Curriculum Vitae

Brendan Regnery

E-Mail: bjregnery(at)ucdavis.edu, brendan.regnery(at)cern.ch
Website: bregnery.github.io

Education

2016 Bachelor’s of Science in Physics Summa Cum Laude, Mathematics Cum Laude, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Minor: Zoology

Experience

2017-Present Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis
Advisor: Robin Erbacher

2017-Present Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis

2013-2017 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Florida
Advisor: Darin Acosta

2014-2015 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Florida
Advisor: Trevor Caughlin

Awards and Affiliations

2018 John Jungerman Graduate Fellowship
2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Senior Thesis, Department of Physics, University of Florida
Fall 2012, Spring 2016 University of Florida Dean’s List
2016 Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society
2014-2015 University Scholar, University of Florida

Conferences and Seminars

  • Brendan Regnery, Robin Erbacher, Justin Pilot, John Conway. 2018. “Improvement of Jet Substructure Techniques by Studying HH -> WWWW -> Hadrons with the CMS Experiment” Talk. NorCal HEP-EXchange

  • Brendan Regnery, Darin Acosta, Justin Hugon. 2015. “A Study to Enhance the Sensitivity for the Discovery of The Higgs Boson Coupling to Dimuons” Talk. American Physical Society (APS) April Meeting

  • Brendan Regnery, Darin Acosta, Justin Hugon. 2015. “A Study to Enhance the Sensitivity for the Discovery of The Higgs Boson Coupling to Dimuons” Poster. University of Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Brendan J. Regnery, Darin Acosta, Justin Hugon. 2015. “A Study to Enhance the Sensitivity for the Discovery of The Higgs Boson Coupling to Dimuons” Poster. Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC)

  • Brendan J. Regnery, T. Trevor Caughlin, Jeremy W. Lichstein. 2014 “Consequences of animal foraging patterns for seed dispersal and tree demography” Poster. 99th Annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting

  • Brendan J. Regnery, Darin Acosta, Justin Hugon. 2014. “A Study to Enhance the Sensitivity for the Discovery of the Higgs Boson Coupling to Dimuons” Seminar. University of Florida Center for Undergraduate Research

  • Brendan J. Regnery, T. Trevor Caughlin, Jeremy W. Lichstein. 2014 “Consequences of Animal Foraging Patterns for Seed Dispersal and Tree Demography” Poster. Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program (URAP)

Service

2018-2019 Colloquium Committee, Graduate Organization of Physics Students (GradOPS), University of California, Davis

2018 Founding Memeber, Graduate Organization of Physics Students (GradOPS), University of California, Davis

2015-2017 Fundraising Chair, Society of Physics Students (SPS), University of Florida

2012-2015 Saxophonist, University of Florida Marching Band

Skills

Programming: C++, Python, UNIX, LaTeX, Keras, ROOT, CMS Software, Octave/MATLAB, R
Languages: French (Basic)