K. Wyatt Merritt

Education:
B. S. Clemson University, 1973
Ph. D. California Institute of Technology, 1980

Positions Held: 
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Chicago, 1980 - 1982 
Postdoctoral Associate, Fermilab, 1982 - 1986 
Associate Scientist, Fermilab, 1986 - 1993
Scientist I, Fermilab, 1993 - 1999
Scientist II, Fermilab, 1999 - present

Research Activities:
My graduate studies were carried out on Fermilab experiments, first in the E21 
series of neutrino experiments and then in a study of hadronic charm production - E379. 
My first postdoctoral position was with E615, a study of Drell-Yan production.  
I joined the Fermilab staff as a postdoc in 1982, working in the Lab E neutrino 
program.  I worked on the building and testing of large drift chambers for E744, 
and also on same-sign dimuon analysis.  Then I became a Fermilab Associate 
Scientist in 1986, working on the DØ experiment.  I have remained on DØ since then, 
becoming a Scientist I in 1993 and a Scientist II in 1999. For DØ in Run I, I have 
worked on online monitoring software, simulation with GEANT3, and physics analysis 
(searches for New Phenomena beyond the Standard Model).  I served as convenor of 
the New Phenomena group for 2 years.  For Run II at DØ, I was in charge of Computing 
and Software for 6 years, and then worked in the area of Data Handling, as SAMGrid 
project co-leader for the last 2 years.
Currently, I am working on the Dark Energy Survey, learning about astrophysics and
cosmology while contributing to the data acquisition system for CCD testing at Fermilab
and to general software infrastructure.  I also plan to continue on DØ, working on a Run 
II analysis project.