Kaushik De

SELECTED RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  1. New Physics: pioneered search for supersymmetric particles in top quark decays using the D0 detector at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
  2. New Detector: proposed a new Intermediate Barrel Tile Calorimeter for the ATLAS experiment at CERN (European Center for Research in Particle Physics), which is being built at UTA in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, Michigan State University, University of Illinois and the University of Chicago.
  3. Planning for the Future: led effort to motivate high luminosity Fermilab upgrade from the viewpoint of supersymmetry discovery, through the TeV2000 and TeV33 groups and at the Snowmass workshop.
  4. Beyond the Standard Model: pioneered search for dilepton supersymmetry signatures at D0.
  5. Calorimeter Technology: leading role in the design, construction and operation of the innovative Inter-cryostat detector for the D0 experiment.
  6. Software Development: wrote and maintained the D0 calorimeter ENDTSK calibration analysis package.
  7. Detector Calibration: designed and implemented a novel high density (800 channel) ultraviolet laser calibration system for scintillator counters, used in D0.
  8. New Detector Technology: proposed and successfully tested the first use of scintillator inside a liquid argon calorimeter, at the D0 Test Beam.
  9. Advances in QCD: observed the first signal from the production of Cc particles in Fermilab Experiment E672.
  10. QCD phenomenology: studied strange particle hadronization in the neutrino beam experiment E745 at Fermilab (thesis topic).
  11. Trigger Technology: designed, built and operated two trigger hodoscopes for my thesis experiment E745 at Fermilab (also used for LVD tests at Gran Sasso).

THESIS SUPERVISION

  1. Ted Eltzroth, Ph. D., University of Texas at Arlington, expected 2002
  2. Yan Song, Ph. D., University of Texas at Arlington, expected 2001
  3. Richard Kaiser, M. S., University of Texas at Arlington, 1996
    Thesis Title    : The Construction and Testing of a Laser Test Stand for Scintillator Research and Development
  4. Xia Yu, M. S., University of Texas at Arlington, 1994
    Thesis Title    : The Characterization of Photomultiplier Tubes using a New
    Automated Test Facility

POST-DOCTORAL SUPERVISION

  1. Dr. Jia Li, Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Texas at Arlington, 1996-present.
  2. Dr. Mark Sosebee, Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Texas at Arlington, 1996-present.
  3. Dr. Elizabeth Gallas, Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Texas at Arlington, 1993-1998.

DOCTORAL THESIS COMMITTEE

  1. Mark Sosebee, Ph. D., University of Texas at Arlington, 1996.
  2. Terece Geld, Ph. D., University of Michigan, 1993.

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP

  1. UTA Representative, ATLAS Collaboration Board, 1997-present.
  2. ITC Manager, ATLAS Experiment, 1995-present.
  3. Co-Organizer, Texas Section APS/AAPT/SPS Meeting, University of Texas at Arlington, 1996.
  4. SUSY TeV33 co-Convenor, Workshop on Future Directions in High Energy Physics, Snowmass, 1996.
  5. SUSY co-Convenor, TeV33 Workshop, Fermilab 1996.
  6. J/Psi Editorial Board Chair, D0 Experiment, 1995.
  7. SUSY co-Leader, TeV2000 Study Group, 1994-96.
  8. ICD Upgrade co-Manager, D0 Experiment, 1993-1997.

by Kaushik De, email: kaushik@uta.edu.
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