Dan Claes

Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Address: JH 208B
Lincoln NE 68588-0299
Phone: 402-472-2783 On-campus 2-2783
Email: dclaes@unl.edu

Research Interests

The Dzero Experiment
FERMILAB
Former coordinator (7 years) of the Dzero Level-3 software trigger upgrade.
Jets and Missing Et Events
Searches for Phenomena Beyond the Standard Model
The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project, a ground-based array for 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).
b-tagging Algorithms

Teaching Assignments

Fall 2013: PHYS 462 Nuclear Physics
Fall 2013: PHYS 998 Graduate Seminar

Students Supervised

Postdocs:
Suvadeep Bose (stationed permanently at Fermilab’s LHC Physics Center)

Graduate Students:
Soundararajan Rajendran, Computer Science (M.S. expected May 2015)

Undergraduates:
Shelby Clausen
Andrew House
Erik Johnson
Aniruddha Joshi
Savanna McDonald
Ethan Van Winkle

Graduate student support available with the Cosmic Ray Observatory Project.

Talks Given

Comic Book Physics 101 – Lesson 1: The Origin of Superman and Clues to the Planet Krypton
Grand Lodge at the Preserve
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nov. 21, 2013

Comic Book Physics 101 – Lesson 5: Hard Take-offs and Soft Landings
Southeast Nebraska Library Association
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Nov. 8, 2013

Comic Book Physics 101 – Lesson 4: Superheroes Dissassembled
Southeast Nebraska Library Association
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Nov. 8, 2013

Are We Alone? The Fermi Paradox and Drake’s Equation
Southlake Village Rehab & Care Center
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nov. 5, 2013

Comic Book Physics 101 - Part 1
Comic Book Physics 101 - Part 2
Comic Book Physics 101 - Part 3
Comic Book Physics 101 - Part 4
Comic Book Physics 101 - Part 5

Education

Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1991