Education
In progress
Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
“On The Applications of Resurgence to Effective Actions in Quantum Field Theories”
2018
M.S. in Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
B.S. in Physics, Summa Cum Laude, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Research Experience
Graduate Assistant at UConn Advisor: Gerald Dunne
- Studied the trans-series structure and resurgence properties of:
- the QED effective action for constant background fields (Euler-Heisenberg) at one-loop and two-loop order
- We demonstrated the power of Borel summation to extrapolate from finite-order perturbative expansions to describe both the strong field limit and the non-perturbative effects of polarizing the vacuum.
Graduate Assistant at RPI Advisor: Esther Wertz
- Characterized the laser-induced aggregation of low concentration pseudoisocyanine-iodide (PIC-I) dye monomers near resonance.
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record at UConn
- PHYS-1401 (General Physics I with Calculus I)
- PHYS-1202 (General Physics II with Algebra)
Graduate Teaching Assistant at UConn Professor: Andrew Puckett
- PHYS-1600 (Introduction to Modern Physics)
Graduate Teaching Assistant at RPI Professor: Vincent Meunier
- PHYS-4100 (Introduction to Quantum Mechanics)
Grants
NSF GRFP Fellowship, 2018 – 2023
Presentations
“Resurgence and the Schwinger Mechanism.”
APS NES Fall Meeting, Awarded best presentation 10/2021
“Resurgence and the Euler-Heisenberg Effective Action.”
PAN Seminar, University of Connecticut 04/2021
Invited speaker, Stony Brook University 01/2021
“Resurgence and the Euler-Heisenberg Effective Action.”
Physics Department Poster Session, University of Connecticut 04/2021
YITP-RIKEN iTHEMS Molecule Type Workshop, Kyoto University 09/2020
“J-Aggregates and Their Applications to Light-Matter Interactions.”
Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, RPI 04/2017
SURP Culminating Presentation, RPI 09/2016
Publications
Dunne, G., Harris, Z., “Higher-loop Euler-Heisenberg transseries structure,” Phys. Rev. D, 103 (2021).