Patricia Vahle

Education:

-Ph.D, Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
-B.S. Physics and Mathematics, New Mexico State University, 1997

Employment:

-Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary, Fall 2007-Present
-Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London, 2004-2007
-Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, 2000-2004

Research Activities:

-MINOS, 2000-Present
	*Co-coordinator of the Electron Neutrino Appearance Working Group:
	Responsible for overseeing and organizing the effort to 
	search for evidence of the subdominant numu->nue oscillation mode

	*Co-coordinator of the Beam Systematic Working Group:
	Responsible for improving the understanding of the NuMI neutrino flux,
	understanding systematic errors associated with uncertainties in the flux,
	studying changes in the neutrino spectrum associated with changes in the 
	characteristics of the NuMI beamline

	*Muon-neutrino disappearance measurement:
	Developed and implemented a method of extrapolating the Near Detector 
	measured muon-neutrino energy spectrum to the Far Detector and used 
	this method to determine the neutrino oscillation parameters associated
	with this mode of oscillation

	*Construction and operation of the MINOS Calibration Detector

	*Design and construction of an automated test stand to characterize 
	the 1600+ photomultiplier tubes used in the Far Detector Readout