Evan T. Guarnaccia, Ph.D.

*** ******** ******, **********, ** 24060 Phone: 914-***-****

Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: acby2u@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

I am an accomplished experimental particle physicist with expertise in the design of experiments,

collection of data, and statistical analysis of complex data to extract meaningful information. I would

like to use these skills, combined with my excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills,

to provide solutions to challenging business problems.

Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Ph.D., High Energy Experimental Particle Physics, May 2014

Dissertation Title: Cosmic Muon Measurement and Neutrino Physics

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

M.S. High Energy Experimental Particle Physics, Dec 2008

Thesis Project: QCD Background in Single Top Quark Events at D0 Fermi National Accelerator

Laboratory (Fermilab)

State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

B.S. Physics, Jan 2000 - June 2003

Undergraduate Project: SuperKamiokande Upgrade and Rebuild

United States Merchant Marine Academy, Great Neck, NY

Marine Engineering, July 1996 - June 1998

Relevant Work Experience

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Research Experience 2011- 2014

• Statistical modeling of complex and noisy sensor data obtained from a Muon Telescope

Languages and Tools used: C, C++, FORTRAN 77, HTML, SQL, PYTHON, Extensive UNIX

shell programming (SED, GREP, AWK, SH, CSH, BASH)

Statistical techniques used: Likelihood analysis, Chi-square analysis, time-series analysis,

Regression

• Developing efficient software applications to automate and customize statistical analyses of data

utilizing cluster computing

Language and Tools used: C, C++, ROOT, FORTRAN77

• Data cleaning, visualization, and exploratory data analysis

Tools used: Extensive use of UNIX utilities such as AWK, SED, GREP and many others to

quickly and efficiently clean and sort large data sets. Extensive use of SHELL scripting to

automate and organize data parsing and processing. Extensive use of ROOT (a C++ based data

analysis framework) and Gnuplot (a Linux utility for data visualization and analysis)

• Numerical Monte Carlo simulation of cosmic muon flux at underground laboratories

Language and Tools used: C, C++, FORTRAN77, ROOT, Gnuplot, IDL, National Elevation

Dataset

• Electronics testing and circuit analysis for building a Muon Detection Telescope

Tools used: Oscilloscope, DVM

• Programmed Virtual Machine Environment (VME) and Nuclear Instrument Module (NIM)

crates along with TDC modules (Time to Digital Converter) and Logic/Coincidence Units to

collect and process data

• Experiment deployment and management, Kimbalton Limestone Mine, WV

Leadership Experience 2009-2013

• Head Teaching Assistant for introductory, intermediate and advanced-level Physics Labs

• Representative for the Physics Graduate Student’s Association

• Was chosen as most qualified candidate by the Physics department to mentor and teach physics

to a blind student who aspires to be the first blind Astronaut

http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/achievement/2011-10-31-cook/chelsea-cook.html

Collaborative Experience 2009-2013

• Collected and analyzed data in collaboration with professors, post-doctoral researchers, fellow

graduate students, and undergraduate students on several projects

• Co-authored peer-reviewed articles with professors and post-doctoral researchers from Fermilab

(Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment)

Teaching Experience 2009 - 2013

• I have been the Teaching Assistant and led recitation sections for several physics courses. It

often involved communication of complex physics concepts to undergraduate students with a

non-science background as well.

• Substituted for professors in various Physics courses and covered class sizes of up to 200

students

• Extensive tutoring and mentoring experience in all physics subjects, all calculus courses

including Vector Calculus, Vector Geometry, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Statics and

Dynamics, Electromagnetism, and Electronics.

• Recipient of the 2012 Favorite Faculty Award at Virginia Tech.

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Research Experience 2004- 2005

Wrote algorithms to study simulated top-quark data at Fermilab in Batavia, Il

Software Tools used: ROOT, GNUPLOT

Statistical Tools used: Monte Carlo simulation techniques

Constrained possible Dark Energy models using a combination of real and simulated data

Language used: FORTRAN77, C++, CSH, GNUPLOT

Statistical Tools used: Chi-squared analysis, likelihood analysis

Academic projects that involved modeling of physical problems using numerical methods for

solving higher-order ordinary and partial differential equations

Language used: FORTRAN77

Teaching Experience 2004- 2008

Head TA for all Physics labs

Recipient of the 2005 E.E. Slossen Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Research and Leadership Experience 2001-2003

• Participated in the upgrade (2001) and rebuild (2002) of the SuperKamiokande Solar neutrino

detector and was perceived as a leader among my peers for my ability to bring enthusiasm to the

job and inspire fellow team members

United States Merchant Marine Academy, Great Neck, NY

Work Experience 1998-1998

Cadet Engineer on SS Sealand Patriot (Diesel Engine) and SS Sealand Hawaii (Steam Engine)

Leadership Experience 1996-1998

• Lead/Solo Trumpet – Regimental Band

• Squad Leader on main deck of barracks

Software Skills

Operating Systems: UNIX, DOS, Windows NT/Windows 2000. Have excellent working

knowledge and experience with Unix (AWK,SED,GREP,SORT and many other command line

utilities)

• Scripting Language : SH,BASH,CSH,TCSH, Perl, Python

• Software Languages: C, C++, FORTRAN 77, C, SQL

• Software Tools and Packages: ROOT, GNUPLOT, LateX, Mathematica, Excel

Professional Services and Memberships

Employee of Center for Neutrino Physics 2009-present

Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment(LBNE) collaboration member 2011-present

Publications

Classification of dark energy models in the (w(0), w(a)) plane, V. Barger (Wisconsin U.,

Madison), E. Guarnaccia, D. Marfatia (Kansas U.). Dec. 2005 Phys.Lett. B635 (2006) 61-65

Simulation of the Cosmic Muon Intensity at Homestake, E. Guarnaccia, J. M. Link. Internal

document LBNE-doc-4155-v3, Aug. 2011

The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics

Working Groups, LBNE Collaboration (T. Akiri (Duke U.) et al.). Oct 2011.

FERMILAB-FN-0941-PPD, LBNE-PWG-004

Cosmic Muon Flux Measurement at Kimballton, E. Guarnaccia, L. Kalousis, C. Mariani (in

preparation, Jan 2014)

Contact this candidate