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Caleb Smith

Caleb Smith

Lawrence,KS

Summary

Committed, hard working, detail oriented, and thorough researcher in experimental particle physics.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Kansas
01.2021 - Current

Performed experimental particle physics research as a collaborator on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which is a general purpose particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

Research Assistant

Baylor University
05.2016 - 12.2020

Performed experimental particle physics research as a collaborator on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which is a general purpose particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

Teaching Assistant

Baylor University
08.2014 - 05.2016

Taught introductory physics labs for both classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism. Taught an introductory physics electricity and magnetism lecture.

Undergraduate Researcher

Baylor University
05.2013 - 08.2013

Performed theoretical physics research in string theory model building.

Education

Ph.D. - Physics

Baylor University
Waco, TX
12.2020

Master of Arts - Physics

Baylor University
Waco, TX
05.2018

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Taylor University
Upland, IN
05.2014

Minor - Mathematics

Taylor University
Upland, IN
05.2014

Skills

  • Research
  • Experimental Physics
  • Data Science
  • Programming skills
  • Computational skills

Computing Skills

  • Environments: Very comfortable with terminals in Linux and macOS.
  • Automation: Very comfortable with Python and Bash.
  • Analysis: Experience with ROOT and Mathematica.
  • Editors: Vim and VS Code are my favorites.
  • Version Control: Git is my friend.

Timeline

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Kansas
01.2021 - Current

Research Assistant

Baylor University
05.2016 - 12.2020

Teaching Assistant

Baylor University
08.2014 - 05.2016

Undergraduate Researcher

Baylor University
05.2013 - 08.2013

Ph.D. - Physics

Baylor University

Master of Arts - Physics

Baylor University

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Taylor University

Minor - Mathematics

Taylor University
Caleb Smith