Rebecca Carney PhD candidateSummer 2015

Currently in the first year of my PhD program, exploringSilicon technology used for tracking applications in High

Energy particle Physics experiments.

Relevant ExperienceLawrence Berkeley Na onal Lab., California Aug. 2014 — PresentPost-bac research fellow

– Prepared samples for a test beam to study high eta trackers.– Preliminary architecture studies for LHC Phase-II readout chip.

The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Sept. 2013 — Mar. 2014MPhys student

– Design & commissioning of novel Transient Current Technique setup– 70 MeV proton irradiation at KeK of MCz and DOFZ Silicon diodes, with

bothdiodesevaluated for radiationhardnessat variousfluencesusingTCTand CV/IV.

Cern, Switzerland June 2013 — Sept. 2013Summer student

– Implemented analyses for the ATLAS FE-I4B testing in IBLQA.– Investigated parasitic noise in temperature sense of 3d FBKmodules.

Lawrence Berkeley Na onal Lab., California Sept. 2011 — Sept. 2012Research apprentice - ATLAS instrumentation

– Phase-II Pixel detector stave setup, noise studies, characterization of FE-I4A/B

The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh June 2011 — Aug. 2011Intern for Nuclear Physics Experiment Dpt.

– Setup a cosmic ray detector with plastic scintillator and both photo-tubesand Silicon PM's.

– VME based DAQ system also implemented with a Fortran interface

The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Sept. 2012 — May 2013Department Head of Edinburgh Uni. Young Researcher's Assoc.

– Coordinating original research for∼ 25 undergraduate students.– Projects included: a plugin for NASA's GMAT software, efficiency of pho-

tovoltaic cells, cosmic ray detectors.

EducationPhD. Physics Mar. 2015 — PresentExchange programme between Stockholm University & LBNL, Berkeley, California

MPhys Physics (Hons) Sep. 2009 — May 2014CombinedMasters, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Contactrcarney@lbl.gov+1 650 485 0160 (PST)

SkillsC&C++Java & SwingVerilog & VHDLPythonBash & tcshDigital circuitsLinux & batch systems

LanguagesEnglishItalian

Relevant InterestsATLAS experiment FE-I4Digitisation Silicon detectorsTracking Instrumentation

Where I have lived

UK, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, California

Other Interests

Travelling • Technology • Nature • Literature