Education

• 1990 PhD Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 1985 MS Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 1983 BA Physics, Dartmouth College

Research

• IceCube: Neutrino astrophysics and oscillations
• IceCube Upgrade: Tau neutrino appearance
• Eos: Data acquisition and event reconstruction
• LiquidO/CLOUD: Event reconstruction and detector development
• Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON): Multimessenger astronomy

Selected Recent Publications and Preprints

• IceCube
  • Observation of Seven Astrophysical Tau Neutrino Candidates with IceCube, R. Abbasi, et al. (IceCube Collaboration), accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. (2024), arXiv:2403.02516
  • Measurement of atmospheric neutrino mixing with improved IceCube DeepCore calibration and data processing, R. Abbasi et al.  (IceCube Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 108, no.1, 012014 (2023), doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.012014, arXiv:2304.12236
  • Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector, IceCube Collaboration (Aartsen, M.G. et al.) Science 342 (2013) 6161, 1242856, arXiv:1311.5238
  • First observation of PeV-energy neutrinos with IceCube, IceCube Collaboration (Aartsen, M.G. et al.) Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (2013) 2, 021103, arXiv:1304.5356
• LiquidO/CLOUD
  • Evaluation of light collection from highly scattering media using wavelength-shifting fibers. A. S. Wilhelm, G. Wendel, B. Collins, D. Cowen and I. Jovanovic, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1049, 168085 (2023), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168085, arXiv:2301.09608
  • A flexible event reconstruction based on machine learning and likelihood principles,, P. Eller, A. T. Fienberg, J. Weldert, G. Wendel, S. Boeser and D. F. Cowen, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1048, 168011 (2023), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168011, arXiv:2208.10166
• Eos
  • Eos: conceptual design for a demonstrator of hybrid optical detector technology, T. Anderson, \textit{et al.}, JINST 18, no.02, P02009 (2023), doi:10.1088/1748-0221/18/02/P02009, arXiv:2211.11969
•  AMON
  • The Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON), M.W.E. Smith et al., Astropart. Phys. 45 (2013) 56-70, arXiv:1211.5602

Teaching

• Physics 211, 212, 213, 214: Introductory Physics for Engineers

Curriculum Vitae