RESEARCH:
My research with Jim is primarily on the "Cosmological Consequences of a
Charge Asymmetry", which looks to be leading to my
dissertation. I passed my oral and written qualifying exams in
March of 2004 on this
topic, which was approved by my committee. So far, I have three
published papers in refereed journals, which are,
respectively:
You can view my
papers at NASA's
ADS database, the arXiv.org
preprint database, or Spires'
HEP database. Other areas I'm currently researching are Inflation, Primordial Magnetic Fields, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Cosmological Perturbation Theory,
and I have experience using the Volker Springel's program GADGET and in using
and editing Seljak & Zaldariagga's CMBFast and Ed Bertschinger's
COSMICS. (The
COSMICS link is down as of August 25).
Conferences: One
of the
most enjoyable parts of becoming an academic is the opportunity for
travel. I have attended the following meetings/conference/summer
schools, and have linked to the work I presented, if applicable, in the
table below:
I will also be giving the
astrophysics
seminar at UC Berkeley on October 18th, and will be presenting a
parallel talk at the
SESAPS
2005 meeting on November 10-12th in Gainesville, FL.
Coursework: I've
been a
graduate student here since 2001, where I've taken graduate-level
courses in E&M (I & II), Classical Mechanics, Statistical
Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics (I & II), Particle Physics (I &
II), Quantum Field Theory (I & II), General Relativity (I &
II),
Observational Cosmology, and The Early Universe. I've also made
an
effort to learn, on my own and by auditing courses, some basics of the
Standard Model (I & II), Group Theory (I & II), Functional
Integration, and of course, all aspects of cosmology. I have also
been a part
of the Active Galactic Nuclei lunch group, the Astrophysics Journal
Club, a student-run study group on dark
matter, and the Theoretical
Astrophysics lunchtime seminars.
Grad
Involvement: I have created a
guide for physics
graduate students at UF.
This is my (unsanctioned) advice
on how to get on track and stay on
the right track towards your Ph.D; it is especially useful for 1st year
students. I have become the lone student
representative on
GSAC
(the committee that deals with graduate student issues); we have been
fighting to revoke the pay cuts TAs take after their first years,
increase student travel funding, and increase the quality and number of
advanced graduate courses offered. If you have any questions or
problems as a graduate student at
UF, you should
contact me, as
I exist in this capacity to serve your interests. Also, for some
general information relevant to
UF graduate
students,
this
page answers frequently asked questions about the graduate
school. Furthermore, if you are looking for a
job, Garrett Oakley from Chemistry
has designed a presentation with tips for
finding
a job, and if you are writing your dissertation, Filippos
Klironomos has provided his
dissertation
template.
Teaching/History:
While
at the University of Florida, I have been a TA for Physics II (E&M
with
calculus), a co-lecturer for physics 2020 (for non-majors), and an
introductory physics tutor. I currently TA the course PHY2048
(Physics I with calculus). My sections'
webpage is here.
Before I came to Florida, I was a High School Physics teacher in Los
Angeles at King-Drew Medical Magnet High School (2000-2001).
From 1996-2000 I was an undergraduate at Northwestern University, and
had an old homepage which is currently on display here. I was a
part of the Integrated
Science Program, and graduated in June of 2000 with a triple major
in Integrated Sciences, Physics, and Classics. (Yes, Classics,
like Ancient Greek and Latin.)
You may contact me at -- siegel@phys.ufl.edu,
for more information about physics, my interests, my webpage, or any
other reason.
