ANDREW BRANDT – BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
a. Professional Preparation
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Degree
B.S.
M.S
Ph.D.
Institution and Location
College of William and Mary, Virginia
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Field of Study
Physics
Physics (High Energy Physics)
Physics (High Energy Physics)
b. Academic Appointments
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Sep. 1999 – Present: Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Jan. 1996 – Aug. 1999: Wilson Fellow, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
Apr. 1992 – Dec. 1995: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
c. List of Publications
Related to this Proposal
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A. Brandt et al., UA8 Collaboration, “The Small Angle Spectrometer of Experiment UA8 at the SPScollider,” Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 327, 412 (1993).
A. Brandt et al., UA8 Collaboration, “Evidence for a Super-hard Pomeron Structure,” Phys. Lett. B 297,
417 (1992).
A. Brandt et al., “A Forward Proton Detector at DØ,” Fermilab Proposal P-900, FERMILAB-PUB-97-377.
B. Abbott et al., DØ Collaboration, “Probing Hard Color-singlet Exchange in p-pbar Collisions at s =630
GeV and 1800 GeV,” Phys. Lett. B 440, 189 (1998).
B. Abbott et al., DØ Collaboration, “Hard Single Diffraction in p-pbar Collisions at s =630 GeV and
1800 GeV,”, Phys. Lett. B 531, 51 (2002).
Five Other Significant Publications
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S. Abachi et al., DØ Collaboration, “Observation of The Top Quark,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2632 (1995).
B. Abbott et al., DØ Collaboration, “A Measurement of the W Boson Mass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3000
(1998).
B. Abbott et al., DØ Collaboration, “The Inclusive Jet Cross Section in Proton-antiproton Collisions at
s=1.8 TeV,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2451 (1999).
A. Brandt et al., UA8 Collaboration, “A Study of Inclusive Double-Pomeron-Exchange at s =630 GeV,
European Physics Journal C, hep-ex/0205037.
B. Abbott et al., DØ Collaboration, “Observation of Diffractively Produced W and Z Bosons in p-pbar
collisions at s=1.8 TeV,” to be submitted to Phys. Lett. B.
d. Synergistic Activities
Relevant Research Experience
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Lead graduate student on UA8 experiment that discovered hard diffraction
Detector construction for mini-drift chamber detectors for UA8.
Initiated rapidity gap physics studies at DØ
Initiated Proposal for DØ Forward Proton Detector
Convenor of QCD and Rapidity Gap physics groups
Level 3 Manager of DØ Forward Proton Detector group, includes managing, scheduling, and budgeting
e. Collaborators and Other Affiliations
Collaborators: DØ Collaboration (http://www-d0.fnal.gov); ATLAS Collaboration
(http://www.usatlas.bnl.gov)
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ANDREW BRANDT – BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Advisors: Post-doctoral: H. Montgomery, Fermilab; Ph.D.Thesis: P. Schlein, UCLA
Ph. D. Thesis Students supervised:
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Brent May (Arizona)
Tracy Taylor Thomas (Northwestern)
Kristal Mauritz (Iowa State)
Jill Perkins (UTA)
Linda Coney (Notre Dame)
Michael Strang (UTA) current
Post-doctoral scholars sponsored:
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Pierrick Hanlet
Christophe Royon
f. Awards
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Department of Energy Young Independent Scientist Award (1997)
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (1997)
Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award (2001)
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