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Undergraduate Research Advisors
Contact Information (2014-2015)
Last First Research Area Office Phone Email
Acar Murat Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Yale West Campus B31(203) 737-3255 [email protected]
Baltay Charles Experimental Particle Physics JWG 563 (203) 432-3386 [email protected]
Caines Helen Experimental Nuclear Physics WNSL-W 306 (203) 432-5831 [email protected]
Clark Damon Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology KBT 224 (203) 432-0750 [email protected]
DeMille David Atomic Physics SPL 46 (203) 432-3833 [email protected]
Harris Jack Atomic Physics SPL 50A (203) 432-3826 [email protected]
Harris John Experimental Nuclear Physics WNSL-W 311 (203) 432-6106 [email protected]
Heeger Karsten Experimental neutrino physics and dark matter JWG 508 (203) 432-3082 [email protected]
Howard Jonathon Biophysics Bass 334A (203) 432-7245 [email protected]
Maruyama Reina Nuclear/Particle Physics JWG 512 (203) 432-3362 [email protected]
McKinsey Daniel Atomic Physics SPL 49 (203) 436-4997 [email protected]
Mochrie Simon Experimental Condensed Matter Physics / Biophysics SPL 68C (203) 436-4809 [email protected]
O'Hern Corey Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics ML 203 (203) 432-4258 [email protected]
Tipton Paul Experimental Particle Physics SPL 34 (203) 432-3651 [email protected]
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES Yale University | Summer 2015
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH • Atomic scale design, control and characterization of complex oxide interfaces • studying the novel chemical, electronic, and magnetic properties of nanomaterials • Multi-scale surface engineering with bulk metallic glasses • Theoretical modeling of nanomaterials, surfaces, and interfaces at the atomic level • Synthesis of materials at the atomic scale
Applications due by Feb. 1, 2015
http://crisp.southernct.edu/index.php/Research_Experiences
Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena
CRISP is an NSF-funded Materials Research Science & Engineering Center
The CRISP REU program provides students with the opportunity to conduct team-based interdisciplinary research. During the course of this eight-week research program, REU students will be conducting research
under the advisement of university faculty and researchers.
Starting Nov. 1 candidates must apply directly to the Yale SURF program through the Leadership Alliance at www.theleadershipalliance.org Students must also complete a supplementary application for CRISP to indicate interest available at http://crisp.southernct.edu/index.php/Research_Experiences.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
ELIGIBILITY:
STIPEND:
NON-RESIDENTIAL REU PROGRAM: June 1 – July 27, 2015
Each REU participant will receive a stipend of $4000 (which includes $1000 for travel/parking). These students attend all of the program events, but are responsible for transportation to and from campus.
This program is open to highly motivated undergraduate students who have completed their junior year, although consideration is given to exceptionally well qualified underclassmen. US citizenship or permanent residency is required. Minorities, women and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES Yale University | Summer 2015
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH • Atomic scale design, control and characterization of complex oxide interfaces • studying the novel chemical, electronic, and magnetic properties of nanomaterials • Multi-scale surface engineering with bulk metallic glasses • Theoretical modeling of nanomaterials, surfaces, and interfaces at the atomic level • Synthesis of materials at the atomic scale
Applications due by Feb. 1, 2015
http://crisp.southernct.edu/index.php/Research_Experiences
Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena
CRISP is an NSF-funded Materials Research Science & Engineering Center
The CRISP REU program provides students with the opportunity to conduct team-based interdisciplinary research. During the course of this eight-week research program, REU students will be conducting research
under the advisement of university faculty and researchers.
Starting Nov. 1 candidates must apply directly to the Yale SURF program through the Leadership Alliance at www.theleadershipalliance.org Students must also complete the CRISP supplementary application to indicate interest available at http://crisp.southernct.edu/index.php/Research_Experiences .
APPLICATION PROCESS:
ELIGIBILITY:
STIPEND:
RESIDENTIAL REU PROGRAM: June 1 – July 27, 2015
Each REU participant will receive a stipend of $4000 (which includes $1000 for food). This is a residential program and university housing will be provided on the Yale campus.
This program is open to highly motivated undergraduate students who have completed their junior year, although consideration is given to exceptionally well qualified underclassmen. US citizenship or permanent residency is required. Minorities, women and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Acar Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology
Using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism, we study the genetic and
phenotypic changes cells implement and experience during the processes of Adaptive
Gene Network Evolution and Cellular Aging.
We are interested in understanding how gene networks are rewired while cells evolve in
controlled laboratory environments. Our work combines experimental, theoretical, and
computational approaches to investigate general design principles that help gene
networks robustly function in a variety of genetic backgrounds and environmental
conditions.
We are also interested in uncovering the genetic mechanisms of cellular aging. Which
genes and gene networks are responsible from controlling the aging process? Which
decision-making sequences can be executed to maximize the life span of a living system?
Despite the fundamental nature of these questions, we have very limited understanding
on the cellular mechanisms governing aging. Our laboratory applies quantitative Systems
Biology approaches to the study of this complex phenotype, with the goal of gaining
novel insights into the regulation of cellular aging.
Contact Information:
Murat Acar, PhD
http://acarlab.commons.yale.edu
Address: Yale West Campus, Blg: B31, Room: 201A
Quantum computing and quantum information with superconducting circuits Undergraduate Physics Research Fair,
Nov. 14 1:30-3:00 pm, 3rd Floor of SPL Who: experimental research labs of professors Michel Devoret and Robert Schoelkopf, with theory groups of professors Steve Girvin, Leonid Glazman and Liang Jiang. What we do: We perform experiments on quantum electromagnetic signals at microwave frequencies. These signals are so weak that they contain only a few photons. Microwave photons are 100,000 times smaller than photons of light. To give an idea of the weakness of the signals we manipulate in the lab, their strength amounts to what your cell phone on Earth would receive from a cell phone located on the Moon. Why: Quantum signals have uniquely interesting properties. Their quantum information cannot be copied. Also, a quantum bit can be spread among different space locations or different times. These properties can be put to use in two main line of applications: i) information encoding schemes preserving the confidentiality of information with a reliability guaranteed by the laws of physics and ii) powerful calculations that would be nearly impossible on a classical computer. How: Our experiments consists in cooling down to temperatures close to the absolute zero (1/50th of a degree above 0K) a superconducting aluminum integrated circuit and probing it with ultra-low-noise microwave equipment. Our samples are fabricated in-house, using Yale's clean room facilities and electron lithography equipment. Theory of the experiment is also worked out in the lab. Qubits: short for quantum bits. The smallest unit of quantum information. Quantum computer: a computer that operates on quantum bits rather than on classical bits. A quantum computer would solve certain problems much faster than a classical computer. Examples are data base search, optimization problems, factorization of large numbers. Long term aim of our research labs: develop the physics understanding needed to build a quantum computer. Short term aim of our research labs: inventing a practical scheme for quantum error correction, i.e. the ability to make a qubit remain alive quantum-mechanically for a much longer time than any of its parts. Present bottleneck for growth in the field of quantum information: speed at which university professors can eloquently motivate talented students to move into their domain of research!
Relativistic Heavy-Ion Group – Nuclear Physics West Wing - Wright Lab
Faculty: Prof Helen Caines – 203 432 5831 – Room 306 Prof John Harris – 203 432 6016 – Room 311 Research: Studying relativistic heavy-ions collisions to understand what happens when nuclear matter is heated to 1012 degrees. Research is at ALICE, Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN, Geneva and STAR, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), Brookhaven National Lab, NY. Prospective Research Experience • Work with our group designing the next
generation of detectors for our field • Hands-on experience of state-of-the-art
detector research and development. • Design and build experiments, take data,
analyze results, and finally publish findings. • Individual 1-2 month projects exploring
optimal designs for proto-type detectors. We aim to propose to use these technologies in STAR and ALICE.
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Howard Lab: Mechanics
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Bass 334
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Our current group of research scientists, postdoctoral associates, and graduate students work hands-on with experiments in the Department of Physics at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. Our group collaborates with other liquid noble research groups throughout the United States and Europe.
The Particle Identification in Xenon at Yale (PIXeY) experiment is hosted in our space in the Sloane Physics Lab. With co-PI Dr. Moshe Gai and his graduate student, Nicholas Destefano, of the University of Connecticut, the McKinsey group has designed, built, and tested a prototype two-phase, time-projection, xenon detector. This detector is being developed for use as a gamma ray imaging device, which could be used to identify the gamma signatures of dangerous nuclear materials in shipping containers to ensure the safety and security of our nation’s ports.
The McKinsey group is also heavily involved in the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. LUX is used to search for the leading particle dark matter candidate, WIMPs, with a two-phase xenon detector. The 350-kg detector has been installed 4850 feet underground in the Davis Campus at SURF and is the most sensitive dark matter detector currently in operation. Professor McKinsey is currently serving as the co-spokesperson of this 120-member collaboration.
Immediately following LUX, the McKinsey group will move on to the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, adding the expertise of the scientists from UK’s ZEPLIN dark matter experiment to the current LUX collaboration. LZ will be a whopping 7-ton two-phase xenon detector and will also be installed in the Davis Campus at SURF once the current LUX detector has run its course. Work for LZ is already underway here at Yale in the form of background simulations, calibration source research, and the high voltage subsystem design, research, and development. Notably, our high voltage tests at Yale aim to demonstrate an ability to deliver hundreds of kilovolts into a cryogenic liquid noble detector.
Our final area of research represents an unusual approach to particle detection, by observing tracks of metastable helium molecules through the use of laser induced fluorescence. We have demonstrated this technique, imaging clouds of helium molecules produced by ionizing radiation scattering in liquid helium. This method may be well suited for detecting particularly light WIMPs (1-10 GeV), since WIMPs in this mass range will most efficiently transfer their kinetic energy to a light nucleus like helium. In addition, we have shown that metastable helium molecules may be used as tracers to image fluid flow in liquid helium. With NSF funding, we are now developing this technique for the imaging of quantum turbulence dynamics.
Previously, the McKinsey group has been a member of the Cryogenic Low Energy Astrophysics with Noble gases (CLEAN) and XENON10 experiments.
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Recent Undergrad Alum Max Birger Sagar Setru
Grad Students Peter Koo Susan Pratt Hao Yan Yao Zhao
Simon Mochrie Professor of Physics and Applied Physics SPL 68C [email protected] Research Scientist Sid Cahn Post Docs Masha Kamenetska Shaoyan Liang
Visit our website for more info!
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W hat do we do/study?
Single molecule optical tweezers experiments
In vivo single protein tracking and classification of diffusive states using machine learning
Fast-Scanning, Random-Access STimulated Emission Depletion microscopy, or FSRA STED
Ubiquitin proteasome system, or UPS – a biological system version of the United
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Prof.CoreyS.O’HernDepartmentsofMechanicalEngineering&MaterialsScience,AppliedPhysics,andPhysicsGraduatePrograminComputationalBiologyandBioinformaticsIntegratedGraduatePrograminPhysicalandEngineeringBiology9HillhouseAve.,MasonLaboratory,Room203203‐432‐[email protected]://jamming.research.yale.eduResearchProjects:1.Computationaldesignofprotein‐proteininterfaces2.Machinelearningtechniquesfordeterminingsystemsofordinarydifferentialequationsfromnoisydata3.Physicalmodelingofdifferentcelltypesinmelanoma4.Modelingthecomplexspatiotemporaldynamicsofmotioninthebacterialcytoplasm5.Geometricalcohesionandstrainstiffeningingranularpackingsofhighlynonsphericalparticleswithapplicationstobirdnests6.Shearjammingandvibrationalresponseingranularpackings
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SACKLER / NSF REU SITE: Integrated Research at the Frontiers of the Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
This program enables undergraduates (primarily rising juniors and seniors) interested in pursuing a career in the sciences to conduct interdisciplinary research at Yale for a 10-week period during the summer. Our program focuses on research at the intersection of biology, physics, and engineering and serves as a glimpse of what graduate school at a large research institutions is like. We have developed strong partnerships with Claflin University, Connecticut College and the University of Maryland, Baltimore Couty's Meyerhoff Scholars Program but applicants from non-partner instutitions are also welcome.
Details of the research program are highlighted below:
The program for 2015 will run Sunday, May 31 - Friday, Aug 7•The program provides financial support of $5,000 for the 10-week period. In addition, it will cover travel expenses up to $400 and provide a food allowance and free room and board on Yale's campus.
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Students will be involved in a variety of enrichment activities. These include a series of workshops covering laboratory procedures, documenting laboratory results, delivering compelling presentations, and discussing scientific ethics and the process of applying to graduate school.
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Students will be able to showcase their research through a power point presentation halfway through, and a poster session towards the end, as part of an undergraduate research symposium, held in conjunction with Yale's SURF program and the CEMRI CRISP REU program at Yale.
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Research will be balanced with some social activities, such as a welcoming picnic and a cricket match.•Selected students will be matched with Sackler/IGPPEB affiliated faculty advisors based on research interests, prior research experiences, and available openings.
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NSF REU site link
How to Apply
You can apply through Yale's Graduate School Application website. Note: Because the application for the Sackler / NSF REU is set up through the online application system of Yale University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, some of the language throughout the application may suggest that you are applying to the Graduate School at Yale, this is not the case. Please ignore wording related to graduate study at Yale as you complete the application. The complete application will include 1) the application form (including a personal statement), 2) a CV 3) two letters of recommendation and 4) a transcript.
The application deadline for 2015 is February 15.
Eligibility: you must be a permanent resident or a US citizen to apply, you must have health insurance, and you must be enrolled at an undergraduate institution the summer of your internship.
For questions about the fellowship e-mail dorottya.noble(at)yale.edu.
Click here to view the faculty affiliated with the program.
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This fellowship was launched in the summer of 2009. Click on the year below to find out about that year's participants, advisors, and events.
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