Former Graduate Students in Medium Energy Physics

Former Graduate Students

Listed here are the former graduate students in the medium energy experimental physics group at CMU. We also indicate what they are doing and where they are currently employed.

Dr. Mike McCracken, 2004 to 2008: Ph. D. Thesis: Photoproduction of the K⁺ Lambda using CLAS at JLab; Mike McCracken is a professor at Washington Jefferson College.
Dr. Seamus Riordin, 2003 to 2008: Ph. D. Thesis: A Measurement of G_en in Hall A at JLab Seamus Riordin is doing postdoctoral research at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Mike Williams, 2001 to 2007: Ph. D. Thesis: Measurement of the differntial cross section and spin density matrix elements along with a partial wave analysis for gamma p to omega p using CLAS at Jefferson Lab; Mike Williams is doing postdoctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Zebulun Krahn, 2001 to 2007: Ph. D. Thesis: Photoproduction of the eta and the eta-prime mesons using CLAS at JLab; Zebulun Krahn is doing postdoctoral research at the University of Minnisota working on the neutrino experiments.
Dr. Joseph Parker, Aug. 2005: Ph. D. Thesis: The Weak Decay of the _Lambda⁴He Hypernucleus.; Joseph Parker is a post doc at KEK in Japan.
Dr. Jeff Lachinet, Aug. 2005: Ph. D. Thesis: A high precision measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor using the CLAS detector.; Jeff Lachinet is doing postdoctoral research with Old Dominion University.
Dr. Robert Bradford, 1999 to 2005: Ph. D. Thesis: Measurement of differential cross sections and Cx and Cz for gamma p --> K⁺ Lambda and gamma p --> K⁺ Sigma⁰ using CLAS at Jefferson Lab.; Robert Bradfrod is doing postdoctoral research with University of Rochester working on the Fermilab Minerva experiment.
Dr. Rob Feuerbach, 1995 to 2002: Ph. D. Thesis: Measurement of the unpolarized K⁺Lambda and K⁺Sigma^o electroproduction cross sections and interference terms from the proton with the CLAS detector.; Rob Feuerbach is doing postdoctoral research at Jefferson Lab.
Dr. John McNabb, 1995 to 2002: Ph. D. Thesis: Photoproduction of Lambda and Sigma^o hyperons off protons in the nucleon resonance region using CLAS at Jefferson Lab.; John McNabb is doing postdoctoral with the LIGO group at Penn State University.
Dr. Kent Paschke, 1995 to 2001: Ph. D. Thesis: Measurement of spin transfer coefficeints in proton antiproton to lambda antilambda annihilation.; Kent Paschke is a professor at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Phil Koran, 1993 to 2000: Ph. D. Thesis: H-dibaryon search via the cascade minus capture on the deuteron.; Phil Koran is a Professor at Penn State University, Bloomburg.
Dr. Pavel Khaustov, 1995 to 1999: Ph. D. Thesis: Doubly--Strange Hypernuclear Production in E885 at the AGS.; Pavel Khaustov is a scientist at Avanti Corp.; Freemont, CA
Dr. Rodney McCrady, 1993 to 1998: Ph. D. Thesis: A Partial wave analysis of antiproton proton annihilation into omega pi+ pi- pi0; Rod McCrady is a staff scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.; AOT-6 MS11 812; Los Alamos National Lab; Los Alamos, NM 87545
Dr. Frank E. Merrill, 1990 to 1995: Ph. D. Thesis: H Dibaryon Search through Cascade Minus Capture on the Deuteron; Frank Merrill is a staff scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.; AOT-6 MS11 812; Los Alamos National Lab; Los Alamos, NM 87545
Dr. Irianto Rouli Sukaton, 1989 to 1995: Ph. D. Thesis: H particle search through direct production from Carbon targets using (K-,K+) interactions; Rouli Sukaton is currently working in industry in the San Francisco area.
Dr. Michael J. Athanas, 1988 to 1992: Ph.D. Thesis: The Weak Decay of Helium Hypernuclei; Dr. Michael Athanas is currently doing Postdoctoral research on the CLEO experiment at the CESR.; Cornell University; Wilson Lab; Ithica, NY 14853.
Dr. Guy Diebold, 1984 to 1991: Ph.D. Thesis: Strangeness Production in Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions; Dr. Guy Diebold worked for several years as a postdoc at Yale. He is currently working in the field of medical physics in New Orleans.
Dr. Jean Seydoux, 1982 to 1990: Ph.D. Thesis: A search for the Xsi(2230) Resonance in the antiproton proton goes to K-short K-short Channel at LEAR; Dr. Jean Seydoux is currently a research scientist at Schlumberger.; Schlumberger Well Service; P.O. Box 2175; 5000 Gulf Freeway; Houston, TX 77252.
Prof. John Szymanski 1981 to 1987: Ph.D. Thesis: The Weak Decay of Lambda Hypernuclei; Prof. John Szymanski is working in medium energy physics at the University of Indiana.; Department of Physics; University of Indiana; Bloomington, IN 47405.
Dr. Chris Maher, 1979 to 1986: Ph. D. Thesis: The antiproton proton goes to antilambda lambda Reaction Near Threshold; Dr. Chris Maher is currently working as a research scientist at the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center.; Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center; Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Dr. Richard Grace, 1978 to 1985: Ph.D. Thesis: Weak Decay of P Shell Lambda Hypernuclei; Dr. Richard Grace is currently a research scientist at the Mellon institute.; Mellon Institute; Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Dr. Ron Reider, 1978 to 1985: Ph. D. Thesis: The (pi+,pp) and (pi+,pd) Reactions in the Lithium Isotopes; Dr. Ron Reider is currently employed at Visidyne.; Visidyne, Inc.; 10 Corporate Place; South Bedford St.; Burlington, MA 01803.

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Last updated August, 2008.