Olivia Seidel
Aurora,IL
Summary
Passionate and hard working graduate student aiming to advance the cutting edge of physics through developing novel technologies.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
High Energy Physics-Integrated Circuits Fellowship
Fermilab
01.2024 - Current
Graduate Research Assistant
UTA
08.2022 - Current
URA Fellowship
Fermilab
08.2023 - 01.2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant
UTA
09.2021 - 08.2022
Undergraduate Researcher with DAPPER (Dark Ages Polarimeter Pathfinder)
NASA Ames
01.2021 - 06.2021
Undergraduate Researcher
MIU
08.2020 - 06.2021
Internship With DAPPER
University Of Colorado At Boulder
08.2020 - 12.2020
Summer REU
CERN
06.2020 - 08.2020
Education
Physics PhD Student -
University of Texas At Arlington
Physics
Maharishi International University
06.2021
Skills
- Java, C, Python, Maxima, R, Root, Maple
- Machine Learning
- Time Projection Chambers (TPCs)
- CMOS Modeling
- Arduino
- Raspberry-Pi
- Sentaurus Workbench (Synopsis)
- Mystic (Synopsis)
- Cadence
Achievements, Presentations, and Programs
- Has mentored 4 undergraduates as an INSTEM Mentor (2022-Present)
- Has mentored 3 undergraduates in research projects
- Presented at the Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors (CPAD) (2023)
- Presented at the Advanced Detectors Center (ADT) (2023)
- Work was presented at IEEE Quantum Week (2023)
- International Neutrino Summer School (2023)
- Attended QSC cryogenic engineering and quantum sensing training at Fermilab Quantum Institute (2022)
- Received an Honorable Mention for the NSF GRFP (2022)
- Wanda Ray Fellowship (2021-2022)
- APS Bridge Program (2021)
- Received Grant from Wege Foundation for Physics Summer Research (2021)
- Trustees scholarship (2018 -2021)
Research
- Developed Autofocus prototype for High Pressure Single Molecule Florescent Imaging (SMFI) Microscope for NEXT 2021-2022
- Built a simplified photonics prototype for Low-Noise QPix Communication 2022
- Demonstrated QPix Readout concept in Time Projection Chamber (TPC) 2022-2023
- Developed the first 22nm Process Design Kit (PDK) for Deep Cryogenic temperatures 2022-2024
Timeline
High Energy Physics-Integrated Circuits Fellowship
Fermilab
01.2024 - Current
URA Fellowship
Fermilab
08.2023 - 01.2024
Graduate Research Assistant
UTA
08.2022 - Current
Graduate Teaching Assistant
UTA
09.2021 - 08.2022
Undergraduate Researcher with DAPPER (Dark Ages Polarimeter Pathfinder)
NASA Ames
01.2021 - 06.2021
Undergraduate Researcher
MIU
08.2020 - 06.2021
Internship With DAPPER
University Of Colorado At Boulder
08.2020 - 12.2020
Summer REU
CERN
06.2020 - 08.2020
Physics PhD Student -
University of Texas At Arlington
Physics
Maharishi International University