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	Dan Claes Associate Professor Experimental High Energy Physics University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate student support available with the Cosmic Ray Observatory Project PostScript copy of my curriculum vitae PostScript listing of publications Contact info: Professor Daniel R. Claes dclaes@unlhep.unl.edu Department of Physics and Astronomy 110 Ferguson (402)472-2783 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE FAX: (402) 472-2879 Postdocs supervised: Angela Bellavance, Dzero bellavan@fnal.gov Ptk 177 (630)840-2284 Fermilab MS 357 PO Box 500 Batavia IL, 60510 Carl Lundstedt, Lecturer, Dzero clundst@unlserve.unl.edu Department of Physics and Astronomy 02 Ferguson (402)472-6014 University of Nebraska http://unlhepcl.unl.edu/cl / Graduate students supervised: J. Stephen Rosenboom, Graduate Student, DZERO jrosenb7@bigred.unl.edu Department of Physics and Astronomy 120 Brace (402)472-2540 University of Nebraska Jiawei Tan, Graduate Student, DZERO tan_jiawei8303@hotmail.com Department of Physics and Astronomy 120 Brace (402)472-2540 University of Nebraska Tracie Evans, Graduate Student, CROP tev712@yahoo.com Department of Physics and Astronomy 02B Ferguson (402)472-9879 (HEP lab) University of Nebraska Xiaoshu Xu, Graduate Student, CROP xiaoshuxu@hotmail.com Department of Physics and Astronomy 02B Ferguson (402)472-9879 (HEP lab) University of Nebraska Undergraduates: Laurel Burk lburk84@yahoo.com Katie Everet meveret1@bigred.unl.edu Jason Keller kellerjd@bigred.unl.edu Levi Neukirch uncertainbyprinciple@hotmail.com Yidan Qin yidan032907@yahoo.com	Teaching Assignments Fall 2005: PHYS 462/862 "Nuclear and Atomic Physics" Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:30-11:25 Brace 202 Spring 2006: PHYS926 "Particle Physics" Monday/Wednesday/Friday 11:30-12:25 Brace 118 Office hours: MWF 1-2pm Research Interests Dan's research page The Dzero Experiment FERMILAB Former coordinator (7 years) of the Dzero Level-3 software trigger upgrade. Currently co-coordinator with Jim Linnemann (MSU) of the Dzero Level-2 Algorithms group Jets and Missing Et Events Searches for Phenomena Beyond the Standard Model The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project a ground-based array fior the study of extended cosmic ray showers (UNO) The Underground Neutrino Observatory a proposed next generation experiment that may anchor the NSF Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab (DUSEL) Recent Talks Given "Symmetries in Particle Physics" & "The Higgs Mechanism" Weekly Mass Seminar, University of Nebraska April 8 and 15, 2005 "Cosmic Rays" Year of Einstein 2005 Lecture, ESU # 13, Scottsbluff, NE February 9, 2005 "The Henderson Mine Project" Unification Day Workshop, Keystone, CO Oct 14, 2004 Education and Outreach Aspen Center for Physics July 10, 2004 "Needles in a Haystack: Neutrinos Among the Cosmic Rays" Henderson Mine, Empire, CO September 29, 2004 "The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project: An Outreach Program at the University of Neraska" AGU Annual Meeting San Fransisco, CA Dec 12, 2003 "Tevatron Searches for New Physics" Higgs & Supersymmetry Conference Orsay, France Mar 22-25,2001 full listing of talks