodo, D. Jido, C. M. Ko, S. H Lee, M. Nielsen, A. Ohnishi, T. Sekihara, S. Yasui, and K. Yazaki, “Identifying Multi-quark Hadrons from Heavy Ion Collisions”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 212001: 1-4 (2011).

8. J. Xu and C. M. Ko, “Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV in a Multiphase Transport Model”, Phys. Rev. C 83, 034904: 1-5 (2011).

9. B. A. Li, L. W. Chen, and C. M. Ko, “Recent Progress and New Challenges in Isospin Physics with Heavy-Ion Reactions”, Phys. Rep. 464, 113-281 (2008).

10. L. W. Chen, C. M. Ko, and B. A. Li, “Determination of the Stiffness of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy from Isospin Diffusion”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 032701: 1-4 (2005).

11. Z. W. Lin, C. M. Ko, B. A. Li, B. Zhang, and S. Pal, “Multiphase Transport Model for Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions”, Phys. Rev. C 72, 064901: 1-29 (2005).

12. V. Greco, C. M. Ko, and P. Levai, “Parton Coalescence and the Antiproton/Pion Anomaly at RHIC”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 202302:1-4 (2003).

e. Synergistic Activities

Member, Editorial Board of Physical Review C, 1997-2000

Associate Editor, Chinese Journal of Physics, 2009-present

f. Other Affiliations

(i) Graduate and postdoctoral advisors

Graduate advisors (2): Donald W. L. Sprung (McMaster University), Gerald E. Brown (Stony Brook University)

Postdoctoral advisors (4): Donald W. L. Sprung (McMaster University), Hans A. Weidenmuller (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics), George F. Bertsch (University of Washington), and Norman K. Glendenning (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)

(ii) Thesis advisor and postgraduate-scholar sponsor

M.Sc. (3): Guang Song (1998, Associate Professor, Iowa State University), Chang-Hui Li (2002, Director of Optical Tomography Laboratory, Peking University), and Tien-Gang Di (2002)

Ph.D. (7): Li Xiong (1991, Radiologist, Harvard Medical School), Xu-Shan Fang (1994), Pei-Wen Xia (1997, Project Manager, Schlumberger), Wai-Shing Chung (1998), Wei Liu (2004), Kyongchol Han (2016, Adjunct Professor, University of May Hardin-Baylor), and Feng Li (2016, Postdoctoral Fellow, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies)

Postgraduate scholars (19): Jian-Qian Wu (Teleco Oilfield Services Inc.), Linhua Xia (President, Qingdao University), Peter Levai (Director, KFKI Research Institute), Masakawa Asakawa (Professor, Osaka University), Guo-Qiang Li (Vice President, American International Group), Chungsik Song, Bao-An Li (Regent Professor, Texas A&M University at Commerce), Bing Zhang (Associate Professor, Arkansas State University), Zie-Wei Lin (Associate Professor, East Carolina University), Subrata Pal (Associate Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Lie-Wen Chen (Professor, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University), Vincenzo Greco (Professor, University of Catania), Ben-Wei Zhang (Professor, Huazhong Normal University), Wei Liu (Manager, New Standard Investments LLc),Yongseok Oh (Professor, Kyungpook National University), Jun Xu (Associate Professor, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics), and Taesoo Song (Research Associate, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies), Yunpeng Liu (Associate Professor, Tianjin University), Zhen Zhang (Texas A&M University)

OLGA KOCHAROVSKAYA

EDUCATION

Dr. Habilitation awarded by the Highest Attestation, 1996, Commission of the Russian Federation; Ph.D. received from Nizhny Novgorod State University, 1986 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy Distinguished Professor Sept. 2007 – Present Professor Sept. 2001 – 2007, Associate Professor Jan. 1998 – Sept. 2001 Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences: Leading Scientist 1996 – 1998 Senior Scientist 1992 – 1996; Research Scientist 1986 – 1991 Universite Libre de Bruxelles: Visiting Research Scientist 1990 – 1996 Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia: Ph.D. Student 1984 – 1986 HONORS

Distinguished Scientist Award, Texas A&M University Chapter of Sigma Xi, 2012 University Distinguished Professor Award, Texas A&M University, 2011 Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2005 The Association of Former Students and TAMU Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, 2005 “Distinguished Women Physicists” lecture series, Department of Physics, UT Austin, 2005 Willis Lamb Medal for Laser Physics and Quantum Electronics, Physics of Quantum Electronics Winter Symposium, 1998 Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), 1997 Outstanding Young Doctor of Sciences of the Russian Federation, Presidential Grant, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1996 SELECTED RECENT SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIS Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal “Laser Physics Letters”, 2013 -present Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal “Laser Physics”, 2013-present Member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal “USPEHI”, 2015-present Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute of Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, 2013-present Co-Chair of the Seminar N 1 “Modern Problems of Laser Physics” in the frame of the Annual International Workshop “Laser Physics”, 2008-present. Member of the Panel “Fundamental constituents of the matter”, Advanced Grants of the European Research Counsel, Brussels, 2008-2013. CURRENT GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH

2015-2018 Principal Investigator of the NSF Grant: Quantum Interface between Gamma-Photons - Nuclear Ensembles, $266,150. 2013-2017 –Principal Investigator of the NSF Grant: “Dynamical Control of Light-Matter Interactions”, $225, 000.

Carrier of Former Students (10 total) and Post-docs (9 total) All former students and postdocs got permanent jobs: 7 in academy, 7 in research institutes and national labs); current students are: Xiwen Zhang (graduates in Dec.2016) and Timur Akhmedzhanov (graduates in May 2016). Main Research Areas: Quantum, Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Information Science, Attosecond Physics, X-ray Optics. Publications in the referred journals: (Google Scholar: 5025 citations, h-index: 33, i-10 index: 67) Selected papers published in the last 5 years

1. V.A. Polovinkin, Y.V. Radeonychev, and O. Kocharovskaya, Few-cycle attosecond pulses via periodic resonance interaction with hydrogen-like atoms, Optics Letters Vol. 36, No. 12 p.2296-2298 (2011).

2. A. Kalachev and O. Kocharovskaya, Quantum storage via refractive index control, Phys. Rev. A 83, 053849 (2011).

3. C.O’Brien and O.Kocharovskaya, Optically controllable photonic structures with zero absorption, Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 137401 (2011)

4. R. N. Shakhmuratov, F.Vagizov, O. Kocharovskaya, Radiation burst from a single γ -photon field, Phys. Rev. A 84, 043820 (2011).

5. C.O’Brien, P. Anisimov, Y. Rostovtsev, O.Kocharovskaya, Coherent Control of the Refractive Index in a Far-detuned Λ System, Phys. Rev. A 84, 063835 (2011).

6. X. Zhang, A. Kalachev, O. Kocharovskaya, Quantum storage based on control-field angular scanning, Phys. Rev. A87, 013811 (2013)

7. R. Shakhmuratov, F.Vagizov, O. Kocharovskaya, Single gamma-photon revival and radiation burst in a sandwich absorber, Phys. Rev. A87, 013807 (2013)

8. V. A. Antonov, Y. V. Radeonychev, O. Kocharovskaya, Formation of a single attosecond pulse from resonant radiation via interaction with a strongly perturbed atomic transition, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 213903 (2013).

9. A.A. Kalachev, O.Kocharovskaya, Multimode cavity-assisted quantum storage via continues phase-matching control, Phys. Rev. A87, 033846 (2013).

10. V. A. Antonov, Y. V. Radeonychev, O. Kocharovskaya, Formation of ultrashort pulses via quantum interference between Stark-split atomic transitions in a hydrogenlike medium, Phys. Rev, A 88, 053849 (2013).

11. Y. Luqi; D. Wang, A. Svidzinsky, H. Xia, O. Kocharovskaya, A. Sokolov, G. R. Welch, S. Suckewer, M.O..Scully, Transient lasing without inversion via forbidden and virtual transitions // Physical Review A, 2014. V. 89 № 1, p. 013814.

12. F. Vagizov , V.Antonov, Y.V. Radeonychev, R. N. Shakhmuratov, O. Kocharovskaya, Coherent Control of the Waveforms of Recoilless Gamma-Photons , Nature, vol. 508 | 3 April 2014, pp.80-83; DOI 10.1038/nature13018 .

13. X. Zhang, A. Kalachev, O. Kocharovskaya, All optical quantum storage based on spatial chirp of the control field, Phys. Rev. A 90, 052322 (2014).

14. V. A. Antonov, T. R. Akhmedzhanov, Y. V. Radeonychev, O. Kocharovskaya, Attosecond pulse formation via switching of resonant interaction by tunnel ionization, Phys. Rev A 91, 023830 (2015).

15. V. A. Antonov, Y. V. Radeonychev, O. Kocharovskaya, -ray-pulse formation in a vibrating recoilless resonant absorber, Phys. Rev. A 92, 023841, 2015. R.N. Shakhmuratov, F.G. Vagizov,V.А. Antonov, Y.V. Radeonychev, M.O. Scully, O. Kocharovskaya, Transformation of a single photon field into bunches of pulses, Phys. Rev. A 92, 023836 (2015).

16. Y. V. Radeonychev, V.A.Antonov, F.G.Vagizov, R.N. Shakhmuratov, and O. Kocharovskaya, Conversion of recoilless γ radiation into a periodic sequence of short intense pulses in a set of several sequentially placed resonant absorbers, Phys. Rev. A 92, 043808 (2015). Editor’s choice.

17. T.R. Akhmedzhanov, V.A. Antonov, and O. Kocharovskaya, Formation of ultrashort pulses from quasi-monochromatic XUV radiation via IR field controlled forward scattering, Phys. Rev., A 94 (2), 023821 (2016).

Vitaly V. Kocharovsky. Curriculum Vitae Affiliation: Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242. E-mail: [email protected] University Education: 1997 - Dr. Habilitation Degree in Physics & Mathematics awarded by the Highest Attestation Commission of Russia 1986 - Ph.D. in Physics & Mathematics received from the Radiophysical Research Inst. (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) 1978 - MS in Physics & Mathematics (with the distinction) received from the Nizhny Novgorod State Univ., Russia Academic Experience: 2005 - date Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University 2002 - 2005 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 2001 - 2001 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1998 - 2001 Associate Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1996 - 1998 Leading Researcher at the Inst. of Applied Phys. of the Russian Academy of Science (Nizhny Novgorod) 1978 - 1996 Senior Researcher, Researcher at Inst. of Appl. Phys. of the Russian Academy of Science (N. Novgorod) Teaching Activity: Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University: 2001 - date “Physics 218” and “Physics 201” undergraduate courses. Associate Professor at the Nizhny Novgorod State University (Russia): 1988 - 1989 “Quantum Field Theory” (undergraduate course), 1987 - 1988 “Modern Problems in Physics” (graduate course). Membership in Professional Societies: Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) since 1996, Member of the American Physical Society (APS) since 1999, Elected member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 2000. Synergistic Activities: - Member of the International Advisory Committee of the 2nd, 3rd , and 4th International Conferences ``Frontiers of Nonlinear Physics'' (Russia, July 2004, July 2007, July 2010) and organizer of two FNP-2004 Symposia ``Nonlinear Matter-Waves and BEC'' and ``Nonlinear Processes in Semiconductors'', N. Novgorod - St. Petersburg, July, 2004. - Organizer of a series of Symposia at the Winter Colloquium on Physics of Quantum Electronics (Snowbird, Utah): “Semiconductor Optoelectronics'', January 2005 and 2004, ``Infrared Semiconductor Optoelectronics'', Jan. 2003, ``New Frontiers in Semiconductor Optoelectronics'', January 2002, ``Bose-Einstein Condensation'', January 2001. - Member of the Organizing Committee of the 5th International Heidelberg Conf. on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics “DARK2004”, Texas A&M University, College Station, October 5-9, 2004. - Member of the Organizing Committee of the Symposium on Observational Cosmology, TAMU, April 11-16, 2004. - Organizer of the Symposia at the Texas A&M University (together with Prof. M.O. Scully): ``Quantum Control in Atoms, Molecules, Solids, and Nuclei'' (2000) and ``Novel Optical Materials'' (1999). - Guest Editor of the chapter ``Resonance Phenomena'' in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers Co. Ltd., 2001. - 1991-1998 Chairman of Seminar “Theoretical Physics'' at Inst. of Appl. Phys. of the Russian Academy of Science. - 1992-1997 Elected member of the Scientific Council of Electronics and Plasma Physics Division, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Science. - 1985-1986 Chairman of the Advisory Board at the Nizhny Novgorod Lyceum of Physics and Mathematics. - Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, TAMU (2003-2008). - Member of the Quantum Optics, Nanophysics, and Astronomy/Cosmology Faculty Search Committees, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University (2004 - 2010). - Member of the Institute for Quantum Studies Advisory Committee, Texas A&M University (2003-2014). - Member of the Performance Evaluation Committee, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, TAMU (2011 - 2015). - Member of the Graduate Council Representative on Ph. D. Advisory Committee, TAMU (2002 - date). Research Experience: V.V. Kocharovsky has co-authored more than 200 papers in refereed journals and proceedings. He originates from the well-known scientific school of the laureate of the Nobel Prize in physics Prof. V.L. Ginzburg and the member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Prof. V.V. Zheleznyakov. His scientific interests cover a wide range of problems in physics and include physics of critical phenomena and phase transitions, superconductivity and


superfluidity, Bose-Einstein condensation, statistical physics of quantum systems, theory of nonequilibrium, relaxation and decoherence phenomena, theory of superradiance, quantum field theory, many-body systems and Green's function methods, physics of semiconductors and nanostructures, optoelectronics and photonics, telecommunications, atomic and molecular physics, quantum and nonlinear optics, quantum electrodynamics including cavity QED, laser physics, fiber optics, astrophysics, cosmology, plasma physics, electronics, electrodynamics and propagation of electromagnetic waves in inhomogeneous, anisotropic, active or absorbing media (solids, liquid crystals, gases, plasmas, waveguides). Main publications:

1. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, V.Ju. Martyanov, S.V. Tarasov, "The analytical theory of self-consistent current structures in a collisionless plasma", Physics-Uspekhi 59, n. 10, 2016.

2. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, S.V. Tarasov, “Bose-Einstein condensation in the mesoscopic systems: Self-similar structure of the critical region and nonequivalence of the canonical and grand canonical ensembles”, JETP Letters 103, 62-75, 2016.

3. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Microscopic theory of phase transitions in a critical region”, Physica Scripta 90, 108002, 2015.

4. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Towards an exact solution for the three-dimensional Ising model: A method of the recurrence equations for partial contractions”, Phys. Lett. A 379, 2520-2523, 2015.

5. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Microscopic theory of a phase transition in a critical region: Bose–Einstein condensation in an interacting gas”, Phys. Lett. A 379, 466-470, 2015.

6. S.V. Tarasov, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, V.V. Kocharovsky, “Grand Canonical Versus Canonical Ensemble: Universal Structure of Statistics and Thermodynamics in a Critical Region of Bose–Einstein Condensation of an Ideal Gas in Arbitrary Trap”, J. Stat. Phys. 161, 942-964, 2015.

7. V.V. Kocharovsky et al., “The breaks and the hidden components in the power-law spectra of synchrotron radiation of the self-consistent current structures”, Physics of Plasmas 22, 083303, 2015.

8. S.V. Tarasov, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, V.V. Kocharovsky, “Universal scaling in the statistics and thermodynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensation of an ideal gas in an arbitrary trap”, Phys. Rev. A 90, 033605, 2014.

9. S.V. Tarasov, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, V.V. Kocharovsky, “Universal fine structure of the specific heat at the critical lambda-point for an ideal Bose gas in an arbitrary trap”, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 47, 415003, 2014.

10. P.A. Kalinin, V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Lasing threshold in traps for Bose-condensation of dipolar excitons”, Solid State Communications 152, 1008-1011, 2012.

11. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, V.Ju. Martyanov, “Self-consistent current sheets and filaments in relativistic collisionless plasma with arbitrary energy distribution of particles”, PRL 104, 215002, 2010.

12. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Analytical theory of mesoscopic Bose-Einstein condensation in an ideal gas”, Phys. Rev. A 81, 033615, 2010.

13. E.V. Derishev, F.A. Aharonian, V.V. Kocharovsky, and Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “A new mechanism for particle acceleration in relativistic jets”, International Journal of Modern Physics D 17, 1839-1847, 2008.

14. G.B. Akguc, L.E. Reichl, E.V. Derishev, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, V.V. Kocharovsky, “Nonlinear dynamics of gravity and matter creation in a cosmology with an unbounded Hamiltonian”, Phys. Rev. E 70, 066210, 2004.

15. M.O. Scully, V.V. Kocharovsky, A.A. Belyanin, E. Fry, F. Capasso, “Enhancing Acceleration Radiation from Ground-State Atoms via Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 243004, 2003.

16. E.V. Derishev, F.A. Aharonian, V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Particle acceleration through multiple conversions from a charged into a neutral state and back”, Phys. Rev. D 68, 043003, 2003.

17. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Self-consistent infrared & ultraviolet asymptotically free unitary renormalizable theory of quantum gravity and matter fields”, Foundations of Physics 26, 243-256, 1996.

18. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Origin of Bragg-Coulomb high-Tc superconductivity. Green's function and diagram method for umklapp e- – e- scattering”, Physica C 200, 385-402, 1992.

19. V.V. Zheleznyakov, V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Polarization waves and superradiance in active media”, Sov. Phys. Uspekhi 32, 835-870, 1989.

20. V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Double-flow Bragg-Coulomb mechanism for high-Tc Superconductivity”, Sov. Phys.-JETP Lett. 48, 565-569, 1988.

21. V.V. Zheleznyakov, V.V. Kocharovsky, Vl.V. Kocharovsky, “Linear coupling of electromagnetic waves in inhomogeneous weakly-anisotropic media”, Sov. Phys. Uspekhi 26, 877-905, 1983.

Resume of Kevin Krisciunas Office Address: Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4242 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 Office Phone: 979-845-7018 Email: [email protected] Website: http://people.physics.tamu.edu/krisciunas/ Present employment (since November 1, 2006): Instructional Assistant Professor Previous Employment: Academic Director, Summer Science Program, summer 2008. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame (2004-2006). Research Associate, Las Campanas Observatory, La Serena, Chile (2002-2003). Research Associate, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile (2000-2002). Research Assistant for Department of Astronomy, University of Washington (1997-2000). Teaching Assistant for Department of Astronomy, University of Washington (1996-1997). Computer programmer, Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, Hawaii (1982-1996). Part time astronomy instructor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii (1994-1996). Part time astronomy instructor, West Valley College, Saratoga, California (1978-1981). Computer programmer and onboard operator for NASA’s Kuiper Airborne Observatory (1977-1982). Education: University of Washington (1996-2000). MS, December, 1997. Ph. D., December, 2000. University of Chicago (1975-1976). MA, August, 1976. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (1971-1974). BS, January, 1974. Academic Awards: Undergraduate degree was earned with High Honors and Highest Distinction in Astronomy. ARCS Fellow, University of Washington, 1996-1998. Distinguished New Faculty Award, given at the 21st International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, April. 2010.

Grants awarded: “Collaborative Research: Three dimensional simulations of Type Ia Supernovae: Constraining Models with Observations,” National Science Foundation, AST-0708873, August 15, 2007, through August 15, 2015 ($665,346). “Collaborative Research: The Carnegie Supernova Project - Pushing the Precision of Type Ia Supernovae as Cosmological Standard Candles,” National Science Foundation, AST 1613455, August 15, 2016, through August 15, 2019 ($325,000). Important recent publications: A Guide to Wider Horizons, by Kevin Krisciunas, 2nd edition, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt, 2016, 146 pp. “Fixing the U-band photometry of Type Ia supernovae,” by Kevin Krisciunas, Deepak Bastola, Juan Espinoza, et al., Astronomical Journal, 145, paper 11, 2013 (7 pp.) “The first three rungs of the cosmological distance ladder,” by Kevin Krisciunas, Erika DeBenedictis, Jeremy Steeger, Agnes Bishoff-Kim, Gil Tabak, and Kanika Pasricha, American Journal of Physics, 80, pp. 429-438, 2012. “The most slowly declining Type Ia supernova 2001ay,” by Kevin Krisciunas, Weidong Li, Thomas Matheson, et al., Astronomical Journal, 142, article 74, 2011 (17 pp.) “The fast declining Type Ia supernova 2009gs, and evidence for a significant dispersion in near-infrared absolute magnitudes of fast decliners at maximum light,” by Kevin Krisciunas, G. H. Marion, Nicholas B. Suntzeff, et al., Astronomical Journal,138, pp. 1584-1596, 2009.

Biographical Sketch — David M. Lee (i) Professional Preparation Harvard University Physics A.B. 1952 University of Connecticut Physics M.S. 1955 Yale University Physics Ph.D. 1959 (ii) Appointments and other information 2009 – present Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University

1998 – 2007 James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences, Cornell University 1969 – 1998 Professor of Physics, Cornell University 1963 – 1969 Associate Professor of Physics, Cornell University 1960 – 1963 Assistant Professor of Physics, Cornell University 1959 – 1960 Instructor in Physics, Cornell University (iii) Other information • Military - Served in U.S. Army 1952 – 1954 • Visiting Positions: Chaire Municipale, Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble 1994, University of California at

San Diego 1988, University of Florida 1974 – 1975, Brookhaven National Lab. 1966 – 1967. • Fellowships - Guggenheim Fellowships 1966 – 1967 and 1974 – 1975, Japan Society for the Promotion of

Science Fellowship 1977. • Affiliations - Fellow American Physical Society, British Institute of Physics, American Association for the

Advancement of Science, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences; member, National Academy of Sciences; foreign member, Russian Academy of Sciences.

• Awards - 1976 Sir Francis Simon Memorial Prize (with R. C. Richardson and D. D. Osheroff), 1981 Oliver Buckley Prize (with Osheroff and Richardson), 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Osheroff and Richardson for the discovery of Superfluid 3He; Wilbur Cross Medal of the Yale University Graduate School.

• Honorary Doctoral Degrees: Univ. of Connecticut, Polytechnic Inst. of New York, Univ. of Florida, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Joseph Fourier Univ. (Grenoble), Lancaster Univ. (UK).

Recent Publications 1. Stabilization of Homogeneously Precessing Domains by Large Magnetic Fields in Superfluid 3He B, D. A. Geller and D. M. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1032 – 1035 (2000). 2. Hydrogen Atoms in Impurity-Helium Solids, S. I. Kiselev, V. V. Khmelenko and D. M. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, 175301-1 – 175301-4 (2002). 3. Exotic Behavior of Hydrogen Atoms in Solid H2 at Temperatures below 1 K, A. Ahokas, J. Jarvinen, V. V. Khmelenko, D. M. Lee and S. Vasiliev, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 095301-1 – 095301-4, (2006). 4. Noble-Gas Nanoclusters with Fivefold Symmetry Stabilized in Superfluid Helium, V. Kiryukhin, E. P. Bernard, V. V. Khmelenko, R. E. Boltnev, N. V. Krainyukova and D. M. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 195506-1 – 199506-4 (2007). 5. Recent Progress in Studies of Nanostructured Impurity Helium Solids, V.V. Khmelenko, H. Kunttu and D.M. Lee, J. Low Temp. Phys. 148, 1-31, (2007). 6. Tunneling chemical reactions of hydrogen isotopes in quantum solids", V.V. Khmelenko, E.P. Bernard, S.A. Vasiliev, D.M. Lee, Russ. Chem. Rev. 76 (12), 1107-1121 (2007). 7. Stabilization of hydrogen atoms in aggregates of krypton nanoclusters immersed in superfluid helium, R.E. Boltnev, E.P. Bernard, J. Jarvinen, V.V. Khmelenko, and D.M. Lee, Phys. Rev. B 79, 180506-1 - 180506-4 (2009). 8. Stabilization of high density atomic hydrogen in H2 matrices at T< 0.5 K, J. Ahokas, O. Vainio, J. Jarvinen, V.V. Khmelenko, D.M. Lee and S. Vasiliev, Phys. Rev. B79, 220505 (2009). 9. Magnetic resonance study of H atoms in thin films of H2 at temperatures below 1 K, J. Ahokas, O. Vainio, S. Novotny, J. Jarvinen, V.V. Khmelenko, D. M. Lee, and S. Vasiliev, Phys. Rev. B 81, 104516-1 -104516-14 (2010). 10. Observation of the fcc-to-hcp transition in ensembles of argon nanoclusters, N.V. Krainyukova, V. Kiryukhin, E.P. Bernard, V.V. Khmelenko, R.E. Boltnev, and D.M. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 245505 (2012).

11. Luminescence of Oxygen Atoms Stimulated by Metastable Helium at Cryogenic Temperatures, V.V. Khmelenko, S. Mao, A. Meraki, S. Wilde, P. McColgan, A.A. Pelmenev, R.E. Boltnev, and D.M. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 183002 (2013). 13. Percolation in Aggregates of Nanoclusters Immersed in Superfluid Helium, S. Mao, A. Meraki, R.E. Boltnev, V.V. Khmelenko, and D.M. Lee, Phys. Rev. B 89, 144301 (2014) 14. Experimental cell for molecular beam deposition and magnetic resonance studies of matrix isolated radicals at temperatures below 1 K, S. Sheludiakov, J. Ahokas, O. Vainio, J. Järvinen, D. Zvezdov, S. Vasiliev, V. V. Khmelenko, S. Mao, and D. M. Lee, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 053902 (2014) 15. Experimental setup for investigation of nanoclusters at cryogenic temperatures by electronic spin resonance and optical spectroscopies, S. Mao, A. Meraki, P. T. McColgan, V. Shemelin, V. V. Khmelenko, and D. M. Lee, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 073906 (2014) 16. Dynamic nuclear polarization of high density atomic hydrogen in solid mixture of molecular hydrogen isotopes, S. Sheludyakov, J. Ahokas, J. Jarvinen, D. Zvezdov, O. Vainio, L. Lehtonen, S. Vasiliev, S. Mao, V.V. Khmelenko, D.M. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 265303-1 – 265303-5 (2014). 17. Optical and electron spin resonance studies of xenon-nitrogen-helium condensates containing nitrogen and oxygen atoms, R.E. Boltnev, I.B. Bykhalo, I.N. Krushinskaya, A.A. Pelmenev, V.V. Khmelenko, S. Mao, A. Meraki, S.C. Wilde, P.T. McColgan, D.M. Lee, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 119, 2438-2448 (2015). 18. Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in atomic hydrogen gas, O. Vainio, J. Ahokas, J. Jarvinen, L. Lehtonen, S. Novotny, S. Sheludyakov, K.-A. Suominen, S. Vasiliev, D. Zvezdov, V.V. Khmelenko, D.M. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 125304-1 - 125304-5 (2015). (iv) Synergistic Activities Chairman, National Research Council Committee on Fundamental Constants; American Physical Society Committee to Evaluate Reviews of Modern Physics. (v) Collaborators and other Affiliations

(a.) Collaborators and co-editors – past 5 years. Janne Ahokas, Turku University, Finland; Roman Boltnev, BINEPCP, Chernogolovka, Russia; Jarno Jarvinen, Institute Néel – CNRS, Grenoble, France; Vladimir Khmelenko, Texas A&M University; Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University; Nina Krainyukova, Institute of Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, Kharkov, Ukraine; Carley Paulsen, Institute Néel – CNRS, Grenoble, France; Otto Vainio, Turku University, Finland, Sergey Vasiliev, Turku University, Finland.

(b.) Yale Ph.D. Yale Graduate Advisor, Professor Henry A. Fairbank, Duke University (deceased) (c.) Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate – Scholar Sponsor Ph.D. Students – total number 32

Harold Weinstock, AFOSR; Fred P. Lipschultz, Emeritus Prof., U. of Conn.; Erlend H. Graf, emeritus Prof., SUNY – Stony Brook; Paul M. Tedrow, recipient of 2009 Buckley prize, Retired Researcher, MIT National Magnet Lab.; Prabha K. Tedrow, Staff – Hanscomb Air Force Base; Otfried Heybey, deceased, AMP, Inc.; Richard Crepeau, Retired Researcher, Cornell Univ.; James Sites, Professor, Colorado State Univ.; Linton Corruccini, Professor, U. of Calif., Davis, CA; Douglas D. Osheroff Nobel Laureate, Professor, Stanford Univ. (retired); Willy Gully, Researcher, Ball Corporation (retired); Steven Goldstein, unknown; Christopher Gould, Professor, USC; Russell Giannetta, Professor, U. of Illinois; Eric Ziercher, unknown; David Sagan, Lab. of Nuclear Studies, Cornell Univ.; Roman Movshovich, Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab.; Paul de Vegvar, Private Consulting; Bernard Yurke, Boise State Univ.; Burgess Johnson, Staff Scientist, Honeywell; John Denker, AT and T Laboratories (retired); David Thompson, unknown; Keith Earle, Professor, Univ. of Albany, Dept. of Chemistry; Nicholas Bigelow, Professor, Univ. of Rochester; Chao (Charles) Jin, Bond Trader, Wall Street; Geoffrey Nunes, Researcher, DuPont Chemical; Drew Geller, Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab.; Sergey Kiselev, McKinsey Corp.; Ethan Bernard, Res. Assoc, Yale Univ.; Dean Hawthorne, Prog. Analyst Sr., Lab. Of Ornithology, Cornell Univ. Shun Mao, seismic analyst CGG, Scott Wilde (recent graduate)

Postdoctoral Associates – past 5 years, NONE

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Biographical Sketch: Igor F. Lyuksyutov

a. Education and Professional Experience B.S. Degree, Electrical Engineering, Moscow Phys.-Tech. Institute, 1976. M.S. Degree, Theoretical Physics, Moscow Phys.-Tech. Institute, 1979. Ph.D. Degree, Solid State Physics, Institute of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine, 1990. b. Positions held 2011 – Present: Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 2005 – 2011: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1996 – 2005: Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1996: Postdoctoral Researcher, Louis Neel Lab, CNRS, Grenoble, France. 1995 – 1996: Postdoctoral Researcher, Hannover University, Germany. 1992 – 1994: Postdoctoral Researcher, Cologne University, Germany. 1990 – 1992: Postdoctoral Researcher, Ruhr University, Germany. 1990: Postdoctoral Researcher, Clausthal Technical University, Germany. 1979 – 1990: Engineer, Research Assistant, Institute of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine.

c. Five Related Publication:

1. L. S. Sheffield , S. O. Woo , K. D. D. Rathnayaka , I. F. Lyuksyutov , and D. R. Herschbach, Production of high density molecular beams with wide velocity scanning, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 064102 (2016). 2. L. Sheffield, M. Hickey, V. Krasovitsky, K.D.D. Rathnayaka, I.F. Lyuksyutov and D.R. Herschbach, Pulsed rotating supersonic source for merged molecular beams, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 064102 (2012). 3. Q. Wei, I. Lyuksyutov, and D. Herschbach, Merged-beams for slow molecular collision experiments, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 054202 (2012). 4. I. F. Lyuksyutov, Magnetic Decelerator for Particle Beams, Modern Phys. Lett. B 21,1879, (2007). 5. A.E. Ozmetin, M. K. Yapici, J. Zou, I. F. Lyuksyutov, and D. G. Naugle, Micromagnet-superconducting hybrid structures with directional current flow dependence for persistent current switching, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 022506 (2009). d. Synergistic Activities 1. Humboldt Fellowship awarded 1990 by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. 2. Bourse de Haute Niveau awarded in 1996 by Ministry of Education and Research, France. 3. Organizer of the conference Single Molecule Magnets and Hybrid Magnetic Nanostructures International Centre

for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, June 2005. 4. Member Publication Committee 6 International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity and High Temperature Superconductors (Feb., 2000) 5. Development of new approaches to involve high school students and teachers into scientific exploration.

Supervising high school teachers in summer research activities. Developing a pocket size demonstrations of diamagnetic levitation for high school students.

e. Recent Collaborators (past 48 months)

D. Herschbach (Tex. A&M), D.G. Naugle (Tex. A&M), A. E. Ozmetin (GE-Medical, N.C.), V.L. Pokrovsky (Tex. A&M), K.D.D. Rathnayaka (Tex. A&M), W. Wu (Tex. A&M), H. Wang (Tex. A&M), J. Zou (Tex. A&M).

f. Advisors V. L. Pokrovsky (Texas A&M), A. G. Naumovets (Institute of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine).

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g. Recent Graduate and Post-graduate Advisees: Total G.S .= 4; Total P.D. = 4

Postdocs

V. B. Krasovitsky (Texas A&M) Z. Ye (Texas A&M) K. Kim (Texas A&M) S. Woo (Texas A&M) Graduate Students

L. Sheffield (Texas A&M) M. Hickey (Texas A&M) Z. Wei (Texas A&M) W. Bang (Texas A&M)

LUCAS M. MACRI

Department of Physics & Astronomy (979) 314-1592 Texas A&M University [email protected] College Station, TX 77843-4242 http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/lmacri

Research interests: Extragalactic Distance Scale: Cepheid variables, detached eclipsing binaries, SNe Ia — Massive time-series photometry: stellar variability & exoplanet searches — Transients: LIGO EM counterparts — Large-scale structure and flows: redshift and peculiar velocity surveys

EDUCATION AND POSITIONS HELD

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, College Station, TX Associate Professor (with tenure) Sep 2013-continuing Assistant Professor Jun 2008-Aug 2013

NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY, Tucson, AZ Hubble & Goldberg Post-doctoral Fellow Sep 2002-May 2008

HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS, Cambridge, MA Smithsonian Visiting Scholar Oct 2001-Aug 2002 Ph.D. in Astronomy (Thesis Advisor: Prof. John Huchra) Jun 1995-Sep 2001

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA B.S. in Physics Sep 1991-May 1995

AWARDS

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD Bearden Visiting Professor Mar-Dec 2016

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, College Station, TX Distinguished Achievement in Teaching Award Fall 2014 Mitchell-Heep-Munnerlyn Endowed Chair for tenure-track faculty Sep 2010-Aug 2013

SIGNIFICANT RECENT PUBLICATIONS (STUDENTS UNDERLINED)

1. GW150914: First search for the electromagnetic counterpart of a gravitational-wave event by TOROS. M. Díaz, et al. (including L. Macri, R. Oelkers & W. Yuan), ApJL, in press (2016)

2. Optical identification of Cepheids in 19 host galaxies of type Ia supernovae and NGC 4258 with the Hubble Space Telescope. S. Hoffmann, L. Macri, et al. (including W. Yuan), ApJ, in press (2016)

3. A 2.4% Determination of the Local Value of the Hubble Constant. A. Riess, L. Macri, et al (including W. Yuan)., ApJ, 826, 56 (2016)

4. A Wide-Field Search for Transiting Hot Jupiters and Pre-Main-Sequence Eclipsing Binaries in Young Stellar Associations. R. Oelkers, L. Macri, et al., AJ, in press (2016)

5. Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. I. Cepheid variables and the calibration of the Leavitt Law. L. Macri, et al (including M. Smitka & S. Mahzooni)., AJ, 149, 117 (2015)

6. The 2MASS Redshift Survey - Description and Data Release. J. Huchra, L. Macri, et al., ApJS, 199, 26 (2012)

RESEARCH

• 17 competitive federal research grants for $3.9M ($0.9M to A&M) since 2008 • 87 peer-reviewed publications with 8,800+ citations; h-index: 38 (Jul 2016, NASA/ADS) • 87 oral presentations (colloquia, seminars, conferences and workshops) • 39 education and public outreach talks • 45 poster presentations at conferences (including those by members of my team)

MENTORING AND TEACHING

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, College Station, TX 2008-continuing - Research advisor: • Post-doctoral: Dr. Samantha Hoffmann (2013-2016), Dr. Anne Pellerin (2008-2012) • Graduate: Joy Chavez (2011 MS), Samantha Hoffmann (2010 MS, 2013 PhD), Ryan Oelkers (2014 MS, 2016

PhD), Mike Smitka, Wenlong Yuan (2016 MS), Lingzhi Wang (2012 PhD) • Undergraduate: A. Bradshaw (2009 BS Thesis), T. Konchady (2015 REU), S. Mahzooni (2010 BS Thesis), K. Bean

(summer 2009), K. Stringer (2014 REU), S. Villanueva (summer 2010)

- Courses taught: • ASTR101 “Basic Astronomy”: 13 semesters. Cumulative enrollment: 1574 • ASTR603 “Stellar Astrophysics”: 3 semesters. Cumulative enrollment: 21

NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY, Tucson, AZ 2004-2007 - Advisor in NSF REU program: L. Laursen (Harvard), F. Munshi (Berkeley), C. Smith (Indiana)

OUTREACH AND SERVICE

- OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: • Texas A&M Physics Festival (since 2009): carry out Physics demonstration • Texas A&M star parties (since 2009): help during public observing sessions • NASA/STScI-funded Astronomy K-12 teacher training & public talks in Laredo, TX (2012) • Visits to K-12 institutions (since 2006): 10 talks, 340+ students • Events at universities/museums/community centers (since 2000): 28 talks, 1000+ participants

- SERVICE ACTIVITIES (INTERNAL): • Institutional board representative, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (since 2014) • Graduate curriculum committee (since 2012; Chair since 2014) • Department’s Advisory committee (since 2012) • Graduate Academic advisor for Astronomy (since 2009) • Astronomy committee (since 2008) • Graduate admissions committee (2008-09; 2012-15) • PhD committee member (since 2012)

- SERVICE ACTIVITIES (EXTERNAL): • US science working group for Thirty-Meter Telescope project (since 2013) • NASA/STScI grant reviews (since 2013) • LSST science working groups (since 2007) & Board representative (since 2014) • Referee for astronomical journals: ApJ, AJ, MNRAS, A&A (since 2002) • Grant reviewer for French & South African National Research Foundations (since 2012) • Graduate Thesis external reviewer (2013, 2014, 2015); PhD committee member (2015, 2016) • NSF/NOAO ReSTAR (2008-2011) & telescope allocation committees (2012-2015) • Annual joint meeting of the National Societies of Black & Hispanic Physicists (2009, 2011)

Rupak Mahapatra

Professional Preparation Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Chemical Engineering B. Tech., 1993 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Physics Ph.D. Dec. 2000 University of California, Santa Barbara Physics 2001-2008

Appointments Associate Professor Texas A&M University 2013- Assistant Professor of Physics Texas A&M University 2008–2013 Assistant Project Scientist University of California, Santa Barbara 2007-2008 Postdoctoral Researcher University of California, Santa Barbara 2001-2007 Five Most Significant Products (from a total of more than 150 journal articles) R. Agnese et. al. (SuperCDMS), “New Results from the Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with the CDMS Low Ionization Threshold Experiment”, PRL 116, 071301 (2016) B. Dutta, R. Mahapatra, L. Strigari, J. Walker, “Sensitivity to Z’ and nonstandard neutrino interactions from ultra-low threshold neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering”, PRD 93, 013015 (2015) R. Agnese et. al. (SuperCDMS), “First direct limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with electric charge less than e/6”, PRL 114, 111302 (2015) A. Jastram, H. Harris, R. Mahapatra, J. Phillips, M. Platt, K. Prasad, J. Sander, “Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Detector Fabrication Process and Recent Improvements”, NIM A820, 172 (2016) R. Agnese et. al. (SuperCDMS), “Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164105 (2013)

Five Other Significant Products R. Agnese et. al. (CDMS), “Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS-II germanium data”, PRD 92, 072003 (2015) K. Schneck et. al. (SuperCDMS), “Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments”, PRD 91, 092004 (2015) R. Agnese et. al. (CDMS), “Maximum Likelihood Analysis of Low Energy CDMSII Germanium Data”, PRD 91, 052021 (2015) R. Agnese et. al. (CDMS), “Search for low-mass WIMPs with SuperCDMS”, PRL 112, 241302 (2014) R. Agnese et. al. (CDMS), “Search for low-mass WIMPs with voltage –assisted calorimetric ionization detection in the SuperCDMS experiment”, PRL 112, 041302 (2014)

Synergistic Activities 1) Served on triennial DOE Review Panel for DOE labs in the Cosmic Frontier 2) Served as proposal reviewer for DOE Career Proposals and base funding proposals 3) Served as proposal reviewer for NSF 4) Invited Author for Review Article on phonon based experimental searches for Dark Matter in the focus issue of New Journal of Physics on “Dark Matter and Particle Physics” 5) Have included multiple minority students in my lab efforts. Graduate Students Advised: Kunj Prasad (Texas A&M, Ph. D. 2013), Andrew Jastram (Texas A&M, Ph. D. 2016), Kristopher Koch (Texas A&M, Masters), Zachary Wetzel (Texas A&M, Ph. D. in progress), Arun Aryasoumyajula (Texas A&M, Masters), Richard Beck (Texas A&M, Ph. D. in progress) Postdoctoral Scholar: Dr. Andy Kubik (Ph.D. Northwestern), Dr. Andrew Jastram (Ph.D. Texas A&M) Past: Dr. Joel Sander (Ph. D. UCSB, Now a faculty at Univ. of South Dakota) Engineer: Mark W. Platt (B. S. in Electronics and Automation Engineering) Technician: Joseph Garvie (B. S. in Physics) Undergraduate Students Advised: More than 3 dozen students advised in the last 8 years

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Biographical Sketch: Jennifer L Marshall

Department of Physics and Astronomy Email: [email protected] Texas A&M University Tel: (979) 862-2782 4242 TAMU Fax: (979) 845-2590 College Station, TX 77843-4242 USA Professional Preparation Northwestern University Evanston, IL Physics and Integrated Science B.A., 2000 The Ohio State University Columbus, OH Astronomy M.S., 2003 The Ohio State University Columbus, OH Astronomy Ph.D., 2006 Carnegie Observatories Pasadena, CA Carnegie Fellow in Instrumentation 2006-2008 Appointments Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor, 2015-present Texas A&M University, Associate Research Scientist, 2008-2015 Texas A&M University, Undergraduate Astronomy Lab Course Coordinator, 2011-2015 Texas A&M University, Lecturer, Fall 2010 Publications

† Graduate student supervised by Marshall; * undergraduate student supervised by Marshall Author lists for DES publications are generally organized such that authors making significant contributions to the paper are listed first, followed by an alphabetical list of the entire collaboration (signified as “the DES Collaboration” below)

Closely Related Publications: 1. “Eight New Milky Way Companions Discovered in First-Year Dark Energy Survey Data” Bechtol, K., and the

DES Collaboration (93 coauthors including Marshall, J. L., and Li, T. S. †) 2015, ApJ, 807, 50 2. “Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey” Drlica-Wagner, A.,

and the DES Collaboration (76 coauthors including Marshall, J. L., Li, T. S.†, and Stringer, K. †), 2015, ApJ, 813, 109

3. “Stellar Kinematics and Metallicities in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II” Simon, J. D., Drlica-Wagner, A., Li, T. S. †, Nord, B., Geha, M., Bechtol, K., Balbinot, E., Buckley-Geer, E., Lin, H., Marshall, J. L., Santiago, B., Strigari, L., Wang, M., Wechsler, R. H., Yanny, B., and the DES Collaboration. 2015, ApJ, 808, 95

4. “Discovery of a Stellar Overdensity in Eridanus-Phoenix in the Dark Energy Survey” Li, T. S. †, Balbinot, E., Mondrik, N.*, Marshall, J. L., Yanny, B., and the DES Collaboration. 2016, ApJ, 817, 135

5. “The Phoenix Stream: A Cold Stream in the Southern Hemisphere” Balbinot, E., Yanny, B., Li, T. S. †, Santiago, B., Marshall, J. L., and the DES Collaboration. 2016, ApJ, 820, 58

Other Significant Publications:

1. “The Dark Energy Camera” Flaugher, B., and the DES Collaboration (117 coauthors including Li, T. S. † and Marshall, J. L.) 2015, AJ, 150, 150

2. “Assessment of Systematic Chromatic Errors that Impact Sub-1% Photometric Precision in Large-area Sky Surveys” Li, T. S. †, DePoy, D. L., Marshall, J. L., Tucker, D., Kessler, R., and the DES Collaboration. 2016, AJ, 151, 157

3. “A New Multiband Period Estimation Algorithm and the Effect of Inter-band Observing Cadence on Period Recovery Rate” Mondrik, N.*, Long, J. P., and Marshall, J. L. 2015, ApJ 811, 34

4. “Finding Extreme Subdwarfs” Marshall, J. L. 2008, AJ, 135, 1000 5. “Mapping the Local Galactic Halo. I. Optical Photometry of Cool Subdwarf Candidates” Marshall, J. L.

2006, AJ, 134, 778

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Synergistic Activities 1. Dark Energy Survey (DES) project leadership, including:

• Builder status, acknowledging a significant contribution to the construction of the DES project • Co-coordinator of the Milky Way Working Group, providing scientific guidance to a group of ~30 scientists

and students within the collaboration. • Member of DES Science Committee, providing overall scientific direction for the project. • Member of DES Management Committee, providing overall governance for the project. • Member of DES External Collaborator Committee, evaluating proposals by potential new scientific

collaborators to the project. • Member of DES Builder Committee, evaluating proposals for collaborators to earn builder status.

2. Organizer of outreach activities at Texas A&M including: • Establishment of a new REU Site at Texas A&M in astronomical research and instrumentation, focused on

inclusion of women and minorities (2014-present) • Organizer of city-wide bi-weekly Mitchell Institute star parties (2011-present) • Co-organizer of state-wide yearly Texas Astronomy Undergraduate Research Symposium (2012-present) • Co-organizer of nation-wide South Central Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (2012)

3. Development of new material for and coordination of ASTR111, a new Texas A&M introductory astronomy lab course for non-science majors, and ASTR320, a new advanced astronomical data and techniques course for science majors.

4. Design, development, and deployment of ~20 new optical/infrared astronomical instruments for 1-10m telescopes at observatories around the world.

5. Participation in various astronomical instrumentation design review panels and NSF funding review panels (e.g. AAG, AAPF, TSIP).

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P E T E R M . M C I N T Y R E

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

University of Chicago A.B. Honors Physics 1967

University of Chicago M.S Physics 1968

University of Chicago Ph.D. Physics 1972

APPOINTMENTS

(i) Selected peer-reviewed publications (total of 802 to date) 3 Tesla superferric cable-in-conduit dipole for the Ion Ring of the JLEIC collider. (with D. Chavez et al), Appl.

Superconduct. Conf., Denver, Sept. 6, 2016; Cable-in-conduit dipoles to enable a future hadron collider. (with S. Assadi et al.), ibid. New Magnet Technology for a 1.5 T Open-MRI Breast Imager (with J. Breitschopf et al.), ibid. Progress on the design of the polarized Medium-energy Electron Ion Collider at JLab. (with F. Lin et al.),

IPAC2015, Richmond, May 5, 2015. Magnet design and synchrotron damping considerations for a 100 TeV hadron collider. (with S. Assadi et

al.), ibid. Textured-powder Bi-2212/Ag wire technology development. (with J.N. Kellams et al.), ibid. High field open MRI for breast cancer screening. (with A. Sattarov and L. Motowidlo), Proc. Appl. Supercon-

ductivity Conf., Charleston, Aug. 5, 2014. Superconducting sector dipole for a strong-focusing cyclotron. (J. Kellams et al.), ibid. Large-circumference, low-field optimization of a Future Circular Collider. (with S. Assadi et al.), Workshop

on a Future Circular Collider, Geneva, Feb. 12-15, 2014. Construction challenges and solutions in TAMU3, a 14 T stress-managed Nb3Sn dipole. (with E. Holik et al.),

Proc. Int’l. Conf. on Cryogenic Mater. (CEC-ICMC), Anchorage, June 17-21, 2013. Nonlinear beam dynamics studies of high-intensity, high-brightness proton drivers. (with S. Assadi and K.

Melconian), Proc. NAPAC’13 Particle Accel. Conf., Pasadena, Sept. 2013. Accelerator-driven subcritical fission to destroy transuranics in spent nuclear fuel and close the nuclear fuel

cycle. (with S. Assadi et al.), ibid.

(ii) Selected Patents (15 to date) 2014: Nano-Ag-enhanced textured-powder Bi-2212 superconducting wire technology 2014: Quench protected structured superconducting cable 2014: High field open MRI magnet: design methodology and method of construction 2013: 8,592,346 B2 Textured powder wires 2013: WO0051508 Accelerator-driven transmutation fission, method for excitation and control 2006: 7,746,192: Polyhedral contoured microwave cavities 2002: 6,448,501: Armored spring-core superconducting cable and method of construction 1999: 6,002,316: Superconducting coil, method of stress management in a superconducting coil 1999: 5,994,901: Magnetic resonance logging instrument


SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITES

• ADS fission to destroy transuranics in spent nuclear fuel (ADAM) – Utilizes the SFC to destroy the highly toxic, long-lived transuranic elements in spent nuclear fuel. Accelerator Driven Subcritical (ADS) fission can destroy the transuranics at the same rate that a conventional GWe power plant produces them, and produces 350 MW of additional electric power. The project has required a highly interdisciplinary development, involving accelerator physics, chemistry, neutronics, corrosion sci-ence, and heat transfer.

• MRI – A new methodology for superconducting magnet design has been used to design a compact 1.5 T open-geometry MR breast imager, which will provide cost-effective MRI screening for early detection of breast cancer.

• 100 TeV hadron collider for the next generation of high energy physics – A super-conducting C-geometry superconducting dipole utilizing a superconducting cable-in-conduit is the heart of a minimum-cost method to make hadron col-lisions at 100 TeV collision energy to discover new gauge fields beyond the Higgs Boson.

• Nano-Ag-enhanced textured-powder Bi-2212 superconducting wire Bi-2212 is the only high-temperature superconductor that can be fabricated in round wire. A nano-Ag-enhanced textured powder process has been devel-oped that provides greater current capacity and mechanical strength for use in high-field superconducting magnets.

• Advisor to 8 Ph.D. graduate students and 3 undergraduate Honors students, and mentor to 4 postdoctoral scientists.

• Teaching and outreach - Member of APS, AAAS, IEEE, and ANS. Reviewer for DOE, NSF, 3 journals and 4 conferences. Volunteer at the Physics Department’s “Physics Day” twice a year where over 4000 children and adults come to see demonstra-tions. Lectures on recent physics discoveries for the public.

COLLABORATORS & OTHER AFFILIATIONS: Collaborators- My collaborators include Lesh Motowidlo (Supramagnetics) and Michael Tomsik (Hypertech) on superconducting wire technology; Charles Reese (JLab) on superconducting cavity technology; Pavel Tsvetkov (Texas A&M), Michael Simpson (Univ. of Utah), and Supathorn Phongikaroon (VCU) on ADS fission in a molten salt core; and Gijs de Rijk (CERN) on high-field dipole development. Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors- Val Telegdi (graduate) and Carlo Rubbia (post doctoral) Graduate Advisees and Postdoctoral Mentor- K Damborsky (Oxford Superconducting Technology), H Dem-roff (Lockheed Martin), E Holik (Angelo State Univ.), A Nassiri (JLab), P Noyes (NHMFL), N Pogue (PSI), D Raparia (BNL), R Soika (Nexans), E Sooby (Los Alamos), C Swenson (LBNL).

Melconian, Daniel Associate Professor

Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics & Astronomy Texas A&M University

Education: ● 1995 McMaster University B.Sc. in Physics (honours) ● 2001 Simon Fraser University M.Sc. in Physics ● 2005 Simon Fraser University Ph.D. in Physics

Research and Professional Experience: ● 2014-present Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University ● 2007-2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University ● 2005-2007 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington and the Center for Nuclear Physics and

Astrophysics

Awards and Honours: ● 2016 Distinguished Achievement College-Level Awards in Teaching, The Association of Former

Students, Texas A&M University ● 2011-2016 P.I. of DOE Early Career Award ER41747 “Precision tests of the electroweak interaction

using trapped atoms and ions” ● 2010-2014 Co-P.I. of DOE grant ER41710 “Laser trapping and cooling facility for weak interaction

experiments with Francium at TRIUMF” ● 2006 Best Nuclear Physics Ph.D. Thesis Prize in 2005 and 2006, Division on Nuclear Physics,

Canadian Association of Physicists

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications: • B. Fenker, J.A. Behr, D. Melconian, R.M.A. Anderson, M. Anholm, D. Ashery, R.S. Behling, I. Cohen, I. Craiciu,

J.M. Donohue, C. Farfan, D. Friesen, A. Gorelov, J. McNeil, M. Mehlman, H. Norton, K. Olchanski, S. Smale, O. Thériault, A.N. Vantyghem and C.L. Warner, “Precision measurement of the nuclear polarization in laser-cooled, optically pumped 37K,” New Journal of Physics 18, 073028 (2016). (url)

• E. Uberseder, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, E. Koshchiy, B.T. Roeder, M. Alcorta, G. Chubarian, B. Davids, C. Fu, J. Hooker, H. Jayatissa, D. Melconian and R.E. Tribble, “Nuclear structure beyond the neutron drip line: The lowest energy states in 9He via their T=5/2 isobaric analogs in 9Li,” Physics Letters B 754, 323 (2016). (url)

• M. Mehlman, P.D. Shidling, R. Burch, E. Bennett, B. Fenker and D. Melconian, “Status of the TAMUTRAP facility and initial characterization of the RFQ cooler/buncher,” Hyperfine Interactions 235, 77 (2015). (url)

• A. García, S.K.L. Sjue, H.E. Swanson, C. Wrede, D. Melconian, A. Algora and I. Ahmad, “Decay studies for neutrino physics,” Hyperfine Interactions 223, 201 (2014). (url)

• P.D. Shidling, D. Melconian, S. Behling, B. Fenker, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, E. McCleskey, M. McCleskey, M. Mehlman, H.I. Park, and B.T. Roeder, “Precision half-life measurement of the β+ decay of 37K,” Physical Review C 90, 032501(R) (2014). (url)

• J.A. Behr, A. Gorelov, K.P. Jackson, M.R. Pearson, M. Anholm, T. Kong, R.S. Behling, B. Fenker, D. Melconian, D. Ashery and G. Gwinner, “TRINAT: measuring β-decay correlations with laser-trapped atoms,” Hyperfine Interactions 225, 115 (2014). (url)

• D. Melconian, R.S. Behling, B. Fenker, M. Mehlman, P.D. Shidling, M. Anholm, D. Ashery, J.A. Behr, A. Gorelov, G. Gwinner, K. Olchanski and S. Smale, “Progress towards precision measurements of β-decay correlation parameters using atom and ion traps,” Proceedings of Science X LASNPA (2014). (url)

• M. Mehlman, P.D. Shidling, S. Behling, L.G. Clark, B. Fenker and D. Melconian, “Design of a unique open-geometry cylindrical Penning trap,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 712, 9 (2013). (url)

• M.P. Mendenhall, et al., (UCNA Collaboration), “Precision measurement of the neutron beta-decay asymmetry,” Physical Review C 87, 032501(R) (2013). (url)

• A. Saunders, et al., (UCNA Collaboration), “Performance of the Los Alamos National Laboratory spallation-driven solid-deuterium ultra-cold neutron source,” Review of Scientific Instruments 84, 013304 (2013). (url)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.014

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10751-012-0619-2

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.032501

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10751-013-0887-5

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.02.004

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http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4770063

• D. Melconian, S. Triambak, C. Bordeanu, A. García, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, N. Nica, H.I. Park, G. Tabacaru, L. Trache, I.S. Towner, R.E. Tribble and Y. Zhai, “β decay of 32Cl: Precision γ-ray spectroscopy and a measurement of isospin-symmetry breaking,” Physical Review C 85, 025501 (2012). (url)

• C. Wrede, A. García, D. Melconian, S. Triambak and B.A. Brown, “γ-constraints on the properties of unbound 32Cl levels,” Physical Review C 86, 047305 (2012). (url)

• S. Aubin, E. Gomez, J.A. Behr, M.R. Pearson, D. Sheng, J. Zhang, R. Collister, D. Melcnian, Y. Zhao, V.V. Flambaum, G.D. Sprouse, L.A. Orozco and G. Gwinner, “Atomic parity non-conservation in francium: the FrPNC experiment at TRIUMF,” Il Nuovo Cimento C 35, 85 (2012). (url)

• D. Melconian, S. Triambak, C. Bordeanu, A. García, J.C. Hardy, V.E. Iacob, N. Nica, H.I. Park, G. Tabacaru, L. Trache, I.S. Towner, R.E. Tribble and Y. Zhai, “Experimental validation of the largest calculated isospin-symmetry-breaking effect in a superallowed Fermi decay,” Physical Review Letters 107, 182301 (2011).

(url) • J. Liu, et al., (UCNA Collaboration), “Determination of the axial-vector weak coupling constant with ultracold

neutrons,” Physical Review Letters 105, 181803 (2010). (url) • A.L. Sallaska, S.A. Hoedl, A. García, D. Melconian, A.R. Young, P. Geltenbort, S.K.L. Sjue and A.T. Holley,

“Characterization of thin-foil ultracold neutron detectors,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 603, 421 (2009).

• C.M. Matton, F. Sarazin, C. Andreoiu, A.N. Andreyev, R.A.E. Austin, G.C. Ball, R.S. Chakrawarthy, D. Cross, E.S. Cunningham, J. Daoud, P.E. Garrett, G.F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, D. Melconian, A.C. Morton, C.J. Pearson, J.J. Ressler, J. Schwarzenberg, M.B. Smith and C.E. Svensson, Physical Review C 80, 034318 (2009). (url)

• A.A. Kwiatkowski, B.R. Barquest, G. Bollen, C.M. Campbell, D.L. Lincoln, D.J. Morrissey, G.K. Pang, A.M. Prinke, J. Savory, S. Schwarz, C.M. Folden III, D. Melconian, S.K.L. Sjue, and M. Block, “Precision test of the isobaric multiplet mass equation for the A=32, T=2 quintet,” Physical Review C 80, 051302(R) (2009). (url)

• J.R.A. Pitcairn, D. Roberge, A. Gorelov, D. Ashery, O. Aviv, J.A. Behr, P.G. Bricault, M. Dombsky, J.D. Holt, K.P. Jackson, B. Lee, M.R. Pearson, A. Gaudin, B. Dej, C. Höhr, G. Gwinner, and D. Melconian, “Tensor interaction constraints from β decay recoil spin asymmetry of trapped atoms,” Physical Review C 79, 015501 (2009). (url)

• R.W. Pattie Jr., et al., (UCNA Collaboration), “First measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons,” Physical Review Letters 102, 012301 (2009). (url)

• S.K.L. Sjue, D. Melconian, A. García, I. Ahmad, A. Algora, J. Äystö, V.-V. Elomaa, T. Eronen, J. Hakala, S. Hoedl, A. Kankainen, T. Kessler, I.D. Moore, F. Naab, H. Penttilä, S. Rahaman, A. Saastamoinen, H. E. Swanson, C. Weber, S. Triambak, and K. Deryckx, “Electron-capture branch of 100Tc and tests of nuclear wave functions for double-β decays,” Physical Review C 78, 064317 (2008). (url)

• M. Bhattacharya, D. Melconian, A. Komives, S. Triambak, A. García, E.G. Adelberger, B.A. Brown, M.W. Cooper, T. Glasmacher, V. Guimaraes, P.F Mantica, A.M. Oros-Peusquens, J.I. Prisciandoro, M. Steiner, H.E. Swanson, S.L. Tabor and M. Wiedeking, “ft value of the 0+ → 0+ β+ decay of 32Ar: a measurement of isospin symmetry breaking in a superallowed decay,” Physical Review Letters 100, 192504 (2008). (url)

• K.G. Leach, C.E. Svensson, G.C. Ball, J.R. Leslie, R.A.E. Austin, D. Bandyopadhyay, C. Barton, E. Bassiachvilli, S. Ettenauer, P. Finlay, P.E. Garrett, G.F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, D. Melconian, A.C. Morton, S. Mythili, O. Newman, C.J. Pearson, M.R. Pearson, A.A. Phillips, H. Savajols, M.A. Schumaker and J. Wong, “Internal γ decay and the superallowed branching ratio for the β+ emitter 37Km,” Physical Review Letters 100, 192504 (2008). (url)

• D. Melconian, J.A. Behr, D. Ashery, O. Aviv, P.G. Bricault, M. Dombsky, S. Fostner, A. Gorelov, S. Gu, V. Hanemaayer, K.P. Jackson, M.R. Pearson and I. Vollrath, “Measurement of the neutrino asymmetry in the β decay of laser-cooled, polarized 37K,” Physics Letters B 649, 370 (2007). (url)

• T.A.D. Brown, C. Bordeanu, K.A. Snover, D.W. Storm, D. Melconian, A.L. Sallaska, S.K.L. Sjue and S. Triambak, “3He + 4He -> 7Be astrophysical S factor,” Physical Review C 76, 055801 (2007). (url)

• S. Triambak, A. García, D. Melconian, M. Mella and O. Biesel, “Excitation energies in 33Cl via 32S(p, γ),” Physical Review C 74, 054306 (2006). (url)

• S. Triambak, A. García, E.G. Adelberger, G.J.P. Hodges, D. Melconian, H.E. Swanson, S.A. Hoedl, S.K.L. Sjue, A.L. Sallaska and H. Iwamoto, Physical Review C 73, 054313 (2006). (url)


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Saskia Mioduszewski curriculum vitae

Education and Honors

• APS Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, 2009. • Sloan Fellowship Award, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2006. • Sambamurti Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2005. • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, U.S. Department of Energy, 2004. • Ph.D., Experimental Nuclear Physics, University of Tennessee, 1999. Doctoral thesis: Centrality

Dependence of Antiproton Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 17.5 and 12.3 GeV/c • B.S., with honors, Physics and Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 1994. • Paul H. Stelson Nuclear Physics Award, University of Tennessee, 1998. • Science Alliance Stipend, University of Tennessee, 1994-1999. • Marss Math Scholarship, Oak Ridge High School, TN, 1990.

Professional Positions Texas A&M University

September 2009 - present • Associate Professor September 2005 - August 2009 • Assistant Professor

Brookhaven National Laboratory

October 2003 - August 2005 • Associate Scientist October 2001 - October 2003 • Assistant Scientist January 2000 - October 2001 • Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Tennessee

September 1994 - December 1999 • Graduate Research Assistant September 1994 - September 1996 • Graduate Teaching Assistant

Research and Professional Activities • Teaching: Introductory Mechanics for Life Science majors, Introductory Mechanics for Engineering majors,

Introductory Electricity & Magnetism for Engineering majors, Analytical Mechanics for graduate students.

• Organizer of session on “Nuclear and Accelerator Undergraduate/REU Programs” at CAARI (Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry) 2016.

• Served (serving) on International Advisory Committee for Quark Matter 2012 and 2017.

• Served on International Advisory Committee for Hard Probes 2015

• Co-organizer of Workshop on pA collisions as part of the 2014 RHIC/AGS Users Meeting.

• Collaborator in the STAR Experiment at Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) (2005-present).

• Member of APS Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Selection Committee (2010).

• Member of APS DNP (Division of Nuclear Physics) Dissertation Award Committee (2010 and 2011).

• Member of APS DNP (Division of Nuclear Physics) Program Committee (2009 and 2010).


Research and Professional Activities (continued) • Member of APS DNP (Division of Nuclear Physics) 2008 Nominating Committee.

• STAR Collaboration Co-convener of Jet Correlations Physics Working Group (2011-present). STAR Collaboration Council member (2005-present).

• Co-organizer of workshop on “Expanding Future of High Energy Nuclear Physics at LHC and RHIC”, in conjuction with the joint meeting of the nuclear physics sections of the APS and JPS, Hawaii (2009).

• STAR Collaboration Talks Committee member (2008-2010).

• D.O.E. and N.S.F. grant proposal reviewer.

• Co-convener of Parallel Sessions on “QCD at High Temperature” at BNL Workshop on Future Prospects in QCD at High Energy, 2006.

• Co-convenor of High pT Working Group for RHIC II, the next phase for the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider facility (2004-2006).

• Partipating as Lecturer in Saturday Morning Physics Program at Texas A&M University for high school students (2006 and 2007).

• Co-organizer of Parallel Sessions on “Quarks and Gluons in Hot/Dense and Cold Matter” at PANIC (Particles and Nuclei International Conference) 2005.

• Collaborator in the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC (1995-2005).

• Co-convener of the Physics Working Group on Photons in the PHENIX Collaboration (2002-2004).

Selected Publications

• L. Adamczyk et al., STAR Collaboration, “Jet-like Correlations with Direct-Photon and Neutral-Pion Triggers at √(sNN) = 200 GeV”, accepted by Phys. Lett. B, arXiv:1604.01117 [nucl-ex].

• “Long-range pseudorapidity dihadron correlations in d+Au collisions at √(sNN)=200 GeV”, STAR Collaboration (L. Adamczyk et al.), Phys. Lett. B747 (2015) 265-271.

• “Effect of event selection on jetlike correlation measurement in d+Au collisions at √(sNN)=200 GeV”, STAR Collaboration (L. Adamczyk et al.), Phys.Lett. B743 (2015) 333-339.

• “Di-hadron correlations with identified leading hadrons in 200 GeV Au+Au and d+Au collisions at STAR”, STAR Collaboration (L. Adamczyk et al.), Phys. Lett. B751 (2015) 233-240.

• “Event-plane-dependent dihadron correlations with harmonic vn subtraction in Au + Au collisions at √(sNN) = 200 GeV”, STAR Collaboration (H. Agakishiev et al.), Phys.Rev. C89 (2014) 4, 041901.

• “Dielectron azimuthal anisotropy at mid-rapidity in Au + Au collisions at √(sNN) = 200 GeV”, STAR Collaboration (L. Adamczyk et al.), Phys.Rev. C90 (2014) 6, 064904.

• “Jet-Hadron Correlations in √(sNN) = 200 GeV Au+Au and p+p Collisions”, STAR Collaboration (L. Adamczyk et al.), Phys.Rev.Lett. 112 (2014) 122301.

• “Experimental studies of di-jets in Au + Au collisions using angular correlations with respect to back-to-back leading hadrons”, STAR Collaboration (L. Adamczyk et al.), Phys. Rev. C87 (2013) 044903.

Curriculum Vitae Name: Nader Mirabolfathi Education 10/1998- 03/2002 Ph.D. University of Paris XI, Orsay, France . In collaboration with the EDELWEISS Experiment on the development of athermal phonon mediated ionization-phonon detectors for Dark Matter search experiments. Dissertation Title “ Identification of Near Surface Events in Massive Bolometers”. Ph.D. advisor: Prof. Louis Dumoulin. 1998 DEA (equivalent of Ms.c. in the French system) Branch: “Particles, Fields & Matter” University of ParisXI at Orsay. Supervisors: Prof., Y. Charon and Prof. P. Binetruy 1994-1997 M.Sc. in particle physics. Shahid Beheshti university, Tehran, Iran. 1988-1993 Engineering degree in electronics. the Polytechnic institute of Tehran. 1988 Baccalaureate. Alborz high school. Ranked 24th out of 200,000 university Nation wide exam. Appointments 06/2014-Present Research Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M Univ. 06/2013-08/2014 Principle Investigator on a project aiming to develop very low threshold detectors with applications in low mass Dark Matter search and Neutrino Coherent Scattering detection experiments. The funds were provided by INPAC-MRPI program. 11/2008-08/2014 Associate Research Physicist at the University of California, Berkeley in Collaboration with CDMS (SuperCDMS) experiment. Appointed in charge of the detector testing and characterization for SuperCDMS project that involved coordination of the activities of SuperCDMS five Test Facilities at UCB, UMN, UF, MIT and SLAC. During this period we developed detectors for SuperCDMS phase of CDMS experiment. Two successful detector designs were tested at UCB facility also three new Test Facilities joined CDMS and are getting online. 06/2005-11/2008 Assistant Research Physicist at the University of California at Berkeley in collaboration with CDMS experiment. During this period, I was responsible for detector commissioning at the Soudan deep underground laboratory and led the detector tuning process for WIMP search runs for the CDMS experiment. Also I contributed CDMS dilution refrigerator troubleshooting, our experiment is now successfully running. 04/2002-06/2005 Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at Berkeley. During this period I was in charge of CDMS detector test and detector characterization at the UC Berkeley dilution refrigerator facility. The test facility team was composed of three post-docs (including myself) three graduate students, three undergraduate students and an engineer. More than 20 Z-sensitive Ionization-phonon detectors (ZIPs) were tested valid for WIMP search and installed for the final stage of the CDMSII experiment at Soudan underground laboratory. Languages: Fluent in: English, French and Farsi. Publications and proceedings

1. Agnese, R. et al., WIMP-Search Results from the Second CDMSlite Run. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 (2016) 2. Agnese, R. et al., Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS II germanium data. Phys. Rev. D 92 (2015)

3. Agnese, R. et al., First direct limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with electric charge less than e/6 .Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015).

4. N.Mirabolfathi, et al., Toward Single Electron Resolution Phonon Mediated Ionization Detectors ., arXive 1510.00999v1 submitted to APL.

5. N. Mirabolfathi, et al., Neganov-Luke Phonon Amplification on P-Type Point Contact detectors, J Low Temp Phys J Low Temp Phys (2014) 176:209–215

6. R. Agnese, et al. (SuperCDMS collaboration), “CDMSlite: A Search for Low-Mass WIMPs using Voltage-Assisted Calorimetric Ionization Detection in the SuperCDMS Experiment,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 041302 (2014), [arXiv:1309.3259].

7. R. Agnese et al. (CDMSII Collaboration), ``First direct limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with electric charge less than e/6,'' Submitted to Physical Review Letters arxiv:1409.3270 (2014)

8. R. Agnese, et al. (SuperCDMS collaboration), “Silicon Detector Dark Matter Results from the Final Exposure of CDMS II,” accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett., [arXiv:1304.4279v2] (2013)

9. Nader Mirabolfathi, Dark Matter Direct Detection With Low Temperature Detectors. arXiv astro-ph:1308.0044 (2013)

10. Nader Mirabolfathi et al., Neganov-Luke Phonon Amplification on P-Type Point Contact detectors, To be appeared in Journal of Low Temperature Physics, LTD 15 proceedings (2013).

Selected talks and conference contributions - CPAD Fall 2015, UT Arlington, Invited talk on Low temperature detectors. - Germanium detectors workshop, University of South Dakota. Invited talk on recent progress toward ~eV threshold large mass detectors for Dark Matter and Neutrino coherent scattering detection, Sept 2014.. - Aspen Frontiers in Particle Physics, Invited review talk on cryogenic detectors for low threshold Dark Matter search applications, Jan 2014. - LTD15 Caltech, Development of Ge p-type point contact detectors with Neganov Luke phonon amplification. June 2013. - Moriond EW, Invited Review talk on Low temperature Dark Matter detection, March 2013. - UCSC Colloquium Dark Matter Direct detection review Nov. 2011. Recent Reviews and Panels: - DOE Review Panel for CUORE cryogenic system in LNGS, Italy. - Reviewed 10 DOE proposals. - Reviewed 4 NSF proposals. - Reviewed 1 Aspera/European proposal. General Public and Outreach Talks: - Science at Cal, Berkeley : From infinitesimal to Infinity Jun 2013. - San Francisco Art Commission: Vast and Undetectable, FEB 2012. - Marin County Science Festival: Dark Matter, Oct 2012.

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DIMITRI NANOPOULOS University Distinguished Professor of Physics Mitchell/Heep Chair in High Energy Physics Texas A&M University, College Station Education and Training

University of Athens, Greece 1967-71 B.Sc. Physics University of Sussex, UK 1973 Ph.D. High Energy Physics

Research and Professional Experience

1973-75: Fellow, CERN Theory Division, Geneva, Switzerland, 1975-76: Joliot - Curie Fellow, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique de l’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, 1976-77: Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1977-79: Research Fellow, Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, 1979-86: Staff Member, CERN Theory Division, Geneva, Switzerland, March-April 1984: Visiting Professor, Institute for Fundamental Physics, Kyoto University, Japan, July 1986:Promoted to Senior Physicist, CERN, 1986-88: Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1989- : Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1989- : Head of the Astroparticle Physics Group, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), 1989- : Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) Distinguished Fellow, 1990- : Advisor to the HARC President: European Science and Technology, 1992- : Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1992- : Project Director of the E-15 Supergravity, World Laboratory Project, 1996- : Director, World Laboratory Research Center for Astroparticle Physics at HARC, 1997- : Chair of Theoretical Physics, Academy of Athens, Greece, 2002- : Mitchell/Heep Chair in High Energy Physics, Texas A&M University, 2005-9: President of the National Council for Research and Technology, Greece, 2005-10: National Representative of Greece at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CERN, 2005-6: National Representative of Greece at the European Space Agency, ESA, 2013-2015: National Representative of Greece, CERN, 2015: President of the Academy of Athens. Memberships: 1988: Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1992: Member of the Italian Physical Society, 1997: Academician; (lifetime) Regular Member of the Academy of Athens, Greece Distinctions: 1996: Golden Cross, Commander of the Order of Honour of the Greek State. Prizes: 1999: First Prize, Gravity Research Foundation (GRF), 2005: First Prize, Gravity Research Foundation (GRF), 2006: International Onassis Prize, Onassis Foundation, 2009: “Enrico Fermi” Prize of the Italian Physical Society (SocietàItaliana di Fisica - SIF) for the discovery of fundamental phenomenological properties of grand unification and superstring theories. Very honorable mention by Peter Higgs at his Nobel Prize lecture in Stockholm, 8 December 2013, concluding his talk by saying: …”And in 1976 Ellis, Gaillard and Nanopoulos at CERN encouraged experimentalists to look for the massive spinless boson that the theory predicted.” Scientific Publications: over 680 original publications in peer-reviewed journals, including 15 books. During the last 3 years, I have published 46 papers, including two papers: a PRL (arxiv.1305.1247) and a JCAP (arxiv. 1307.3537) with over 100 citations each both on realizing the Starobinsky Model in No-Scale Supergravity. Citations: over 45,290, hINDEX=102

Publications

[1] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, John Ellis, Marcos A. G. Garcia, Keith A. Olive, No-Scale Supergravity Realization of the Starobinsky Model of Inflation, Published in Phys.Rev.Lett. 111 (2013) 111301, Erratum: Phys.Rev.Lett. 111 (2013) no.12, 129902

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[2] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, John Ellis, Marcos A. G. Garcia, Keith A. Olive, Starobinsky-like Inflationary Models as Avatars of No-Scale Supergravity, Published in JCAP 1310 (2013) 009 [3] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, John Ellis, Marcos A. G. Garcia, Keith A. Olive, A no-scale supergravity framework for sub-Planckian physics, Published in Phys.Rev. D89 (2014) no.4, 043502 [4] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, John Ellis, Marcos A. G. Garcia, Keith A. Olive, A No-Scale Inflationary Model to Fit Them All, Published in JCAP 1408 (2014) 044 [5] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, Tristan Leggett, Tianjun Li, James A. Maxin, Joel W. Walker, Confronting Electroweak Fine-tuning with No-Scale Supergravity, Published in Phys.Lett. B740 (2015) 66-72 [6] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, John Ellis, Mary K. Gaillard, An Updated Historical Profile of the Higgs Boson, e-Print: arXiv:1504.07217 [hep-ph] [7] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, John Ellis, Marcos A. G. Garcia, Keith A. Olive, No-Scale Inflation, Published in Class.Quant.Grav. 33 (2016) no.9, 094001 [8] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, Tianjun Li, James A. Maxin, Joel W. Walker, The 14 TeV LHC Takes Aim at SUSY: A No-Scale Supergravity Model for LHC Run 2, Published in Phys.Scripta 90 (2015) no.9, 098001 [9] Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, John Ellis, Nick E. Mavromatos, Information Retention by Stringy Black Holes, Published in PoS PLANCK2015 (2016) 089 [10] 𝑊𝑊∞ Algebras, Hawking Radiation and Information Retention by Stringy Black Holes, Published in Phys.Rev. D94 (2016) no.2, 025007




















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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

NAME: Donald G. Naugle EDUCATION: B. S. Degree, Physics, Rice University, 1958 Ph.D. Degree, Physics, Texas A&M University, 1965 POSITIONS HELD: 1965 - 1966: Welch Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University 1966 - 1967: NATO Post Graduate Fellow, University of Göttingen, Germany 1967 - 1969: Research Associate, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 1969 - 1975: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1975 - 1981: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1981 - Present: Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University Jan. to July, 1986: Guest Professor, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) 1988 - 1993: Associate Department Head, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University 1999 – 2000 Honors Teacher/Scholar, Texas A&M University PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS

NSF Graduate Fellow, 1963-65, Texas A&M University Welch Postdoctoral Fellow, 1965-66, Texas A&M University NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, 1966-67, University Goettingen Honors Programs Teacher-Scholar 1999-2000, Texas A&M University Former Students’ College-Level Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, 1999, Texas A&M Former Students’ University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, 2000, Texas A&M COURSES TAUGHT at TEXAS A&M (1969-2016): Undergraduate PHYS 207 Mechanics and Heat* PHYS 208 Electricity and Optics PHYS 218 (H) Mechanics PHYS 219 (H) Electricity PHYS 220 Modern Physics* PHYS 222 Modern Physics for Engineers PHYS 408 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics PHYS 412 Quantum Mechanics PHYS 424 Solid State Physics* PHYS 425 Physics laboratory PHYS 489 Special Topics in Condensed Matter Physics PHYS 489 Special Topics in Low Temperature Solid State Physics Graduate PHYS 607 Statistical Mechanics PHYS 617 Solid State Physics PHYS 654 Low Temperature Physics II* PHYS 689 Special Topics in Superconductivity PHYS 689 Special Topics in Amorphous Metals+

PHYS 689 Special Topics in Magnetism and Magnetic Materials* PHYS 689 Special Topics in the Physics and Chemistry of Materials+

PHYS 689 Special Topics in Quantum Mechanics for Materials Scientists and Engineers+

MSEN 602 Advanced Materials Science and Engineering+

MSEN 604 Quantum Mechanics for materials Scientist and Engineering+

*No longer in catalog. +Interdisciplinary classes developed to support collaborative research initiatives or the Materials Science and Engineering Degree Program PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Member American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society, American Society of Metals, Materials Research Society, Sigma-Xi, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member Editorial Board Applied Physics Communications (1991-1994) Member Advisory Board Texas Chapter of the American Vacuum Society (1983-1989) Member Review Panel for NSF Initiative for High Temperature Superconducting Materials (May 1989) Member NATO Postdoctoral Selection Panel (1990, 1992, 1995) Member Advisory Committee International Workshop on Ordering Disorder (Hyderabad, India, Jan., 1993) Co-editor of Ordering Disorder: Prospect and Retrospect in Condensed Matter Physics (American Institute of

Physics, 1994) and Co-organizer of same conference in Hyderabad, India (1993). Member Program Committee for 38th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (1993) Member Local Committee for 10th Anniversary High Temperature Superconductivity Workshop (1996). Member International Advisory Board for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th International Conference on New

Theories, Discoveries, and Applications of Superconductors and Related Materials. Member Publication Committee for 6th and 7th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of

Superconductivity and High Temperature Superconductors, Feb., 2000, 2003. Co-editor of Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on New Theories, Discoveries and Applications of

Superconductors and Related Materials, World Scientific, 2003. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Advances in Condensed Matter Physics (2008 – 12), a peer

reviewed, open access journal. RECENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: Charge transport, superconductivity and magnetism in unusual anisotropic or highly disordered metallic alloys and compounds are studied with a wide range of experimental probes. The basic knowledge of materials gained from these experiments is applied to the design of new technologically useful materials and the development of new applications for improved materials. Recent areas of interest include studies of transport and the interplay of superconductivity and magnetism in rare-earth nickel borocarbides and magnet/superconductor hybrid nanostructures. RECENT RESEARCH SUPPORT

• The Influence of Surfaces, Reduced Dimensionality, and Disorder on the Properties of Solids; Robert A. Welch Foundation; $750,000; 06/01/06–05/31/18; TAMU.

• Emergent Behavior in Magnet-Superconductor Hybrids; Co-PI w/Lyuksyutov and Wu; DOE $450,000; 08/15/10 – 08/14/13.

• Acquisition of a Scanning Hall Probe Microscope for Nanomagnetics Research and Student Training; PI w/4 Co-PI’s; National Science Foundation; $176,000; 08/01/03-07/31/07.

PUBLICATIONS:

W. Bang, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, W. Teizer, I. F. Lyuksyutov, and D. G. Naugle, Using electrochemical fabrication to grow external arrays of magnetic nanostripes to manipulate superconductivity in thin film, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 29, 1542036 (6 pages) (2015).

W. Bang, W. Teizer, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, I. F. Lyuksyutov and D. G. Naugle, Controlling superconductivity in thin

film with an external array of magnetic nanostructures, International Journal of Modern Physics B 29, 1542035 (6 pages) (2015).

L. J. Yin, W. X. Wang, K. K. Feng, J.-C. Nie, C. M. Xiong, R.-F. Dou and D. G. Naugle, Liquid-assisted tip

manipulation: fabrication of twisted bilayer graphene superlattices on HOPG, Nanoscale 7, 14865-14871 (2015)

K. Lee, J. Hsu, D. Naugle, and H. Liang, Multi-phase quasicrystalline alloys for superior wear resistance,

Materials and Design 108, 440-447 (2016).

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Dr. Casey John Papovich Current Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University

4242 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-4242 Telephone: 979.862.2704 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Professional Development 9/16 – Texas A&M University Professor 5/15 – Texas A&M University Marcia and Ralph Schilling

Chair of Physics and Astronomy 9/12 – 8/16 Texas A&M University Associate Professor 4/08 – 8/12 Texas A&M University Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy

9/05 – 3/08 University of Arizona NASA/Spitzer Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship 10/01 – 8/05 University of Arizona

Supervisor: Dr. George Rieke Postdoctoral Research Associate

3/97 – 9/01 The Johns Hopkins University PhD in Physics (awarded (5/2002) Supervisors: Drs. Mark Dickinson and Colin Norman 9/95 – 3/97 The Johns Hopkins University MA in Physics (awarded 5/1997)

9/91 – 5/95 The College of William and Mary BS with honors in Physics (Math Minor) Current Grants and Awards (*All awards are amounts to Papovich) 2016 NASA/WFIRST grant, “Cosmic Dawn with WFIRST”……………………………………………………… $63,084 2016 Gemini/AURA grant, “A Two K-band Filter Upgrade for FLAMINGOS2”……………………….. $90,696 2016 NSF Astronomy/Astrophysics Grant, “Galaxy Growth in Different Environments”………. $118,074 2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Research Award (top 1% cited researcher in field) 2015 NASA/Hubble grant “CANDELS Lyman-alpha Emission at the Epoch of Reionization…… $253,087 2015 NASA ADP grant, “Measuring Star-formation Rates of AGNs and QSOs”……………………… $81,520 2014 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Research Award 2014 NSF Astronomy/Astrophysics Grant, “The Road to the Virgo Cluster”…………………………. $199,520 2013 NASA ADP grant, “Using Spitzer to Trace the Evolution of Galaxy Stellar Masses”………. $10,267 2012 Texas A&M Distinguished Teaching College Level Award 2012 NASA/Hubble grant, “Cosmic Assembly Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS)”……….. $175,930 2011 Texas A&M Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE) 2010 Texas A&M SLATE

Important Recent Publications and Citation Analysis As of August 2016: 185 peer–reviewed publications, 20,392 citations, h-index of 72.

1. Salmon, B., Papovich, C., et al. (2016), Astrophys. J., 827, 20, “Breaking the Curve with CANDELS: A Bayesian Approach to Reveal the Non-Universality of the Dust-Attenuation Law at High Redshift”

2. Papovich, C., et al. (2016), Astrophys. J. Supp., 224, 28, “The Spitzer-HETDEX Exploratory Large-area Survey”

3. Shipley, H., Papovich, C., et al. (2016), Astrophys. J., 818, 60, “A New Star Formation Rate Calibration from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission Features and Application to High-redshift Galaxies”

4. Kawinwanichakij, L., Quadri, R., Papovich, C., et al. (2016), Astrophys. J., 817, 9, “Satellite Quenching and Galactic Conformity at 0.3 < z < 2.5”

5. Papovich, C., et al. (2015), Astrophys. J., 803, 26, “ZFOURGE/CANDELS: On the Evolution of M* Galaxy Progenitors from z = 3 to 0.5”



Teaching Activities at Texas A&M University 2008-2009, 2011, 2012-2014, 2016

ASTR 314, Survey of Astronomy: A calculus-based astronomy course for science and engineering majors.

2012, 2014, 2016 ASTR 601, Extragalactic Astronomy: An advanced graduate course in extragalactic astronomy

2010 ASTR 101, Basic Astronomy: An introductory course in astronomy for non-science majors

2010, 2012, 2013, 2016

ASTR 681, Astronomy Seminar: A literature review and presentation course for graduates students in astronomy

Students and Postdocs Supervised at Texas A&M University

• Ryan Quadri (2014-present) • Vithal Tilvi (2011-2015), Postdoc (now postdoc Arizona State University) • Nicola Merhtens (2012-2014), Postdoc • Steven Finkelstein (2008-2011), Postdoc (now Assistant Professor, UT-Austin) • Keely Finkelstein (2009-2009), Postdoc (now Research Associate/Lecturer, UT-Austin) • Brett Salmon (2010-2016), Graduate Student (now postdoc, Space Telescope Science Institute) • Steven Boada (2010-2016), Graduate Student (now postdoc, Rutgers, University) • Heath Shipley (2009-2015), Graduate Student (now postdoc, Tufts Univeristy) • Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakilj (2011- present), Graduate Student • Vincent Estrada-Carpenter (2015-present), Graduate Student • Scott Perkins (2015-present), undergraduate student • Nicolas Mondrik (2014-2015), undergraduate student • Clint Latham (2013-2015), undergraduate student • Kristen Nicholds (2013-2014), undergraduate student • Robert Bassett (2010-2013), undergraduate student • Robert de Alba (2009-2010), undergraduate student • Siying Peng (2009), undergraduate student

Recent External Community Service 2012-present Science Advisory Committee, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy 2012-present Chair, Giant Magellan Telescope/GMACS Science Advisory Committee 2012-present National Optical Astronomy Observatory Users Group Committee 2011-present Giant Magellan Telescope Scientific Advisory Committee 2002-present Reviewer for Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal

Astronomical Society, Nature 2015 Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) for Conference “Reionization: A Multiwavelength

Approach” 2012-2014 Subaru Observatory Time Allocati0on Committee (TAC) 2014 Texas APS Meeting Organization Committee 2014 Hubble Fellowship Review Committee 2014 Chair, Scientific organizing committee (SOC) for “GMACS Workshop 2014” 2014 SOC member for Conference “Transformation Science in the ALMA Era” 2011-2013 McDonald Observatory and Hobby Eberly Telescope TAC 2013 BigBOSS Community Science Committee 2013 Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle 10 Proposal Review Panel 2013 SOC member for conference on “Cosmology in the Era of Extremely Large Telescopes” 2011 Chair, SOC, Workshop on “Giant Magellan Telescope Extragalactic Science”

Curriculum Vita Valery Pokrovsky

Education: MS: Kharkov University, Ukraine, 1953. Sc. Advisors G.Ya. Lyubarsky, I.M. Lifshitz. PhD: Tomsk State University, Russia, 1957. Advisor Prof. Yu.B. Rumer. Doctor of Science: Siberian Branch of Ac. of Science USSR Novosibirsk, 1962 (higher degree, no analogues in US educational system). Positions held: 1953-1956 Teacher at a technical school, Novosibirsk 1955-1957 PhD student at Institute of Radiophysics, Siberian branch of Academy of Sciences of USSR,

Novosibirsk 1957-1960 Research scientist at the same Institute 1960-1966 Head of theoretical division at the same Institute, then at the Institute of Semiconductors,

Novosibirsk. 1966-now Head of a division, then leading scientist at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of the

Academy of Sciences of USSR, Chernogolovka, Moscow District 1966-1992 Professor of Theoretical Physics at Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology 1992-now Professor (starting from 1998 Distinguished Professor), Department of Physics, Texas A&M

University, College Station, TX 77843-4242 Invited professor positions 1983 Guest Professor at Troisieme Cycle, Lausanne Polytechnicque and University of Neuchatel,

Switzerland. 1977 Visiting scientist at Nordita, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1979 Guest Professor at Wroclaw Polytechnica, Poland 1982 Visiting scientist at Institute of Physics, Hungarian Ac. of Sc., Budapest. 1990 Visiting scientist at Centre of Nuclear Study Julich, Germany. 1991 Visiting scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory. 1994-5 Guest Professor at ETH, Zürich, Switzerland. 2000 Guest Professor at University of Cologne, Germany. 2010 Guest Professor at Joint Theoretical Institute of University of Chicago and ANL. 2001-2015 Visiting Scientist at University of Cologne (2 summer months) Main scientific achievements: 1. New method in quantum mechanics allowing calculations beyond all orders of the perturbations theory, in particular the overbarrier reflection and scattering amplitudes (1957-1962). This work served as a starting point of a new branch of Mathematical Physics “Asymptotics beyond all orders”. It is included in Quantum Mechanics by Landau and Lifshitz. M. Kruskal, H. Segur, B. Shraiman and others used it for study of dendrite growth and other non-linear problems. M.V. Berry started his study of asymptotic series with development of an early work of this series. 2. Formulation of universal scaling hypothesis in general theory of phase transitions (1964-1966). This work was mentioned in the Communication of the Nobel Committee on the Nobel Prize 1982 and the Nobel presentation by K. Wilson. Alexander Polyakov considered the work of 1964 as a starting point of his activity in the field theory (see his book “Gauge fields and strings”). 3. Statistical theory of a new topological phase transitions in 2 dimensions (1979-84) that received in literature the name “Pokrovsky-Talapov transition”. It has numerous applications in condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry and even in quantum field theory. 4. Theory of stripe structures in ferromagnetic films (1993-96). The theory was verified by several experimental groups in Switzerland, France and USA. 5. Landau-Zener transition in the noisy medium and in cooled gases (2003-2007). This theory is important for future quantum computers and for molecular magnets.

6. Theory of Ferromagnetic-Superconductor hybrids (1998-2005). These hybrids were realized in several experimental groups, in particular at our Department. 7. Bose-Einstein condensation in the random environment (2007-2010). The theory explained experiments with the cooled gas subject to the action of an artificial random field. 8. Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity of magnons (2012-). Awards: Landau Prize of Academy of Sciences of USSR together with A.Z. Patashinskii for pioneering works on theory of phase transitions, 1984; Distinguished Lecturer at Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1989; Humboldt Prize 2000 for senior American scientists; Prize for scientific achievement by Alumni Club of Texas AM University, 2001; Onsager prize of American Physical Society for fundamental contribution to statistical physics, 2005. Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University, 1998; Fellow of American Physical Society, . Synergetic activity: Member of Scientific Council of Landau Institute. Conferences co-organizer: Statphys 22, International Congress of Statistical Physics, Bangalore, India, 2004; Statphys 23, Padova, Italy, 2007; Statphys 24, Cairn, Australia 2010; Statphys 25, Seoul, South Korea 2013; Statphys 26, Lyon, France, 2016. Annual Conference on mesoscopic phenomena in superconductors and ferromagnets, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 2003-2006; Landau Memorial Conference, Moscow-Chernogolovka, Russian Federation, June 2008. Co-Editor: Journal of Modern Physics B and Modern Physics Letters B; Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. Invited participant and speaker (after 2010): Workshop on Anderson localization, nonlinearity and turbulence, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 2010; International Workshop “Disordered Quantum Systems”, Institute H. Poincare, Paris, June-July 2012; Annual Conferences “Landau Days” in Chernogolovka, Russian Federation, 2005-13; International Conference “Frontier in Nanoscience”, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2015; International Conference “Magnonics”, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, 2016; International workshop “Disorder, Interaction and Coherence; Warps and Delights, Max Planck Institute of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, 2016. Colloquiums (after 2007): University of Maryland and NIST, April 2009; Boston University, February 2011; University of Cologne, Germany, July 2012; Brown University, Providence, October 2014. Thesis advisor: More than 45 PhD students. Among former PhD students there are 2 full members of Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 professors at USA Universities and National Labs, about 30 professors at Russian Universities and Academic Institutions, one winner of the Mac Arthur prize 2008 and Milner award for fundamental studies (Dr. A.I. Kitaev), 3 winners of the Director Postdoctoral Fellowships at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Ar. Abanov, N. Sintsyn, F. Li). Fuxiang Li has received the Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research in the year 2015. Recent publications: O.A. Tretyakov, K.S. Tikhonov, V.L. Pokrovsky, Spin resonance in a Luttinger liquid with spin-orbit interaction, Phys. Rev. B 88, 125143 (2013) F. Li, W.M. Saslow and V.L. Pokrovsky, Phase Diagram for Magnon Condensate in Yttrium Iron Garnet Film, Scientific Reports 3, 1372 (2013) H. Schenk, V.L. Pokrovsky, T. Nattermann, Vactor Chiral Phases in Frustrated 2D XY Model and Quantum Spin Chains, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 157201 (2014) C. Sun and V.L. Pokrovsky, Spin Correlations in Quantum Wires, Phys. Rev. B 91, 161305(R) (2015) C. Sun, T. Nattermann, and V.L. Pokrovsky, Unconventional Superfluidity in Yttrium Iron Garnet Film, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 257205 (2016)

C.N. Pope Education and Training: Undergraduate 1972-1975: Natural Sciences Tripos, U. Cambridge. BA degree (1st Class in all parts IA, IB and II) Postgraduate 1975-1976: Part III Mathematics, U. Cambridge. Distinction. PhD 1976-1979: Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, U. Cambridge. (Advisor S.W. Hawking) Postdoc 1979-1982: Research Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge. Postdoc 1981-1983: Research Associate, Imperial College, London. Postdoc 1983 -1987: SERC Advanced Research Fellowship, Imperial College, London. Research and Professional Experience: 2006 - present Distinguished Professor, Physics Department, Texas A&M University. 1991-2006: Professor, Physics Department, Texas A&M University. 1988-1991: Associate Professor, Physics Department, Texas A&M University. 1987 - 1988: Associate Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Synergistic Activities: Director, Mitchell Institute, Texas A&M (2002-2012); Organiser of Mitchell Spring String and Cosmology Workshops, Cook's Branch, Texas (2003-2013), and then Great Brampton House and Brinsop Court, Hereford, UK (2014-present); Reviewer of Cambridge College Research Fellowships; Referee, JHEP, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Phys. Rev., Nucl. Phys., etc. Recent Postdocs: Hai-Shan Liu; David Chow (now U. of Crete); Sera Cremonini (now Lehigh Univ.); Yi Pang (now AEI, Potsdam). Recent graduated PhD students: Junchen Rong (2016); Abid Mujtaba (2013); Jianwei Mei (2010); Wei Chen (2007); Zhi-Wei Cong (2006); Johannes Kerimo (2005). (15 PhD students in total.) Supplementary Information: Awards: Tyson Medal (1976, U. Cambridge) Rayleigh Prize (1978, U. Cambridge) 1st Prize, Gravity Research Foundation (1988) Teaching Awards: Physics Department (1999, 2001, 2005, 2008) College of Science (2005) Texas A&M University (2011)

Holder of Stephen Hawking Chair in Fundamental Physics (Texas A&M, 2003-present) Honorary Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (2006-present) Funded by DOE continuously since 1988. Over 355 publications (326 in refereed journals). Total citations exceed 17,000. My h-number is 74 (Spires/SLAC). Selected publications from last 10 years: X.H. Feng, H.S. Liu, H. Lu and C.N. Pope, Black hole entropy and viscosity bound in Horndeski gravity, JHEP 1511, 176 (2015). H. Lu, A. Perkins, C.N. Pope and K.S. Stelle, Black holes in higher-derivative gravity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 171601 (2015). M. Cvetic, G.W. Gibbons and C.N. Pope, Super-geometrodynamics, JHEP 1503, 029 (2015). H. Lu, Y. Pang and C.N. Pope, AdS dyonic black hole and its thermodynamics, JHEP 1311, 033 (2013). H. Lu, Y. Pang, C.N. Pope and J. Vazquez-Poritz, AdS and Lifshitz black holes in conformal and Einstein-Weyl gravities, Phys. Rev. D86, 04411 (2012). S. Deser, H.S. Liu, H. Lu, C.N. Pope, T.C. Sisman, B. Tekin, Critical points of D-dimensional extended gravities, Phys.Rev. D83, 061502 (2011). H. L�u and C.N. Pope, Critical gravity in four dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 181302 (2011). M. Cvetic, Universal area product formulae for rotating and charged back holes in four and higher dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 121301 (2011). M. Cvetic, G.W. Gibbons, D. Kubiznak and C.N. Pope, Black hole enthalpy and an entropy inequality for thermodynamic volume, Phys. Rev. D84, 024037 (2011). H. Lu, J. Mei and C.N. Pope, Solutions to Horava gravity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 091301 (2009). W. Chen, H. L�u and C.N. Pope, General Kerr-NUT-AdS metrics in all dimensions, Class. Quantum Grav. 23, 5323 (2006). Z.W. Chong, M. Cvetic, H. L�u and C.N. Pope, General non-extremal rotating black holes in minimal five-dimensional gauged supergravity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 161301 (2005). M. Cvetic, H. L�u, D.N. Page and C.N. Pope, New Einstein-Sasaki spaces in five and higher dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 071101 (2005). G.W. Gibbons, H. L�u, D.N. Page and C.N. Pope, Rotating black holes in higher dimensions with a cosmological constant, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 171102 (2004). G.W. Gibbons, M.J. Perry and C.N. Pope, The first law of thermodynamics for Kerr anti-de Sitter black holes, Class. Quantum Grav. 22, 1503 (2005). (Note: By convention, in high-energy theoretical physics authors are alphabetically ordered on all papers.)

Curriculum Vitae: Ralf Rapp Education and Training

High School: “Abitur” 1987, avg. 1.0 (best possible), Koblenz-Karthause (Germany) Undergraduate: Diploma (M.Sc.) in Physics, University of Bonn (Germany), 1993 Graduate: Research Center Jülich (Germany), Univ. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); PhD Theoretical Nuclear/Hadron Physics, University of Bonn, 1996 Postdoctoral: Research Center Jülich, Theo. Nuclear/Hadron Physics, 1996; SUNY at Stony Brook, Theo. Nuclear/Hadron/Heavy-Ion Physics, 1996-1999

Research and Professional Experience

1999-2001 Research Scientist, SUNY Stony Brook 2001-2002 Research Assistant Professor, SUNY Stony Brook 2002-2003 Research Assistant Professor, NORDITA (Copenhagen, Denmark) 2003-2006 Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Univ. (College Station) 2006-2010 Associate Professor with Tenure, TAMU (College Station) since 2010 Professor, TAMU (College Station)

Honors and Awards

1991 CERN Summer Student Fellowship 1994,1995 2 grad. student research fellowships (German Academic Ex. Serv.,DAAD) at Univ. of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign 1996-1999 Feodor-Lynen Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany) 2003-2006 Adjunct Professor, SUNY Stony Brook 2004 U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2007 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (Humboldt Foundation) 2009 Robert S. Hyer Award by the TX Section of the American Physical Society 2014 Fellow of the American Physical Society

Funding

Host for Feodor-Lynen Fellow H. van Hees (Humboldt Foundation), Theoretical Studies of Hadronic and Partonic Matter in Heavy-Ion Experiments, 2004-05

U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant ($562425 total, single PI), CAREER: Spectral Properties of Hot and Dense QCD Matter, 2004-09 Faculty mentor on TAMU Cyclotron NSF-REU grant, “REU site: Nuclear and Particle Science at Texas A&M University, 2004-date Host for Fulbright Fellow D. Cabrera (through Spanish Minister of Edu.+Sci.), Mesons

at Finite Density and Temperature and Applications to Heavy-Ion Collisions, 2005-07 Supplement to US NSF CAREER grant ($40000 total, single PI), 2009-10 US NSF standard grant on Electromagnetic and Heavy-Quark Probes of QCD Matter

($450000, single PI), 2010-13 US NSF continuing grant on QCD Matter Studies with Heavy Quarks and Dileptons

($432000, single PI), 2013-16 TAMU-Tsinghua/NSFC collaborative grant on Heavy Quarkonium Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions ($25000+RMB50000 with P. Zhuang), 2014-2015 US NSF continuing grant on Radiation and Transport in QCD Matter

($124000 per year, single PI), 2016-2019

Publications and Presentations ca. 100+75 articles in scientific journals (refereed) + conf. proceedings (mostly refereed) ca. 11200/9500 citations on all/published scientific articles (Inspire database), h-index 52/50 ca. 125 invited talks and lectures at international conferences, workshops and schools ca. 95 colloquia, seminars and contributed conference talks

Three Key Publications:

1. R.Rapp, T.Schäfer, E.V.Shuryak and M.Velkovsky, Diquark Bose Condensates in High Density Matter and Instantons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 53-56 (1998) (ca. 940 citations)

2. R.Rapp and J.Wambach, Chiral Symmetry Restoration and Dileptons in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, Adv. Nucl. Phys. 25, 1-205 (2000) (ca. 710 citations)

3. H. van Hees, V. Greco and R. Rapp, Heavy-Quark Probes of the Quark-Gluon Plasma at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 73, 034913 (2006) (ca. 310 citations)

Classroom Teaching

1999-2002 course instr. of 3 undergrad. physics classes + recitations at SUNY Stony Brook since 2003 course instructor of 24 physics under/graduate classes at TAMU to date

Selected Synergistic Activities

– Member of German Physical Society (DPG, since 1993), American Physical Society (APS, since 1993) and Texas Section of APS (TSAPS, since 2007) – Referee for scientific journals incl. Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. C/D, Rev. Mod. Phys.,

Phys. Lett. B, Nucl. Phys. A, Eur. Phys. J. A/C, J. Phys. G, Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys., Europhys. Lett., Can. J. Phys., Acta Phys. Pol., Braz. J. Phys., Int. J. Mod. Phys. A/E, J. High-Energy Phys., New J. Phys., Nucl. Inst. Meth. B, Centr. Eur. J. Phys.

– Reviewer of grant proposals for U.S. NSF and DOE (incl. 2009 L ab Theory review panel), DFG (Germany), U.S.-Israel BSF, ISF (Israel), FOM (Netherlands), INFN (Italy), MINERVA (Germany), NSC (Poland), NSERC (Canada) – Introduced+directed Saturday Morning Physics for high school students at TAMU 2006-16 – Editorial Board Member of Physics Handbook of Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM)

in Laboratory Experiments (ca. 1000 pages, 2006-2010) – Working group convener of: Electromagnetic Probes at RHIC-II (2004-08), In-Medium Excitations for CBM Physics Handbook (2006-10)

– Organizer of EMMI Rapid Reaction Task Force on Extraction of Heavy-Flavor Transport Coefficient in QCD Matter (2016) Students and Postdoctoral Trainees supervised Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) adviser of 13 undergraduate students

(10 received CEU fellowships for annual APS-DNP meetings) Graduate adviser of (9):

L. Grandchamp (New York), PhD SUNYSB ‘03; D. Sun (TAMHSC Houston), MSc TAMU ‘06; X. Zhao (IMP Lanzhou), PhD TAMU ‘10; K. Huggins (Dallas), MSc TAMU ‘12; I. Sarver (TAMU), MSc TAMU ‘14; N. Holt, PhD TAMU ‘16; S. Liu, PhD exp.’17; Atchison, PhD exp.‘18; X. Du, PhD exp.‘18

Postdoctoral adviser of (8): H. van Hees (FIAS Frankfurt, GER) 2004-08, M.Mannarelli (Gran Sasso, IT) 2004-05, W.Liu (TAMU) 2005, D.Cabrera (Valencia,ESP) 2005-07, L.Ravagli (London) 2006-07, F. Riek (Frankfurt) 2008-10, M. He (Nanjing, CN) 2009-12, P. Hohler (Houston) 2011-15

Grigory V. Rogachev

Department of Physics & Astronomy Fax: (979) 845-1899 and Cyclotron Institute Phone: (979) 845-1411 Texas A&M University e-mail: [email protected] College Station, TX 77843 Professional Preparation M.S. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University) 1996; exp. nuclear physics Ph.D. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” 1999; exp. nuclear physics PH.D. Research Associate (PostDoc), U of Notre Dame 2000-2003; Appointments 2013 - present Professor, Dep. of Physics & Astronomy and Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M U. 2010 - 2013 Assoc. Prof., Dep. of Physics, Florida State U. 2004 - 2010 Asst. Prof., Dep. of Physics, Florida State U. 2003 - 2004 Research Asst. Prof., Dep. of Physics, U. of Notre Dame Selected Recent Publication • Phys. Lett. B 754, 323 (2016). E. Uberseder, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, E. Koshchiy, B.T. Roeder, M. Alcorta, G.

Chubarian, B. Davids, C. Fu, J. Hooker, H. Jayatissa, D. Melconian and R.E. Tribble. “Nuclear structure beyond the neutron drip line: The lowest energy states in 9He via their T=5/2 isobaric analogs in 9Li’'.

• Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 071101 (2015). M.L. Avila, G.V. Rogachev, E. Koshchiy, L.T. Baby, J. Belarge, K.W. Kemper, A.N. Kuchera, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, D. Santiago-Gonzalez and E. Uberseder. “Constraining the 6.05 MeV 0+ and 6.13 MeV 3- Cascade Transitions in the 12C(α,γ)16O Reaction Using the Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients’”.

• Phys. Rev. C 91, 048801 (2015). M.L. Avila, G.V. Rogachev, E. Koshchiy, L.T. Baby, J. Belarge, K.W. Kemper, A.N. Kuchera and D. Santiago-Gonzalez. “New measurement of the alpha asymptotic normalization coefficient of the 1/2+ state in 17O at 6.356 MeV that dominates the 13C(α,n)16O reaction rate at temperatures relevant for the s-process”.

• Phys. Rev. C 90, 024327 (2014). M.L. Avila, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, E.D. Johnson, K.W. Kemper, Y.M. Tchuvil'sky and A.S. Volya. “α-cluster structure of 18O”.

• Phys. Rev. C 90, 042801 (2014). M.L. Avila, G.V. Rogachev, E. Koshchiy, L.T. Baby, J. Belarge, K.W. Kemper, A.N. Kuchera and D. Santiago-Gonzalez. “α-Cluster Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients for Nuclear Astrophysics”.

Record of Research activities (numbers are rounded to the nearest decade) • 50 publications in Refereed Journals • 40 publications in Conference Proceedings • 4 lecture series at summer schools • 30 invited presentations at conferences and workshops • 20 invited presentations at Colloquia and Seminars • 20 oral presentation at conferences. Awards and Fellowships • Main scientific award of National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”. Kurchatov Prize (1998) • Fellowship of NRC “Kurchatov Institute” for Junior Scientists (1997-1999) • Fellowship of CIMO (Center for International MObility) for research activity in Finland (1996)

Synergistic Activities • Served as convener of FRIB Silicon Arrays Work Group for FRIB Instrumentation Workshop (February, 2010). • Chaired local organizing committee for the VI International Workshop on Direct Reactions with Exotic beams

(DREB2009). • Chaired Organizing committee for FSU Department of Physics open house outreach biannual event ``Flying

Circus of Physics'' in 2009. Participated in the event since 2005. • Lectured for FSU and TAMU outreach program ``Saturday Morning Physics''. (2006-2015) • Serve as a Referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics A, Phys. Lett. B, Rep. on Prog.

in Phys., NSERC (Canadian funding agency), NSF and STFC (UK funding agency). • Chair of the NSF University of Notre Dame site visit review panel (February 2014). • Chair of the local organizing committee for State of the Art in Nuclear Clusters Physics workshop in 2018

(SOTANCP4) Ph.D. Advisor: V.Z. Goldberg, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” Postdoctoral Advisor: J.J. Kolata, U of Notre Dame. Supervised PostDoctoral Research Associates • Eric Johnson (2008-2009) • Evgeniy Koshchiy (2009 - 2013) • Ethan Uberseder (2014 - 2016) • Shadi Bedoor (2015 - present) Supervised PhD Studnets • Eric Johnson, FSU, 2004 - 2008 (graduated in 2008) • Joe Mitchell, FSU, 2006 - 2012 (graduated in 2012) • Melina Avila, FSU, 2007 - 2013 (graduated in 2013) • Anthony Kuchera, FSU, 2008 - 2013 (graduated in 2013) • Josh Hooker, TAMU, 2013 - present • Heshani Jayatissa, TAMU, 2014 - present • Sriteja Upadhyayula, TAMU, 2015 - present • Curtis Hunt, TAMU, 2015 - present • Cordero Magana, TAMU, 2015 - present Supervised MS Studnets • Simon Brown, U of Surrey ex., (Master Thesis in 2006) • Laniece Miller, FSU, (grad. in 2009) Supervised B.S. Students • Bert Green, FSU, (Senior Thesis in 2007) • Alex Long, FSU, (Honors Thesis in 2009) • John Carpino, FSU, (Senior Thesis in 2009) • Arthur Kock, TAMU, 2015 Supervised REU Students • Austin Nelson - 2014 (South Dakota SU) • Deniel Yates -2015 (Pacific University, Oregon) • Kaitlin Salyer - 2016 (University of Notre Dame) • Emily Hudson -2016 (Swarthmore College)

CURRICULUM VITAE Joseph H. Ross, Jr.

Contact information:

Office, 422 Mitchell Physics Bldg. (MPHY); Research lab, B03 Engineering-Physics Bldg. (ENPH). email: [email protected]. website: http://rossgroup.tamu.edu/

Education:

Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986, M.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982. B.S., Physics, Yale University, 1981.

Thesis/Postdoctoral Advisors:

Charles P. Slichter (PhD advisor, University of Illinois), Robert C. Richardson (postdoctoral, Cornell Univ.)

Positions Held:

Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2013 to present (Courtesy appointment). Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, 2004 to present. Chair, Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas A&M University, 2003 – 2007 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1994 – 2004. Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1988 – 1994. Post-doctoral Associate, Cornell University, 1986 –1988.

Research:

Nuclear magnetic resonance, also magnetic and transport measurements, computational studies, and other techniques. Recent work includes studies of advanced thermoelectric materials with potential for next-generation energy recovery devices, and also emerging effects such as the spin and topological behavior of these materials. Other recent work has focused on magnetic and magnetocaloric behavior of alloys such as shape memory materials, and on understanding the interplay of ordered magnetic phases that underlies the thermal behavior of these materials, and synthesis of materials such as new magnetic cage-structured materials.

Recent PhD graduates and post-docs:

Jing-Han Chen (Ph.D., 2015) current position: Rice University post-doc. Xiang Zheng (Ph.D., 2012) current position: Research Fellow, Kuang-Chi Institute. Sergio Rodriguez (Ph.D., 2011) current position: Member of technical staff, Intel Corp. Yang Li (Postdoctoral, 2002-2005) Current: Associate Professor, Univ. Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Venkatesh Goruganti (Ph.D., 2008) current position: Senior Scientist, Neocoil LLC. Weiping Gou (Ph.D., 2008) current position: Staff Scientist, CGG Veritas Inc. Ji Chi (Ph.D. 2007) current position: Towers Watson, Inc. T. Sandu (Ph.D. 2002; co-chair) International Centre of Biodynamics, Bucharest, Romania. Chin Shan Lue (Ph.D. 1999) current position: Professor, National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)

Recent and Selected Publications:

81. “Effect of Grain Constraint on the Field Requirements for Magnetocaloric Effect in Ni45Co5Mn40Sn10 Melt-Spun Ribbons”, N. M. Bruno, Y. J. Huang, C. L. Dennis, J. G. Li, R. D. Shull, J. H. Ross, Jr., Y. I. Chumlyakov, and I. Karaman, J. Appl. Phys. 120, 075101 (2016). DOI: 10.1063/1.4960353

80. “Pseudogap and anharmonic phonon behavior in Ba8Ga16Ge30: an NMR study,” Ali A. Sirusi and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., J. Chem. Phys. 145, 054702 (2016). DOI: 10.1063/1.4960054

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79. "Band ordering and dynamics of Cu2-xTe and Cu1.98Ag0.2Te", Ali A. Sirusi, Sedat Ballikaya, Jing-Han Chen, Ctirad Uher, and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., J Phys. Chem. C 120, 14549–14555 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b04785

78. "Synthesis, transport and magnetic properties of Ba-Co-Ge clathrates", Ali A. Sirusi and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., J. Electronic Materials 45, 1094-1100 (2016). DOI: 10.1007/s11664-015-4259-6

77. "Direct Measure of Giant Magnetocaloric Entropy Contributions in Ni-Mn-In," Jing-Han Chen, Nickolaus M. Bruno, Ibrahim Karaman, Yujin Huang, Jianguo Li, and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., Acta Materialia 105, 176-181 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.11.053.

76. "High-field magneto-thermo-mechanical testing system for characterizing multiferroic bulk alloys", Nickolaus M. Bruno, Ibrahim Karaman, Joseph H. Ross Jr., Yuriy I. Chumlyakov; Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 113902 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4934571

75. "Low-Temperature Structure and Dynamics in Cu2Se", Ali A. Sirusi, Sedat Ballikaya, Ctirad Uher and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 20293−20298 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06079

74. "A Preisach-Based Nonequilibrium Methodology for Simulating Performance of Hysteretic Magnetic Refrigeration Cycles" T. D. Brown, J.-H. Chen, N. M. Bruno, I. Karaman, J. H. Ross, Jr. and P. J. Shamberger, JOM 67, 2123 (2015). DOI: 10.1007/s11837-015-1519-0

73. "NMR Study of Ba8Cu5SixGe41−x Clathrate Semiconductors", Ali A. Sirusi, Joseph H. Ross, Jr., Xinlin Yan, and Silke Paschen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 16991 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5CP02575C

72. Superconductivity in Pt and La Doped BaFe2As2 Compounds Prepared By Solid State Reaction, A. Güler, M. Sertkol, L. Saribaev, M. Özdemir, Y. Öner, and Joseph H. Ross Jr., IEEE Trans. Magn. 51, 1000504 (2015).

71. “Giant elastocaloric effect in directionally solidified Ni-Mn-In magnetic shape memory alloy”, Y. J. Huang, Q. D. Hu, N. M. Bruno, Jing-Han Chen, I. Karaman, Joseph H. Ross, Jr., and J. G. Li, Scripta Materialia 105, 42 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.04.024

69. "Calorimetric and magnetic study for Ni50Mn36In14 and relative cooling power in paramagnetic inverse magnetocaloric systems", Jing-Han Chen, Nickolaus M. Bruno, Ibrahim Karaman, Yujin Huang, Jianguo Li, and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., J. Appl. Phys. 116, 203901 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4902527.

68. “The effect of heat treatments on Ni43Mn42Co4Sn11 meta-magnetic shape memory alloys for magnetic refrigeration”, Nickolaus M. Bruno, Cengiz Yegin, Ibrahim Karaman, Jing-Han Chen, Joseph H. Ross Jr., Jian Liu, and Jianguo Li, Acta Materialia 74, 66-84 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2014.03.020

67. “NMR and Computational Study of Ba8CuxGe46-x Clathrate Semiconductors”, Jing-Han Chen, Ali Sirusi Arvij, Xiang Zheng, Sergio Y. Rodriguez, and Joseph H. Ross, Jr. J. Alloys Compounds 593, 261 (2014).

66. “Transport and thermodynamic properties under anharmonic motion in type-I Ba8Ga16Sn30 clathrate,” Xiang Zheng, Sergio Y. Rodriguez, Laziz Saribaev, and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., Phys. Rev. B 85, 214304 (2012).

65. “NMR relaxation and rattling phonons in type-I Ba8Ga16Sn30 clathrate”, Xiang Zheng, Sergio Y. Rodriguez, and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., Phys. Rev. B 84, 024303 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.024303.

63. “Dilute magnetism and vibrational entropy in Fe2Al5,” Ji Chi, Xiang Zheng, Sergio Y. Rodriguez, Yang Li, Weiping Gou, V. Goruganti, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., Phys. Rev. B 82, 174419 (2010).

51. "Superconductivity in gallium-substituted Ba8Si46 clathrates," Yang Li, Ruihong Zhang, Yang Liu, Ning Chen, Z. P. Luo, Xingqiao Ma, Guohui Cao, Z. S. Feng, Chia-Ren Hu and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., Phys. Rev. B 75, 054513 (2007). Also Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 15, 9 (2007).

17. “Field-dependent specific heat in Fe2VAl and the question of possible 3d heavy fermion behavior,” Chin-Shan Lue, Joseph H. Ross, Jr., C. F. Chang, and H. D. Yang, Physical Review B, 60, 13941(R) (1999).

15. “Semimetallic Behavior in Fe2VAl: NMR Evidence,” Chin-Shan Lue and Joseph H. Ross, Jr., Phys. Rev. B 58, 9763 (1998).

CURRICULUM VITAE

Wayne M. Saslow

Contact Information:

Dept. of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242, MPHYS 455, 979-845-4841, [email protected]

Institutions of Higher Education:

B. A., Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1964. M. S., Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1967. (NSF Predoctoral Fellow) Advisor: M. L. Cohen. Ph.D., Physics, University of California at Irvine, 1968. Advisor: D. L. Mills.

Previous and Current Teaching Positions:

1968-1969: Instructor, Department of Physics, University of California at Irvine. 1969-1971: Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh. 1971-1977: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. 1977-1980: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. 1980-1981: Faculty Development Leave, University of Paris-Orsay. 1981-1983: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. 1983-Present: Professor, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. 2002-2003: Visiting Research Scientist, NIH Laboratory of Physical and Structural Biology. 2013-2014: Visiting Scientist, NIST(Gaithersburg).

Professional Activities: 1999-2002: Vice-President, President Elect, President, and Past President of the Texas Section of the

American Physical Society. 1996-1999: Board Member of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society. 1995-1998:

Associate Editor for the American Journal of Physics. 1989-1992: Program Committee and Publications Co-Chair, Magnetism & Magnetic Materials Conf. 1971-date: Referee for numerous journals and funding agencies.

Awards:

1. 2005 - Fellow, American Physical Society. 2. 1995 - Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (TAMU).

Books: 1. Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetic Light, Harcourt/Academic/Elsevier (2002).

Significant Publications: (Total Refereed Publications: 139)

1. W. M. Saslow, T. K. Bergstresser and M. L. Cohen, “Band Structure and Optical Properties of Diamond," Phys. Rev. Lett. 16, 354-356 (1966).

6. W. M. Saslow, “Renormalization of the Effective g Factor of Magnons," Phys. Rev. Lett. 22, 879-882 (1969).

13. W. M. Saslow and G. F. Reiter, “Plasmons and Characteristic Energy Loss in Periodic Solids," Phys. Rev. B 7, 2995-3003 (1973).

16. W. M. Saslow, “Normal Fluid Density, Second Sound, and Fourth Sound in an Anisotropic Super-fluid," Phys. Rev. Lett. 31, 870-873 (1973).

23. W. M. Saslow, “Superfluidity of Periodic Solids," Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 1151-1154 (1976).

27. C. R. Hu and W. M. Saslow, “Hydrodynamics of 3He-A with Arbitrary Textures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 605-609 (1977).

30. B. I. Halperin and W. M. Saslow, “Hydrodynamic Theory of Spin Waves in Spin Glasses and Other Systems with Non-Collinear Spin Orientations," Phys. Rev. B 16, 2154-2162 (1977).

41. W. M. Saslow, “Anisotropy-Triad Dynamics in Spin-Glasses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 505-508 (1982). 47. R. A. Guyer and W. M. Saslow, “Structure and Modes of a Superfluid Atmosphere," Phys. Rev.

Lett. 51, 1765-1767 (1983). 52. E. M. Chudnovsky, W. M. Saslow, and R. A. Serota, “Ordering in Ferromagnets with Random

Anisotropy," Phys. Rev. B. 33, 251-261 (1986). 73. W. M. Saslow, M. Gabay, and W.-M. Zhang, “Spiralling Algorithm: Collective Monte Carlo Trial

and Self-determined Boundary Conditions for Incommensurate Spin Systems," Phys. Rev. Lett.68, 3627-3630 (1992).

80. Ar. Abanov, V. Kalatsky, V. L. Pokrovsky, and W. M. Saslow, “Phase diagram of ultrathin ferro-magnetic films with perpendicular anisotropy," Phys. Rev. B 51, 1023-1038 (1995).

82. W. M. Saslow, “What Happens When You Leave the Car Lights on Overnight: Violation of Local Electroneutrality in Slow, Steady Discharge of the Lead-Acid Cell," Phys. Rev. Lett.76, 4849 (1996).

89. W. M. Saslow, “The Joule Heating Rate Need Not Equal I2R, where R is the Ohmic Resistance: the Case of Voltaic Cells," Phys. Rev. E 59, R1343-1346 (1999).

102. Vanik Mkrtchian, V. Adrian Parsegian, Rudi Podgornik, Wayne M. Saslow, “Universal Thermal Radiation Drag on Neutral Objects," Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 220801-1{4 (2003).

103. W. M. Saslow, “Slow, Steady-State Transport with Loading and Bulk Reactions: the Mixed Ionic Conductor La2CuO4+ ," Phys. Rev. B 70, 035103 (2004).

112. W. M. Saslow, D. Galli, and L. Reatto, “Two-body Correlations and the Superfluid Fraction for Nonuniform Systems", J. Low Temp. Phys. 149, 53-63 (2007).

116. W. M. Saslow, “Spin Pumping of Current in Non-Uniform Conducting Magnets", Phys. Rev. B 76, 184434-1{14 (2007). Significant Recent Publications:

125. M. R. Sears and W. M. Saslow, “Consistent asymptotic expansion of Mott's solution for oxide growth", Solid State Ionics 18, 1074-1082 (2010).

128. M. R. Sears and W. M. Saslow, “Andreev-Lifshitz Supersolid Hydrodynamics Including the Diffusive Mode", Phys. Rev. B 82, 134523 (2010).

130. M. R. Sears and W. M. Saslow, “Spin Accumulation at Ferromagnet/Non-magnetic Material Interfaces", Phys. Rev. B 85, 014404 (2012).

131. M. R. Sears and W. M. Saslow, “Thermal Equilibration and Thermally-Induced Spin Currents in a Thin-Film Ferromagnet on a Substrate", Phys. Rev. B 85, 035446 (2012).

132. A. Abanov, V. L. Pokrovsky, W. M. Saslow, P. Zhou, “Spin Resonance and dc Current Generation in a Quantum Wire", Phys. Rev. B 85, 085311 (2012).

134. F. Xiang, W. M. Saslow, and V. L. Pokrovsky, “Phase Diagram for Magnon Condensate in Yttrium Iron Garnet lm", Scienti c Reports (Nature) 3, 1372 (2013).

136. W. M. Saslow and T. Taniguchi, “Dissipation due to pure spin current generated by spin pumping," Phys. Rev. B 90, 214407 (2014).

137. W. M. Saslow, “Spin Hall Effect and Irreversible Thermodynamics; Center-to-Edge Transverse Current-Induced Voltage", Phys. Rev. B 91, 014401 (2015).

138. T. Taniguchi and W. M. Saslow, “Heat Production by Diffusion of Pure Spin Current", J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 400, 168-170 (2016).

CV: Hans A. Schuessler

MAILING ADDRESS: 10292 River road, College Station, Texas 77845, USA E-mail: [email protected] WEB PAGE: http://sibor.physics.tamu.edu

RESUME OF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND 1953-1961 Attended the University of Heidelberg at Heidelberg, Germany, and on February27, 1961,

graduated in physics, mathematics and chemistry (Diplom-Physiker) from the institute of the late Professor Dr. H. Kopfermann. Title of Master thesis: “A Double Resonance Experiment in the P-state of Barium”.

1961-1964 Teaching and research work at the University of Heidelberg. on June 10,1964, obtained doctoral degree in physics (Dr. rer. nat.). Title of dissertation: "Experimental Investigation of the Sternheimer Correction Through Measurements of the Hyperfine Structure Splitting of the 5 2P3/2-

State and the 6 2P3/2-State of Rubidium I." 1963-1966 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Technological University of Berlin, Germany. 1966-1967 Research Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle. In conjunction with

Professor H.G. Delmelt (Nobel Prize Winner), magnetic resonance experiments on stored ions. 1967-1969 Research Associate Professor of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle. Teaching and research.

Magnetic resonance experiments in dilute plasmas and in conjunction with Professor H.G. Dehmelt, experiments on stored ions.

1969-1981 Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Teaching and research. Reorientation spectroscopy of stored ions and optical pumping in dilute plasmas; investigation of spin-dependent rates of ion-molecule reactions; study of the structure of simple ion molecules; photo dissociation by laser radiation; magnetic moment of the bound electron and (g-2)-factors; spin dependent charge transfer; laser spectroscopy of stored ions; collision studies by laser spectroscopy; two-photon ionization of alkali atoms; ion cooling in miniature ion traps; preparation of laser spectroscopy on-line with accelerations.

1982-1988 Member of the National Committee on Fundamental constants operated by the National Academy of Science.

1987-1991 Founding member of the APS Topical Group on Fundamental Constants and Precise Test of Physical Laws.

1990-1991 Chairman of the Program Committee of the APS Topical Group on Fundamental Constants and Precise Tests of Physical Laws.

1992 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in the Field of Fundamental Constants and Precise Tests of Physical Laws.

1981-Present Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University. Ion storage spectroscopy; fine-structure collisions by laser spectroscopy; external injection of charged particles into ion traps; on-line collinear fast beam laser spectroscopy of short-lived isotopes; cavity-enhanced photo thermal spectroscopy; surface photo-vaporization spectroscopy; resonance-ionization spectroscopy; QED of highly charged ions; cavity QED and laser cooling of stored ions; femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, coherent control with evolutionary algorithms, surface plasmon studies, coherent XUV spectroscopy with high harmonics; attosecond physics, dual frequency comb spectroscopy in the mid IR, detection of gases in air and seawater.

1997 Distinguished Scientist at JAERI 2001 Awarded Eminent Scientist status at RIKEN (Japan). 2004-Present Chair in Optical and Biomedical Physics at TAMU PUBLICATIONS: 215 publications in peer-reviewed journals. RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1. N. Kaya, J. Strohaber, A. A. Kolomenskii, G. Kaya, H. Schroeder, and H. A. Schuessler, “White-light

generation using spatially-structured beams of femtosecond radiation.” Opt. Express, 20, 13337-13346 (2012).

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2. F. Zhu,T. Mohamed, J. Strohaber, A. A. Kolomenskii, Th. Udem, and H. A. Schuessler, Real-time dual frequency comb spectroscopy in the near infrared, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 121116 (2013).

3. T. Mohamed, F. Zhu, S. Chen, J. Strohaber, A. A. Kolomenskii, A.A. Bengali, H. A. Schuessler, A multipass cell based on confocal mirrors for sensitive broadband laser spectroscopy in the near IR, Applied Optics 52, 7145-7151, (2013).

4. F. Zhu, H. Hundertmark, A. A. Kolomenskii, J. Strohaber, R. Holzwarth, and H. A. Schuessler. High-power mid-infrared frequency comb source based on a femtosecond Er: fiber oscillator, Opt. Lett. 38, 2360-2362 (2013).

5. Miochan Zhi, Kai Wang, Xia Hua, H. A. Schuessler, J. Strohaber, and Alexei V. Sokolov, Generation of femtosecond optical vortexes by molecular modulation in a Raman active crystal, Optics Express, 21, 27750 (2013).

6. Feng Zhu, James Bounds, Aysenur Bicer, James Strohaber, Alexandre A. Kolomenskii, Christoph Gohle, Mahmood Amani, and Hans A. Schuessler, "Near infrared frequency comb vernier spectrometer for broadband trace gas detection," Opt. Express Vol. 22, 23026-23033 (2014).

7. J. Strohaber, F. Zhu, A. A. Kolomenskii, and H. A. Schuessler, Observation of anisotropic fragmentation in methane subjected to femtosecond radiation, Phys. Rev. A Vol. 89, 023430 (2014).

8. N. A. Hart, J. Strohaber, G. Kaya, N. Kaya, A. A. Kolomenskii, and H. A. Schuessler, Intensity-resolved above-threshold ionization of xenon with short laser pulses. Phys. Rev. A Vol. 89, 053414 (2014).

9. J. Strohaber, J. Abul, M. Richardson, F. Zhu, A. A. Kolomenskii, and H. A. Schuessler, Cascade Raman sideband generation and orbital angular momentum relations for paraxial beam modes, Optics Express, 23, 22463 (2015).

10. N. Kaya, G. Kaya, M. Sayrac, Y. Boran, S. Anumula, J. Strohaber, A. A. Kolomenskii, and H. A. Schuessler, Probing nonadiabatic molecular alignment by spectral modulation, Optics Express 24, 2562-2576 (2016).

11. A. A. Kolomenskii, J. Strohaber, N. Kaya, G. Kaya, A. V. Sokolov, and H. A. Schuessler, White-light generation control with crossing beams of femtosecond laser pulses, Optics Express 24, 282-293 (2016).

SYNERGETIC ACTIVITIES Research collaborations at Max Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (Garching, Germany); Atomic Physics, RIKEN (Wako-shi, Tokyo, Japan); Japan Atomic Energy Institute (Tokai-Mura, Japan) Spokesperson of the International Laser Spectroscopy group at ISAC at TRIUMF (Vancouver, Canada) Serving as referee for APS journals and others Teaching of International Summer Schools

COLLABORATORS AND CO-EDITORS T. Hänsch, Max Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (Garching, Germany) C.E. Benck, Atomic Physics Division, Physics Laboratory, NIST, Gaithersberg P.D. Gershon, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at Irving H. Iimura, JAEI, Tokai-Mura, Japan V.G. Mikhalevich, General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia R. Thompson, Department of Physics, University of Calgary, Canada F. Buchinger, McGill University, Montreal, Canada K.Okada (Sofia University, Tokyo, Japan) M. Wada (PhD) (RIKEN, Wako-shi, Tokyo, Japan)

GRADUATE AND POSTDOC ADVISORS Prof. Hans Kopfermann, Prof. H.G. Dehmelt.

(4). PEOPLE WHOM DR. SCHUESSLER HAS ADVISED D. William Ash (MS)(COMPAQ); Jens Lassen (Ph.D.)(TRIUMF, Canada); Xianzhen Zhao (Ph.D.) (UBC, Canada), (TAMU); Daniel Buzatu (MS) (Sun Microsystems); Souhua Chen (MS); Vladimir Ryjkov (Ph.D.) (TRIUMF, Canada); Andreas Mershin (Ph.D.) (MIT), Serguei Jerebtsov (Ph.D.) (MPQ, Garching), Vladimir Lioubimov (Ph.D.) (Toshiba,Japan), Milan Poudel (Ph.D.) (Southwest Research Inst.), Feng Zhu (Ph.D.) (TAMU); Dr. James Strohaber, Dr. Tarek Hassan, Dr. Eric C. Benck (NIST), Dr. Alexandre Kolomenskii (TAMU), Dr. Petr Grigoriev (GPI), Dr. Slava Mikhalevich (GPI), Dr. M. Brieger (Institut für Luft und Raumfahrt, Stuttgart), Dr. Xinghua Li (Corning); Gamze Kaya (PhD, TAMUQ, Doha), Necati Kaya (PhD, TAMUQ, Doha); Nathan Hart (PhD, TAMU). Total number of MS 18, total number of Ph.D.’s: 22. Current Ph.D students: Muhammed Sayrac, Yakup Boran, Cade Perkins, Aysenur Bicer, Ruqayya Askar, 'Eshtar Aluauee, James Bounds.

MARLAN O. SCULLY

Texas A&M University and Princeton University Director, Institute for Quantum Studies and

Texas Engineering Experiment Station Distinguished Research Chair

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Yale University Ph.D. Physics 1966 Yale University M.S. Physics 1963 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Materials Science Program 1962 University of Wyoming/Casper College B.S/A.S.. Engineering Physics 1961 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: University Position Date Baylor University Distinguished Research Academician 2011 - date Princeton University Lecturer with Rank of Professor 2005 - 2014 Princeton University Visiting Professor (Chemistry) 2003 - 2005 Texas A&M University Burgess Distinguished Professor and 1996 – date Texas A&M University Professor 1992 - 1996 Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik Auswärtiges Wissenschaftliches Mitglied 1980 - 2005 University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor 1980 - 1992 University of Arizona Professor 1969 - 1980 Mass. Inst. of Technology Associate Professor 1969 - 1971 Mass. Inst. of Technology Assistant Professor 1967 - 1969 Yale University Instructor 1961 - 1962 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL HONORS: National Academy of Sciences American Academy of Arts and Sciences National Academy of Inventors Max Planck Society Academia Europaea Loeb Lecturer (Harvard University) C.N. Yang Professor (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Honorary Doctorate (Ulm University) Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Endowment (OSA) Herbert Walther Award (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft/OSA) Arthur L. Schawlow Prize (American Physical Society) Sigma Xi Distinguished Research Award Quantum Electronics Award (IEEE) Charles H. Townes Award (Optical Society of America) Elliott Cresson Medal (The Franklin Institute) Adolph Lomb Medal (Optical Society of America) Alexander Von Humboldt Distinguished Faculty Award Alfred P. Sloan Fellow John S. Guggenheim Fellow Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, Optical Society of America Fellow, American Physical Society

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (from over 700): [1] M. O. Scully and W. E. Lamb, Jr., “The Quantum Theory of an Optical Maser. I. General Theory,” Phys. Rev.

159: 208-226, (1967); V. DeGiorgio and Marlan O. Scully, “Analogy between the Laser Threshold Region and a Second-Order Phase Transition,” Phys. Rev. A 2: 1170-1177 (1970).

[2] M.O. Scully and K. Drühl, "Quantum Eraser: A Proposed Photon Correlation Experiment Concerning Observation and 'Delayed Choice' in Quantum Mechanics," Phys. Rev. A 25, 2208 (1982).

[3] B.G. Englert, J. Schwinger, and M. O. Scully, "Is Spin Coherence Like Humpty Dumpty? I. Simplified Treatment," Foundations of Physics 18, 1045 (1988).

[4] J. Schwinger, M. O. Scully, and B.-G. Englert, "Is Spin Coherence Like Humpty-Dumpty? II. General Theory," Z. Phys. D 10, 135 (1988).

[5] M. O. Scully, B.-G. Englert, and J. Schwinger, "Spin Coherence and Humpty-Dumpty. III. The Effects of Observation," Phys. Rev. A 40, 1775 (1989).

[6] M. O. Scully, “Enhancement of the Index of Refraction via Quantum Coherence. Phys. Rev. Lett. 67: 1855-1858" (1991); A. S. Zibrov, M. D. Lukin, L. Hollberg, D. E. Nikonov, M. O. Scully, H. G. Robinson, and V. L. Velichansky, “Experimental Demonstration of Enhanced Index of Refraction via Quantum Coherence in Rb”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76: 3935-3938 (1996).

[7] M. O. Scully, G. M. Meyer and H. Walther, “Induced Emission due to Quantized Motion of Ultracold Atoms Passing through a Micromaser Cavity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76: 4144-4147 (1996).

[8] M. O. Scully and H. Walther "An Operational Analysis of Quantum Eraser and Delayed Choice", Found. Phys. 28, 399-413 (1998)

[9] M. O. Scully, Condensation of N Bosons and the Laser Phase Transition Analogy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3927-3931 (1999) and V. V. Kocharovsky, Vl. V. Kocharovsky, and M. O. Scully, “Condensate Statistics in Interacting and Ideal Dilute Bose Gases, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2306-2309 (2000).

[10] Y.H. Kim, R. Yu, S.P. Kulik, Y. Shih, and M. O. Scully, “Delayed `choice' quantum eraser”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1 (2000)

[11] M. O. Scully, G. W. Kattawar, R. P. Lucht, T. Opatrny, H. Pilloff, A. Rebane, A. V. Sokolov, M. S. Zubairy, “FAST CARS: Engineering a laser spectroscopic technique for rapid identification of bacterial spores,” Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 99, 10994-11001 (2002); D. Pestov, R. K. Murawski, G. O. Ariunbold, X. Wang, M. Zhi, A. V. Sokolov, V. A. Sautenkov, Y. V. Rostovtsev, A. Dogariu, Y. Huang, and M. O. Scully, “Optimizing the Laser-Pulse Configuration for coherent Raman Spectroscopy,” Science, 316, 265-268 (2007).

[12] M.S. Zubairy, G.S. Agarwal, M.O. Scully, “Quantum disentanglement eraser: A cavity QED implementation” Physical Review A 70 (1): Art. No. 012316 (2004).

[13] M. O. Scully, E. S. Fry, C.H. R. Ooi, and Krzysztof Wódkiewicz, “Directed Spontaneous Emission from an Extended Ensemble of N Atoms: Timing is Everything,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 010501 (2006).

[14] M. O. Scully, “Collective Lamb Shift in Single Photon Dicke Superradiance”, Physical Review Letters, 102, 143601 (2009).

[15] M. O. Scully, “Quantum Photocell: Using Quantum Coherence to Reduce Radiative Recombination and Increase Efficiency,” Physical Review Letters, 104, 207701 (2010).

[16] M.O. Scully, The QASER revisited: insights gleaned from analytical solutions to simple models, Laser Physics 24, 094014 (2014).

[17] M.O. Scully, Single Photon Subradiance: Quantum Control of Spontaneous Emission and Ultrafast Readout, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 243602 (2015).

Textbooks:

[1] 1974 (M. Sargent III, M. O. Scully and W. E. Lamb, Jr.) Laser Physics, 432 pp. New York: Addison-Wesley [2] 1996 (M. O. Scully and M. S. Zubairy) Quantum Optics, 630 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [3] 2007 (R. Scully and M. O. Scully) The Demon and the Quantum, 280 pp. Wiley VCH.

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Ergin Sezgin Address Department of Physics, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242 Phone: 979-845-779 e-mail: [email protected] Education B.S., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 1975 Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1980 Professional Experience 1980-1981: Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin 1981-1985: Research Associate, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy 1985-1989: Faculty Member, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy 1990-1993: Associate Professor, Physics Dept., Texas A & M University 1993-date: Professor, Physics Dept., Texas A & M University Honours and Awards 1975: Ihsan Dogramaci Award for Outstanding Achievement in Physics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 1994: Turkish Scientific Council (TUBITAK) Science Award 2013: Member of Turkish Academy of Science Publications Close to 200 papers in refereed journals, which have garnered about 9,000 citations. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows advised Graduate Students: Zurab Khviengia, Igor Rudychev, Sadik Deger, Ali Kaya, Der-Chyn Jong, Mehmet Ozkan. Postdoctoral Fellows: Jason Kumar, Alexei Nurmagambetov, Koichi Murakami, Kuver Sinha, Linus Wulff, Nicolo Colombo, Andrea Borghese, Jakob Palmkvist.

Workshops and conferences organized

Co-organized 25 conferences and workshops since 1987.

Books edited A. Salam and E. Sezgin, Supergravities in Diverse Dimensions, 2 Volumes, Reprint Collection with Commentaries (World Scientific, 1989). Co-editor of 15 Proceedings from 1987-1993.


10 Select Publications N. Boulanger, E. Sezgin and P. Sundell, “4D Higher Spin Gravity with Dynamical Two-Form as a Frobenius-Chern-Simons Gauge Theory,'' arXiv:1505.04957. E. Sezgin and P. Sundell, ``Geometry and Observables in Vasiliev's Higher Spin Gravity,'' JHEP 1207 (2012) 121, arXiv:1103.2360. H. Samtleben, E. Sezgin and R. Wimmer, ``(1,0) Superconformal Models in Six Dimensions,'' JHEP 1112 (2011) 062 JHEP12 (2011) 062, arXiv:1108.4060. E. Sezgin and P. Sundell, “An Exact Solution of 4D Higher Spin Gauge Theory”, Nucl. Phys. B762 (2007) 1. E. Sezgin and P. Sundell, “Massless Higher Spins and Holography,” Nucl. Phys. B644 (2002) 303, hep-th/0205131. P.S. Howe, E. Sezgin and P.C. West, “Covariant Field Equations of the M Theory Fivebrane,” Phys. Lett. B339 (1997) 49, hep-th/9702008. E. Bergshoeff, A. Salam, E. Sezgin and Y. Tanii, Singletons, “Higher Spin Massless States and the Supermembrane”, Phys. Lett. B205 (1988) 237. E. Bergshoeff, E. Sezgin and P.K. Townsend, “Supermembranes and Eleven Dimensional Supergravity,” Phys. Lett. B189 (1987) 75. H. Nishino and E. Sezgin, “The Complete N=2, D=6 supergravity with Matter and Yang-Mills Couplings,” Nucl. Phys. B278 (1986) 353. A. Salam and E. Sezgin, “Chiral Compactification On Minkowski x S^2 Of N=2 Einstein-Maxwell Supergravity In Six-Dimensions,” Phys. Lett. B 147 (1984) 47.

ALEXEI V. SOKOLOV Department of Physics and Astronomy Tel: (979) 845-7733 4242 TAMU, Texas A&M University Fax: (979) 458-1235 College Station, TX 77843-4242, U. S. A. [email protected] EDUCATION 1994 - 2001 Stanford University, Stanford, California Ph. D. in Physics (Dissertation: Subfemtosecond Pulse Generation by Molecular Modulation) 1988 - 1994 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia Diploma + M. S. in Physics (cum laude) Specialization: Laser Physics; M. S. Thesis: Integrated-Optics Biosensors

COURSES TAUGHT: College Physics I (Phys. 218), College Physics II (Phys. 208), Senior Physics Lab (Phys. 426), Undergraduate Research on Optical Tweezers (Phys. 485), Ultrafast Laser Physics (Phys. 689), Special Topics in Modern Optics (Phys. 689).

EMPLOYMENT 2001 - present Assistant Research Professor, Assistant Professor (2002), Associate Professor (2006), Professor

(2010), Harris Professor of Quantum Optics (2006), Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1994 - 2001 Research Assistant, Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 1991 - 1994 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Laser Biophysics Laboratory, General Physics Institute,

Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

AWARDS: Adolph Lomb Medal, OSA, 2003, “for contributions to the prediction and demonstration of single-cycle optical pulse generation by molecular modulation”.

Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation, 2003 (Precise control of electronic and nuclear motion by sub-cycle laser pulses synchronized with molecular oscillations).

2005-2006 Montague Scholarship from Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University.

Robert S. Hyer Award, Texas Section of the American Physical Society, 2007 (with D. Pestov, for work on “Hybrid technique for coherent Raman spectroscopy”).

Fellow, Optical Society of America, 2009, “for contributions to applications of molecular coherence to quantum optics and laser spectroscopy”.

Jo Ann Treat Award for Excellence in Research, Texas A&M Research Foundation, 2011.

Fellow, American Physical Society, 2015, “for insightful work on quantum molecular coherence, ultrafast optics, and laser spectroscopy”.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES: Member of: Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena program committee for CLEO/IQEC 2005, 2006, 2007; Nonlinear Optics program sub-committee for the IQEC/CLEO-PR (Pacific Rim) 2005 and 2009. Co-organizer of Attosecond Science symposium at CCFP conference in Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia (2006). Coordinator of Princeton-TAMU Quantum Coherence and Molecular Spectroscopy Symposium (2007). Coordinator of several TAMU-Princeton Summer Schools on Quantum Science and Engineering, Casper, Wyoming. Organizer of the Attosecond Science MURI workshop in College Station, Texas (2008). Organizer of sessions, every year from 2006 through 2016, at the Physics of Quantum Electronics conferences in Snowbird, Utah.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES: Faculty adviser for a newly formed OSA student chapter at TAMU (2008 -present). Active presenter at TAMU Physics Festivals. Reviewer for Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. Lett., Nature Photonics, Applied Sciences, Scientific Reports, Opt. Lett., Opt. Express, etc. Member of the Editors Advisory Board of the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. Member of the Editorial Board of Applied Sciences, Applied Optics and Lasers section. Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (Member since 2013). Visiting Scholar, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

FUNDING: $1,680,000 in current Principal Investigator research grants from NSF, DOD, and the Welch Foundation. RESEARCH SUPERVISION: GRADUATE STUDENTS: Lei Wang (M. S. 2004), Andrea Burzo (Ph. D. 2005, Texas Section APS student presentation award in 2004, a 3rd prize at 2005 TAMU Student Research Week, Graduate Student Research Award from the Association of Former Students), Miochan Zhi (Ph. D. 2007, 2nd prize, 2007 TAMU Student Research Week), Dmitry Pestov (Ph. D. 2008, 1st prizes at 2006 and 2007 TAMU Student Research Week Competitions, OSA’s 2007 Frontiers in Optics Student Award, Texas Section APS 2007 student presentation award, TS APS 2007 Robert S. Hyer Award), Jiahui Peng (Ph. D. 2009, OSA’s 2008 Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Award), Wenlong Yang (M. S. 2011, Texas Section APS 2009 student presentation award), Xi Wang (Ph. D. 2011, 2010 Ashworth-Tsutsui Research Award, several travel award grants), Matt Springer (Ph. D. 2013, DoD SMART fellowship), Ben Strycker (Ph. D. 2013), Kai Wang (Ph. D. 2013), Xia Hua (Ph. D. 2014), Jeson Chen (Ph. D. 2015, co-advised with Dr. Hemmer, ECE), Frank Echeverria (Ph. D. 2015, Maj. USAF), Maria Shutova, Zehua Han, David Fernandez, Alexandra Zhdanova, Ansam Talib, Abdurrahman Almethen (with Dr. Hemmer), Jizhou Wang.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH: Rhea Ghosh (RUG 2003), Jonathan Asaadi (RUG 2003), John Krause (REU 2004 and 2006), Mark Hickey (REU 2005), Summer Loving (REU 2005), Santiago Trevino (REU 2006), Robert Bassett (REU 2008), Roberto De Alba (REU 2008), Cynthia Trendafilova and Will Buck (Spring, Summer, Fall 2009).

POSTDOCS: Igor Mariyenko (2002-03), Alexey Chugreev (2004-05), Andrea Burzo (2006-08), Ladan Arissian (2008-2010), Kevin Lee (2010-2011), Chunmei Zhang (2010-2012) , Miochan Zhi (2009 - 2013), Kai Wang (2013 - 2014), Alexander Sinyukov (2014 - 2016).

PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION STATISTICS: Over 100 papers in refereed journals and books, with the total number of citations around 2000. One US patent granted and several provisional patents and disclosures filed. 7 plenary and about 60 invited talks at international conferences. A considerable number of Physics Colloquia, workshop Tutorials, and invited Seminars at universities around the world. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 1. A. V. Sokolov, D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “Femtosecond Light Source for Phase-

Controlled Multiphoton Ionization,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 033402 (2001). 2. M. O. Scully et al., “FAST CARS: Engineering a laser spectroscopic technique for rapid identification of bacterial

spores,” PNAS 99, 10994 (2002). 3. A. V. Sokolov, “Single-Cycle Pulses Synchronized with Molecular Oscillations,” Appl. Phys. B 77, 343-347 (2003). 4. A. V. Sokolov, M. Y. Shverdin, D. R. Walker, D. D. Yavuz, A. Burzo, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “Generation and

Control of Femtosecond Pulses by Molecular Modulation,” J. Mod. Opt. 52, 285-304 (2005). 5. M. Zhi and A. V. Sokolov, “Broadband coherent light generation in a Raman-active crystal driven by two-color

femtosecond laser pulses,” Opt. Lett. 32, 2251 (2007). 6. D. Pestov et al., “Optimizing laser-pulse configuration for coherent Raman spectroscopy,” Science 316, 265 (2007). 7. D. Pestov, X. Wang, G. O. Ariunbold, R. K. Murawski, V. A. Sautenkov, A. Dogariu, A. V. Sokolov, M. O. Scully,

“Single-shot Detection of Bacterial Endospores via Coherent Raman Spectroscopy,” PNAS 105, 422 (2008). 8. J. Peng, D. Pestov, M. O. Scully, and A. V. Sokolov, “Simple Setup for Coherent Raman Micro-Spectroscopy with

an Optimized Pulse Configuration,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 40, 795 (2009). 9. P. R. Hemmer, R. B. Miles, P. Polynkin, T. Siebert, A. V. Sokolov, P. Sprangle, M. O. Scully, “Standoff

spectroscopy via remote generation of a backward-propagating laser beam”, PNAS 108, 3130 (2011). 10. D. V. Voronine et al., “Time-resolved surface-enhanced coherent sensing of nanoscale molecular complexes”,

Scientific Reports 2, 891 (2012). 11. B. D. Strycker, K. Wang, M. Springer and A. V. Sokolov, “Chemical-specific imaging of shallowly buried objects

using femtosecond laser pulses”, Appl. Optics 52, 4792 (2013). 12. C. T. L. Smeenk et al., “Alignment dependent enhancement of the photo-electron cutoff for multi-photon

ionization of molecules”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 253001 (2014). 13. A. A. Zhdanova, M. Shutova, A. Bahari, M. Zhi, and A. V. Sokolov, “Topological Charge Algebra of Optical

Vortices in Nonlinear Interactions”, Opt. Express 23, 34109 (2015). 14. Y. Zhang et al., “Improving resolution in quantum subnanometre-gap tip-enhanced Raman nanoimaging”,

Scientific Reports 6, 25788 (2016).

Louis E. Strigari 4242 TAMU Department of Physics and Astronomy Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 [email protected] Academic work experience Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 9/01/2014-present Indiana University, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, 8/01/2013-8/31/2014 Stanford University/Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Research Associate, 8/2008-8/2013 University of California, Irvine, Postdoctoral Researcher, 8/2005-7/2008 Education The Ohio State University, Ph.D. Physics, 2005 Miami University, BS, Physics, 1999 Grants Funded NSF Theoretical Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, `Èxploring the WIMP Parameter Space Above and Below the Neutrino Floor," PI: $150k, 2014-2017 NASA Astrophysics Theory Program (ATP) grant, `Àstrophysics with a Space-Based Gravitational Lensing Survey," PI: $400k, 2012-2017 Co-investigator on the KIPAC Enterprise Grant, `Ùnderstanding Dark Matter on Galactic Scales: Applications for Particle Dark Matter Detection" (PI: Risa Wechsler, 2009, $50k) Co-investigator on the NASA grant, ``The Effects of Reionization and Environment on the Formation and Evolution of Milky Way Halos" (PI: Risa Wechsler, 2009, $328k) Co-investigator on the NASA grant ``Determining the nature of dark matter using proper motions of stars in the Milky Way satellites" (PI: Manoj Kaplinghat, 2008, $50k) Co-investigator on the NSF grant ``Structure Formation on Small Scales and the Nature of Cold Dark Matter" (PI: Manoj Kaplinghat, 2007, $307k) Honors and Awards Mitchell/Munnerlyn/Heep Early Career Award, Texas A&M University Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2015 Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, 2015 Hubble Fellowship, NASA/STScI, 2008-2011 McCue Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2006-2008 Mentoring Mei-Yu Wang, Andrew Pace (TAMU postdocs); Peter Chi, Sarah Cantu (TAMU graduate students) Professional Activities Scientific organizing committee, CETUP dark matter workshop 2015, 2016 Scientific organizing committee, Mitchell Institute Workshop on Collider and Dark Matter Physics, 2015-2016 Scientific organizing committee, Potsdam AIP thinkshop on dwarf galaxies 2014 Convener of Dark Matter session, CosPA 2013 Manuscript referee for the Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Astronomy and Astrophysics,


Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nature, New Journal of Physics, Physical Review D, Physical Review Letters Lectures Experimental Searches for Dark Matter, BCVSPIN - MSPF - Mitchell 2014 Joint School: BCVSPIN Advanced School in Particle Physics and Cosmology / XVI Mexican School of Particles and Fields / Mitchell Institute, Nov 2014 Astrophysical Constraints on Dark Matter, SLAC Summer Institute, Nov 2014 Recent Seminars and Colloquia (2014-2016) Vanderbilt, Rice, North Florida, TAMU-Commerce, New Mexico, Miami University, Cincinnati, UT-Dallas, SMU, Maryland, Richmond, Michigan State Recent Invited Conference and Workshop Talks (2015-2016) Neutrinos and dark matter, Identification of dark matter (IDM) 2016, Sheffield, UK Coherent neutrino scattering, Neutrino 2016, London, UK Mayacamas workshop on Dust, proper motions, and gravitational waves, March 2016 Astrophysics of Dark Matter, Sexten, Italy, Feb 2016 Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies, GMTO conference, (re)Solving Galaxies in the Era of Extremely Large Telescopes," October 2015 New Technologies for Discovery, CPAD workshop, UT Arlington, Oct 2015 Gamma-ray signal from Dark Matter, Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC 2015) workshop, Lead, SD, July 2015 Indirect Detection of Dark Matter, 27th Rencontre de Blois -Particle Physics and Cosmology, Blois, France, June 2015 Neutrinos at Dark Matter Detectors, Coherent Neutrino Theory Workshop, North Carolina State University, Jan 2015 Recent Selected Publications L. E. Strigari, 2016. The neutrino floor at ultra-low threshold. Physical Review, D93:103534 J.B. Dent, B. Dutta, J. L. Newstead, L. E. Strigari, 2016. Effective field theory treatment of the neutrino background in direct dark matter detection experiments. Physical Review, D93:075018 M.-Y. Wang, L. E. Strigari, M. R. Lovell, C. S. Frenk, A. R. Zentner, 2016. Mass assembly history and infall time of the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457: 4248-4261 B. Dutta, R. Mahapatra, L. E. Strigari. J. W. Walker, 2016. Sensitivity to Z-prime and non-standard neutrino interactions from ultra-low threshold neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering. Physical Review, D93:013015 J. Conrad, J. Cohen-Tanugi, L. E. Strigari, 2015. WIMP searches with gamma rays in the Fermi era: challenges, methods and results. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, 148: 12 B. Dutta, Y. Gao, T. Ghosh, L. E. Strigari, 2015. Confronting Galactic center and dwarf spheroidal gamma-ray observations with cascade annihilation models. Physical Review, D92, 075019 C. A. J. O'Hare, A. M. Green, J. Billard, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, L. E. Strigari, 2015. Readout strategies for directional dark matter detection beyond the neutrino background. Physical Review, D92: 063518 B. Dutta, Y. Gao, T. Li, C. Rott, L. E. Strigari, 2015. The Leptoquark Implication from the CMS and IceCube Experiments. Physical Review, D91:125015 O. Urban, N. Werner, S.W. Allen, A. Simionescu, J.S. Kaastra, L. E. Strigari, 2015. A Suzaku Search for Dark Matter Emission Lines in the X-ray Brightest Galaxy Clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451: 2447-2461 J. Billard, L. E. Strigari, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, 2015. Solar neutrino physics with low threshold dark matter detectors. Physical Review, D91: 095023 R. Allahverdi, B. Dutta, F. S. Queiroz, L. E. Strigari, M.-Y. Wang, 2015. Dark Matter from Late Invisible Decays to/of Gravitinos. Physical Review, D91: 055033

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NICHOLAS BORIS SUNTZEFF July 2016 Biographical Sketch Education and Training 1966 Neil Cummins Grade School, Corte Madera CA 1970 Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA 1974 B.S. Mathematics, Stanford University, CA 1980 Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz & Lick Observatory, CA Research and Professional Experience 1974 : Research Assistant, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Washington 1981 1982: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Washington 1983 1986: Carnegie/Las Campanas Fellowship, Carnegie Observatories of Washington DC 1984 : Visiting Felow, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria, Canada 1986 1990: Assistant Astronomer, National Optical Astronomy Observatory 1990 1996: Associate Astronomer, National Optical Astronomy Observatory 1996 2004: Astronomer, National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2004 2006: Associate Director for Science, National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2006 : Mitchell/Heep/Munnerlyn Chair in Observational Astronomy, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, & Director of the Astronomy Program 2006 : Adjunct Professor of Astronomy, Department of Astronomy, University of Texas 2006 : Deputy Director, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics & Astronomy 2013 : University Distinguished Professor Related Experience International Astronomical Union member; IAU Commissions 29, 30, 37, 50; Cerro Tololo Inter-American Obs. Users' Committee 1984-6; Gemini Science Operations Working Group 1997; CTIO TAC 1990-98, NOAO TAC 1999-2003; Chilean Astronomy TAC 2000; Chilean Gemini TAC 2004-; NOAO Director Search Committee(2000); Dark Energy Task Force (2005-6); Councilor American Astronomical Society (2007-9); AAS Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy (2007+); DOE review of LBNL Physics Division (2006,7,2010); DOE review of Stanford KIPAC (2007); DOE review of DEC at Fermilab (2007,8); NASA Astrophysics Panel (2007-10); HST panels (1994,6,7,2005) and TAC (2008,2016); GSMT-SWG (2007+); GMT Board (2007-12); supervisor for 5 thesis students; Vice President, American Astronomical Society (2010-3); Board of Directors, Las Cumbres Observatory; Board of Directors, AdventGX, Inc.; Board of Directors, Brazos County Natural History Museum (2009-2016). White House Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction 2011-; US State Department Libya Task Force 2011; US UN Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011; US Representative to the Organization of American States for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011; US Representative to the Midterm Review of the Hyogo Framework for Action for the Americas 2011; Science Advisor to the Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science at the US State Department 2011 Awards Valedictorian, Redwood High School (1970) Larkspur, CA Phi Beta Kappa (1974) Stanford University B.S. with distinction in Mathematics, Stanford University (1974) University of California at Santa Cruz Fellowship (1974) Robert J. Trumpler Award for the outstanding PhD thesis of North America, 1980, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1983) Las Campanas Fellowship (1982-6) AURA Achievement Award for Outstanding Science (1999, 1992)

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Science Magazine “Science Breakthrough of the Year Award” for the discovery of the accelerating universe (1998) ISI Highly Cited Space Scientist (250 worldwide) (2003-2015) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2007) Top Astronomy Discovery of the last 35 years, Astronomy Magazine (2009) Jefferson Senior Science Fellow at US State Dept, National Academy of Sciences – 2010-11 Association of Former Students of Texas A&M – Distinguished Achievement Award 2012 George H.W. Bush Foundation Award for International Scientific Research – 2013 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics – 2015 APS US/Brazil Professorship/Lectureship 2016 Selected Publications h-index 82 citations 35176 refereed publications 253 412 non-refereed publications A. Reiss et al, Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant AJ 116, 1009 (1998). P. Garnavich et al, Supernova Limits on the Cosmic Equation of State, ApJ 509, 74 (1998). B. Schmidt et al, The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Curvature of the Universe Using Type IA Supernovae, ApJ 507, 46, (1998). N.B. Suntzeff, et al. Optical Light Curve of the Type IA Supernova 1998bu in M96 and the Supernova Calibration of the Hubble Constant, AJ 117, 1175(1999). J. Tonry et al, Cosmological Results from High-z Supernovae, ApJ 594, 1, (2003). Rest A., Suntzeff, NB, et al, Light echoes from ancient supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Nature, 438, 1132, 2005 Synergistic Activities NBS has studied supernovae and cosmology since 1985. He has run observing programs at major observatories studying supernovae of all types, and has helped build direct imaging cameras with digital detectors and fiber-fed spectrographs. He has had extensive experience in calibrating ground-based detectors, and publishing fundamental spectrophotometric standards. NBS cofounded the Calan/Tololo Supernova Survey in 1990 which established the use of Type Ia supernovae as the most accurate distance indicators in the distant universe, leading to the most accurate measurement of the Hubble constant when combined with the HST Cepheid calibrations. In 1994, he co-founded the High-Z Supernova Team with Brian Schmidt, which discovered dark energy/acceleration in 1998. He is fluent in Spanish and gave public talks about astronomy to Chilean students. He has been hired at Texas A&M University to begin a major astronomy program and to co-ordinate the TAMU participation in the Giant Magellan Project. He is presently working on the projects: Carnegie Supernova Survey, the Hobby-Ebberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment, the Fermilab Dark Energy Camera Survey, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, and the Kunlun Station at the Chinese Station at Dome Argus, Antarctica. Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors PhD.Advisor: Robert P. Kraft, Lick Observatory. Postdoctoral Advisors: G. Wallerstein, U Washington, L. Searle, OCIW Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsors NBS advised the following students, but was not their principal thesis advisor: Lisa Germany (ANU), Mario Hamuy (UChile), Inese Ivans (U Texas), Paulina Lira (UChile), Lou Strolger (U Michigan), Max Stritzinger (LCO), Tamara Davis (Stockholm). NBS has served as post-graduate advisor to: K. Krisciunas (TAMU), J. Arenas (UChile), A. Rest (Harvard), G. Fotelli (UChile), H. Marion (Texas), Luis Boldt (UChile). NBS is supporting one graduate student Andrew Quick and has graduated one TAMU PhD student Michael Smitka 2016. His undergraduate thesis advisors were Dr. Walter Meyerhof (Physics) and Dr. Karel de Leeuw (Mathematics); and graduate advisors Dr Robert Kraft, Dr. Alvio Renzini, and Dr. Albert Whitford.

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Winfried Teizer Department of Physics and Astronomy Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4242 [email protected] EDUCATION 1989-1991: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Vordiplom (1991) 1991-1997: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Diplom (1997) 1992-1993: University of Massachusetts, Amherst national exchange 1993-1995: University of Massachusetts, Amherst M.S. (1995) 1995-1998: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ph.D. (1998) APPOINTMENTS 1994-1998: Research Assistant (Prof. R. B. Hallock), Physics, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst 1-d 4He Adsorbate in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, 4He Adsorption to C60

1998-2001: Postdoc (Prof. R. C. Dynes), Physics, University of California, San Diego Tunneling, Spin-Polarized Tunneling, Hall Effect in 3-d GdxSi1-x at the Metal-Insulator Transition, Josephson Scanning Tunneling Microscope, MicroSQUIDs

2001-2006: Assistant Professor, Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station (TAMU) Since 2003: Founding Member of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at TAMU Since 2003: Founder/Director of Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), TAMU Since 2004: Joint Faculty Member, Electrical and Computer Engineering, TAMU Since 2006: Associate Professor, TAMU

Biomolecular Templating, Motor Proteins, Single Molecule Magnets, Graphene, Electron Beam Lithography, NanoSQUIDs, Metal-Insulator Transition

Since 2009: Foreign Principal Investigator, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Biomolecular Templating, Motor Proteins, Single Molecule Magnets, Graphene MENTORING • Current Postdoctoral advisees: 1. Dr. Kyongwan Kim, since 2011, Assistant Professor in my group in Japan since 2015 2. Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharyya, since 2015 • Current Graduate Students: 1. Andrew Liao (Ph.D. student in Material Science and Engineering) 2. Bin Yang (Ph.D. student in Physics) 3. Jae Hyoung Son (Ph. D. student in Materials Science and Engineering) 12 prior completed Ph.D. degrees and 9 prior completed M.S. degrees in my group MAJOR SERVICE APPOINTMENTS 1. Physics Department Graduate Admission Committees (2001-2004) 2. Director of Texas A&M Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (2003- ) 3. Several Physics Department Faculty Search Committees (2003-2007) 4. Physics Department Building Committee (2005-2009) 5. Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Admission Committee (2006-2009) 6. Texas A&M Faculty Senator (2007- ) 7. University Search Committee for new Director of Information Technology (2007-2009) 8. Research Committee of the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate (2007-2013) 9. International Programs Subcommittee of the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate (2007-2013)

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MAJOR SERVICE APPOINTMENTS (CONTD.) 10. Chair of the Research Committee of the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate (2008-2012) 11. University Research Council (Advisory Group to the Vice President for Research) (2008-2012) 12. University Search Committee for new Director of the Office of Proposal Development (2009-2010) 13. Search Committee for new Physics Department Head (2010-2011) 14. Materials Science and Engineering Advisory Committee (2012- ) 15. President of the International Faculty and Scholars Network (2014- ) 16. Chair of the Research Committee of the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate (2015- ) 17. University Research Council (Advisory Group to the Vice President for Research) (2015- )

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Members of Teizer’s group at Texas A&M/AIMR in bold. • 4He Desorption from Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Bundles: A One-Dimensional Adsorbate, W. Teizer, R. B.

Hallock, E. Dujardin and T. W. Ebbesen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5305-5308 (1999); 84, 1844-1845 (2000). • The Density of States of Amorphous GdxSi1-x at the Metal Insulator Transition. W. Teizer, F. Hellman and R. C.

Dynes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 848-851 (2000). • Fluctuation Dominated Josephson Tunneling with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. O. Naaman, W. Teizer and

R. C. Dynes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 97004-97007 (2001). • Spin-Hall and spin-diagonal conductivity in the presence of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling. N. A.

Sinitsyn, E. M. Hankiewitz, W. Teizer and J. Sinova, Phys. Rev. B – Rapid Communications 70, 081312-081315 (2004).

• Lithographic Patterns of Molecular Magnets. K. Kim, D. Seo, J. Means, V. Meenakshi, W. Teizer, H. Zhao, K. Dunbar, Applied Physics Letters 85, 3872-3874 (2004).

• Metallurgy in a Beaker: Nanoparticle Toolkit for the Rapid Low-Temperature Solution Synthesis of Functional Multimetallic Solid-State Materials. R. E. Schaak, A. K. Sra, B. M. Leonard, R. E. Cable, J. C. Bauer, Y.-F. Han, J. Means, W. Teizer, Y. Vasquez, E. S. Funck, Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 3506 - 3515 (2005).

• Surface Manipulation of Microtubules Using Self-Assembled Monolayers and Electrophoresis. J. A. Noel, W. Teizer, and W. Hwang, ACS Nano 3, 1938 (2009).

• The effect of electron induced hydrogenation of graphene on its electrical transport properties. S. O. Woo and W. Teizer. Applied Physics Letters 103, 041603 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816475

• Molecular Motor-Powered Shuttles along Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Tracks. A. Sikora, J. Ramon, K. Kim, K. Reaves, H. Nakazawa, M. Umetsu, I. Kumagai, T. Adschiri, H. Shiku, T. Matsue, W. Hwang and W. Teizer. Nano Letters 14, 876-881 (2014). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl4042388

• Functional Localization of Kinesin/Microtubule-Based Motility System along Metallic Glass Microwires. K. Kim, A. Sikora, K. S. Nakayama, H. Nakazawa, M. Umetsu, W. Hwang and W. Teizer. Applied Physics Letters 105, 143701 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.489696

• Electron beam induced molecular adsorption on graphene field effect transistors. S. O. Woo and W. Teizer. Carbon 93, 693 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.05.062

• Behavior of kinesin driven quantum dots trapped in a microtubule loop. A. Sikora, F. F. Canova, K. Kim, H. Nakazawa, M. Umetsu, I. Kumagai, T. Adschiri, W. Hwang, W. Teizer. ACS Nano, 9 11003 (2015). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b04348

• Stochastic Boltzmann Equation for Spin Relaxation in High Spin Molecules. D. M. Packwood, H. G. Katzgraber, W. Teizer. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 472, 20150699 (2016). http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/472/2187/20150699

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Experimental Particle Physics/High Energy Physics & Cosmology Thaman Professor for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy

Education and Training University of Chicago Physics Ph.D. 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics B.S. 1991 Research and Professional Experience Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University 2010-Present Thaman Professor for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University 2008-2015 Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 2005-2010 Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 2000-2005 Research Associate, University of Maryland 1998-2000 Selected Awards

• Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (2015) • Sigma Alpha Mu National Faculty Advisor of the Year Award (2014) • Texas A&M Fishcamp Namesake: Camp Toback (2013) • Winner of the Sigma Xi Outstanding Science Communicator Award (2012) • Named the Arthur J. and Wilhelmina D. Thaman Professor for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (2012) • Winner of the Honors and Undergraduate Research Program Teacher-Scholar Award (2011) • Winner of the Association of Former Students Distinguished Teaching Award, University Level (2007) • Winner of the Montague Scholarship Award from the Center for Teaching Excellence (2002)

Selected International Leadership Positions

• Co-Spokesperson for Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) Experiment (2014-Present) • Level 2 Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) Deputy Manager for Software and Computing (Spring

2016-Present) • Level 2 CDMS Deputy Manager for the Data Acquisition System and Trigger Electronics (Spring 2015-

Present) • Co-chair of CDMS Trigger Task Force (Spring 2014-Spring 2015) • Co-Convener of the CDF Combined Top Quark + Beyond the Standard Model + Higgs (TopBSM) Physics

Groups (Spring 2012-Spring 2014) • Convener of the CDF Supersymmetry Physics Analysis Group (Spring 2010-Fall 2011), Co-Convener (Spring

2007-Fall 2009) • Convener of the CDF Very Exotic Physics (VEP) Analysis Group (Fall 2010 - Fall 2011) • Co-founder Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at LHC group at TAMU (2005-2010) • Leader of the EMTiming Project at CDF (Fall 2000-Fall 2011)

Selected Research Accomplishments

• Textbook on particle physics and cosmology for non-majors: “Big Bang, Black Holes, No Math” (Kendall-Hunt Press 2013), also companion lab manual "Big Bang, Black Holes, No Math: Lab Manual"

• Funding from the Department of Energy, Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, University Research Association Visiting Scholar Program, Collider Detector at Fermilab Project Funds, Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Project Funds, Compact Muon Solenoid Project Funds, and Large Synaptic Sky Survey Project Funds

• Journal reviewer for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review D and European Journal of Physics • Proposal/Funding Reviewer for Department of Energy (USA), National Science Foundation (USA) Division

of Natural Sciences in the National Research Foundation (South Korea), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany) Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (Netherlands) and U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (USA)

• Seminars & Colloquia (partial list): Harvard University, Cornell University, University of Chicago, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Rochester University, University of California at Los Angeles, University of California at Santa Barbara, Stanford University/Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Rice University, University of California at Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, University of Florida, University of Texas at Austin, University of Maryland, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, The Johns Hopkins University, and Argonne National Laboratory

• TedX talk "Dark Matter and the Big Bang" (2015) Selected Recent Publications

1. A. Aaltonen et al., CDF Collaboration "Measurement of the forward–backward asymmetry of top-quark and antiquark pairs using the full CDF Run II data set," Phys. Rev. D 93 112005 (2016)

2. D. Toback and L. Zivkovic, "Searches for New Particles and Interactions at the Fermilab Tevatron", International Journal of Modern Physics A30, 1541007 (2015)

3. Z. Hong et al., “Forward-backward asymmetry of leptonic decays of ttbar at the Fermilab Tevatron," Phys Rev. D 90, 014040 (2014)

4. A. Aaltonen et al., CDF Collaboration "Measurement of the Inclusive Leptonic Asymmetry in Top-Quark Pairs that Decay to Two Charged Leptons at CDF", Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 042001 (2014)

5. A. Aaltonen et al., CDF Collaboration, “Signature-based search for delayed photons in exclusive photon plus missing transverse energy from PPbar collisions with Sqrt(S)=1.96 TeV”, Phys. Rev. D 88 031103(R) 2013

6. Z. Hong and D. Toback, "Prospects for measuring the mass of heavy, long-lived neutral particles that decay to photons", JHEP, 09(2013)041

7. D. Toback, "The Large Hadron Collider enters the race for supersymmetry" Phys. Rev. Lett Viewpoint, Physics 4, 27 (2011)

8. J. D. Mason and D. Toback "Prospects of Searches for Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry with h0→χχ in the time-delayed photon+Missing Energy final state at the Tevatron", Phys. Lett. B 702, 377 (2011)

9. D. Toback, “Cosmo-Particle Searches for Supersymmetry at the Collider Detector at Fermilab”, Modern Physics Letters A, Vol 24, No. 38, 3063 (2009)

10. A. Aaltonen et al., CDF Collaboration, “Search For Heavy, Long-Lived Neutralinos That Decay To Photons At CDF II Using Photon Timing” Phys.Rev.Lett 99 121801, 2007 and Phys.Rev.D 78 032015, 2008 (Project was awarded the URA/Fermilab Thesis of the Year award (Wagner - 2007))

Kim-Vy Huu Tran Office: MIST M324 Mitchell Institute of Fundamamental Physics & Astronomy +1 979 458 5853 Department of Physics & Astronomy [email protected] Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242 mitchell.tamu.edu

Academic Summary

Publications in Refereed Journals (as First Author) 78 (14) Citations 2800+ H-index (as of July 2016) 33 Talks (Colloquia, Seminars, Conferences, & Public) 125 (42, 33, 30, 20) Conferences 38 Total Funding as Principal Investigator US$2,424,000


B.S. in Astronomy with Honors University of Arizona May 1996 B.S. in Physics University of Arizona May 1996 M.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics UC Santa Cruz June 1998 Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics UC Santa Cruz September 2002 Postdoctoral Researcher ETH Z¨urich 2002 – 2005 NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Fellow Harvard–Smithsonian CfA 2005 – 2006 NOVA Fellowship Leiden Observatory 2005 – 2006

(Concurrent Appointment with NSF AAPF)

Appointments

Associate Professor Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M Univ. since September 2012 Assistant Professor Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M Univ. 2009 – 2012

(Joint Appointment with UZH through 10/2011) SNF Advanced Fellow (fixed term) Institute for Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Zürich 2006 – 2011 Current Research Interests Observational Extragalactic Astronomy – Galaxy Environment – Star Formation Histories – Metallicities – High Redshift Universe – Galaxy Surveys – Optical & Near-Infrared Spectroscopy – Multi-wavelength Imaging Lead Principal Investigator ZFIRE Survey @ zfire.swinburne.edu.au Co-Principal Investigator ZFOURGE Survey @ zfourge.tamu.edu Synergistic Activities 1. Keck Observatory Management and Operations Working Group (since 2016) 2. Atacama Large Millimeter Array Review Panel (2015) 3. National Science Foundation Review Panel (2012, 2014) 4. Hubble Space Telescope Review Panel (2013, 2014, 2016) 5. Texas A&M Faculty Senator (College of Science, since 2012) 6. Texas A&M Undergraduate Honors Research Mentor (since 2014) 7. Texas A&M Undergraduate Astronomy Coordinator (since 2009)

Teaching Recognition

Texas A&M Association of Former Students–College Teaching Award July 2016 Texas A&M Montague–Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar July 2010 Student Research Supervision Since 2006 Graduate Level (9) – Leo Alcorn, Ben Forrest, Adam Tomczak, Jimmy, Lea Giordano, Kyle Cook, Willy Kranz, Anshu Gupta, Paola Oliva-Altamirano Undergrad (14) – Crystal-Lynn Bartier, Miranda Apfel, Irene Vargas-Salazar, Courtney Watson, Taryn Atchley, Henry Quan, Jessica Sutter, Adam Broussard, Jonathan Monroe, Whitman Howard, Ben Becker, Carlos Martinez, Rahul Kannan, Malaika Liv Mani

Ten Recent Representative Publications From 2015 – 2016 Denotes directly supervised student. 1. “The ZFIRE Survey – Keck/MOSFIRE Spectroscopy of Galaxies in Rich Environments at z ∼ 2: Catalog Release

and a Comparison of Spectroscopic and Photometric Derived Properties of Galaxies,” T. Nanayakkara, K. Glazebrook, G. Kacprzak, T. Yuan, K. Tran, L. Spitler, and 8 co-authors, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 2016, in press

2. “ZFIRE: The Kinematics of Star-Forming Galaxies as a Function of Environment at z ∼ 2,” L. Alcorn, K. Tran, and the ZFIRE team, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2016, 825, 2

3. “The Spatial Correlation Between Dust and Hα Emission in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies,” Jimmy, K. Tran, A. Saintonge, G. Accurso, S. Brough, P. Oliva-Altamirano, B. Salmon, & B. Forrest, Astrophysical Journal, 2016, 825, 34

4. “ZFOURGE: The IRX-β Relation and Dust Attenuation Determined from ∼ 4000 K-selected Galaxies at 1 < z < 3,” B. Forrest, K. Tran, A. Tomczak, A. Broussard, I. Labb´e, C. Papovich, M. Kriek, and ZFOURGE team, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2016, 818, 26

5. “The SFR-M∗ Relation and Empirical Star Formation Histories from ZFOURGE at 0.5 < z < 4,” A. Tomczak, R.

Quadri, K. Tran, and ZFOURGE team, Astrophysical Journal, 2016, 817, 118 6. “ZFIRE: ISM Properties of the z = 2.095 COSMOS Cluster,” L. Kewley, T. Yuan, T. Nanayakkara,

G. Kacprzak, K. Tran, K. Glazebrook, L. Spitler, M. Cowley, M. Dopita, C. Straatman, I. Labb´e, & A. Tomczak, Astrophysical Journal, 2016, 819, 100

7. “Differences in the Structural Properties and Star Formation Rates of Field and Cluster Galaxies at z ∼ 1,” R. Allen, G. Kacprzak, K. Glazebrook, K. Tran, L. Spitler, C. Straatman, M. Cowley, & T. Nanayakkara, Astrophysical Journal, 2016, 826, 60

8. “ZFOURGE Catalog of AGN Candidates: A Comparison of Star-Formation in Active and In-active Galaxies to z=3.2,” M. Cowley, L. Spitler, K. Tran, and 15 co-authors, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016, 457, 629

9. “ZFIRE: Galaxy Cluster Kinematics, Hα Star Formation Rates, and Gas-Phase Metallicities of XMM-LSS J02182-05102 at z = 1.62,” K. Tran, T. Nanayakkara, T. Yuan, G. Kacprzak, K. Glazebrook, L. Kewley, I. Momcheva, C. Papovich, R. Quadri, G. Rudnick, A. Saintonge, C. Straatman, & A. Tomczak, Astrophysical Journal, 2015, 811, 28

10. “The Gas-Phase Mass-Metallicity Relation for Dwarf Galaxies: Dependence on Star Formation Rate and HI Gas Mass,” Jimmy, K. Tran, A. Saintonge, G. Accurso, S. Brough, & P. Oliva-Altamirano, Astrophysical Journal, 2015, 812, 98

TRIBBLE, R.E. Education: B.S. in Physics (with honors) - 1969 University of Missouri - Columbia Ph.D. - 1973 Princeton University Employment: Instructor, 1973-74 Princeton University Assistant Professor of Physics, 1975-1978 Texas A&M University Associate Professor of Physics, 1978-1982 Texas A&M University Professor of Physics, 1982 - 2009 Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of Physics, 2009 - Texas A&M University Head, Department of Physics, 1979-87 Texas A&M University Director, Cyclotron Institute, 2003 - 2014 Texas A&M University Director, Nuclear Solutions Institute, 2010 - 2014 Texas A&M University Deputy Director for Science & Technology, 2014 - Brookhaven National Lab Honors:

• Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1976 – 1980) • Fellow American Physical Society (1982) • Association of Former Students College Level Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas A&M University

(1992) • Association of Former Students Award (university level) for Excellence in Research, Texas A&M University

(2002) • Honorary Doctorate, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia (2009) • Distinguished Service Award, Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society (2015)

Recent Professional Activities:

• Member, International Advisory Committee, INPC 2007 • Member, editorial board, Reports of Progress in Physics (2006 – present) • Member Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Science Advisory Committee (2009 – 2014) • Member, Review Committee for Energy and Science Directorate, Argonne National Laboratory (2009 –

2012) • Member JLab Science Council (2009 – 2014) • Member, International Advisory Committee, INPC 2010 • Member National Research Council decadal study on nuclear physics (2010 – 2012) • Chair, International Advisory Committee for new facility in South Korea (2011 – 2012) • Chair, Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Advisory Committee (2010 – 2016) • Member Physics Department Visiting Committee, Colorado School of Mines (2009 – 2015) • Member RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Advisory Committee (2010 – 2013) • Member Committee on Nuclear Diagnostics at the National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory (2010 – 2012) • Member, International Advisory Committee, INPC 2013 • Chair IUPAP Working Group 9 (2012 – present) • Member of Visiting Committee for the Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka, Japan, December,

2012 • Member, International Advisory Committee for over 10 international meetings during the past decade • Chair, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Advisory Committee (2014 – present) • Member, RIKEN Advisory Committee (2014) • Member, J-PARC International Advisory Committee (2014 – present)

• One of six Key Personnel on the Brookhaven Science Associates Proposal to manage Brookhaven National Lab, submitted in June, 2014 – proposal was successful and new contract awarded effective January, 2015

• Member, National Space Biomedical Research Institute (2014 – present) • Member, Executive Committee of the National Labs Chief Research Officers committee (2014 – present) • Member of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation selection committee for 2015 grants and 2017 grants • Member, GSI/FAIR Joint Scientific Council (2016 – present)

Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) service:

• Member, NSAC (1991-94) • Member, NSAC Long Range Plan Working Group (1995) • Member, NSAC Long Range Plan Working Group (2001) • Chair, NSAC subcommittee on Fundamental Physics with Neutrons – report to NSAC on future program,

May, 2003 • Chair NSAC subcommittee on Implementing the 2002 NSAC Long Range Plan – report to NSAC, June, 2005 • Member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Global Science Forum working

group on Nuclear Physics (2005 – 2008) • Chair, NSAC (December, 2005 – March, 2009) • Member IUPAP WG9 (2006 – 2011) • Publication of the 2007 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science • Chair NSAC subcommittee on Implementing the 2007 NSAC Long Range Plan – report to NSAC, January,

2013 Recent American Physical Society service:

• Member, Executive Committee, DNP (1999 – 2001) • Member (2000) and chair (2001), Publications Committee, DNP • Member, Dissertation Award, DNP (2000) • Chair, Town Meeting on “Astrophysics, Neutrinos and Fundamental Interactions, ” Oakland, CA (2000);

editor, white paper from Oakland Town Meeting (2001) • Member DNP Funding Committee (2001 – 2005) • Vice chair (2006) and chair (2007), Bethe Prize Committee • Chair line for DNP Executive Committee – Vice Chair (2009), Chair-Elect (2010), Chair (2011), Past Chair

(2012) • Chair, Dissertation Award Committee, DNP (2011) • Member, Dissertation Award Committee, DNP (2012) • Chair, DNP Service Award Committee (2011) • Chair, DNP Mentoring Award Committee (2012) • Chair, Fellowship Committee (2013)

Trojan Horse measurement of the 18F(p,α)15O astrophysical S(e) factor, R.G. Pizzone, B.T. Roeder, M. McCleskey, L. Trache, R.E. Tribble, C. Spitaleri, C.A. Bertulani, S. Cherubini, M. Gulino, I., Indelicato, M. La Cognata, L. Lamia, G.G. Rapisarda, R. Sparta, European Physical Journal A 52, 24 (2016) A search for two body muon decay signals, R. Bayes, J. Bueno, Yu. I. Davydov, P. Depommier, W. Faszer, M.C. Fujiwara, C.A. Gagliardi, A. Gaponenko, D.R. Gill, A. Grossheim, P. Gumplinger, M.D. Hasinoff, R.S. Henderson, A. Hillairet, J. Hu, D.D. Koetke, R.P. Macdonald, G.M. Marshall, E.L. Mathie, R.E. Mischke, K. Olchanski, A. Olin, R. Openshaw, J.-M. Poutissou, R. Poutissou, V. Selivanov, G. Sheffer, B. Shin, T.D.S. Stnislaus, R. Tacik, R.E. Tribble (TWIST Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 91, 052020 (2015). Indirect techniques for nuclear astrophysics, R.E. Tribble, C.A. Bertulani, M. La Cognata, A.M. Mukhamedzhanov, and C. Spitaleri, Reports on Progress in Physics 77, 106901 (2014)

Keith Ulmer, Ph.D. Professional Preparation:

B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Physics and Mathematics, May 2001: Amherst College, Amherst, MA.

Ph.D., Physics, May 2007: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Appointments:

• Assistant Professor Texas A&M University 2014 – present • Research Associate University of Colorado 2007 – 2014 • Graduate Research Assistant University of Colorado 2002 – 2007

Awards:

Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar (2016-2017)

CERN Scientific Associate (2015)

LHC Physics Center (LPC) Fellowship (2014)

Selected Recent Publications:

V. Khachatryan et al. [CMS Collaboration], “Search for supersymmetry in the multijet and missing transverse momentum final state in pp collisions at 13 TeV," Phys. Lett. B 758, 152 (2016) V. Khachatryan et al. [CMS Collaboration], "Searches for supersymmetry based on events with b jets and four W bosons in pp collisions at 8 TeV," Phys. Lett. B 745, 5 (2015) V. Khachatryan et al. [CMS and LHCb Collaborations], “Observation of the rare decay from the combined analysis of CMS and LHCb data," Nature 522, 68 (2015)

CMS Collaboration, ``Supersymmetry discovery potential in future LHC and HL-LHC running with the CMS detector,'' CMS-SUS-14-012 (2014), http://cds.cern.ch/record/1981344 V. Khachatryan et al. [CMS Collaboration], “Searches for electroweak neutralino and chargino production in channels with Higgs, Z, and W bosons in pp collisions at 8 TeV," Phys. Rev. D 90, 092007 (2014) S. Chatrchyan et al. [CMS Collaboration], “Description and performance of track and primary-vertex reconstruction with the CMS tracker," JINST 9, P10009 (2014) S. Chatrchyan et al. [CMS Collaboration], “Angular analysis and branching fraction measurement of the decay ," Phys. Lett. B 727 , 77 (2013) S. Chatrchyan et al. [CMS Collaboration], “Search for gluino mediated bottom- and top-squark

production in multijet final states in pp collisions at s = 8TeV," Phys. Lett. B 725, 243 (2013)

S. Chatrchyan et al. [CMS Collaboration], “Measurement of the branching fraction

and search for with the CMS Experiment," Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 101804 (2013) S. Chatrchyan et al. [CMS Collaboration], “Search for supersymmetry in events with b-quark jets

and missing energy in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV," Phys. Rev. D 86, 072010 (2012)

Synergistic Activities:

• Convener for supersymmetry sessions at “Experimental Challenges for the LHC Run II” workshop at KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara (May 2016)

• Organizer and host for annual USCMS collaboration meeting, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (May 2016)

• Convener of CMS supersymmetry analysis group (2015-2016) • Organized supersymmetry sessions at LHCP 2015 conference, St. Petersburg, Russia (Sept. 2015) • Organized CMS SUSY workshops in Lisbon, Portugal (March 2014) and Fermilab (Nov. 2014) • Instructor for CMS Data Analysis School, Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois (January 2014) • Organized “Physics Beyond the Standard Model” sessions at 2013 APS DPF meeting, Santa Cruz,

California (Aug. 2013) • Peer reviewer for Physics Letters B and Journal of High Energy Physics • Member CMS publications board (2012)

Biographical Sketch of Lifan Wang

Appointment

Professor 2015 - Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M Univ.

Ass. Professor 2006-2015 Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M Univ.

Adjunct Researcher 2006- Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China Adjunct Faculty 2006-2008 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Physicist 2000-2006 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Research Scientist 1996-2000 Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Texas at Austin

Hubble Fellow 1995-1996 Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Texas at Austin Post-doctoral Fellow 1994-1996 Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Texas at Austin


University of Sci. and Tech. of China Hefei, China Electric Engr. BE 1986

University of Sci. and Tech. of China Hefei, China Astronomy PhD 1993

Publications i. Five publications most closely related to the proposed project

1. Wang, L., and Wheeler, J. C. 2008, Spectropolarimetry of Supernovae, ARA&A, 46, 433

2. Wang, L., Baade, D., & Patat, F. 2006, Polarimetry Diagnostics of Thermonuclear Explosions, Science, 315. 5809, 212 - 214

3. Wang, X., Wang, L., Filippenko, A. V., Zhang, T., Zhao, X. 2013, Evidence for Two Distinct Populations of Type Ia Supernovae, Science, 340, 170

4. Wang, X., Wang, L., Filippenko, A. V., and 90 coauthors 2012, Evidence for Type Ia Diversity from Ultraviolet Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope, ApJ, 791, 126

5. Wang, L. 2005, Dust around Type Ia Supernovae, ApJ, 635 L33

ii. Five other significant publications

1. Baron, E., P. Hoeflich, B. Friesen, M. Sullivan, E. Hsiao, R. S. Ellis, A. Gal-Yam, D. A. Howell, P. E. Nugent, I. Dominguez, K. Krisciunas, M. M. Phillips, N. Suntzeff, L.Wang, and R. C. Thomas, 2015, Spectral models for early time SN 2011fe observations. MNRAS, 454, 2549?2556.

2. Patat, F., Taubenberger, S., Cox, N. L. J., Baade, D., Clocchiatti, A.; Hoefich, P., Maund, J. R., Reilly, E.; Spyromilio, J., Wang, L., Wheeler, J. C., Zelaya, P. 2015, Properties of extragalactic dust inferred from linear polarimetry of Type Ia Supernovae, A&A, 577, 53

3. Brown, Peter J., Smitka, Michael T., Wang, Lifan, Breeveld, Alice, de Pasquale, Massimiliano, Hartmann, Dieter H., Krisciunas, Kevin, Kuin, N. Paul, Milne, Peter A., Page, Mat, Siegel, Michael,

2015, Swift Ultraviolet Observations of Supernova 2014J in M82: Large Extinction from Interstellar Dust, ApJ, 805, 74

4. Wang, Lingzhi, Macri, L., Krisciunas, K., Wang, L., and 17 coauthors 2011, Photometry of Variable Stars from Dome A, Antarctica, AJ, 142, 155

5. Wang, L., Goldhaber, G., Aldering, G., Perlmutter, S. 2003, Multicolor Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae on the Color-Magnitude Diagram: A Novel Step toward More Precise Distance and Extinction Estimates, ApJ, 644, 1

Synergistic activities

1. LW initiated the program of spectropolarimetry observations as a postdoc in 1994 and later a Hubble Fellow in 1995 at UT Austin. The polarimetry method developed in this long-term program has now become one of the most important observational techniques of supernova observation, especially when probing the 3-D structures of SN ejecta.

2. LW developed the Color-MAGnitude Intercept Calibration (CMAGIC) method for cosmological applications of Type Ia supernovae, and is active in cosmological applications of supernovae. He was a member of the Supernova Cosmology Project led Saul Perlmuter at LBNL who was awarded Nobel Prize on Physics in 2011.

3. LW is the first to recognize the existence of ciucumstellar dust around SNIa may explain the peculiar dust extinction properties toward Type Ia supernovae.

4. LW led an international team on a high profile astronomical site survey program during the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-2008 that established Dome A, Antarctica as a superb site with free atmospheric seeing ∼ 0.3 arcsec. He is the PI of the CSTAR and AST3 projects at Dome A, Antarctica which opened the field of high-cadence long-duration time-domain astronomy from Antarctica.

5. LW’s most recent research interest is on finding the first supernovae in the universe.

Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors. Total: 3. Graduate Advisor: L.Z. Fang (Deceased), J. E. Wampler (UC Santa Cruz; Retired) Postdoctoral sponsors: J. C. Wheeler (UT, Austin); S. Perlmutter (LBNL)

Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsar Total: 8. A. Wagers (Cedarville University), A. Jones (U. Innsbruck), Y. Yang (TAMU), B. Forrest (TAMU), R. Oelkers (TAMU), M. Smitka (TAMU), F. Kadribasic (TAMU), S. He (TAMU)

Curriculum Vitae Robert C. Webb

(i) Professional Preparation: University of Pennsylvania 1968 B.A. Physics Princeton University 1970 M.A. Physics 1972 Ph.D. Physics (ii) Appointments: Ed Rachel Chair in High Energy Physics 2007--present Interim Dean, Office of Graduate Studies 2007--2010 Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research, Texas A&M University 2005--2010 Interim Head, Physics Department, Texas A&M University 1993--1994 Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies College of Science, Texas A&M University 1992--1993 Professor, Physics Department, Texas A&M University 1987--present Associate Professor, Physics Department, Texas A&M University 1980--1987 Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Princeton University 1976--1980 Research Associate, Physics Department, Princeton University 1975--1976 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics Department, UCLA 1972--1975 (iii) Most relevant publications:

1. D. Akerib, et al., [LZ Collaboration], LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report, arXiv:1509.02910, September 2015.

2. D. Akerib, et al.,[LUX Collaboration], “First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 (2014) 091303

3. D. Akerib, et al.,[LUX Collaboration], “Improved Limits on Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from Reanalysis of 2013 LUX Data,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 (2016) no.16, 161301.

4. P. Adamson, et al., [MINOS Collaboration],”Comparisons of annual modulations in MINOS with event rate modulation in CoGeNT,” Phys. Rev. D87 (2013) 3, 0322005.

5. P. Ferrario, et al., [NEXT Collaboration], “First proof of topological signature in the high pressure xenon gas TPC with electroluminescence amplification for the NEXT experiment,” JHEP 1601 (2016) 104.

Other publications: 1. P. Adamson et al., [MINOS Collaboration] Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV

energies with MINOS, Phys. Rev. D 76:052003, 2007. 2. P. Adamson et al,. [MINOS Collaboration] Precision measurement of the speed of propagation of

neutrinos with the MINOS detectors, Phys. Rev. D 92:052005, 2015. 3. P. Adamson et al., [MINOS Collaboration] Measurement of Neutrino Oscillations with the MINOS

Detectors in the NuMI Beam. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101:131802, 2008. 4. P. Adamson et al., [MINOS Collaboration] The Magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the

MINOS experiment. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A596:190-228, 2008. 5. M. Ambrosio , et al., [MACRO Collaboration], Search for stellar gravitational collapses with the

MACRO detector, Eur. Phys. J. C 37, 265 (2004).

(iv) Synergistic Activities: • Member of the NSF Advisory Panel for Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics, 2008, 2009: • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research, 2005-2010; • TAMU leader of the Center for the Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (TAMU-

CIRTL) 2005-2012; • Awarded College Level Distinguished Teaching Award by the Texas A&M Association of

Former Students, 1996;

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• Principal Investigator on a U.S. Department of Energy grant for experimental high energy physics at Texas A&M University, 1982—present;

(v) Collaborators and Other Affiliations: (a) Collaborators (in the past 48 months): Member of the LUX and LZ Collaborations (2009-present) Brown University, Edinburgh University, Fermilab, Imperial College, LLNL, LBNL, LIP Coimbra, MEPHI, Northwestern University, Rutherford Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory/Case Western, South Dakota School of Mines, South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, SUNY Albany, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Texas A&M University, University of Alabama, University College London, University of California-Davis, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of Liverpool, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Oxford, University of Rochester, University of Sheffield, University of South Dakota, University of Wisconsin, Washington University, Yale University. Member of the CIRTL Collaboration (2005-present) Boston University, Cornell University, Howard University, Iowa State University, Johns Hopkins University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Texas A&M University, University of Georgia, University of Texas, Arlington, University of Alabama, Birmingham, University of California, San Diego, University of Colorado, University of Houston, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, University of Missouri, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester, University of Wisconsin Vanderbilt , Washington University in St. Louis. (b) Graduate and Post-doctoral Advisors: Graduate Advisor: Val L. Fitch, now retired from Princeton University.

Postdoctoral Sponsor: Peter E. Schlein, Professor of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles (c)Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Supervised Ph.D. Degree Research Students

Michael J. Shepko, 1983-1986; Timothy L. Hessing, 1987-1990; Ashutosh Sanzgiri, 1992-1996; Masaki Watabe, 2005-2010, Tyana Stiegler, 2008-2013, Clement Sofka, 2009-2014.

Masters Degree Research Students Adriana Giordana, 1982-1984; James Buchholz, 1982-1985; Chi-Ho Hong, 1982-1987; Filberto Zamble, 1986-1988; Michael Sampson, 1986-1988; Antonio Chan, 1988-1990; James Lamecker, 1991-1993; Shah Zaman, 1987-1990; Marcus Drew, 1997-2000; Thanassi Spiliotopoulos, 1999-2000; Masaki Watabe 2003-2005, Sunnam Min 2004-2008.

Postdoctoral Researchers Supervised Selcuk Cihangir, 1982-1988; Teruki Kamon, 1987-1990; Timothy Hessing, 1990; Younan Lu, 1992-1994; Ashutosh Sanzgiri, 1996; Masoud Vakili, 1997-2000; Edward Tetteh-Lartey, 2000-2007; Clement Sofka, 2014; Tyana Stiegler, 2014-present.

(d)Undergraduate Students Supervised David Lowry (Ph.D. Biophysics, Brandeis University), Daniel Theil (Ph.D. Applied Physics, Cornell University), Sharon White (Ph.D. Particle Physics, University of Tennessee), D. J. Brazelton, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Ph.D. Atomic Physics, Texas A&M University), Susan Ball, Lori Peters (MS, Condensed Matter Physics, University of Texas), Parker Altice (Ph.D. Astronomy/Astrophysics, Louisiana State University).

CURRICULUM VITAE

Michael B. Weimer

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• Professor 1999-Present Physics, Texas A&M University • Associate Professor 1994-1999 Physics, Texas A&M University • Assistant Professor 1989-1994 Physics, Texas A&M University • Postdoctoral Research Fellow 1986-1988 Chemistry, California Institute of Technology

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Physics, California Institute of Technology 1986 • M.S. Physics, California Institute of Technology 1978 • S.B. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1976

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

• U.S. Navy–ASEE Sabbatical Fellowship 1996 • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award 1989

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

• Band bending and the apparent barrier height in scanning tunneling microscopy M. Weimer, J. Kramar, J.D. Baldeschwieler Phys. Rev. B 39, 5572–5575 (1989) 67 CITATIONS • Tunneling microscopy of point defects on GaAs (110) G. Lengel, R. Wilkins, G. Brown, M. Weimer J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 11, 1472–1476 (1993) 51 CITATIONS • Geometry and electronic structure of the arsenic vacancy on GaAs (110) G. Lengel, R. Wilkins, G. Brown, M. Weimer, J. Gryko, R.E. Allen Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 836–839 (1994) 111 CITATIONS • Charge injection and STM–induce vacancy migration on GaAs (110) G. Lengel, J. Harper, M. Weimer Phys. Rev. Lett. 762, 4725–4728 (1996) 30 CITATIONS • Microstructure of the GaSb–on–InAs heterojunction examined with cross–sectional scanning tunneling microscopy J. Harper, M. Weimer, D. Zhang, C.–H. Lin, S.S. Pei Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 2805–2807 (1998) 42 CITATIONS

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS (cont'd) • Cross–sectional scanning tunneling microscopy characterization of molecular beam epitaxy grown InAs / GaSb / AlSb heterostructures for mid–infrared interband cascade lasers J. Harper, M. Weimer, D. Zhang, C.–H. Lin, S.S. Pei J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 16, 1389–1394 (1998) 40 CITATIONS • Visualizing interfacial structure at non–common–atom heterojunctions with cross–sectional scanning tunneling microscopy J. Steinshnider, M. Weimer, R. Kaspi, G. Turner Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2953–2906 (2000) 83 CITATIONS • Origin of antimony segregation in GaInSb / InAs strained-layer superlattices J. Steinshnider, J. Harper, M. Weimer, C.–H. Lin, S.S. Pei, D.H. Chow Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4562–4565 (2000) 133 CITATIONS • Molecular beam epitaxy growth of high quantum efficiency InAs / GaSb superlattice detectors G.J. Sullivan, A. Ihklassi, J. Bergman, R.E. DeWames, J.R. Waldrop, C. Grein, M. Flatte, K. Mahalingham, H. Yang, M. Zhong, M. Weimer J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 23, 1144–1148 (2005) 50 CITATIONS • Monolayer–by–monolayer compositional analysis of InAs / InAsSb superlattices with cross–sectional STM M.R. Wood, K, Kanedy, F. Lopez, M. Weimer, J.F. Klem, S.D. Hawkins, E.A. Shaner, J.K. Kim J. Crystal Growth 425, 110–114 (2015) 8 CITATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Cross–sectional scanning tunneling microscopy as a probe of local order in semiconductor alloys J. Steinshnider, M. Weimer, M.C. Hanna Spontaneous Ordering in Semiconductor Alloys, A. Mascarenhas ed., Kluwer (2002)

FORMER RESEARCH STUDENTS in INDUSTRY / GOVERNMENT / ACADEME

• M. Bergsten (M.S. 2001, KTH Stockholm), StarTech.com (CANADA) • G.W. Brown (Ph.D. 1997), Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA) • J.R. Harper (Ph.D. 1999), L–3 Communications (USA)

• K.M. Kannedy (Ph.D. 2015), Intel Corporation (USA) • G.A. Lengel (Ph.D. 1995), SPECS Surface Nano Analysis (USA) • F. Lopez–Cruz (Ph.D. 2015), Intel Corporation (USA)

• M.K. Samimi (B.S. 2011, Columbia University), New York University (USA) • C.E. Sosolik (B.S. 1995), Clemson University (USA) • J.D. Steinshnider (Ph.D. 2002), Lamar University (USA), JSJ Technologies (USA) • K. Underwood (B.S. 2012), University of Colorado Boulder (USA)

• R.M. Wilkins (Postdoctoral), Prairie–View A&M University (USA) • M. Zhong (M.S. 2005), Abbott Laboratories (USA)

GEORGE ROBERT WELCH Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843 979-845-1571 [email protected] PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in physics, 1979. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy in physics, 1989. APPOINTMENTS 2012-2016: Department Head, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University.

2004-present: Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University.

1998-2004: Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University.

1992-1998: Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University.

1989-1992: Research Associate, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

1979-1989: Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS “Heterodyne coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering by the phase control of its intrinsic background,” Xi Wang, Kai Wang, George R. Welch, and Alexei V. Sokolov, Phys. Rev. A 84, 021801(R), 2011. “Recoil-induced resonances for optical switching,” K. Gordon, S. DeSavage, D. Duncan, G. R. Welch, J. P. Davis, and F. A. Narducci, J. Mod. Opt. 57, No. 19, 1849--1857 (2010). “Heterodyne coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering for spectral phase retrieval and signal amplification,” Xi Wang, Aihua Zhang, Miaochan Zhi, Alexei V. Sokolov, George R. Welch, and Marlan O. Scully, Opt. Lett. 35, No. 5, 721, 2010. “Glucose concentration measured by the hybrid coherent anti-Stokes Raman-scattering technique” Xi Wang, Aihua Zhang, Miaochan Zhi, Alexei V. Sokolov, and George R. Welch, Phys. Rev. A 81, 013813, 2010. “Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation of elliptically polarized light,” A. B. Matsko, I. Novikova, M. S. Zubairy, and G. R. Welch, Phys. Rev. A 67, 043805 (2003). OTHER PUBLICATIONS “Carrier-envelope phase effect on atomic excitation by few-cycle RF pulses,” Hebin Li, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Yuri V. Rostovtsev, Michael M. Kash, Petr M. Anisimov, George R. Welch, and Marlan O. Scully, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 103001 (2010). “Nonlinear magneto-optic polarization rotation with intense laser fields,” Paul S. Hsu, Anil K. Patnaik, and George R. Welch, Phys. Rev. A 78, 053817 (2008).

“Spectral Narrowing of a Phase Broadened Optical Field in a Coherently Prepared Medium,” Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Yuri V. Rostovtsev, Aihua Zhang, M. Suhail Zubairy, Marlan O. Scully, and George R. Welch, Phys. Rev. A 74, 013807 (2006). “Magnetometry in dense coherent media,” I. Novikova and G. R. Welch, Journal of Modern Optics 49 349--358 (2002). “Ultra-Slow Light and Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Effects in a Coherently Driven Hot Atomic Gas,” M. M. Kash, V. A. Sautenkov, A. S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, G. R. Welch, M. D. Lukin, Y. Rostovtsev, E. S. Fry, M. O. Scully, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5229 (1999). SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITY 2003: Fellow, Optical Society of America 1999: Member of team demonstrating ultra-slow light in warm atomic gases. 1995: Member of team demonstrating lasing without inversion in atomic sodium vapor. COLLABORATIONS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS Frank A. Narducci, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Yuri V. Rostovtsev, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Olga Kocharovskaya, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Marlan O. Scully, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas M. Suhail Zubairy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Vladimir L. Velichansky, Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia Edward S. Fry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas G. G. Padmabandu, Cymer Laser, San Diego, California Mikhail D. Lukin, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Michael M. Kash, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois Irina Novikova, ITAMP, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, LKIGO, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Aihua Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts John E. Thomas, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

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Wenhao Wu

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 Tel: (979) 845-7737; Fax: (979) 845-2590; Email: [email protected]

Professional Preparation • Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Physics B.S. 1983 • Chinese Academy of Science, China Physics M.S. 1986 • University of Chicago Physics Ph.D. 1992 • Louisiana State University, postdoc Physics 11/1992 – 05/1995 • Michigan State University, postdoc Physics 06/1995 – 12/1997 Appointments

• 05/2004–present Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University • 12/1997–08/2004 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Rochester • 09/1986–08/1987 Research Associate, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China Selected Recent Publications Closely Related to the Project

1. H. Liu, Z. Ye, H. Zhang, W. Wu, Z. Luo, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, and D. G. Naugle, “Superconducting proximity Effect in Single Crystalline Sn Nanowires,” Physica B 403, 1542 (2008).

2. Z. Ye, H. Zhang, H. Liu, W. Wu and Z. Luo, “Observation of Superconductivity in Single Crystalline Bi Nanowires,” Nanotechnology 19, 085709 (2008).

3. Z. Ye, H. Liu, I. Schultz, W. Wu, D. G. Naugle, and I. Lyuksyutov, “Template-based fabrication of nanowire-nanotube hybrid arrays,” Nanotechnology 19, 325303 (2008).

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4. H. Liu, Z. Ye, W. Wu, and K. D. D. Rathnayaka, “Localized phase-slip centers in proximity-induced long superconducting nanowires,” J. of Appl. Phys. 105, 07E305 (2009).

5. Z. Ye, H. Liu, Z. Luo, H. Lee, W. Wu, D. G. Naugle, and I. Lyuksyutov, “Thickness dependence of microstructure and magnetic properties in electroplated Co nanowires,” Nanotechnology 20, 045704 (2009).

6. Z. Ye, H. Liu, Z. Luo, H. Lee, W. Wu, D. G. Naugle, and I. Lyuksyutov, “Changes in the crystalline structure of electroplated Co nanowires induced by small template pore size,” J. of Appl. Phys. 105, 07E126 (2009). Also published in the March 30, 2009, issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

7. Z. Ye, D. G. Naugle, Wenhao Wu, and I. Lyuksyutov, “Superconducting properties of Pb/Bi films quench-condensed on a porous alumina substrate filled with Co nanowires,” J. of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 23, 1083 (2010).

8. Z. Ye, I. F. Lyuksyutov, W. Wu, and D. G. Naugle, “Superconducting properties of Pb82Bi18 films controlled by ferromagnetic nanowire arrays, Superconducting Science and Technology, 24, 024019 (2011).

9. Z. Wei, Z. Ye, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, I. F. Lyuksyutov, W. Wu, D. G. Naugle, “Superconductivity of a Sn film controlled by an array of Co nanowires,” Physica C: Superconductivity, 479, 41 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2011.12.027

10. Z. Di, I. Schultz, Z. Yi, K. Wang, D. V. Voronine, W. Wu, and A. V. Sokolov, “Surface-enhanced Raman scattering on template-embedded gold nanorod substrates,” J. of Modern Optics, 2014. DOI:10.1080/09500340.2013.854420

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Additional Publications

1. W. Wu, J. DiMaria, H. Yoo, S. Pan, L. J. Rothberg, and Y. Zhang, "In-situ Electrochemical Fabrication of Natural Contacts on Single Nanowires," Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 966 (2004).

2. E. Bielejec and W. Wu, "The Field-Tuned Superconductor-Insulator Transition with and without Current Bias," Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 206802 (2002).

3. E. Bielejec, J. Ruan, and W. Wu, "Hard Correlation Gap Observed in Quench-Condensed Ultrathin Beryllium," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 036801 (2001).

4. E. Bielejec and W. Wu, "Electron Glass in Ultrathin Granular Al Films at Low Temperatures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256601 (2001).

5. W. Wu, J. Williams, and P. W. Adams, “Zeeman Splitting of the Coulomb Anomaly: A Tunneling Study in Two Dimensions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1139 (1996).

6. W. Wu, and P. W. Adams, “Avalanches and Slow Relaxation: Dynamics of Ultrathin Superconducting Films in a Parallel Magnetic Field,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 610 (1995).

7. W. Wu and P. W. Adams, “Superconductor-Insulator Transition in a Parallel Magnetic Field,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1412 (1994).

8. W. Wu, D. Bitko, T. F. Rosenbaum, and G. Aeppli, “Quenching of the Nonlinear Susceptibility at a T = 0 Spin Glass transition,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1919 (1993).

9. W. Wu, B. Ellman, T. F. Rosenbaum, G. Aeppli, and D. H. Reich, “From Classical to Quantum Glass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 2076 (1991).

Synergistic Activities 1. Graduate fellowship support for underrepresented students from group: The PI was the principle writer of

a Department of Education Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Needs (GAANN) grant awarded to the Department of Physics at Texas A&M University, supporting U.S. nationals, women and minorities in particular, to pursue Ph.D. degrees in physics. Grant No. P200A070465, $479,554, June 2007-May 2011.

2. Graduate recruiting and admission: The PI is an active member of the Graduate Admissions Committee in the Department of Physics, Texas A&M since May 2005.

Collaborators and Other Affiliations

Graduate and postdoctoral Advisors: Thomas F. Rosenbaum (Ph.D. advisor), University of Chicago Philip W. Adams (postdoctoral advisor), Louisiana State University Brage Golding (Postdoctoral advisor), Michigan State University

Graduate Advisees (advised nine in total) Edward Bielejec, Ph.D., Sandia National Laboratory

Jinhao Ruan, Ph.D., Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Haidong Liu, Ph.D., Intel Corporation Zhiyuan Wei, Ph.D., CGG Veritas Isabel Schultz, Ph.D.

Postdortoral Advisee (advised one in total) Zuxin Ye, Seagate Technology, Inc.

Curriculum Vitae

Dave H. Youngblood

Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3366

Education: B. S. Physics 1961 Baylor University, Waco, Texas M. S. Physics 1963 Rice University, Houston, Texas Ph.D. Physics 1965 Rice University, Houston, Texas Positions Held: 1965-1967 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Argonne National Lab,

Argonne, Illinois 1967-1972 Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 1972-1976 Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 1976-present Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University 1978-1991 Director, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University Professional Experience: TEACHING: All levels of physics instruction

RESEARCH: Principal or co-investigator on research grants exceeding $137 million* from 1972 - present; 108 publications in refereed journals, 53 publications in proceedings of national and international conferences, 33 invited talks at national and international conferences, numerous colloquia and seminars at universities and laboratories in the United States, Europe and Japan.

ADMINISTRATION: Primary responsibility (1978-1991) for a research institute with

35 Ph.D. staff, a technical staff of 37, and an annual budget of approximately $7.5 million*. Also had technical and administrative responsibilities for construction of the TAMU Superconducting Cyclotron, a $25 million* project (1980-1988).

Honors and Awards: ODK outstanding Alumnus, Baylor University, 1976. Elected Fellow, American Physical

Society, 1980; Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University, 1982;

Professional Activities: Subcommittee to Review National Science Foundation University-Based Nuclear Science

Facilities, Advisory Committee for Physics, National Science Foundation (1979); Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Continuum Reactions, San Antonio, TX (1979); Organizing Committee, Giant Multipole Resonance Conference, Oak Ridge, TN (1979); Executive Committee, Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society (1979-80); Nominations Committee, Nuclear Division of the American Physical Society (1984); Users Executive Committee, National Heavy Ion Laboratory, Michigan State University (1982-1984); International Organizing Committee, International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications (1982-1992); Department of Energy Committee to review Polarized Ion

Source Proposal, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (1986); International Program Advisory Committee, Gull Lake Nuclear Physics Conference on Giant resonances, Gull Lake, Mi (1993); International Advisory Committee, Groningen Conference on Giant Resonances, Groningen, The Netherlands (1995); Organizing Committee, GR2000, Osaka, Japan (2000); Site visit panel for the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University (2001); National Science Foundation review committee for facility upgrades (2009); International Advisory Committee, Collective Motion in Nuclei under Extreme Conditions (COMEX4), Hayama (Kanagawa), Japan,(2012);

* All monetary figures adjusted to 2015 dollars with the consumer price index. 10 Publications: Isoscalar E0, E1, E2, and E3 strength in 94Mo, J. Button, Y. -W. Lui, D. H. Youngblood, X. Chen, G. Bonasera and S. Shlomo, Phys. Rev. C, (in press) (2016). Isoscalar E0,E1,E2 , and E3 strength in 92,96,98,100Mo , D. H. Youngblood, Y.-W. Lui, Krishichayan, J. Button, G. Bonasera, and S. Shlomo, Phys. Rev. C 92, 014318 (2015). Isoscalar giant resonances in 90,92,94Zr , Krishichayan, Y.-W. Lui, J. Button, D. H. Youngblood, G. Bonasera, and S. Shlomo, Phys. Rev. C 92, 044323 (2015). Unexpected characteristics of the isoscalar monopole resonance in the A≈90 region: Implications for nuclear incompressibility, D. H. Youngblood, Y.-W. Lui, Krishichayan, J. Button, M. R. Anders, M. L. Gorelik, M. H. Urin, and S. Shlomo, Phys. Rev. C 88, 021301(R) (2013) . Giant resonances in 40Ca and 48Ca, M. R. Anders, S. Shlomo, Tapas Sil, D. H. Youngblood, Y.-W. Lui, and Krishichayan, Phys. Rev. C 87, 024303 (2013) Isoscalar giant resonances in 48Ca , Y.-W. Lui, D. H. Youngblood, S. Shlomo, X. Chen, Y. Tokimoto, Krishichayan, M. Anders, and J. Button, Phys. Rev. C 83, 044327 (2011) Elastic and inelastic scattering of 240-MeV 6Li ions from 40Ca and 48Ca and tests of a systematic optical potential, Krishichayan, X. Chen, Y.-W. Lui, J. Button, and D. H. Youngblood, Phys. Rev. C 81, 044612 (2010). Elastic and inelastic scattering to low-lying states of 58Ni and 90Zr using 240-MeV 6Li, Krishichayan, X. Chen, Y. -W. Lui, Y. Tokimoto, J. Button, and D. H. Youngblood, Phys. Rev. C 81, 014603 (2010). Isoscalar giant resonance strength in 24Mg, D. H. Youngblood, Y. -W. Lui, X. F. Chen, and H. L. Clark, Phys. Rev. C 80, 064318 (2009). Giant resonances in 24Mg and 28Si from 240 MeV 6Li scattering, X. Chen, Y. -W. Lui, H. L. Clark, Y. Tokimoto, and D. H. Youngblood, Phys. Rev. C 80, 014312 (2009).

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ALEKSEI M. ZHELTIKOV, Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Inst. for Quantum Science and Engineering

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242 Telephone: (979) 458-7934; E-mail: [email protected]

Educational background M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Physics Ph.D. 1990 M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Physics M.Sc. 1987

Employment history 2010-present, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University 2000- present, Professor, Department of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 2013-2016, Scientific Board Director, Russian Quantum Center 2009-present, Head of Laboratory of Neurophotonics, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia 2012-present, Group Leader, Russian Quantum Center, Skolkovo, Moscow Region 1998-2000, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 1992-1998, Senior Researcher, Department of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 1990-1992, Researcher, Department of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Honors and Awards: • I.V. Kurchatov Prize and Medal (2014) • The Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics (2010) • Shuvalov Prize for Research (2001) • Russian Federation State Prize for Young Researcher (1997).

Visiting professorship: Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany Guest Professor 2011 – 2012 Vienna University of Technology, Austria Guest Professor 2008 – 2009 Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany Guest Scientist 2006 – 2007 Heriot–Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Distinguished visitor 2007

Professional service • Topic subcommittee chair, CLEO-Europe, Munich, Germany (June 2009, June 2011) • Chair, Conference on Nanobiophotonics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (July 2007, July 2009) • Topic subcommittee chair, International Conference on Quantum Electronics (IQEC), Moscow, 2002 • Topic subcommittee chair, International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics (ICONO), 2014-present • Chair, SPIE Conference on Nonlinear Optics and Applications, Prague, 2009 – present • Chair, Seminar on Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy, Bratislava (July 2002), Hamburg (July 2003), Kyoto (July

2004), Trieste (July 2005) • Co-Director, Summer School on Ultrafast Photonics, St. Andrews, UK (Sept. 2002) • Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, Physics Uspekhi, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Laser Physics

Letters, Laser Physics

Recent Publications 1. E.A. Stepanov, A.A. Lanin, A.A. Voronin, A.B. Fedotov, and A.M. Zheltikov, “Solid-State Source of Subcycle Pulses in the Midinfrared,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 043901 (2016). 2. A.V. Mitrofanov, A. A. Voronin, D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov, S. I. Mitryukovsky, A. B. Fedotov, E. E. Serebryannikov, D. V. Meshchankin, V. Shumakova, S. Ališauskas, A. Pugžlys, V. Ya. Panchenko, A. Baltuška, and A. M. Zheltikov, “Subterawatt few-cycle mid-infrared pulses from a single filament,” Optica 3, 299-302 (2016). 3. A.M. Zheltikov, A.A. Voronin, M. Kitzler, A. Baltuška, and M. Ivanov, Optical Detection of Interfering Pathways in Subfemtosecond Multielectron Dynamics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 033901 (2009). 4. A.M. Zheltikov, A.A. Voronin, R. Kienberger, F. Krausz, and G. Korn, Frequency-Tunable Multigigawatt Sub-Half-Cycle Light Pulses from Coupled-State Dynamics of Optical Solitons and Impulsively Driven Molecular Vibrations. Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 105, p.103901(1-4) (2010).

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5. E.E. Serebryannikov and A. M. Zheltikov, “Strong-Field Photoionization as Excited-State Tunneling,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 123901 (2016) 6. E.E. Serebryannikov and A. M. Zheltikov, “Quantum and Semiclassical Physics behind Ultrafast Optical Nonlinearity in the Midinfrared: The Role of Ionization Dynamics within the Field Half Cycle,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 043901 (2014) 7. P.A. Zhokhov and A.M. Zheltikov “Attosecond Shock Waves,” Physical Review Letterrs 110, 183903 (2013). 8. P.A. Zhokhov and A.M. Zheltikov, “Field-Cycle-Resolved Photoionization in Solids,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 133903 (2014). 9. M.Th. Hassan, T. T. Luu, A. Moulet, O. Raskazovskaya, P. Zhokhov, M. Garg, N. Karpowicz, A.M. Zheltikov, V. Pervak, F. Krausz, and E. Goulielmakis, “Optical attosecond pulses and tracking the nonlinear response of bound electrons,” Nature 530, 66-70 (2016). 10. T. Balciunas, C.F. Dutin, G. Fan, T. Witting, A.A. Voronin, A.M. Zheltikov, G. Frédéric, G.G. Paulus, A. Baltuska, and F. Benabid, " Sub-Cycle Gigawatt Peak Power Pulses Self-Compressed by Optical Shock Waves," Nature Communications, 6, 6117 (2015). 11. A.J. Verhoef, A.V. Mitrofanov, E.E. Serebryannikov, D.V. Kartashov, A.M. Zheltikov, and A. Baltuska, Оptical Detection of Tunneling Ionization. Phys. Rev. Lett., v.104, p.163904(1-4) (2010). 12. F. Reiter, U. Graf, E.E. Serebryannikov, W. Schweinberger, M. Fiess, M. Schultze., A.M. Azzeer, R. Kienberger, F. Krausz, A.M. Zheltikov, and E. Goulielmakis, Route to Attosecond Nonlinear Spectroscopy. Phys. Rev. Lett., v.105, 243902 (2010) 13. A.V. Mitrofanov, A.J. Verhoef, E.E. Serebryannikov, J. Lumeau, L. Glebov, A.M. Zheltikov and A. Baltuska, “Optical Detection of Attosecond Ionization Induced by a Few-Cycle Laser Field in a Transparent Dielectric Material,” Phys. Rev. Lett 106, 147401 (2011). 14. A.M. Zheltikov, The Friendly Gas Phase, Nature Materials, 4, 265 (2005). 15. A.M. Zheltikov, "The Raman effect in femto- and attosecond physics" Phys. Usp. 54 29–51 (2011). 16. L.V. Doronina-Amitonova, I.V. Fedotov, O. I. Ivashkina, M.A. Zots, A.B. Fedotov, K.V. Anokhin, and A.M. Zheltikov, “Implantable fiber-optic interface for parallel multisite long-term optical dynamic brain interrogation in freely moving mice,” Scientific Reports 3, 3265 (2013). 17. L.V. Doronina-Amitonova, I.V. Fedotov, A.B. Fedotov, K.V. Anokhin, and A.M. Zheltikov, “Neurophotonics: optical methods to study and control the brain,” Phys. Uspekhi 58, 345–364 (2015) 18. I.V. Fedotov, N.A. Safronov, Yu.G. Ermakova, M.E. Matlashov, D.A. Sidorov-Biryukov, A.B. Fedotov, V.V. Belousov, and A.M. Zheltikov, “Fiber-optic control and thermometry of single-cell thermosensation logic,” Scientific Reports 5, 15737 (2015). 19. A.A. Lanin, A.A. Voronin, E.A. Stepanov, A.B. Fedotov, and A.M. Zheltikov, “Multioctave, 3–18 μm sub-two-cycle supercontinua from self-compressing, self-focusing soliton transients in a solid,” Optics Letters 40, 974–977 (2015). 20. A.V. Mitrofanov, A.A. Voronin, D.A. Sidorov-Biryukov, A. Pugžlys, E.A. Stepanov, G. Andriukaitis, S. Ališauskas, T. Flöry, A.B. Fedotov, A. Baltuška, and A.M. Zheltikov, "Mid-infrared laser filaments in the atmosphere". Scientific Reports 5, 8368 (2015). 21. S.M. Blakley, I.V. Fedotov, S.Ya. Kilin, and A.M. Zheltikov, "Room-temperature magnetic gradiometry with fiber-coupled nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond," Optics Letters 40, 3727-3730 (2015). 22. S.M. Blakley, I. V. Fedotov, L. V. Amitonova, E. E. Serebryannikov, H. Perez, S. Ya. Kilin, and A. M. Zheltikov, “Fiber-optic vectorial magnetic-field gradiometry by a spatiotemporal differential optical detection of magnetic resonance in nitrogen–vacancy centers in diamond,” Opt. Lett. 41, 2057-2060 (2016)

Ph.D. Graduate Students Advisees: A.B. Fedotov (PhD 1994), D.A. Sidorov-Biryukov (PhD 1997), A.N. Naumov (PhD 1999), D.A. Akimov (PhD 2000), A.V. Tarasishin (PhD 2001), S.O. Konorov (PhD 2005), E.E. Serebryannikov (PhD 2010), A.A. Voronin (PhD, 20013), L.V. Doronina-Amitonova (2013), P.A. Zhokhov (PhD 2015), S. Blakley (2011-), D.V. Meshchankin (2012-), M.S. Pochechuev (2015-)



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M. SUHAIL ZUBAIRY, Ph.D. Institute for Quantum Studies and Department of Physics and Astronomy

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242 EDUCATION University of Rochester Physics Ph.D. 1978 Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan Physics M.Sc. 1974 APPOINTMENTS University Distinguished Professor (2014-present), Texas A&M University Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics (2010-present) Texas A&M University. Professor (2004-present), Department of Physics, Texas A&M University. Assistant Professor (1984-85); Associate Professor (1985-1992); Professor (1992-2004), Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Research Assistant Professor (1980-84), Department of Physics, University of New Mexico. Research Associate (1979-1980), Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona. Research Associate (1978-79), Department of Physics, University of Rochester PROFESSIONAL HONORS Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics (2014). George H. W. Bush Excellence Award for Faculty in International Research (2011). Humboldt Research Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. (2007). Outstanding Physicist Award by the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) (Nov. 1999). 14th Khwarizmi International Award (First winner) by the President of Iran, (February 5, 2001). Order of Hilal-e-Imtiaz awarded by the President of Pakistan (Aug. 14, 2000). Order of Sitara-e-Imtiaz awarded by the President of Pakistan (Aug. 14, 1993). Abdus Salam Prize for Physics (1986). Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas A&M University (2003). Scientific Research Award, National Book Council of Pakistan (1989). Pakistan Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in Physical Sciences (1989). Elected fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (1995). Fellow, Optical Society of America (1988). Fellow, American Physical Society (2005). CITATIONS Received over 12,000 citations (including more than 3200 citations for the textbook on Quantum Optics) in international journals. The research paper [Physical Review Letters 110, 170502 (2013)] in which a protocol for counterfactual quantum communication is presented was highlighted in the Physics World [April 16, 2013], Wall Street Journal [April 18, 2013], Arab News [May 26, 2013], The Eagle [April 18, 2013], and Nature Middle East [May 5, 2013]. The research paper [Physical Review Letters 105. 183601 (2010] in which a quantum lithography scheme via Rabi oscillations is presented was highlighted in the American Physical Society publication Physics: Spotlighting Exceptional Research [http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.183601] and was reviewed in the Research Highlights section of Nature Photonics [Vol. 5, January 2011]. The research paper [Physical Review Letters 100, 073602 (2008)] in which a novel scheme for resonant sub-wavelength interferometric lithography is presented was reviewed in Physical Review Focus

[http://focus.aps.org/story/v21/st6] as well as in the Research Highlights section of Nature [Vol. 451, Feb. 27, 2008]. The research paper [Physical Review Letters 96, 163603 (2006)] in which a scheme for sub-wavelength quantum lithography with classical light is presented was highlighted in the News of the Week section of Science [312, 672 (2006)]. The research paper [Physical Review A 26, 451 (1982)] in which a path-integral method was developed to solve the problems in Quantum Optics was selected for publication in Selected Papers on Coherent States, edited by J. R. Klauder and B. S. Skagerstam (World Scientific, 1985). The research paper [Physical Review A 21, 1624 (1980)] in which the photon statistics in multiphoton absorption and emission processes was presented, was selected by SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) for publication in the reprint book of outstanding optical engineering papers in the "Milestone Series of Selected Reprints" on the subject of "Photon Statistics and Coherence in Nonlinear Optics", edited by J. Perina (1991). SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. “Quantum Optics”, M. O. Scully and M. S. Zubairy (Cambridge University Press, 1997), 648 pp; second printing (1999), third printing (2001), fourth printing (2002), Chinese edition (2001), Russian translation (2003).

2. “Quantum Computing Devices”, G. Chen, D. A. Church, B.-G. Englert, C. Henkel, B. Rohwedder, M. O. Scully, and M. S. Zubairy (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2006), 528 pp.

3. ``The photon wave function”, A. Muthukrishnan, M. O. Scully, and M. S. Zubairy, in The Nature of Light: What is a Photon?, (Vol. 5866), edited by C. Roychoudhuri and K. Creath, (SPIE Press 2005).

4. “Entanglement conditions for two-mode states”, M. Hillery and M. S. Zubairy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 050503 (2006).

5. “Quantum lithography with classical light”, P. R. Hemmer, A. Muthukrishnan, M. O. Scully, and M. S. Zubairy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 163603 (2006).

6. “Factoring numbers with waves”, M. S. Zubairy, Science 316, 554 (2007). 7. “Resonant interferometric lithography beyond the diffraction limit”, M. Kiffner, J. Evers, and M. S. Zubairy,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 073602 (2008). 8. “Uncertainty relations as entanglement criteria for negative partial-transpose states”, H. Nha and M. S.

Zubairy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 130402 (2008). 9. “The quantum Zeno and the anti-Zeno effect: Without rotating wave approximation”, H. Zheng, S.-Y. Zhu

and M. S. Zubairy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 200404 (2008). 10. “Loophole-free Bell test for continuous variables via wave and particle correlations”, S.-W. Ji, J. Kim, H.-W.

Lee, M. S. Zubairy, and H. Nha, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 170404 (2010). 11. “Quantum lithography beyond the diffraction limit via Rabi oscillations”, Z. Liao, M. Alamri, and M. S.

Zubairy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 183601 (2010). 12. “Subwavelength optical microscopy in far-field”, Q. Sun, M. Alamri, M. O. Scully, and M. S. Zubairy, Phys.

Rev. A 83, 063818 (2011). 13. “Protocol for direct counterfactual communication”, H. Salih, Z. Li, M. Al-Amri, and M. S. Zubairy, Phys.

Rev. Lett. 110, 170502 (2013). 14. “Goos-Hanchen shifts of partially coherent light fields”, L.-G. Wang, S.-Y. Zhu, and M. S. Zubairy, Phys. Rev.

Lett. 111, 223901 (2013). 15. “Counterintuitive dispersion violating Kramers-Kronig relations in gain slabs”, L.-G. Wang, L. Wang, M. Al-

Amri, S.-Y. Zhu, and M. S. Zubairy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 233601(2014). 16. “Nanoshell-mediated robust entanglement between coupled quantum dots”, J. Hakami and M. S. Zubairy,

Phys. Rev. A 93, 022320 (2016). 17. “Magnetic resonance lithography with nanometer resolution”, F. AlGhannam, P. Hemmer, Z. Liao, and M.

S. Zubairy, Technologies 4, 12 (2016).

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appendix X

INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE

OFFICE OF THE PROVOST

Jack K. Williams Administration Building, Suite 100 1248 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-1248 USA Tel. +1 979.845.4016 Fax. +1 979.845.6994 http://provost.tamu.edu/

July 20, 2016

TO: External Program Reviewers and Program Accreditors

FROM: Michael T. Stephenson

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison

RE: Information required for USDOE Accrediting Bodies

Texas A&M University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. Consistent with

comprehensive standard 3.13.1, the following provides the institution’s official position on its

purpose, governance, programs, degrees, diplomas, certificates, personnel, finances, and

constituencies and is published in official university documents as noted.

Purpose

Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University (very high research activity),

Texas A&M embraces its mission of the advancement of knowledge and human achievement in

all its dimensions. The research mission is a key to advancing economic development in both

public and private sectors. Integration of research with teaching prepares students to compete in a

knowledge-based society and to continue developing their own creativity, learning, and skills

beyond graduation.

The institution’s official mission statement, published both on the institution’s web page as well

as in its annual university catalog, is:

Texas A&M University (Texas A&M) is dedicated to the discovery, development, communication

and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of

providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs is inseparable from its mission

of developing new understandings through research and creativity. It prepares students to assume

roles in leadership, responsibility and service to society. Texas A&M assumes as its historic trust

the maintenance of freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the human mind

and spirit. It welcomes and seeks to serve persons of all racial, ethnic and geographic groups,

women and men alike, as it addresses the needs of an increasingly diverse population and a global

economy. In the twenty-first century, Texas A&M University seeks to assume a place of

preeminence among public universities while respecting its history and traditions.

Governance

The governance of the institution was described in the 2012 certification of compliance submitted

to SACSCOC.

http://www.sacscoc.org/

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Texas A&M University at College Station, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University

System, has branch campuses located in Galveston, Texas and Doha, Qatar. A ten-member Board

of Regents, appointed by the Governor, directs the Texas A&M System. The appointment of each

Regent follows Texas Education Code (TEC, Chapter 85, Section 21).

TEC outlines the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Regents. These responsibilities are

also defined in System Policy 02.01 Board of Regents and TEC 51.352. The Board elects two

officers: Chair and Vice Chair. There are four standing committees: Audit, Academic & Student

Affairs, Finance, and Buildings & Physical Plant. Special committees may be appointed by the

Chair with Board approval.

At Texas A&M University the President is the chief executive officer; the President is not the

presiding officer of the Board of Regents. The President reports to the state-appointed Board of

Regents through the Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. System Policy 2.05

Presidents of System Member Universities defines the duties of the President. The appointment of

the President follows conditions set forth in System Policy 01.03 Appointing Power and Terms

and Conditions of Employment, section 2.2.

Personnel

The institution is led by the President and members of his cabinet:

Michael K. Young, President

Karan L. Watson, Provost and Executive Vice President

Jerry R. Strawser, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and CFO

Michael Benedik, Vice Provost

Scott Honea, Interim Associate Vice President for IT and CIO

Michael G. O’Quinn, Vice President for Government Relations

Dr. Douglas Palmer, Interim Vice President and COO, TAMU-Galveston

Janelle R. Ramirez, Interim Vice President for HR & Organizational Effectiveness

Jessica Rubie, Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

Christine Stanley, Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity

Shane Hinkley, Vice President of Brand Development

Glen A. Laine, Vice President for Research

Paul Ogden, Interim Senior Vice President & COO, TAMU Health Science Center

Daniel J. Pugh, Sr., Vice President for Student Affairs

Gen Joe E. Ramirez, Jr. Commandant, Corps of Cadets

Amy B. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

Scott Woodward, Director of Athletics

Finances

See the Financial Profile 2016 submitted to SACSCOC

Programs, Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates

See the Institutional Summary submitted to SACSCOC

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Colleges

INSTITUTIONAL SUMMARY FORM

PREPARED FOR COMMISSION REVIEWS

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of Institution Texas A&M University Name, Title, Phone number, and email address of Accreditation Liaison Michael T. Stephenson Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison 979.845.4016 [email protected] Name, Title, Phone number, and email address of Technical Support person for the Compliance Certification Alicia M. Dorsey Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness 979.862.2918 [email protected] IMPORTANT: Accreditation Activity (check one):

Submitted at the time of Reaffirmation Orientation Submitted with Compliance Certification for Reaffirmation Submitted with Materials for an On-Site Reaffirmation Review Submitted with Compliance Certification for Fifth-Year Interim Report Submitted with Compliance Certification for Initial Candidacy/Accreditation Review Submitted with Merger/Consolidations/Acquisitions Submitted with Application for Level Change

Submission date of this completed document: September 29, 2015

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 1. Level of offerings (Check all that apply)

Diploma or certificate program(s) requiring less than one year beyond Grade 12 Diploma or certificate program(s) of at least two but fewer than four years of work beyond

Grade 12 Associate degree program(s) requiring a minimum of 60 semester hours or the equivalent

designed for transfer to a baccalaureate institution Associate degree program(s) requiring a minimum of 60 semester hours or the equivalent

not designed for transfer Four or five-year baccalaureate degree program(s) requiring a minimum of 120 semester

hours or the equivalent Professional degree program(s) Master's degree program(s) Work beyond the master's level but not at the doctoral level (such as Specialist in

Education) Doctoral degree program(s) Other (Specify)

2. Types of Undergraduate Programs (Check all that apply)

Occupational certificate or diploma program(s) Occupational degree program(s) Two-year programs designed for transfer to a baccalaureate institution Liberal Arts and General Teacher Preparatory Professional

Other (Specify)

GOVERNANCE CONTROL Check the appropriate governance control for the institution:

Private (check one) Independent, not-for-profit Name of corporation OR Name of religious affiliation and control: Independent, for-profit * If publicly traded, name of parent company:

Public state * (check one) Not part of a state system, institution has own independent board Part of a state system, system board serves as governing board

Part of a state system, system board is super governing board, local governing board has delegated authority

Part of a state system, institution has own independent board * If an institution is part of a state system or a corporate structure, a description of the system operation must be submitted as part of the Compliance Certification for the decennial review. See Commission policy “Reaffirmation of Accreditation and Subsequent Reports” for additional direction.”

INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS

Directions: Please address the following and attach the information to this form. 1. History and Characteristics Provide a brief history of the institution, a description of its current mission, an indication of its geographic service area, and a description of the composition of the student population. Include a description of any unusual or distinctive features of the institution and a description of the admissions policies (open, selective, etc.). If appropriate, indicate those institutions that are considered peers. Please limit this section to one-half page. 2. List of Degrees List all degrees currently offered (A. S., B.A., B.S., M.A., Ph.D., for examples) and the majors or concentrations within those degrees, as well as all certificates and diplomas. For each credential offered, indicate the number of graduates in the academic year previous to submitting this report. Indicate term dates. 3. Off-Campus Instructional Locations and Branch Campuses List all locations where 50% or more credit hours toward a degree, diploma, or certificate can be obtained primarily through traditional classroom instruction. Report those locations in accord with the Commission’s definitions and the directions as specified below. Off-campus instructional sites—a site located geographically apart from the main campus at which the institution offers 50 % or more of its credit hours for a diploma, certificate, or degree. This includes high schools where courses are offered as part of dual enrollment. For each site, provide the information below. The list should include only those sites reported and approved by SACSCOC. Listing unapproved sites below does not constitute reporting them to SACSCOC. In such cases when an institution has initiated an off-campus instructional site as described above without prior approval by SACSCOC, a prospectus for approval should be submitted immediately to SACSCOC.

Name of Site Physical Address

(street, city, state, country) Do not include PO Boxes.

Date Approved by SACSCOC

Date Implemented by the institution

Educational programs offered (specific degrees, certificates, diplomas) with 50% or more credits hours offered at each site

Is the site currently active? (At any time during the past 5 years, have students been enrolled and courses offered? If not, indicate the date of most recent activity.)

Institutions with off-campus instructional sites at which the institution offers 25-49% credit hours for a diploma, certificate, or degree—including high schools where courses are offered as dual enrollment—are required to notify SACSCOC in advance of initiating the site. For each site, provide the information below. Name of Site (Indicate if site is currently active or inactive. If inactive, date of last course offerings and date of projected reopening

Physical Address (street, city, state, country) Do not include PO Boxes.

Date Notified SACSCOC by SACSCOC


Educational programs offered (specific degrees, certificates, diplomas) with 25-49% credit hours offered at each site


Branch campus—an instructional site located geographically apart and independent of the main campus of the institution. A location is independent of the main campus if the location is (1) permanent in nature, (2) offers courses in educational programs leading to a degree, certificate, or other recognized educational credential, (3) has its own faculty and administrative or supervisory organization, and (4) has its own budgetary and hiring authority. The list should include only those branch campuses reported and approved by SACSCOC. Listing unapproved branch campuses below does not constitute reporting them to SACSCOC. A prospectus for an unapproved branch campuses should be submitted immediately to SACSCOC. Name of Branch Campus




Educational programs (specific degrees, certificates, diplomas) with 50% or more credits hours offered at the branch campus

Is the campus currently active? (At any time during the past 5 years, have students been enrolled and courses offered? If not, indicate the date of most recent activity.)

4. Distance and Correspondence Education Provide an initial date of approval for your institution to offer distance education. Provide a list of credit-bearing educational programs (degrees, certificates, and diplomas) where 50% or more of the credit hours are delivered through distance education modes. For each educational program, indicate whether the program is delivered using synchronous or asynchronous technology, or both. For each educational program that uses distance education technology to deliver the program at a specific site (e.g., a synchronous program using interactive videoconferencing), indicate the program offered at each location where students receive the transmitted program. Please limit this description to one page, if possible.

5. Accreditation (1) List all agencies that currently accredit the institution and any of its programs and indicate the date of the last review by each. (2) If SACS Commission on Colleges is not your primary accreditor for access to USDOE Title IV funding, identify which accrediting agency serves that purpose. (3) List any USDOE recognized agency (national and programmatic) that has terminated the institution’s

accreditation (include the date, reason, and copy of the letter of termination) or list any agency from which the institution has voluntarily withdrawn (include copy of letter to agency from institution).

(4) Describe any sanctions applied or negative actions taken by any USDOE-recognized accrediting

agency (national, programmatic, SACSCOC) during the two years previous to the submission of this report. Include a copy of the letter from the USDOE to the institution.

6. Relationship to the U.S. Department of Education Indicate any limitations, suspensions, or termination by the U.S. Department of Education in regard to student financial aid or other financial aid programs during the previous three years. Report if on reimbursement or any other exceptional status in regard to federal or state financial aid.

Document History Adopted: September 2004

Revised: March 2011 Revised: January 2014

1. History and Characteristics History. Texas A&M University was established in 1871 as the state’s first public institution of higher education and opened for classes in 1876. We are now one of a select few institutions in the nation to hold land grant, sea grant (1971) and space grant (1989) designations. We are also one of few universities to host a presidential library; the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened in 1997. A mandatory military component was a part of the land grant designation until 1965 and today we are one of only three institutions with a full-time corps of cadets, leading to commissions in all branches of service. We have two branch campuses, one in Galveston, Texas, (established in 1962, officially merged with Texas A&M in 1991) and one in Doha, Qatar (established in 2003). In 2001 we were admitted to the Association of American Universities (AAU) and in 2004 to Phi Beta Kappa. We are classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University (very high research activity). Mission. Texas A&M University is dedicated to the discovery, development, communication, and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs is inseparable from its mission of developing new understandings through research and creativity. It prepares students to assume roles in leadership, responsibility and service to society. Texas A&M assumes as its historic trust the maintenance of freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the human mind and spirit. It welcomes and seeks to serve persons of all racial, ethnic and geographic groups as it addresses the needs of an increasingly diverse population and a global economy. In the 21st century, Texas A&M University seeks to assume a place of preeminence among public universities while respecting its history and traditions. Enrollment Profile. 77.19% Undergraduate, 18.37% Graduate, 4.30% Professional, and 0.14% Post-Doc Certificate Undergraduate Students: 94.97% Texas Residents, 3.56% non-Texas Residents, 1.46% non-Texas, non-US Residents; 64.34% White, 3.55% Black, 21.83% Hispanic, 5.82% Asian Graduate Students: 44.27% Texas Residents, 14.94% non-Texas Residents, 40.79% non-Texas, non-US Residents Admissions Process. Selective. Automatic admission for Texas resident applicants in the top 10% of their high school graduating class; automatic admission for applicants who rank in the top 25% of their high school graduating class and achieve a combined SAT math and SAT critical reading score of at least 1300, with a test score of at least 600 in each component or 30 composite on the ACT with a 27 in the math and English components; review of all other applicants based on academic potential, distinguishing characteristics, exceptional circumstances and personal achievements. Peer Institutions. Georgia Institution of Technology, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, University of California- Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, San Diego, University of Florida, University of Illinois – Champaign/Urbana, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, University of Texas – Austin, and University of Wisconsin – Madison.

2. List of Degrees

College Degree Program

Number of Graduates

Degree Fall

2014 Spring 2015

Summer 2015 Total

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES

AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM BS 40 60 15 115


AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT MAGR 5 4 5 14

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS BS 35 75 4 114

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS MAGR 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS MS 2 8 7 17

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS PHD 3 3 3 9

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION EDD 2 1 0 3


AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT BS 67 109 27 203


AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION EDD 0 0 0 0


AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION MED 2 5 1 8


AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION MS 3 8 5 16


AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION PHD 6 1 1 8

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE BS 16 17 2 35


AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT BS 13 19 2 34


AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT MS 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRONOMY MS 0 0 1 1

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRONOMY PHD 2 0 0 2

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRONOMY - AGRO INDUSTRY BS 0 0 0 0


AGRONOMY - SOIL & CROP MANAGEMENT BS 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL BREEDING MS 0 2 0 2

LIFE SCIENCES

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ANIMAL BREEDING PHD 0 1 0 1

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ANIMAL SCIENCE BS 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ANIMAL SCIENCE MAGR 2 0 2 4

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ANIMAL SCIENCE MS 3 5 4 12

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ANIMAL SCIENCE PHD 0 3 1 4


ANIMAL SCIENCE-PRODUCTION/ INDUSTRY BS 56 66 14 136

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ANIMAL SCIENCE-SCIENCE BS 33 62 8 103

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES BIOCHEMISTRY BS 7 24 2 33

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES BIOCHEMISTRY MS 1 3 2 6

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES BIOCHEMISTRY PHD 6 7 2 15


BIOENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES BS 34 36 16 86


BIOLOGICAL AND AGRI ENGINEERING BS 11 27 5 43


BIOLOGICAL AND AGRI ENGINEERING MENGR 0 1 0 1


BIOLOGICAL AND AGRI ENGINEERING MS 4 4 1 9


BIOLOGICAL AND AGRI ENGINEERING PHD 5 2 1 8

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BS 3 3 1 7

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION BS 3 5 1 9

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Ecosystem Science & Mgmt MAGR 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Ecosystem Science & Mgmt MS 2 0 2 4

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Ecosystem Science & Mgmt PHD 3 2 0 5

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ENTOMOLOGY BS 9 16 3 28

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ENTOMOLOGY MS 4 3 4 11

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ENTOMOLOGY PHD 2 2 5 9

AGRICULTURE AND EQUINE INDUSTRY MEIM 0 0 0 0

LIFE SCIENCES MANAGEMENT

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FISHERIES SCIENCE MFSC 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FLORICULTURE BS 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FOOD SCI & TCHN-FOOD SCI BS 10 6 0 16

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FOOD SCI & TCHN-INDUSTRY BS 9 24 0 33


FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BS 0 0 0 0


FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGR 0 0 0 0


FORENSIC & INVESTIGATIVE SCIENCES BS 1 19 0 20

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FORESTRY BS 1 7 1 9

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FORESTRY MS 0 1 0 1

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FORESTRY PHD 1 0 0 1

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES GENETICS BS 12 18 3 33

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES HORTICULTURE BA 2 7 2 11

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES HORTICULTURE BS 5 21 3 29

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES HORTICULTURE MAGR 0 0 1 1

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES HORTICULTURE MS 4 1 0 5

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES HORTICULTURE PHD 1 2 0 3


NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT MNRD 5 2 1 8

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES NUTRITION BS 0 0 0 0

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE BS 37 87 19 143


PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION MS 3 0 1 4


PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION PHD 0 0 1 1


PLANT & ENVRNMNTL SOIL SCIENCE BS 2 12 4 18

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES PLANT BREEDING MS 3 2 2 7

AGRICULTURE AND PLANT BREEDING PHD 0 5 2 7

LIFE SCIENCES

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES PLANT PATHOLOGY MS 0 0 3 3

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES PLANT PATHOLOGY PHD 0 1 2 3

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES POULTRY SCIENCE BS 1 8 2 11

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES POULTRY SCIENCE MAGR 0 1 0 1

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES POULTRY SCIENCE MS 2 1 1 4

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES POULTRY SCIENCE PHD 1 0 0 1

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES POULTRY SCIENCE-INDUSTRY BS 5 13 4 22


RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT BS 0 0 0 0


RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT MAGR 0 0 0 0


RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT MS 0 0 0 0


RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT PHD 0 0 0 0


RANGLND ECL & MGT-RANCH MANAGEMENT BS 0 4 0 4


RANGLND ECL & MGT-RANGELAND RESOURCES BS 0 4 0 4


REC, PARK & TOURISM SCI-COM REC & PRKS ADMIN BS 5 2 3 10


REC, PARK & TOURISM SCIENCES BS 0 1 0 1


REC, PARK & TOURISM SCI-PARKS & CONSERVATION BS 3 5 4 12


REC, PARK & TOURISM SCI-TOURISM MANAGEMENT BS 21 37 15 73


REC, PARK & TOURISM SCI-YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BS 13 18 8 39


RECREATION & RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT MRRD 1 0 0 1


RECREATION, PARK & TOURISM SCI MS 1 1 4 6


RECREATION, PARK & TOURISM SCI PHD 0 3 4 7


RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES BS 9 18 2 29

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES SOIL SCIENCE MS 1 1 1 3

AGRICULTURE AND SOIL SCIENCE PHD 2 0 0 2

LIFE SCIENCES

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES SPATIAL SCIENCES BS 6 8 0 14

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES TURFGRASS SCIENCE BS 4 5 1 10


WILDLIFE & FISHERIES SCIENCES BS 2 1 1 4


WILDLIFE & FISHERIES SCIENCES MS 3 0 4 7


WILDLIFE & FISHERIES SCIENCES PHD 2 2 4 8

AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES WILDLIFE SCIENCE MWSC 3 0 0 3


WL & FS SCI-VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY BS 6 11 2 19


WL & FS SCI-WILDLIFE ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION BS 36 43 4 83

ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE MARCH 4 33 2 39

ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE MS 1 0 1 2

ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE PHD 8 3 5 16

ARCHITECTURE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BS 51 90 25 166

ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT MS 7 11 17 35

ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN - ARCHITECHURAL STUDIES BED 0 0 0 0

ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ARCHITECHURAL STUDIES BED 16 63 2 81

ARCHITECTURE HEALTH SYSTEMS AND DESIGN CER 0 0 0 0

ARCHITECTURE LAND & PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT MLPD 4 3 0 7

ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BLA 0 15 2 17

ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MLA 0 12 0 12

ARCHITECTURE URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING BS 5 11 2 18

ARCHITECTURE URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING MUP 3 9 6 18

ARCHITECTURE URBAN & REGIONAL SCIENCE PHD 3 4 4 11

ARCHITECTURE VISUALIZATION MFA 1 2 0 3

ARCHITECTURE VISUALIZATION MS 5 6 4 15

ARCHITECTURE VISUALIZATION BS 24 58 3 85

BUSINESS ACCOUNTING BBA 35 250 21 306

BUSINESS ACCOUNTING MS 8 92 8 108

BUSINESS BUSINESS ADMIN PHD 1 3 9 13

BUSINESS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA 50 3 3 56

BUSINESS BUSINESS HONORS BBA 4 31 1 36

BUSINESS EXECUTIVE MBA MBA 0 48 0 48

BUSINESS FINANCE BBA 64 194 16 274

BUSINESS FINANCE MS 9 70 41 120

BUSINESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MFM 0 0 0 0

BUSINESS INFORMATION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT BBA 0 0 0 0

BUSINESS LAND ECONOMICS & REAL ESTATE MRE 19 14 1 34

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BBA 39 121 10 170

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MS 36 9 1 46

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS BBA 23 59 4 86

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MS 55 63 5 123

BUSINESS MARKETING BBA 44 114 8 166

BUSINESS MARKETING MS 28 12 0 40

BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL MBA MBA 0 44 0 44

BUSINESS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BBA 50 125 11 186

DENTISTRY ADVANCED EDUCATON IN GENERAL DENTISTRY CER 0 0 9 9

DENTISTRY BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES MS 0 0 1 1

DENTISTRY BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHD 0 2 1 3

DENTISTRY DENTAL HYGIENE BS 0 30 0 30

DENTISTRY DENTAL HYGIENE MS 1 1 0 2

DENTISTRY DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH CER 0 0 0 0

DENTISTRY DENTISTRY DDS 0 105 1 106

DENTISTRY ENDODONTICS CER 4 0 0 4

DENTISTRY HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION MS 0 0 0 0

DENTISTRY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY CER 0 0 1 1

DENTISTRY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY CER 0 0 2 2

DENTISTRY ORAL BIOLOGY MS 3 15 1 19

DENTISTRY ORTHODONTICS CER 0 5 0 5

DENTISTRY PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY CER 0 0 11 11

DENTISTRY PERIODONTICS CER 0 3 0 3

DENTISTRY PROSTHODONTICS CER 0 0 3 3

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ATHLETIC TRAINING MS 0 8 0 8

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BILINGUAL EDUCATION MED 2 4 1 7

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BILINGUAL EDUCATION MS 0 0 0 0

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH BS 0 0 0 0

EDUCATION & HUMAN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY PHD 1 0 5 6

DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION EDD 3 1 2 6

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION MED 27 54 48 129

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION MS 1 1 0 2

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION PHD 4 5 6 15

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

EDUC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MS 23 8 8 39


EDUC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PHD 3 7 3 13


EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION EDD 4 1 1 6


EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MED 0 21 1 22


EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MS 1 10 1 12


EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION PHD 4 5 3 12

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY MED 11 19 1 31

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY MS 1 6 1 8

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PHD 4 6 7 17

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY MED 1 0 0 1

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HEALTH BS 81 157 25 263

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HEALTH - COMUNITY HEALTH BS 24 55 30 109

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HEALTH EDUCATION EDD 0 0 0 0

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HEALTH EDUCATION MED 0 0 0 0

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HEALTH EDUCATION MS 11 6 3 20

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HEALTH EDUCATION PHD 1 2 1 4


HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BS 22 36 61 119

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES BS 132 260 1 393

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT KINESIOLOGY BS 74 132 41 247

EDUCATION & HUMAN KINESIOLOGY MS 6 12 4 22

DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT KINESIOLOGY PHD 2 5 3 10

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PHD 2 1 9 12

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL EDUCATION MED 1 28 3 32

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL EDUCATION MS 0 0 0 0

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SPORTS MANAGEMENT BS 42 80 38 160

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SPORTS MANAGEMENT MS 9 21 5 35

EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY MANAGMENT BS 13 13 18 44

ENGINEERING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING BS 54 48 1 103

ENGINEERING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING MENGR 2 3 1 6

ENGINEERING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING MS 2 3 6 11

ENGINEERING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING PHD 3 5 7 15

ENGINEERING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BS 7 67 1 75

ENGINEERING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MENGR 2 7 1 10

ENGINEERING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MS 1 2 2 5

ENGINEERING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PHD 9 1 4 14

ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BS 37 78 9 124

ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MENGR 0 2 0 2

ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MS 6 5 12 23

ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PHD 8 5 4 17

ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING BS 61 101 12 174

ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING MENGR 41 32 23 96

ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING MS 10 10 11 31

ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING PHD 3 4 6 13

ENGINEERING COMPUTER ENGINEERING MENGR 28 30 0 58

ENGINEERING COMPUTER ENGINEERING PHD 3 3 3 9

ENGINEERING COMPUTER ENGINEERING MS 8 6 10 24

ENGINEERING COMPUTER ENGINEERING BS 29 46 3 78

ENGINEERING COMPUTER ENGINEERING MENGR 0 0 2 2

ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE BS 34 55 13 102

ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE MCS 14 31 4 49

ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE MS 11 7 8 26

ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE PHD 1 2 2 5

ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BS 64 97 14 175

ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MENGR 21 19 5 45

ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MS 10 8 8 26

ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PHD 15 9 13 37

ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY BS 12 15 11 38

ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DENGR 2 0 0 2

ENGINEERING ENGINEERING MENGR 0 0 0 0

ENGINEERING ENGINEERING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT MS 0 0 0 0

ENGINEERING ENGR TCHN-ELECTRONICS ENGR TCHNL BS 0 1 0 1

ENGINEERING ENGR TCHN-MANUFACTURING & MCHNCL ENGR BS 36 39 1 76

ENGINEERING ENGR TCHN-TELCOM ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY BS 0 0 0 0

ENGINEERING HEALTH PHYSICS MS 0 1 2 3

ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION MID 0 51 0 51

ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION BS 65 99 13 177

ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING BS 63 74 7 144

ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING MENGR 11 38 12 61

ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING MS 0 10 7 17

ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PHD 8 0 4 12

ENGINEERING INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING MS 0 0 0 0

ENGINEERING INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING PHD 0 0 0 0

ENGINEERING

MANUFACTURING & MECHANICAL ENGR TECHNOLOGY BS 0 0 0 0

ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING MENGR 1 0 0 1

ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING MS 1 4 0 5

ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PHD 6 6 1 13

ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BS 81 162 36 279

ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MENGR 5 10 1 16

ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MS 25 24 13 62

ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PHD 11 10 10 31

ENGINEERING NUCLEAR ENGINEERING BS 18 27 1 46

ENGINEERING NUCLEAR ENGINEERING MENGR 2 2 0 4

ENGINEERING NUCLEAR ENGINEERING MS 7 6 4 17

ENGINEERING NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PHD 7 4 2 13

ENGINEERING OCEAN ENGINEERING BS 10 19 2 31

ENGINEERING OCEAN ENGINEERING MENGR 12 0 2 14

ENGINEERING OCEAN ENGINEERING MS 3 1 4 8

ENGINEERING OCEAN ENGINEERING PHD 3 3 0 6

ENGINEERING PETROLEUM ENGINEERING BS 31 157 6 194

ENGINEERING PETROLEUM ENGINEERING MENGR 16 19 5 40

ENGINEERING PETROLEUM ENGINEERING MS 26 11 12 49

ENGINEERING PETROLEUM ENGINEERING PHD 8 9 9 26

ENGINEERING RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH ENGINEERING BS 5 3 1 9

ENGINEERING SAFETY ENGINEERING MS 2 2 5 9

GEORGE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

HOMELAND SECURITY CERTIFICATE CER 9 7 7 23

GEORGE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MIA 7 72 3 82


INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS CERTIFICATE CER 20 24 7 51


NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS CERTIFICATE CER 0 0 0 0


NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE CER 8 34 6 48


PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION MPSA 1 59 1 61

GEOSCIENCES ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE MS 7 2 1 10

GEOSCIENCES ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE PHD 1 0 1 2

GEOSCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE BS 11 16 6 33

GEOSCIENCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONAL STUDIES BS 0 1 0 1

GEOSCIENCES GEOGRAPHY BS 7 6 0 13

GEOSCIENCES GEOGRAPHY MS 2 2 6 10

GEOSCIENCES GEOGRAPHY PHD 2 1 2 5

GEOSCIENCES GEOGRAPHY-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONAL SCI BS 7 5 2 14

GEOSCIENCES GEOL-ENGINEERING GEOLOGY BS 0 0 0 0

GEOSCIENCES GEOLOGY BA 4 5 0 9

GEOSCIENCES GEOLOGY BS 28 34 18 80

GEOSCIENCES GEOLOGY MS 9 3 6 18

GEOSCIENCES GEOLOGY PHD 1 2 3 6

GEOSCIENCES GEOPHYSICS BS 4 10 2 16

GEOSCIENCES GEOPHYSICS MS 3 2 1 6

GEOSCIENCES GEOPHYSICS PHD 2 1 0 3

GEOSCIENCES GEOSCIENCES MGSC 1 0 0 1

GEOSCIENCES METEOROLOGY BS 5 31 2 38

GEOSCIENCES OCEANOGRAPHY MS 4 1 1 6

GEOSCIENCES OCEANOGRAPHY PHD 4 2 2 8

GEOSCIENCES SPATIAL SCIENCES BS 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS ANTHROPOLOGY BA 12 29 8 49

LIBERAL ARTS ANTHROPOLOGY MA 4 6 3 13

LIBERAL ARTS ANTHROPOLOGY PHD 2 3 3 8

LIBERAL ARTS CLASSICS BA 1 2 0 3

LIBERAL ARTS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY PHD 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS COMMUNICATION BA 62 170 27 259

LIBERAL ARTS COMMUNICATION MA 1 1 0 2

LIBERAL ARTS COMMUNICATION PHD 5 1 2 8

LIBERAL ARTS ECONOMICS BA 12 18 2 32

LIBERAL ARTS ECONOMICS BS 62 119 38 219

LIBERAL ARTS ECONOMICS MS 36 43 1 80

LIBERAL ARTS ECONOMICS PHD 1 3 11 15

LIBERAL ARTS ENGLISH BA 44 117 20 181

LIBERAL ARTS ENGLISH MA 1 5 3 9

LIBERAL ARTS ENGLISH PHD 2 5 2 9

LIBERAL ARTS FRENCH BA 2 1 0 3

LIBERAL ARTS GERMAN BA 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS HISPANIC STUDIES MA 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS HISPANIC STUDIES PHD 2 0 3 5

LIBERAL ARTS HISTORY BA 47 102 19 168

LIBERAL ARTS HISTORY MA 0 2 1 3

LIBERAL ARTS HISTORY PHD 2 4 3 9

LIBERAL ARTS INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PHD 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BA 62 129 18 209

LIBERAL ARTS Maritime Archaeology and Conservation MS 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS MODERN LANGUAGES BA 1 2 1 4

LIBERAL ARTS MODERN LANGUAGES-SPANISH MA 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS MUSIC BA 2 5 1 8

LIBERAL ARTS PERFORMANCE STUDIES BA 0 0 0 0

LIBERAL ARTS PERFORMANCE STUDIES MA 0 3 3 6

LIBERAL ARTS PHILOSOPHY BA 5 18 4 27

LIBERAL ARTS PHILOSOPHY MA 0 3 0 3

LIBERAL ARTS PHILOSOPHY PHD 0 0 1 1

LIBERAL ARTS POLITICAL SCIENCE BA 34 75 30 139

LIBERAL ARTS POLITICAL SCIENCE BS 16 32 8 56

LIBERAL ARTS POLITICAL SCIENCE MA 1 0 0 1

LIBERAL ARTS POLITICAL SCIENCE PHD 3 6 2 11

LIBERAL ARTS PSYCHOLOGY BA 27 65 8 100

LIBERAL ARTS PSYCHOLOGY BS 91 186 37 314

LIBERAL ARTS PSYCHOLOGY MS 4 3 1 8

LIBERAL ARTS PSYCHOLOGY PHD 1 5 2 8

LIBERAL ARTS PSYCHOLOGY-COMMUNITY CLINICAL PHD 1 0 4 5

LIBERAL ARTS PSYCHOLOGY-INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PHD 0 0 3 3

LIBERAL ARTS RUSSIAN BA 1 3 0 4

LIBERAL ARTS SOCIOLOGY BA 15 19 8 42

LIBERAL ARTS SOCIOLOGY BS 19 45 10 74

LIBERAL ARTS SOCIOLOGY MS 1 2 0 3

LIBERAL ARTS SOCIOLOGY PHD 6 8 1 15

LIBERAL ARTS SPANISH BA 12 14 4 30

LIBERAL ARTS TELECOMMUNICATION MEDIA STUDIES BA 19 33 8 60

LIBERAL ARTS TELECOMMUNICATION MEDIA STUDIES BS 0 4 1 5

LIBERAL ARTS THEATER ARTS BA 0 7 3 10

LIBERAL ARTS WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES BA 3 1 0 4

MEDICINE EDUCATION FOR HEALTHE CARE PROFESSIONALS MS 0 1 0 1

MEDICINE MEDICAL SCIENCES MS 2 0 1 3

MEDICINE MEDICAL SCIENCES PHD 5 11 3 19

MEDICINE MEDICINE MD 3 186 0 189

NURSING FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER MSN 0 0 0 0

NURSING NURSING BSN 0 112 2 114

NURSING NURSING EDUCATION MSN 0 0 0 0

PHARMACY PHARMACY PHARMD 0 84 2 86

School of PUBLIC HEALTH BIOSTATISTICS MPH 2 3 1 6

School of PUBLIC HEALTH BIOSTATISTICS MSPH 0 0 0 0

School of PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MPH 2 7 2 11

School of PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MSPH 0 0 1 1

School of PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY MPH 4 13 11 28

School of PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY MSPH 0 0 1 1

School of PUBLIC HEALTH

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DRPH 1 1 0 2

School of PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH ADMINISTRATION MHA 0 35 0 35


HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGMENT MPH 9 14 1 24


HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGMENT MSPH 0 0 0 0


HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES DRPH 0 0 0 0


HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH MPH 4 4 14 22

SCIENCES


HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES MSPH 0 0 0 0

School of PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH PHD 0 0 3 3

School of PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MSPH 0 2 1 3


OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MPH 0 6 2 8

School of PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BS 0 0 0 0

SCIENCE ANALYTICS MS 0 8 0 8

SCIENCE APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES BS 17 28 6 51

SCIENCE APPLIED PHYSICS PHD 0 2 1 3

SCIENCE BIOLOGY BA 6 19 4 29

SCIENCE BIOLOGY BS 63 123 17 203

SCIENCE BIOLOGY MS 1 1 1 3

SCIENCE BIOLOGY PHD 1 4 2 7

SCIENCE CHEMISTRY BA 5 20 4 29

SCIENCE CHEMISTRY BS 9 25 2 36

SCIENCE CHEMISTRY MS 2 0 0 2

SCIENCE CHEMISTRY PHD 17 13 13 43

SCIENCE MATHEMATICS BA 3 22 5 30

SCIENCE MATHEMATICS BS 5 10 0 15

SCIENCE MATHEMATICS MS 4 14 6 24

SCIENCE MATHEMATICS PHD 0 5 11 16

SCIENCE MICROBIOLOGY BS 2 19 6 27

SCIENCE MICROBIOLOGY MS 0 0 0 0

SCIENCE MICROBIOLOGY PHD 0 0 0 0

SCIENCE MOLECULAR & CELL BIOLOGY BS 6 9 2 17

SCIENCE PHYSICS BA 2 4 0 6

SCIENCE PHYSICS BS 0 16 2 18

SCIENCE PHYSICS MS 4 2 1 7

SCIENCE PHYSICS PHD 8 3 9 20

SCIENCE STATISTICS MS 10 30 11 51

SCIENCE STATISTICS PHD 3 3 4 10

SCIENCE ZOOLOGY BS 2 7 1 10

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARINE BIOLOGY BS 32 67 6 105

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARINE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY BS 4 26 9 39

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARINE FISHERIES BS 2 8 0 10

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARINE RESOURCES MANAGMENT MMRM 6 8 0 14

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARINE SCIENCES BS 4 3 0 7

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARINE TRANSPORTATION BS 26 13 22 61

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARITIME ADMINISTRATION BS 38 42 14 94

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARITIME ADMINISTRATION & LOGISTICS MMAL 4 5 7 16

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARITIME STUDIES BA 5 9 2 16

TAMU AT GALVESTON MARITIME SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BS 0 0 0 0

TAMU AT GALVESTON OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCES BS 2 16 1 19

TAMU AT GALVESTON OFFSHORE & COASTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BS 0 20 2 22

TEXAS A&M SCHOOL OF LAW LAW JD 41 179 7 227

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY AGRIBUSINESS BS 35 68 5 108

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY AGRIBUSINESS MAB 12 0 0 12

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY

AGRIBUSINESS & MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS PHD 0 0 0 0

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOTECHNOLOGY MBIOT 7 12 0 19


ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY PHD 0 0 0 0


ENGINEERING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT MS 2 1 2 5

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES BS 17 29 6 52


FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MS 1 3 1 5


FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PHD 0 0 1 1

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY GENETICS MS 0 1 0 1

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY GENETICS PHD 0 3 2 5

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY MARINE BIOLOGY MS 1 2 1 4

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY MARINE BIOLOGY PHD 0 1 2 3


MOLECULAR & ENVIRONMENTAL PLANT SCIENCE MS 0 0 0 0


MOLECULAR & ENVIRONMENTAL PLANT SCIENCE PHD 1 1 0 2

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCE MS 0 0 0 0

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCE PHD 1 1 0 2

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY NUTRITION MS 3 2 4 9

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY NUTRITION PHD 0 0 0 0

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY SPATIAL SCIENCES BS 0 0 0 0

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY TOXICOLOGY MS 0 0 0 0

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY TOXICOLOGY PHD 0 0 0 0


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - AGRICULTURE BS 16 51 21 88


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - ARCHITECTURE BS 6 16 12 34


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - BUSINESS ADMIN BS 30 46 15 91


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - EDUCATION BS 12 20 7 39


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - ENGINEERING BS 0 0 0 0


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - GALVESTON BA 0 0 0 0


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - GALVESTON BS 0 1 0 1


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - GENERAL AGRICULTURE BS 0 0 0 0


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - GEOSCIENCES BS 1 3 0 4


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - LEADERSHIP STUDIES BS 0 0 0 0


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - LIBERAL ARTS BA 1 1 0 2


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - LIBERAL ARTS BS 1 5 0 6

UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIVERSITY STUDIES - SCIENCE BS 2 8 1 11


UNIVERSITY STUDIES - VETERINARY MED BS 1 0 2 3


WATER MANAGEMENT AND HYDRO SCI MS 2 1 2 5


WATER MANAGEMENT AND HYDRO SCI MWM 1 4 1 6


WATER MANAGEMENT AND HYDRO SCI PHD 3 1 0 4

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BS 105 170 38 313

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES MS 9 25 14 48

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHD 4 2 1 7

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE MS 0 0 0 0


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNALISM MS 1 1 0 2

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES VETERINARY MEDICINE DVM 0 125 3 128

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY PHD 0 2 1 3

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES VETERINARY PATHOBIOLOGY PHD 0 0 0 0

VETERINARY MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES VETERINARY PATHOLOGY PHD 0 0 1 1


VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH - EPIDEMIOLOGY MS 2 2 0 4

1. Off-Campus Instructional Locations and Branch Campuses

Off-Campus Instructional Locations – 50% or more.

Name of Site Physical Address (street, city, state, country) Do not include PO Boxes.



Educational programs offered (specific degrees, certificates, diplomas) with 50% or more credits hours offered at each site


City Centre 800 W. Sam Houston Parkway N. Houston, TX 77024

2012

2012

ANALYTICS MS Yes

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

MBA

Arabian Society for Human Resource Management

Saudi Aramco – Box 8926 Training & Career Development South Administration Building, Room 242 Dhahran 31311 Saudi Arabia

2012

2007

MANAGEMENT MS Yes

Texas A&M Health 8441 State Highway 47 2000 2000 EDUCATION FOR MS Yes

Science Center Clinical Building 1, Suite 3100 Bryan, TX 77807

HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS MEDICAL SCIENCES

MD

MEDICAL SCIENCES

MS

MEDICAL SCIENCES

PHD

MEDICINE MD NURSING BSN NURSING EDUCATION

MSN

PHARMACY PHMD FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER

MSN

College of Dentistry 3302 Gaston Ave. Dallas, TX 75246

2001 2000 ADVANCED EDUCATON IN GENERAL DENTISTRY

CTGFA Yes

DENTAL HYGIENE BS DENTISTRY DDS ENDODONTICS CTGFA MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

CTGFA

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY

CTGFA

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY

CTGFA

ORAL BIOLOGY MS ORAL BIOLOGY PHD ORTHODONTICS CTGFA PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

CTGFA

PERIODONTICS CTGFA PROSTHODONTICS CTGFA

College of Medicine - Temple

2401 S. 31st Street Temple, TX 76508

2000 2000 MEDICINE MD Yes

Health Professions Building

3950 North A. W. Grimes Blvd. Round Rock, TX 78665

April 2011

Summer 2010

MEDICINE MD Yes

NURSING BSN

Institute of Biosciences and Technology

2121 W. Holcombe Blvd. Houston, TX 77030

2000 2000 HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

MHA Yes

MEDICINE MD Rangel College of Pharmacy

1010 W. Avenue B. Kingsville, TX 78363

April 2011

August 2006

PHARMACY PHMD Yes

McAllen Campus 2101 South McColl Road McAllen, TX 78503

2011 2010 HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGMENT

MPH Yes

HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNITY HEAL

MPH

NURSING BSN Texas A&M University School of

1515 Commerce St Fort Worth, TX 76102

2013 2013 LAW JD Yes

Law Houston Methodist Hospital

6565 Fannin Street Houston, TX 77030

2015 2015 MEDICINE MD Yes

Baylor University Medical Center

3500 Gaston Avenue Dallas, TX 75246

2012 2011 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

DRPH Yes

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

MPH

MEDICINE MD

Off-Campus Instructional Locations – 25%-49%.

Name of Site (Indicate if site is currently active or inactive. If inactive, date of last course offerings and date of projected reopening


Date Notified SACSCOC


Educational programs offered (specific degrees, certificates, diplomas) with 25-49% credit hours offered at each site


Department of State Health Services

1100 West 49th Austin, TX. 78756

January 2011

Fall 2004

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - MPH HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT - MPH OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH - MPH

Yes, but in process of discontinuing programs at this site.

Branch Campuses.

Name of Branch Campus




Educational programs (specific degrees, certificates, diplomas) with 50% or more credits hours offered at the branch campus

Is the campus currently active? (At any time during the past 5 years, have students been enrolled and courses offered? If not, indicate the date of most recent activity.)

Texas A&M University at Galveston

200 Seawolf Pkwy Galveston, TX 77553

1992

1991

MARINE BIOLOGY BS Yes

OFFSHORE & COASTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER BS

MARINE BIOLOGY MS

MARINE BIOLOGY PHD

MARINE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

BS

MARINE FISHERIES

BS

MARINE RESOURCES

MMR

MANAGMENT

MARINE SCIENCES BS

MARINE TRANSPORTATION

BS

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

BS

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION & LOGISTICS

MML

MARITIME STUDIES

BA

OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCES

BS

OCEAN ENGINEERING

BS

UNIVERSITY STUDIES – GALVESTON

BS

Texas A&M University at Qatar

253 Texas A&M Qatar Engineering Building Education City Al Luqta St Doha, Qatar

2005 2003

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

BS Yes


MS


MEN

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

BS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BS

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

BS

4. Distance and Correspondence Education – Initial Approval in February 2000

Credit Bearing Degree Programs Site Synchronous/Asynchronous/Both

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Asynchronous

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Asynchronous

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Synchronous course offered worldwide via PC or LMS

Both

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT Asynchronous

ANALYTICS Asynchronous

BILINGUAL EDUCATION Asynchronous

BILINGUAL EDUCATION Asynchronous

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRI ENGINEERING Asynchronous

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION Asycnchronous

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION Asycnchronous

EDUC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Asycnchronous

EDUCATION FOR HEALTHE CARE PROFESSIONALS

Asynchronous

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION Asynchronous

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Synchronous course offered worldwide via PC or LMS

Both

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Asynchronous

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY Asynchronous

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

ENERGY

ENGINEERING Asynchronous

ENGINEERING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT Asynchronous

EPIDEMIOLOGY Asynchronous

FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER

HEALTH EDUCATION Asynchronous

INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION College Station, TX Both

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Asynchronous

JURISPRUDENCE

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION & LOGISTICS

Asynchronous

MATHEMATICS Asynchronous

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Asynchronous

NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Asynchronous

NURSING

NURSING EDUCATION

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Asynchronous

PLANT BREEDING Asynchronous

PLANT BREEDING Asynchronous

POULTRY SCIENCE Asynchronous

PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION College Station, TX Both

RECREATION & RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

College Station, TX Both

SAFETY ENGINEERING Asynchronous

SPECIAL EDUCATION Synchronous course offered worldwide via PC or LMS

Synchronous

SPECIAL EDUCATION Synchronous course offered worldwide via PC or LMS

Synchronous

SPORTS MANAGEMENT Asynchronous

STATISTICS Asynchronous

WILDLIFE SCIENCE Asynchronous

MILITARY LAND SUSTAINABILITY Asynchronous

ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS College Station, TX; Both

Houston, TX

AGRICULTURE E-LEARNING DEVELOPMENT

Asynchronous

APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

EDUCATION FOR HEALTHE CARE PROFESSIONALS

Asynchronous

ENERGY

ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY ENGINEERING

HOMELAND SECURITY Asynchronous

NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS College Station, TX; Livermore, CA; Sandia, NM

Both

NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT College Station, TX; Houston, TX

Both

PUBLIC HEALTH McAllen, TX Both

REGULATORY SCIENCE IN FOOD SYSTEMS Asynchronous

SAFETY ENGINEERING

APPLIED STATISTICS Asynchronous 5. Accreditation Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

The pharmacy professional degree program

Last Review: April 2014

American Council for Construction Education

The B.S. and M.S. curriculum in construction science

Last Review: 2011 (B.S.) and 2012 (M.S.)

American Psychological Association

The clinical psychology program in the Department of Psychology and the counseling psychology and school psychology program in the Department of Educational Psychology

Last Review: April/May 2015

American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education

The veterinary medicine degree program

Last Review: 2013

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

The business baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs in Mays Business School

Last Review: Fall 2012

Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education

The dietetic track in the nutritional sciences curriculum and the dietetic internship program

Last review: January 2015

Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (caATe)

Athletic Training (College of Education)

Last Review: 2013

Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management

The Master of Health Administration

Last Review: Fall 2010

https://www.acpe-accredit.org/default.asp

https://www.acpe-accredit.org/default.asp

http://www.acce-hq.org/accreditation/

http://www.acce-hq.org/accreditation/

http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/index.aspx

http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/index.aspx

https://www.avma.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/Education/Accreditation/Pages/default.aspx



http://www.aacsb.edu/en/accreditation/

http://www.aacsb.edu/en/accreditation/

https://www.cdrnet.org/accredited-provider-information

https://www.cdrnet.org/accredited-provider-information

http://caate.net/

http://caate.net/

http://caate.net/

https://www.cahme.org/CAHME/Program_Directors/Accreditation_Information/CAHME/Program_Directors/Accreditation_Information.aspx?hkey=240088db-7b37-4daa-9d50-ef9b6099e00f


Education

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and the Texas Board of Nursing

The nursing degree programs Last Review: July 2013

Commission on Dental Accreditation. (CODA)

The degree programs in dentistry and dental hygiene and the certificate programs in the ten advanced dental graduate education programs

Last Review: August 2013

Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA)

The English Language Institute Last review: 2013

Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET

The computer science program Last review: 2010

Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association

Texas A&M University School of Law

Last review: 2010

Council on Education for Public Health

The School of Public Health degree programs

Last Review: April 2011

Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET

Undergraduate programs in aerospace, biological and agricultural, biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, industrial, mechanical, nuclear, ocean, petroleum and radiological health engineering

Last Review: 2010-2011 (College Station) and 2015 (Qatar)

Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET

Maritime systems engineering (Offshore and Coastal Systems Engineering) – TAMU Galveston

Last review: 2010-11

Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET

The electronic systems engineering technology program, the manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology program,

Last Review: 2013-2014 (College Station) and 2015 (Qatar)

Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET

marine engineering technology – TAMU Galveston

Last Review: 2013-14

Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC)

The forensics and investigative sciences program

Last Site Visit: October 2011 Accreditation dates: 1/2012-1/2017)

Institute of Food Technologists The food science and technology curriculum

Last Review: December 2011

Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board

The curriculum in landscape architecture

Last Review: July 2015

Liaison Committee on Medical Education

The medical education degree program

Last Review: August 2012

National Architectural The curriculum in architecture Last Review: March 2013


http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ccne-accreditation



http://www.ada.org/en/coda/accreditation

http://www.ada.org/en/coda/accreditation

http://cea-accredit.org/



http://www.abet.org/about-abet/governance/accreditation-commissions/computing-accreditation-commission/

http://www.abet.org/about-abet/governance/accreditation-commissions/computing-accreditation-commission/

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/accreditation.html




http://ceph.org/accredited/

http://ceph.org/accredited/

http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx




http://www.abet.org/about-abet/governance/accreditation-commissions/engineering-technology-accreditation-commission/






http://fepac-edu.org/accredited-universities



https://www.ift.org/

http://www.asla.org/accreditationlaab.aspx

http://www.asla.org/accreditationlaab.aspx

http://www.lcme.org/

http://www.lcme.org/

http://www.naab.org/accreditation/home

Accrediting Board

Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration

The Master of Public Service and Administration degree in the Bush School of Government and Public Service

Last review: April 2014

National Recreation and Park Association

The curriculum in recreation, park and tourism sciences

Last Review: June 2010

Planning Accreditation Board The Master of Urban Planning curriculum

Last Review: 2013

Society for Range Management

The curriculum in rangeland ecology and management

Last Review: 2006

Society of American Foresters The curriculum in forestry Last Review: 2013

State Board of Educator Certification Texas Education Agency

Programs in professional education and degrees conferred by Texas A&M University

Last review 2011

(2) If SACS Commission on Colleges is not your primary accreditor for access to USDOE Title IV funding, identify which accrediting agency serves that purpose. Not applicable. (3) List any USDOE recognized agency (national and programmatic) that has terminated the institution’s

accreditation (include the date, reason, and copy of the letter of termination) or list any agency from which the institution has voluntarily withdrawn (include copy of letter to agency from institution).

None. (4) Describe any sanctions applied or negative actions taken by any USDOE-recognized accrediting

agency (national, programmatic, SACSCOC) during the two years previous to the submission of this report. Include a copy of the letter from the USDOE to the institution. None.

6. Relationship to the U.S. Department of Education. Texas A&M University does not have any limitations or suspensions, nor have we been terminated by the U.S. Department of Education in regard to student financial aid or other financial aid programs during the previous three years. We are not on reimbursement nor do we have any other exceptional status in regard to federal or state financial aid.

http://www.naab.org/accreditation/home

http://accreditation.naspaa.org/



http://www.nrpa.org/Professional-Development/Accreditation/

http://www.nrpa.org/Professional-Development/Accreditation/

http://www.planningaccreditationboard.org/index,php?id=30

http://www.rangelands.org/

http://www.rangelands.org/

http://www.safnet.org/

http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Leadership/State_Board_for_Educator_Certification/

http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Leadership/State_Board_for_Educator_Certification/

http://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Certification/Certificate_Lookup/