{"id":176,"date":"2020-01-13T09:58:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T14:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tsaab\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:56:12","slug":"group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tsaab\/group\/","title":{"rendered":"Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Current Group Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Moaaz Elwan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Currently working on determining the nuclear recoil ionization yield energies with the IMPACT measurement in silicon detectors.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Sadek<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Currently working on determining the nuclear recoil ionization yield energies with the IMPACT measurement in silicon detectors.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Huanbo Sun<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Currently working on electron recoil dark matter searches with high resolution cryogenic detectors operated at the NEXUS underground facility at Fermilab.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Weigeng Peng\n

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Graduate Student<\/h4>\n<\/h3><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Currently working on understanding the calibration facility at NEXUS for measuring the nuclear recoil ionization yield in SuperCDMS HV detectors.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Loida Rosado Del Rio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Currently working on understanding the science reach of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Corey Bathurst<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Worked on electron recoil dark matter searches with high resolution cryogenic detectors operated at the NEXUS underground facility at Fermilab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduated 2023<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Harrison Coombes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Worked on Monte Carlo simulations of the phonon \/ electron propagation processes for the IMPACT ionization yield measurement in silicon detectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduated 2023<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tyler Reynolds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Worked on calculation of the scientific reach of the\u00a0SuperCDMS experiment, and on\u00a0Monte Carlo simulations of the IMPACT ionization yield measurement in silicon detectors. Currently assumed a postdoctoral position at University to Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduated 2021<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rob Agnese<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Worked on implementing a detector Monte Carlo simulation by extending the Geant4 particle physics framework to include low energy condensed matter physics processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduated 2017<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brad Welliver<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Worked on the search of massive dark matter particles with the SuperCDMS Soudan data. Took up a postdoctoral position at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory working in the CUORE experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduated 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Zachary Speaks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Currently working on understanding phonon and ionization behavior in cryogenic detectors using a Geant 4 based Monte Carlo, as well as updating and automating the dark matter limit plotter plotter tool.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Cesar Arguello Martinez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Currently working on understanding particle backgrounds at the NEXUS underground facility at Fermilab using a Geant 4 based Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Jason Pioquinto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Worked on calculating the effect of neutrino backgrounds on the scientific reach of the SuperCDMS dark matter search. Currently pursuing graduate studies in physics at U. Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduated 2020<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Andrew Zeolla<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Graduated 2020<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Worked on understanding the operational details of the IMPACT ionization yield measurement in silicon detectors. Currently pursuing graduate studies in physics at Penn State.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

SuperCDMS Collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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