Diego C. B. Valente 345 Buckland Hills Drive, Apt 1224 Manchester, CT (407)590-3736 dvalente@knights.ucf.edu Legal resident and authorized to work in the USA (green card holder). EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics, December 2009 Area of Emphasis: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Dissertation: Decoherence in Semiconductor Solid-State Quantum Computers. Advisor: Eduardo R. Mucciolo. Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics, August 2004 Area of Emphasis: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Thesis: Stochastic Models for Volatility in the Brazilian Stock Market. Advisor: Rosane R. Freire. B. Eng. in Electrical and Industrial Engineering, August 2002 Specialization in telecommunications engineering and decision support systems. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Connecticut, Storrs Visiting Assistant Professor Fall 2013 - Present Responsibilities include teaching 3 courses per semester, with activities such as developing course materials, lecturing, creating exams, and holding weekly office hours. Also supervised 4 honors conversion student research projects. Co-led department efforts to create a more uniform course experience across all sections of the Physics for Engineers course series, adopting modern pedagogical tools to enhance student learning, such as flipping the classroom and active learning with clickers. Co-led department initiative to implement effective assessment tools (FCI and BEMA) to measure widely adopted peer-reviewed metrics of student learning and retention. University of Connecticut, Storrs Postdoctoral Fellow Winter 2010 Summer 2013 Working in the theoretical atomic, molecular, and optical physics research group; employing quantum and semiclassical methods to calculate charge-transfer in ultracold atom-ion scattering; investigating hybrid platforms for quantum information that utilize ultracold molecular ions.
Supervisor: Prof. Robin Côté Graduate Research Assistant Jun 2005-Dec 2009 Performed research in the theoretical condensed matter physics group; studied the several effects that lead to decoherence effects in quantum-dot setups of charge qubits, including electromagnetic fluctuations of the gate voltages and coupling to bulk phonon modes. Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2004-May 2005 Responsibilities included teaching laboratory sections in undergraduate level courses such as Physics for Scientists and Engineers I & II, and College Physics I, as well as grading several classroom sections of the same courses. IT Manager for the Dept. of Industrial Engineering at PUC-Rio Jan 2000 Jul 2002 Provided maintenance for department computers; Performed duties as department system administrator Andersen Consulting/Accenture, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Intern Oct 2000 Jan 2002 Worked as an IT architect developing and testing API's for the implementation of a new computer-based billing system for Brazil's largest telephone service provider; tested API's for the implementation of the billing system of a brand new cell phone service provider company being launched. Ipiranga Brazilian Petroleum Company (CPBI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Intern Jan 2000 Sep 2000 Worked in the division of logistics, helping quantify and analyze product losses during transportation from source to end clients such as gas stations. TEACHING EXPERIENCE PHYS1201Q General Physics I PHYS1202Q General Physics II PHYS1501Q Physics for Engineers I PHYS1502Q Physics for Engineers II Avg. of Overall Teaching Rating SET Score Fall 2015: PHYS1201Q, PHYS1501Q, PHYS1502Q (2 sect.) 5.0 Summer 2015: PHYS1501Q, PHYS1502Q 4.0
Spring 2015: PHYS1501Q, PHYS1502Q (2 sect.) 5.0 Fall 2014: PHYS1501Q (2 sect.), PHYS1502Q 4.0 Summer 2014: PHYS1501Q, PHYS1502Q 5.0 Spring 2014: PHYS1202Q, PHYS1501Q, PHYS1502Q 4.3 Fall 2013: PHYS1201Q, PHYS1501Q (2 sect.) CONSULTING PROJECTS Product Development Partner for Cengage Publishing: Role includes the evaluation of new online physics educational materials. Sep 2015 Present Member of the FlipItPhysics Advisory Board for W. H. Freeman Publishers: Role includes assisting with content review and editing for the Algebra based physics FlipItPhysics course instruction tool system. Sep 2015 Present OUTREACH AND SERVICE Physics Department Physics for Engineers Textbook Selection Committee, University of Connecticut, Fall 2015 Member of the Physics Department Lab Technician II search committee, University of Connecticut, Fall 2015 Event Volunteer for 1st Annual Multi-Department STEM-fest, University of Connecticut, May, 2015 Member of the Physics Department Lab Technician II search committee, University of Connecticut, Fall 2013 Invited Guest Speaker at the Summer Upward Bound (ConnCAP) Program for underprivileged high school students, University of Connecticut, Summer 2013 Member of the Diversity & Multiculturalism Committee of the Department of Physics at UCONN, Fall 2012 - Present AWARDS, HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS Commendation Letter for Excellence in Teaching from the Office of the Provost, University of Connecticut, Storrs, January 2016
Commendation Letter for Excellence in Teaching from the Office of the Provost, University of Connecticut, Storrs, July 2015 Commendation Letter for Excellence in Teaching from the Office of the Provost, University of Connecticut, Storrs, July 2014 Accepted into Sigma Pi Sigma, The Physics Honor Society, Fall 2007 Runner Up (Honorable Mention) for Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year,, Spring 2005 Awarded Prize Fellowship for Graduate Student of the Year, Physics Department,, Fall 2003 PUBLICATIONS, TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Ultracold Molecular Ion Schemes for Quantum Information, paper in preparation. 2. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Hyperfine interactions in ultracold atom-ion collisions and how they affect charge transfer processes, paper in preparation. 3. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Charge transfer processes in ultracold atom-ion collisions with Beryllium, paper in preparation. 4. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Ultracold atom-ion collisions with Ca-Ca +, paper in preparation. 5. D. C. B. Valente, S. Banerjee, and R. Côté, Charge transfer in ultracold atom-ion alkaline-earth systems, talk given at the 2013 Joint Meeting of the APS DAMOP and CAP DAMOP (June 2013). 6. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Charge transfer processes in ultracold atom-ion collisions, talk given at the 43 rd Annual Meeting of the APS DAMOP (June 2012). 7. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Ultracold Atom-Ion Schemes for Quantum Information, poster presented at the 43 rd Annual Meeting of the APS DAMOP (June 2012). 8. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Ultracold atom-ion collisions with Beryllium, talk given at the 42 nd Annual Meeting of the APS DAMOP (June 2011). 9. D. C. B. Valente and R. Côté, Hyperfine interactions and charge transfer processes in ultracold atom-ion collisions, poster presented at the 42 nd Annual Meeting of the APS DAMOP (June 2011). 10. D. C. B. Valente, E. R. Mucciolo, and F. K. Wilhelm, Decoherence by electromagnetic fluctuations in double quantum dot charge qubits, Physical Review B 82, 125302 (2010). 11. Electromagnetic fluctuations as a source of decoherence for double quantum dot charge-based qubits, talk given at the APS March Meeting (2009).
12. Decoherence in multiple-quantum-dot charge qubits, talk given at the First Annual Nanoscience Technology Symposium (NanoFlorida) (2008). 13. Improving intrinsic decoherence in multiple-quantum-dot charge qubits, poster presentation at the First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction(QEC) (2007). 14. M. Hentschel, D.C.B. Valente, E. R. Mucciolo, and H. U. Baranger, Improving intrinsic decoherence in multiple-quantum-dot charge qubits, Physical Review B 76, 235309 (2007). 15. D.C.B. Valente, E.T.M. Costa, P.M.P. Gouvêa, I.C.S. Carvalho, M.C.R. Carvalho, W. Margulis, Sagnac Interferometer as a variable optical attenuator, Annals of Optics, XXVI ENFMC, (2003). 16. E.T.M. Costa, D.C.B. Valente, P.M.P. Gouvêa, I.C.S. Carvalho, M.C.R. Carvalho, Single-mode coupled-cavity fiber laser, Annals of Optics, XXVI ENFMC, (2003)