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University of California Los Angeles • Division of Physics and Astronomy   Box 951547  • Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

E-MAIL: NW@PHYSICS.UCLA.EDU

Nicholas Wisniewski

 

Education

 

2004 - present    University of California Los Angeles        Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D. enrollment, Physics

2002 - 2004    University of California Los Angeles            Los Angeles, CA
M.S., Physics

1996 - 2001       California Institute of Technology                Pasadena, CA
B.S., Physics
Advisors: Harvey Newman, Jerry Pine
Graduation with Honors

Research experience

 

2004                   UCLA High Energy Physics Group
Research with Dr. David Saltzberg’s group at CDF on a RunII  B meson cross section analysis for use in the measurement of Br[Bs->μμ].  This measurement will yield tighter limits on mSUGRA parameter space, and when used in conjunction with other experimental results, such as the muon magnetic moment anamoly at
BNL and cosmological data, will yield stringent limits on the possibility of Neutralino Dark Matter.

2003                   UCLA High Energy Physics Group

Research with Dr. David Saltzberg’s group with CDF on like-sign dilepton signature searches for exotic physics, including setting further limits on mSUGRA parameter space.

1999 - 2002       Caltech High Energy Physics Group                               

Research with Dr. Harvey Newman’s group on development of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the LHC.  Areas of work include the muon trigger system and photon reconstruction directed at detection of the diphoton Higgs decay mode.

1998                   John Allman Laboratory of Neuroscience

Research with Dr. John Allman at Caltech into natural image statistics with regards to distance modulation of neural activity in the visual cortex.

Publications

 

Classwork

 

  • Physics
    • Classical Electrodynamics (Peck; Jackson)
    • Quantum Mechanics (H. Mabuchi; Cohen-Tannoudji, Merzbacher)
    • Quantum Field Theory (M. Wise, E. D’Hoker; Peskin and Schroeder, Weinberg, Cheng and Li, Zee)
    • Quantum Computing (J. Preskill)
    • Elementary Particle Physics (R. Peccei, Z. Bern, J. Hauser, D. Saltzberg; Peskin and Schroeder, Griffiths, Zee)
    • Supersymmetry (M. Gutperle; Weinberg)
    • General Relativity (C. Fronsdal; Weinberg, Carrol)
    • Twistor Theory (Z. Bern)
    • Passed UCLA written comprehensive exam at Ph.D. Level
  • Computation and Neural Science
    • Visual Cognition (S. Shimojo, B. Khurana, F. Cowie
    • Clinical Neuropsychology (Laureate J. Bogen)
    • Neurobiology (G. Laurent)
    • Visual Consciousness (C. Koch, S. Shimojo)

TA Experience

 

  • Quantum Field Theory, E. D’Hoker
  • Classical Mechanics, J. Hauser
  • Physics for Life Science Majors, multiple professors
  • Physics for Engineers and Physics Majors, multiple professors