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authorJaron Kent-Dobias <jaron@kent-dobias.com>2019-01-29 15:00:24 -0500
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\noindent\tit Education\dotfill{}
\medskip
-\noindent\bf PhD Candidate, Physics \rm --- Cornell University, Ithaca,
-NY.\hfill\sl Expected 2019--2020
+\noindent\bf PhD Candidate, Physics\hfill\sl Expected 2020\break
+\rm Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Master of Science, Physics \rm --- Cornell University, Ithaca,
-NY.\hfill\sl February 2017
+\noindent\bf Master of Science, Physics\hfill\sl February 2017\break
+\rm Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
+
+\smallskip\rm
+\item\bull Examination for Admission to Candidiacy: \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/aexam_viet.pdf}{Q1 PDF}, \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/aexam_brad.pdf}{Q2 PDF}, \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/aexam_jim.pdf}{Q3 PDF}, \href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/aexam_pres.pdf}{Presentation PDF}.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Bachelor of Science, Physics \rm --- Harvey Mudd College (HMC),
- Claremont, CA.\hfill\sl May 2014
+\noindent\bf Bachelor of Science, Physics\hfill\sl May 2014\break
+\rm Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
\smallskip\rm
\item\bull Total \sc gpa \rm of 3.779, major \sc gpa \rm of 4.000.
\smallskip
\item\bull Graduated with high distinction and honors in physics.
\smallskip
-\item\bull Thesis: Energy driven pattern formation in planar dipole--dipole systems.
+\item\bull Thesis: \href{http://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/66/}{\bf Energy driven pattern formation in planar dipole--dipole systems} (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_energy-driven_2014.pdf}{PDF}).
\medskip
-\noindent\bf High School Diploma \rm --- Skyline High School,
- Sammamish, WA.\hfill\sl May\ 2010
+\noindent\bf High School Diploma\hfill\sl May\ 2010\break
+\rm Skyline High School, Sammamish, WA
\bigbreak
\noindent\tit Publications\dotfill{}
\medskip
-\noindent\sl Essential singularities in universal scaling functions at the
-Ising coexistence line\rm, \bf Jaron Kent-Dobias \rm \& James P Sethna,
+\noindent\bf Essential singularities in universal scaling functions at the
+Ising coexistence line\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias \rm \& James P Sethna,
\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.03791}{arXiv:1707.03791 \tt
[cond-mat.stat-mech]}\rm, submitted.
\medskip
-\noindent\sl Renormalization group and normal form theory\rm, Archishman Raju,
-Colin B Clement, Lorien X Hayden, \bf Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Danilo B Liarte, D Zeb
+\noindent\bf Renormalization group and normal form theory\rm, Archishman Raju,
+Colin B Clement, Lorien X Hayden, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Danilo B Liarte, D Zeb
Rocklin \& James P Sethna,
\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.00137}{arXiv:1706.00137 \tt
[cond-mat.stat-mech]}\rm,
submitted.
\medskip
-\noindent\sl Cluster representations and the Wolff algorithm in arbitrary external fields\rm,
-\bf Jaron Kent-Dobias \rm\& James P Sethna,
-\href{https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.063306}{Physical Review E \bf 98\rm, 063306 (2018)} $\cdot$
+\noindent\bf Cluster representations and the Wolff algorithm in arbitrary external fields\rm,
+\sl Jaron Kent-Dobias \rm\& James P Sethna,
+\href{https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.063306}{Physical Review E \bf 98\rm, 063306 (2018)} (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_cluster_2018.pdf}{PDF}) $\cdot$
\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.04019}{arXiv:1805.04019 \tt [cond-mat.stat-mech]}\rm.
\medskip
-\noindent\sl Deformation of crystals: connections with statistical
+\noindent\bf Deformation of crystals: connections with statistical
physics, \rm James P Sethna, Matthew K Bierbaum, Karin A Dahmen, Carl P
-Goodrich, Julia R Greer, Lorien X Hayden, \bf Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Edward D Lee,
+Goodrich, Julia R Greer, Lorien X Hayden, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Edward D Lee,
Danilo B Liarte, Xiaoyue Ni, Katherine N Quinn, Archishman Raju, D Zeb
Rocklin, Ashivni Shekhawat \& Stefano Zapperi,
\href{https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-matsci-070115-032036}{Annual Review of Materials
@@ -118,28 +121,29 @@ Research 47, 217 (2017)} $\cdot$
[cond-mat.mtrl-sci]}\rm.
\medskip
-\noindent\sl Energy driven pattern formation in planar
-dipole--dipole systems in the presence of weak noise, \bf Jaron Kent-Dobias
+\noindent\bf Energy driven pattern formation in planar
+dipole--dipole systems in the presence of weak noise, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias
\rm \&
Andrew J Bernoff,
\href{https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.032919}{Physical Review E
-\bf 91\rm, 032919 (2015)} $\cdot$
+\bf 91\rm, 032919 (2015)} (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_energy_2015.pdf}{PDF}) $\cdot$
\href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.3749}{arXiv:1406.3749 \tt [cond-mat.soft]}\rm.
\medskip
-\noindent\rm {\sl Rock $\cdot$ Paper $\cdot$ Book}, Brendan Gillett, Anastasia
+\noindent\rm {\bf Rock $\cdot$ Paper $\cdot$ Book}, Brendan Gillett, Anastasia
Patterson, Lily Stewart, Gretchen Allen, Garrett Wong, Kate MacDonnell, Carrie
-Latimer, \bf Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Siyao Xie, Jay Jonsson, Jacob Bandes-Storch, Rob
+Latimer, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Siyao Xie, Jay Jonsson, Jacob Bandes-Storch, Rob
O'Neill, Jack Ma, Chelsea Carlson, Kitty Maryatt,
\href{https://www.scrippscollege.edu/scrippspress/publication/rock-paper-book}{Scripps
College Press (2013)}.
\bigbreak
+\vfil\break
\noindent\tit Honors \& Awards\dotfill{}
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Finalist, LeRoy Apker Award \rm --- American Physical Society.
-\hfill\sl August 2014
+\noindent\bf Finalist, LeRoy Apker Award\hfill\sl August 2014\break
+\rm American Physical Society
\smallskip \rm
\noindent An undergraduate physics achievement award
@@ -148,8 +152,8 @@ and thereby provide encouragement to young physicists who have demonstrated
great potential for future scientific accomplishment.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Thomas B.\ Brown Memorial Award \rm --- Department of Physics,
-HMC.\hfill\sl May 2014
+\noindent\bf Thomas B.\ Brown Memorial Award\hfill\sl May 2014\break
+\rm Department of Physics, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
\noindent The Thomas B.\ Brown Memorial award for senior research in physics is awarded
@@ -157,195 +161,186 @@ for research results, originality in conception or in execution of research,
diligence, and clarity of oral and written reports.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf The Chavin Prize \rm --- Department of Mathematics, HMC.\hfill\sl
-May 2014
+\noindent\bf The Chavin Prize.\hfill\sl May 2014\break
+\rm Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
\noindent The Chavin Prize is awarded for outstanding senior theses in the
mathematical sciences.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Eagle Scout \rm --- Troop 636, Sammamish, WA.\hfill\sl March 2008
+\noindent\bf Eagle Scout\hfill\sl March 2008\break
+\rm Boy Scouts of America, Troop 636, Sammamish, WA
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Second Degree Black Belt \rm --- True Martial Arts, Sammamish, WA.
- \hfill\sl December\ 2008
+\noindent\bf Second Degree Black Belt\hfill\sl December\ 2008\break
+\rm True Martial Arts, Sammamish, WA
+%\bigbreak
+%\noindent\tit Research Experience\dotfill{}
+%
+%\medskip
+%\noindent\bf With Prof James P Sethna \rm --- Department of Physics, Cornell.
+% \hfill\sl May 2014 -- Present
+%
+%\smallskip\rm
+%\item\bull Examined the plausibility of imaging defect structure in metals using coherent x-ray diffraction.
+%
+%\smallskip
+%\item\bull Developed scaling theories of stress and damage near the tip of
+% cracks in disordered brittle materials.
+%
+% \smallskip
+%\item\bull Examined novel nonlinear {\sc rg} flow equations associated with
+% Kosterlitz--Thouless critical points.
+%
+% \smallskip
+%\item\bull Studied the impact of first-order transitions on universality.
+%
+% \smallskip
+%\item\bull Developed an efficient extension of cluster Monte Carlo algorithms.
+%
+%\medskip
+%\noindent\bf With Prof Andrew J Bernoff \rm --- Department of Mathematics, HMC.
+% \hfill\sl January 2013 -- February 2015
+%
+%\smallskip\rm
+%\item\bull Studied the shape and stability of
+% modulated phases in two-dimensional magnetic fluids using asymptotic
+% analysis \& computational modeling.
+%
+%\medskip
+%\noindent\bf With Prof Sharon Gerbode \rm --- Department of Physics, HMC.\hfill
+% \sl January\ 2012 -- September\ 2012
+%
+%\smallskip\rm
+%\item\bull Developed experimental and computational tools to study the behavior of impurities during phase
+% changes in colloidal crystals.
+
\bigbreak
-\noindent\tit Research Experience\dotfill{}
+\noindent\tit Teaching\dotfill{}
\medskip
-\noindent\bf With Prof James P Sethna \rm --- Department of Physics, Cornell.
- \hfill\sl May 2014 -- Present
+\noindent\bf Teaching Assistant\hfill\sl August 2014 -- Present\break
+\rm Physics Department, Cornell University
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Examined the plausibility of imaging defect structure in metals using coherent x-ray diffraction.
-
-\smallskip
-\item\bull Developed scaling theories of stress and damage near the tip of
- cracks in disordered brittle materials.
-
+\item\bull\bf Physics 1112 -- Physics I: Mechanics \& Heat
\smallskip
-\item\bull Examined novel nonlinear {\sc rg} flow equations associated with
- Kosterlitz--Thouless critical points.
-
- \smallskip
-\item\bull Studied the impact of first-order transitions on universality.
-
- \smallskip
-\item\bull Developed an efficient extension of cluster Monte Carlo algorithms.
-
-\medskip
-\noindent\bf With Prof Andrew J Bernoff \rm --- Department of Mathematics, HMC.
- \hfill\sl January 2013 -- February 2015
-
-\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Studied the shape and stability of
- modulated phases in two-dimensional magnetic fluids using asymptotic
- analysis \& computational modeling.
-
-\medskip
-\noindent\bf With Prof Sharon Gerbode \rm --- Department of Physics, HMC.\hfill
- \sl January\ 2012 -- September\ 2012
-
-\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Developed experimental and computational tools to study the behavior of impurities during phase
- changes in colloidal crystals.
-
-\bigbreak
-\noindent\tit Teaching Experience\dotfill{}
-
-\medskip
-\noindent\bf Teaching Assistant \rm --- Physics Department, Cornell
-University.\hfill\sl August 2014 -- Present
+\itemitem\bullbull\rm Recitation, Lab \& Grading: Spring 2015.
\smallskip\rm
\item\bull\bf Physics 1116 -- Physics I: Mechanics \& Special Relativity
\smallskip
-\itemitem\bullbull\rm Recitation, Lab, \& Grading: Fall 2014 \& Fall 2017.
+\itemitem\bullbull\rm Recitation \& Lab: Falls 2014 \& 2017.
+\itemitem\bullbull\rm Grading: Fall 2014, Fall 2017 \& Spring 2019.
\medskip\rm
\item\bull\bf Physics 6562 -- Statistical Physics I
\smallskip
-\itemitem\bullbull\rm Flipped classroom facilitation: Spring 2016, Spring 2017 \& Spring 2018.
+\itemitem\bullbull\rm Flipped classroom facilitation: Springs 2016, 2017, 2018 \& 2019.
\smallskip
- \itemitem\bullbull Grading: Spring 2017.
+ \itemitem\bullbull Grading: Springs 2017 \& 2019.
\medskip\rm
\item\bull\bf Physics 7653 -- Statistical Physics II
\smallskip
- \itemitem\bullbull\rm Grading: Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017 \& Fall 2018.
+ \itemitem\bullbull\rm Grading: Falls 2015, 2016, 2017 \& 2018.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Academic Excellence Facilitator \rm ---
- Academic Excellence Program, HMC.\hfill\sl April 2012 -- May 2014
+\noindent\bf Academic Excellence Facilitator\hfill\sl April 2012 -- May 2014\break
+\rm Academic Excellence Program, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Tutored students taking core courses in mechanics, electromagnetism, and
- special relativity.
- \smallskip
-\item\bull Worked closely with faculty to improve both tutoring and lecturing.
+\noindent Tutored students taking core courses in mechanics, electromagnetism, and
+ special relativity. Worked closely with faculty to improve both tutoring and lecturing.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf CCMS\footnote{\rm$^\ast$}
- {\foot Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences}
- \bf Lab Mentor \rm --- Department of Mathematics, CGU.\footnote{$^\dagger$}
- {\foot Claremont Graduate University}
- \hfill\sl January\ 2012 -- May 2014
+\noindent\bf Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences
+ \bf Lab Mentor\hfill\sl Spring 2012 -- Spring 2014\break
+\rm Department of Mathematics, Claremont Graduate University
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Provided support for \sc Matlab\rm,
+\noindent Provided support for \sc Matlab\rm,
\sl Mathematica\rm, \LaTeX, and Python for students and faculty throughout the Claremont Consortium.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Physics Grader \rm --- Department of Physics, HMC.\hfill
- \sl January\ 2012 -- May 2014
+\noindent\bf Grader\hfill\sl Spring 2012 -- Fall 2013\break
+\rm Department of Physics, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Graded assignments for the Mechanics, Theoretical
- Mechanics, Electromagnetic Fields, and Fourier Series \& Boundary Value
- Problems courses.
+\item\bull\bf Physics 24 -- Mechanics\rm: Spring 2012
+\item\bull\bf Physics 111 -- Theoretical Mechanics\rm: Fall 2012
+\item\bull\bf Physics 161 -- Electromagnetic Fields\rm: Fall 2013
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Physics 18 Tutor \rm --- Department of Physics, HMC.\hfill
- \sl January\ 2013 -- May 2013
+\noindent\bf Tutor\hfill\sl Spring 2013\break
+\rm Department of Physics, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Tutored students enrolled in mechanics who have a
- poor background in or difficulty with physics.
+\item\bull\bf Physics 18 -- Fundamentals of Mechanics\rm: Spring 2013
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Math Grader \rm --- Department of Mathematics, HMC.\hfill
- \sl January\ 2012 -- May 2012
+\noindent\bf Grader\hfill\sl Spring 2012 -- Spring 2014\break
+\rm Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Graded assignments for the Linear Algebra and Differential
- Equations courses.
-
-
+\item\bull\bf Math 45 -- Linear Algebra \& Differential Equations\rm: Spring 2012
+\item\bull\bf Math 115 -- Fourier Series \& Boundary Value Problems\rm: Spring 2014
\bigbreak
\noindent\tit Other Experience\dotfill{}
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Systems Administrator \rm --- Department of Computer Science,
- HMC.\hfill\sl May 2011 -- May 2014
+\noindent\bf Systems Administrator\hfill\sl May 2011 -- May 2014\break
+\rm Department of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Administered Linux and Mac OS servers and managed a large network
- of codependent systems.
- \smallskip
-\item\bull Created and modified scripts written in Perl, Bash, and Python for
- a variety of system tasks.
- \smallskip
-\item\bull Designed, set up and administered a large cluster for use by other
+\noindent Administered Linux and Mac OS servers and managed a network
+ of codependent systems. Created and modified scripts written in Perl, Bash, and Python for
+ a variety of system tasks. Designed, set up and administered a cluster for use by other
researchers.
\medskip
-\noindent\bf Systems Consultant \rm --- Department of Computer Science, HMC.\hfill
- \sl September 2010 -- May 2011
+\noindent\bf Systems Consultant\hfill\sl September 2010 -- May 2011\break
+\rm Department of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College
\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Wrote documentation and provided on-site user support for desktop
- and server systems.
-\smallskip
-\item\bull Led educational sessions on topics related to Unix
+\noindent Wrote documentation and provided on-site user support for desktop
+ and server systems. Led educational sessions on topics related to Unix
administration and advanced usage.
\bigbreak
-\noindent\tit Skills\dotfill{}
+\noindent\tit Presentations\dotfill{}
-\medskip
-\noindent\subtit Mathematics
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+Cluster representations and the Wolff algorithm in arbitrary external fields\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm\ \& James P Sethna, 120th Statistical Mechanics Conference Rutgers University, Short Talks (December 2018).
-\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Course training in the abstract algebra of groups, rings, fields,
- modules \& algebras, including applications to physics and efficient
- algorithms for harmonic analysis.
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+An efficient cluster algorithm for the Ising model in an external field\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm\ \& James P Sethna, \href{https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR18/Session/X48.11i}{APS March Meeting 2018} (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_efficient_2018/aps_mm_2018.html}{HTML}).
-\smallskip
-\item\bull Course training in real and complex analysis, including
- foundational measure theory and differential manifolds.
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+Universal scaling and the essential singularity at the Ising first-order transition\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm\ \& James P Sethna, \href{https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR17/Session/V15.5}{APS March Meeting 2017} (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_universal_2017.pdf}{PDF}).
-\medskip
-\noindent\subtit Computational
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+Scaling theory of the process zone of quasibrittle materials: an avalanche crossover analysis\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Ashivni Shekhawat \& James P Sethna, \href{https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR16/Session/A43.3}{APS March Meeting 2016} (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_scaling_2016.pdf}{PDF}).
-\smallskip\rm
-\item\bull Experienced programming in the following languages (listed in order
- of proficiency):
+\bigbreak
+\noindent\tit Posters\dotfill{}
- \sl Mathematica\rm, C, \CC, \LaTeX, \TeX, Python, Haskell, Gnuplot,
- Igor Pro, \sc Matlab\rm, Perl, \sc Cuda\rm, Bash.
- \smallskip
-\item\bull Experienced in the use and administration of many Unix variants,
- especially Arch Linux, Gentoo, Ubuntu, and Mac OS.
- \smallskip
-\item\bull Experienced administrator of file servers, mail servers, networked
- storage, version control systems, databases, web servers, the Linux
- networking stack, firewalls, and
- virtual private networks.
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+Exploring the quasibrittle process zone with real-space RG\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, James P Sethna \& Ashivni Shekhawat, \href{http://statphys26.sciencesconf.org/conference/statphys26/pages/PosterBookOfAbstracts.pdf}{Statphys 26 (2016)} (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_poster_jul2016.pdf}{PDF}).
+
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+Energy driven pattern formation in planar dipole–dipole systems\rm, Andrew J Bernoff \& \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Harvey Mudd College 2014 Thesis Posters (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_poster_jun2014.pdf}{PDF}).
+
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+Mapping the energy landscape of compact Langmuir domains\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm, Harvey Mudd College Summer 2013 Physics Research (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_poster_aug2013.pdf}{PDF}).
+
+\medskip\noindent\bf
+Impurity expulsion in colloidal crystals\rm, \sl Jaron Kent-Dobias\rm\ \& Paul Jerger, Harvey Mudd College Summer 2012 Physics Research (\href{https://kent-dobias.com/files/kent-dobias_poster_aug2012.pdf}{PDF}).
-\footline={\hfill\modif Modified 27 October 2018.}
+\footline={\hfill\modif Modified 29 January 2019}
\bye