Season 2 Episode 5  

I am a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory physicist, and I also enjoy running and squirrel watching. I develop and deploy computational techniques to explore the fundamental and emergent properties of the strong force. Machine learning and other computational techniques build bridges between areas of physics and beyond. As a co-convener for the Computational Frontier at Snowmass, I'm excited  to see Machine Learning and Quantum Computing emerge as themes in this year's Snowmass!  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her). Season 2 is edited by Varalee Sakorikar.  

Season 2 consists of members of the Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise known as Snowmass.  

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Season 2 Episode 4  

I'm particle physicist who was born in the UK, grew up in Canada and now lives in Durham, North Carolina; I also enjoy fossils, hiking, and sitting on my porch. I study neutrinos, and work on several  experiments--- COHERENT at the Spallation Neutron Source, the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment and Super-Kamiokande-- to look for physics beyond the standard model and to understand astrophysical  objects.  I love how neutrinos connect broadly to different areas—particle physics, astrophysics and nuclear physics -- and how they  have brought surprising insights over the decades. I'm excited to be a co-convener of the Snowmass Neutrino Frontier, to explore the many future opportunities for fundamental physics with neutrino experiments.  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her). Season 2 is edited by Varalee Sakorikar.  

Season 2 consists of members of the Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise known as Snowmass.  

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Season 2 Episode 3  

I am an experimental collider physicist, who specializes on detector instrumentation, and I also love traveling, reading, movies, jigsaw puzzles, listening to live music and learning to play the piano. In the past I have been involved in the Higgs boson discovery, but now I specialize on designing and building silicon trackers and on  coordinating generic detector R&D for the High Energy Physics community. I love my research, because it requires a lot of creativity, allows me  to learn something new every day, and leads me to work with a very diverse group of people, who are all extremely good at what they are doing. Snowmass turned out to be a lot of work at a very challenging time during the pandemic, but I feel it is important to help define and shape  the future of our field using my expertise in detector instrumentation.  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her). Season 2 is edited by Varalee Sakorikar.  

Season 2 consists of members of the Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise known as Snowmass.  

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Season 2 Episode 2  

I am a particle physicist at Wayne State University. I also like art. My research is on application of effective field theories to particle physics phenomenology. I love my research because I get to understand why the Universe is the way it is.  

Snowmass is an important exercise that will shape the vision for the future of particle physics in the US.  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her). Season 2 is edited by Varalee Sakorikar.  

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Season 2 Episode 1

I am an experimental particle physicist, and when I'm not doing that I'm trying to teach myself to take pictures and cook. My research is focused on searching for Hidden Sector extensions to the Standard Model, mostly by looking for evidence of long-lived massive particles. I love the opportunity that physics gives me to explore the internal  workings of the world around me. I also have really enjoyed working on  the computing aspects of the field - bringing more modern tools into our searches for new physics.

https://phys.washington.edu/people/gordon-watts  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her). Season 2 is edited by Varalee Sakorikar. 

Season 2 consists of members of the Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise known as Snowmass.

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Season 1 Episode 10

I am a Japanese physicist at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics. I also love cats. Most of my papers so far are on theoretical side of high energy physics but I am recently working on hep-lat x quantum computation stuff. Regarding the hep-lat x quantum computation stuff, I love it because we have a chance to explore non-perturbative aspects of real time dynamics in quantum field theory. During COVID, I learned how to roast coffee beans by myself.  

https://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~masazumi.honda/index.html  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her).

Season 1 features interviews with the 2021 INT Summer School on Problem Solving in Lattice QCD.

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Season 1 Episode 9

I am a compute performance developer technology engineer at NVIDIA. I also run frequently, focusing on training for marathons and ultramarathons. I perform in-depth analysis and optimization of software for both lattice QCD and molecular dynamics. I love the work that I do because I still get to be involved with the lattice research community and develop new collaborations with researchers involved in computational chemistry even though I've formally transitioned to industry. During COVID I couldn't go to my favorite cafes anymore, so I learned how to make pour-over coffee and have kept up the habit nearly every morning, ever-tuning my process for different coffee beans and roasts.  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her). 

Season 1 features interviews with the 2021 INT Summer School on Problem Solving in Lattice QCD.

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Season 1 Episode 8

I am a theoretical physicist fascinated by the complex phenomena that emerge from the fundamental quantum field theory of the strong  interactions, QCD. As a Canadian, I did my PhD at McMaster University, toured the States via U Maryland, The Ohio State U and U Washington (Seattle) and settled here at the University of Adelaide.  When I'm not playing with supercomputers, I'm playing guitar (most recently Bossa Nova) or playing drums in a Britpop band called Mode. Most recently, my research is focusing on the structure of the QCD ground-state fields that form the foundation of matter. I love this area of research as the complex structures demand the use of advanced scientific data visualization techniques and the results are fascinating.  

The loss of international student enrolments due to Covid-19 travel  restrictions has created a budget crisis at U Adelaide, requiring staff  to take unpaid leave.  I have seized this time to reflect on my career  and write a Doctor of Science thesis.  It's an interesting endeavour but ultimately enjoyable.  

Link to Mode: https://p.facebook.com/modebandadelaide/  

Link to data visualization: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGEc28x8opg7TH4mmasAsg  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her).

Season 1 features interviews with the 2021 INT Summer School on Problem Solving in Lattice QCD.

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Season 1 Episode 7

"I am a theoretical nuclear/high energy physicist originally from Italy. I am interested in strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions of temperature and density. I use numerical simulations to solve Quantum Chromodynamics, the fundamental theory of strong interactions, and I compare my results to the experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider (CERN). In my free time I like playing the cello, working out, reading and baking. During the pandemic I had to give up another passion of mine: traveling. I hope I can start again soon!"  

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her).

Season 1 features interviews with the 2021 INT Summer School on Problem Solving in Lattice QCD.

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Season 1 Episode 6

"I am an Irish theoretical particle physicist interested in the properties of hadrons at zero and finite temperatures. I use numerical simulation, in a framework called Lattice QCD, to calculate the masses and widths of hadrons especially those containing charm and bottom quarks and to study their temperature dependence. This helps us to understand the nature of the strong nuclear force, one of the fundamental forces in nature. During covid while we were restricted to a 5km radius and travelling for work completely stopped I took up sea swimming and so far, I've kept it up throughout the year!"

My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student Bryan Stanley (he/him/his) and Prof. Huey-Wen Lin (she/her). 

Season 1 features interviews with the 2021 INT Summer School on Problem Solving in Lattice QCD.

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