148 Tate Laboratory of Physics Phone: Church St. SE Fax: Minneapolis, MN 55455

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1 Anthony N. Villano 148 Tate Laboratory of Physics Phone: Church St. SE Fax: Minneapolis, MN Citizenship: USA Education Ph.D. Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007 M.S. Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004 B.S. Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004, Cum Laude B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004, Cum Laude Research Post-Doctoral Research Assistant Dr. Priscilla Cushman Subfield(s): Nuclear Physics, Cosmology, Radiation Detection 2010 Present University of Minnesota Participation in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) collaboration and research focusing on ultra low background measurements. Work has been accomplished in a wide array of areas including: data handling and analysis, detailed simulations of cosmogenic neutron production, various detector hardware and cryogenic detector testing. A major focus is the analysis and processing of CDMS data from recent WIMP search data taken at Soudan Underground Laboratory. Took a leading role in a project to measure muon rates and spallation products in an underground environment (at the Soudan Underground Laboratory) that now has 3 years of data. In addition to these experiences further work has been devoted to testing of cryogenic detectors with a 3 He- 4 He dilution refrigerator at temperatures reaching as low as 50 mk. Post-Doctoral Research Assistant Dr. Fred Becchetti University of Michigan Subfield(s): Nuclear Physics, Radioactive Beams, Radiation Detection Studies of experimental techniques and fundamental physics involving low energy ion beams of light unstable nuclei. Measurements of two-nucleon transfer reactions involving several nuclei important for neutrinoless double-beta decay including 76 Ge. Neutron detection via fast plastic scintillator and time of flight techniques. Work also focuses on design and construction of a muon veto counter using fast plastic scintillator and wave-shifting optical fibers for light collection. Various experience gained with NIM electronics, VME and CAMAC controllers, photomultiplier tubes and silicon surface barrier detectors. Experience with several simulation packages including GEANT4. Research Assistant Dr. Paul Stoler Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Subfield(s): Nuclear Physics, Electron Beams, Magnetic Spectrometry, Radiation Detection Experimental measurement of (1232) transition amplitudes via electroproduction of pseudoscalar mesons. The experiment was done in collaboration with the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, VA. Data analysis with large installation detectors. Experience in calibrations, and event reconstruction. Particular analyses required knowledge of radiative corrections, detector acceptance and background rejection.

2 Detector Hardware Experience A wide array of experience in scintillating detectors including: fast plastic scintillator, organic liquid scintillators with pulse-shape discrimination, inorganic crystal scintillators (e.g. BaF 2 ), and wavelength shifting (WLS) fiber scintillators. Coupling of scintillators to fast negative HV phototubes and in the cases of fiber applications coupling to other fast plastic scintillators via a diffuse plastic interface and to phototubes via a diamond-cut polished fiber surface. Experience with water Cherenkov detectors coupled to 8 Hamamatsu phototubes for neutron capture measurements. Gaseous detectors in proportional mode with capacitively coupled HV readouts. Experience with magnetic beam elements and analyzers for particle detection, quadrupole and dipole magnets with focal plane detectors consisting of multi-wire proportional counters. HPGe detectors at 77 K for X-ray and gamma readouts with shaping electronics. Pixelated silicon detectors for light and heavyion measurements in a beam environment. Cryogenic solid-state ionization and phonon detectors (see cryogenic experience). Beam physics related experience with beam timing/bunching, focusing, and steering; extensive experience with high vacuum applications, standard pumping, turbo pumps, cryopumps. Familiarity with standard electronics systems like NIM, VME, CAMAC and libraries for their computer readout on Linux/Unix systems, especially digitization of analog pulse information. Familiarity with LabView and readouts on Windows systems. Experience using custom readouts with onboard firmware, triggering, and communication protocols. Programming Experience Proficient in many high-level languages: MATLAB, C/C++, python, bash, sed/awk, javascript. Database experience with mysql, couchdb. Comfortable in many computing environments such as Unix, Linux; with grid computing experience using condor and LSF batch submission systems. Hardware programming experience with CPLDs, FPGAs using JTAG interface. Extensive experience with various version controlling systems including git, SVN, and CVS. Cryogenic Experience Operation of wet dilution refrigerator. Experience with cryogen transfers, thermometry, 4-wire measurements, and vacuum feed throughs for standard operations and wiring. Specialized experience with electrical readouts of ionization and phonon detectors, wire bonding for T c measurements of substrates, SQUID amplifier circuits and operation, TES operation, and charge measuring FETs in cryogenic environments. Experience LN and LHe transfers and operation of superconducting magnets in a particle beam environment. Teaching Experience Lecturer, Graduate Topics in Quantum Field Theory, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2009 Lecturer, Electromagnetism Laboratory for Physics Majors, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2008 Lecturer, Waves, Thermodynamics and Special Relativity Laboratory for Physics Majors, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2008, Spring 2009 Lecturer, Graduate Quantum Field Theory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fall 2006 Teaching Assistant, Graduate Quantum Field Theory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Spring 2006, Spring 2007 Invited Talks CDMS II Results and Supersymmetry. SUSY 2013 conference, ICTP, Trieste, IT, August 2013 The Full Reach of CDMS II Data. CIPANP 2012 conference, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, May 2012 Electroproduction of π 0 Mesons from a Proton Target and the (1232) Resonance. University of

3 Michigan high energy seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March Exclusive Production of Baryon Resonances Using 1 H(e,e p)x at High Q 2. User Group Meeting, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, August Awards and Honors Fermilab URA Visiting Scholars Award, Fermilab, 2013 Walter Eppenstein Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008 Rensselaer Founders Award of Excellence, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006 Max Yeater Award in Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003 Erwin R. Gaerttner Prize in Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003 Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society

4 Anthony N. Villano 148 Tate Laboratory of Physics Phone: Church St. SE Fax: Minneapolis, MN Citizenship: USA * Refereed [1] R. Agnese et al. New results from the search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles with the cdms low ionization threshold experiment. Phys. Rev. Lett., 116:071301, Feb [2] R. Agnese et al. Improved wimp-search reach of the cdms ii germanium data. Phys. Rev. D, 92:072003, Oct [3] K. Schneck et al. Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments. Phys. Rev. D, 91:092004, May [4] R. Agnese et al. Maximum likelihood analysis of low energy CDMS II germanium data. Phys. Rev. D, 91:052021, Mar [5] R. Agnese et al. Search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles with supercdms. Phys. Rev. Lett., 112:241302, Jun [6] R. Agnese et al. Search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles using voltage-assisted calorimetric ionization detection in the supercdms experiment. Phys. Rev. Lett., 112:041302, Jan [7] R. Agnese et al. Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches. Applied Physics Letters, 103(16):164105, [8] R. Agnese et al. Silicon Detector Dark Matter Results from the Final Exposure of CDMS II. Phys. Rev. Lett., 111:251301, Dec [9] R. Agnese et al. Silicon detector results from the first five-tower run of CDMS II. Phys. Rev. D, 88:031104, Aug [10] A. Roberts et al. Proton pair correlations and the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76 Ge. Phys. Rev. C, 87:051305, May [11] Z. Ahmed et al. Search for annual modulation in low-energy CDMS-II data. arxiv: , [12] A. N. Villano et al. Efficiency measurements of deuterated liquid scintillators using d(d,n)3he coincidence events. NIMA, 652(1): , [13] M. M. Dalton et al. Electroproduction of Eta Mesons in the S11(1535) Resonance Region at High Momentum Transfer. Phys. Rev., C80:015205, [14] A. N. Villano et al. Neutral pion electroproduction in the resonance region at high Q 2. Phys. Rev., C80:035203, [15] T. Horn et al. Scaling study of the pion electroproduction cross sections and the pion form factor. Phys. Rev., C78:058201, [16] H. Mkrtchyan et al. Transverse momentum dependence of semi-inclusive pion production. Phys. Lett., B665:20 25, [17] B. Clasie et al. Measurement of Nuclear Transparency for the A(e,e π + ) Reaction. Phys. Rev. Lett., 99:242502, [18] T. Navasardyan et al. The onset of quark-hadron duality in pion electroproduction. Phys. Rev. Lett., 98:022001, 2007.

5 * Proceedings/Other [1] A.N. Villano et al. Measurements of cosmic-ray correlated events at the Soudan underground laboratory. In L. Miramonti and L. Pandola, editors, Proceedings of the IV International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques, pages American Institute of Physics, [2] A.N. Villano et al. A comprehensive comparison for simulations of cosmic-ray muons underground. In L. Miramonti and L. Pandola, editors, Proceedings of the IV International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques, pages American Institute of Physics, [3] A.N. Villano. Unified Field Theory. In S. Restivo and P.H. Denton, editors, Battleground: Science and Technology, volume 2, pages Greenwood Press, Connecticut, [4] A.N. Villano. Exclusive Electroproduction of π 0 Mesons. In A. Radyushkin and P. Stoler, editors, Exclusive Reactions, pages World Scientific, 2007.