Curriculum Vitae - California Institute of Technology



Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Name: Matthew John Evans

Address: 2555 Fruitvale Road

Council, ID 83612 USA

Phone: +1.626.827.6622

+39.340.693.5735

E-mail: mevans@ligo.caltech.edu

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Education

2001 PhD, “Lock Acquisition in Resonant Optical Interferometers”

Department of Physics, Math and Astronomy

California Institute of Technology

1996 Bachelor of Science, Department of Physics

Harvey Mudd College

Publications

1. Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, et al. “Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars” PHYSICAL REVIEW D 69 (12): Art. No. 122001 JUN 2004

2. Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, et al. “Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves” PHYSICAL REVIEW D 69 (12): Art. No. 122004 JUN 2004

3. Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, et al. “First upper limits from LIGO on

gravitational wave bursts” PHYSICAL REVIEW D 69 (10): Art. No. 102001 MAY 2004

4. Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, et al. “Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors” PHYSICAL REVIEW D 69 (8): Art. No. 082004 APR 15 2004

5. Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, et al. “Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO” NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT 517 (1-3): 154-179 JAN 21 2004

6. Evans M, Mavalvala N, Fritschel P, et al. “Lock acquisition of a gravitational-wave interferometer” OPTICS LETTERS 27 (8): 598-600 APR 15 2002

7. Yamamoto H, Bhawal B, Evans M, et al, "End to End Simulation program for gravitational-wave detectors," in Gravitational Wave Detection II, S. Kawamura and N. Mio, editors, Frontiers Science Series No. 32, 331-336 (2000).

8. Rakhmanov M, Evans M, Yamamoto H “An optical vernier technique for in situ measurement of the length of long Fabry-Perot cavities” MEASUREMENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 10 (3): 190-194 MAR 1999

Research Experience

1996 – 2001 Research Assistant (Graduate Student) with LIGO, Caltech

Developed simulation tools for optical gravitational-wave detectors (E2E, written in C++, see publication 7). Implemented lock-acquisition procedure for LIGO (thesis work, code written in C, see publication 6).

2001 – Present Scientist with LIGO, Caltech

Applied E2E simulation tools to LIGO detectors. Worked on detector commissioning, including work in: lock-acquisition, length control, alignment control, active seismic isolation, detector characterization, noise reduction, and automation.

References

1. Dr. Hiroaki Yamamoto

Senior Scientist

Caltech LIGO, MS 18-34

Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

+1.626.395.8467

2. Dr. Peter Fritschel

Principal Research Scientist

MIT, LIGO Project

175 Albany St., NW17-161

Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

+1.617.253.8153

3. Dr. Matteo Barsuglia

Scientist - Virgo project

Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire

CNRS/IN2P3

Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 200

91898 Orsay cedex, France

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