Curriculum Vitae

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).