Katrina CollettiCurriculum Vitae

“We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the morewe gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.” -

Maria Mitchell

Objective: Seeking full-time employment, available to start immediately.

Education2014–16 M.S. in Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

Experimental High Energy Physics, Thesis Project: “Extrapolation Technique Pitfalls in Asym-metry Measurements at Colliders”

2010–14 B.S. in Physics, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, Cum Laude.Minor: Computer Science

Academic & Professional Experience2014–16 Physics TA/RA, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

–TA-ed the lab and grade for Big Bang, Black Holes, No Math (with Dr. David Toback). This isa more conceptually based class for non-majors who are interested in physics, though the labcomponent requires some basic Microsoft Excel and math skills to analyze data that is “collected”through telescopes by the students to reach various conclusions about how the Universe behaves.–Researched under Dr. David Toback in high energy experimental physics.

2011–14 Physics Lab Assistant and Grader, Fordham University, Bronx, New York.Assisted students and professor in the lab with any difficulties or technical issues. Graded labreports on a weekly basis. Graded homework for upper level physics courses such as MathMethods in Physics I and II.

2011–14 Physics Tutor, Fordham University, Bronx, New York.Offered weekly voluntary physics tutoring to students on a needed basis.

2013 NSF REU Summer Researcher, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.Performed experimental nuclear physics research under Dr. Rex Tayloe.Hardware experience: worked with the SciBath neutral particle detector (some specific tasksincluded: installing data acquisition boards and PMT’s, getting it up and running and maintaininghealthy activity throughout the summer, making the "bath" chemical mixture and pumping itinto the detector, and setting up various configurations to take data in with lead bricks, takingdata with the data acquisition system).Software experience: data acquisition, data analysis in ROOT.

2012 Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholar, Fordham University, Bronx, New York.Performed theoretical particle physics research under Dr. Christopher Aubin.Software Experience: used Mathematica to study a quark phase diagram in lattice simulations,exploring physical and unphysical regions.

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2004–10 Summer Camp Counselor, The Learning Tree Day Camp, Queens, New York.Acted as a leader in taking care of children each summer, ages 5–9.

PublicationsSpring 2016 K. Colletti, Z. Hong, D. Toback, J. S. Wilson, “Extrapolation Technique Pitfalls in

Asymmetry Measurements at Colliders”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in PhysicsResearch Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Assosciated Equipment830, 176 (2016).

Spring 2016 C. Aubin, K. Colletti, G. Davila, “Unphysical Phases in Staggered Chiral PerturbationTheory”, Phys. Rev. D 93, 085009 (2016).

Presentations“Extrapolation Technique Pitfalls in Asymmetry Measurements at Colliders”

August 2016 Masters Talk, Texas A&M UniversityFall 2015 Talk, APS Texas Section Meeting, Baylor University

“Measuring Underground Neutron Fluxes for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay”Spring 2014 Poster, Fordham University Undergraduate Research SymposiumSpring 2014 Talk, Fordham University Physics Department ColloquiumOct. 2013 Poster, APS DNP Conference, Newport News, Virginia

“Unphysical Phases in Staggered Chiral Perturbation Theory”Spring 2013 Poster, Fordham University Undergraduate Research SymposiumSpring 2013 Talk, Fordham University Physics Department Colloquium

Fall 2012 Poster, Syracuse University Undergraduate Research Day

Awards and Honors2015 Presentation Award at the Fall ’15 APS Texas Section Meeting, Baylor University

2014–Present Diversity Graduate Fellow, Texas A&M University2014–Present Member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

2014 Papay Science Award – Fordham University Physics Department2014 Victor F. Hess Award – Fordham University Physics Department

2013/14 Fordham University Dean’s List2012/13 Fordham University Dean’s List

2013 NSF Funded REU Research Grant2012 Clare Boothe Luce Research Grant

2010–14 Fordham Jogues Scholar2010–14 Fordham Tuition Award2010–14 NYS Tap Scholar

2010 Mathematics Award, Archbishop Molloy High School2010 Academic Excellence Award, Archbishop Molloy High School

SkillsBasic Perl, HTML, Cluster Administration

Intermediate Python/Anaconda, C++/ROOT, Shell Scripting (Linux), Mathematica, Matlab, LATEX,Particle Detector Hardware and Radiation Safety

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