Curriculum Vitae
Dennis V. Perepelitsa
538 West 120th Street, Pupin Hall Box 94
New York, NY 10027
dvp@nevis.columbia.edu
(617) 803-7916
Research interests:
• Experimental relativistic heavy ion physics.
Education:
• Ph.D. Physics, Columbia University
Thesis supervisor: Brian Cole
expected 2013
• M.Phil. Physics, Columbia University
2012
• M.A. Physics, Columbia University
2010
• S.B. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis: (n,n0 γ) Reactions in 63,65 Cu and Background in 0νββ Experiments
Thesis supervisor: Joseph Formaggio
2008
• S.B. Mathematics w/ Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008
Professional experience:
• ATLAS Collaboration, CERN
Graduate Research Assistant
2011 - Present
Geneva, Switzerland
– Led the centrality determination and charged spectrum analysis of p+Pb collisions at
√
sNN = 5.02 TeV.
– Evaluated and developed improvements to jet reconstruction performance, energy scale
√
and systematics in p+p and P b+P b collisions at sNN = 2.76 TeV.
– Led the luminosity determination and absolute calibration from the p+p and P b+P b
√
sNN = 2.76 TeV van der Meer scans.
• PHENIX Collaboration, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Graduate Research Assistant
– Led the analysis of reconstructed jets in d+Au collisions at
2010 - Present
Upton, NY
√
sNN = 200 GeV.
– Contributed to the integration of the silicon vertex detector upgrade into the PHENIX
data acquisition system.
Membership:
• American Physical Society (APS), Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) and Division of
Nuclear Physics (DNP)
(2007 - present)
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Honors:
• MIT Experimental Study Group, Todd Anderson Teaching Award
2008
• Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Meritorious Winner
2007
Teaching and Mentoring Experience:
• Columbia University Physics Preceptor (Head TA)
2009-2010
• Graduate Student Instructor/Laboratory TA:
2008-2012
– Classes include general physics laboratory, accelerated mechanics & electricty/magnetism,
undergraduate particle and quantum physics
• Undergraduate Instructor, MIT Experimental Study Group (ESG):
2007-2008
– Classes include single and multi-variable calculus and differential equations
• Anonymous student peer counselor, MIT Nightline
2005-2008
Selected Publications:
8. “Quadrupole anisotropy in dihadron azimuthal correlations in central d+Au collisions at
√
sN N = 200 GeV”, PHENIX Collaboration, nucl-ex/1303.1794
7. “Observation of associated near-side and away-side long-range pseudorapidity correlations
√
in sN N = 5 TeV proton-lead collisions at the LHC with the ATLAS detector”, ATLAS
Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 182302 (2013)
6. “Exploring cold nuclear matter effects in d+Au with high-pT reconstructed jets at PHENIX”,
D. V. Perepelitsa (on behalf of the PHENIX Collaboration), Nucl. Phys. A, Vol 904-905, 2
May 2013, Pages 1003c-1006c
5. “Measurement of muon tagged open heavy flavor production in Pb+Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV
with ATLAS”, D. V. Perepelitsa (on behalf of the ATLAS Collaboration), Nucl. Phys. A,
Vol. 904-905, 2 May 2013, Pages 669c-672c
4. “Reconstructed Jet Results in p+p, d+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at 200 GeV from PHENIX”,
D. V. Perepelitsa (on behalf of the PHENIX Collaboration), J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 389 012006,
doi:10.1088/1742-6596/389/1/012006
3. “Neutron inelastic scattering in natural Cu as a background in neutrinoless double-beta decay
experiments”, M. S. Boswell, S. R. Elliott, D. V. Perepelitsa, M. Devlin, N. Fotiades, R. O.
Nelson, T. Kawano, V. E. Guiseppe, nucl-ex/1210.4800, in preparation
2. “Neutron inelastic scattering and reactions in natural Pb as a background in neutrinoless
double-beta-decay experiments”, V. E. Guiseppe, M. Devlin, S. R. Elliott, N. Fotiades, A.
Hime, D.-M. Mei, R.O. Nelson, D.V. Perepelitsa, Phys. Rev. C 79, 054604 (2009)
1. (n,n0 γ) Reactions in
Senior Thesis, 2008
63,65 Cu
and Background in 0νββ Experiments, D.V. Perepelitsa, MIT
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Conference, Workshop and Seminar Presentations:
16. International Workshop on Low-X Physics
May 2013, Rehovot, Israel
Centrality and jet performance in p+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector at
the LHC
15. Brookhaven Physics Department, Nuclear Physics Seminar
Jet probes of hot and cold nuclear matter (Invited seminar)
April 2013, Upton, NY
14. Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society
October 2012, Newport Beach, CA
Exploring cold nuclear matter effects in d+Au collisions with high-pT reconstructed jets at
PHENIX
13. 8th International Workshop on High pT Physics at the LHC
Jet Suppression in PHENIX (Invited Talk)
October 2012, Wuhan, China
12. The XXIII International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
August 2012, Washington, D.C.
Measurement of muon tagged open heavy flavor production in Pb+Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV
with ATLAS
11. The XXIII International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
August 2012, Washington, D.C.
Exploring cold nuclear matter effects in d+Au with high-pT reconstructed jets at PHENIX
(Poster Session and awarded Flash Talk)
10. 5th International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High Energy Nuclear
Collisions
May 2012, Cagliari, Italy
Reconstructed Jet Results in p+p, d+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at 200 GeV from PHENIX
9. 28th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics
April 2012, Dorado del Mar, Puerto Rico
Reconstructed Jet Results in p+p, d+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at 200 GeV from PHENIX
8. PHENIX Fall 2011 Collaboration Meeting
Jets in d+Au Collisions
October 2011, Upton, NY
7. The 19th Particles and Nuclei International Conference
July 2011, Cambridge, MA
Direct jet reconstruction in d+Au collisions at PHENIX (Poster Session)
6. RHIC & AGS Annual Users’ Meeting
June 2011, Upton, NY
Direct jet reconstruction in d+Au collisions at PHENIX (Poster Session)
5. High-pT Probes of High-Density QCD at the LHC
Jets in PHENIX
May 2011, Paris, France
4. The XXII International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
May 2011, Annecy, Frace
Direct jet reconstruction in d+Au collisions at PHENIX (Poster Session)
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3. APS April Meeting
Neutron-induced backgrounds in Cu and Ge
2. MIT Physics Department Open House
Background in 0νββ experiments
April 2008, St. Louis, MO
April 2008, Cambridge, MIT
1. APS New England Meeting
October 2007, Storrs CT
Measurement of Majorana background neutron interactions (Poster Session)
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