Curriculum Vitae, Natalia V. Kuznetsova

WORK ADDRESS
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
P.O. Box 500, MS 318
Batavia, IL 60510
Phone: (630) 840-5115
E-mail: nataliak@fnal.gov

PERSONAL
Date of Birth: May 6, 1973
Place of Birth: Minsk, Belarus
Citizenship: Belarus

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Physics. University of California, Santa Barbara. August 2001.
B.A. Physics. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. May 1995, summa cum laude with High Honors in Physics.

HONORS
Lederman Fellowship, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 2001-present.
Ferrando-Fithian Fellowship, UCSB Physics Department, 1995-1996.
Membership in Phi Beta Kappa, 1995.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Lederman Fellow - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - 2001-Present
Level 2 trigger hardware development at CDF
Currently involved in designing electronics for extensive testing and possible upgrades of Level 2 trigger system at CDF, with the purpose of establishing the reliability of the system at high luminosity. Writing VHDL firmware and performing real-time simulation of ALTERA APEX 1K and 20K series programmable logic devices.

Research Assistant - University of California, Santa Barbara - 1997-Present
Advisors: Prof. Michael Witherell and Prof. Jeffrey Richman.

Search for rare decays B+ -> K+ l+ l- and B0 -> K*0 l+ l- at BABAR
Developed technique for the search for rare decays B+ -> K+ l+ l- and B0 -> K*0 l+ l- , the processes with a potential for observing new physics.
Established first preliminary upper limits for the branching fractions using the 2000 BABAR data.

Study of Semileptonic B Meson Decays at BABAR
At an early stage of the BABAR experiment, established the semileptonic signal, $B \rightarrow D^\ast \ e \nu$, using the first BABAR data in order to verify the quality of the data and the reconstruction software.

Implementation of New Tracking Algorithms at BABAR }
Designed and implemented a new method of tracking across the interface between the silicon vertex tracker (SVT) and the drift chamber. This algorithm led to a significant improvement of the tracking performance.
Demonstrated the advantages of the new approach to the collaboration through a series of extensive tests, which led to the approval of the algorithm as the default tracking option.

Work on Graphics at BABAR
Contributed to the development of the new Java-based BABAR event display (WIRED). Work included the implementation of the data types relevant for the silicon vertex detector and tracking.
Created the online event display for the SVT.

Implementation of Geant4-based Silicon Vertex Detector simulation at BABAR
Designed and implemented a principally new simulation of the SVT geometry based on Geant4, making extensive use of C++ and object-oriented technology.
Validated the performance of the new fast simulation against a full Geant3 simulation.

Development and Commissioning of Silicon Vertex Detector for BABAR
SVT detector contact person for issues concerning the performance of the detector in the presence of high machine backgrounds.
Member of the core SVT detector commissioning team. Provided tools for and performed initial performance studies of cosmic ray data.
Created production database (Microsoft ACCESS) for tracking the progress of the detector fanout assembly (DFA) production at UCSB. Participated in the creation of the SVT construction database.
After performing an extensive study of the tracking efficiencies in the detector, proposed a more efficient bonding scheme for the inner-layer modules, which was accepted in August of 1998.
Wrote software (LabVIEW, scripting languages) and built hardware for the DFA testing in a controlled environment.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lederman Fellow - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - 2001-Present
Outreach: As a Lederman Fellow, heavily involved in educational/outreach activities at FNAL, such as meeting with members of the community and visiting local schools with the purpose of explaining the goals of high energy physics research and the mission of Fermilab.
Saturday Morning Physics: Gave lectures on general physics topics (such as special relativity) for area high school students as part of Fermilab's Saturday Morning Physics program.

Research Assistant - University of California, Santa Barbara - 1995-1997
Basic Physics: Taught year-long sequence of laboratory classes on topics including electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, optics and modern physics. Led lab sessions, graded homework and exams, and held office hours.
Elementary Particle Physics: (undergraduate level, 1 quarter): Provided homework solutions, graded homework and exams, and held office hours.

PRESENTATIONS
`Search for B+ -> K+ l+ l- and B0 -> K*0 l+ l- with the BABAR detector''. DPF 2000. Columbus, OH, August 9-12 2000.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS
Extensive experience programming in C++, C, Java, Fortran, and Visual Basic.
Working knowledge of VHDL and EDA tools: Quartus II, Max+Plus II, Mentor Graphics Design Architect.
Proficient in LabVIEW.
Knowledge of scripting languages: Perl, TCL, and csh.
Proficient in LATEX, PAW, HBOOK.

PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS
B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Search for the Rare Decays B+ -> K+ l+ l- and B0 -> K*0 l+ l-''; preprint hep-ex/0201008, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.

N. Kuznetsova (for the BABAR Collaboration), ``Search for B+ -> K+ l+ l- and B0 -> K*0 l+ l-", contributed to the proceedings of DPF 2000, Columbus, Ohio, August 9 - 12, 2000; preprint hep-ex/0010071.

SELECTED SECONDARY PUBLICATIONS
B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of the branching fractions for y(2S) -> e+ e- and y(2S) -> m+ m-,'' Phys. Rev. D65, 031101 (2002).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurements of the branching fractions of exclusive charmless B meson decays with h' or w mesons,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 221802 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Search for the Decay B0 -> gg,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 241803 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of the B0 and B+ meson lifetimes with fully reconstructed hadronic final states,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 201803 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of branching fractions for exclusive B decays to charmonium final states,'' Phys. Rev. D65, 032001 (2002)

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of the B -> J/y K*(892) decay amplitudes,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 241801 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Observation of CP Violation in the B0 Meson System,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 091801 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of J/y Production in Continuum e+ e- Annihilations Near sqrt{S}=10.6 GeV,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 162002 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of Branching Fractions and Search for CP-violating Charge Asymmetries in Charmless Two-Body B Decays into Pions and Kaons,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 151802 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of the Decays B -> f K and B -> f K*,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 151801 (2001).

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration), ``Measurement of CP Violating Asymmetries in B0 Decays to CP Eigenstates,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2515 (2001).

C. Bozzi et al., ``The BABAR silicon vertex tracker''. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 435 (1999) 25.