Name: Dr F.J. Paul Soler Nationality: Spanish/Australian

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Dr F.J. Paul Soler Nationality: Spanish/Australian.

Date of birth: 18/04/1962 Place of birth: Madrid, Spain.

EDUCATION

1988-1993 University of Sydney, PhD (1994) [Thesis title: SUNLAB: a Prototype Water Cherenkov Detector for Solar Neutrinos]

1987-1987 University of Sydney, MSc, 1st Class Honours [Thesis title: Optical Response of Wavelength Shifting Panels for Large Water Cherenkov Detectors].

1981-1986 Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Licenciate in Physical Sciences.

CAREER HISTORY

January 2007 -onwards: Reader in Particle Physics at the University of Glasgow.

October 2004 –December 2006: Senior Lecturer in Particle Physics at the University of Glasgow (joint appointment with CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ended in September 2005, with a full time position at Glasgow from there on).

April 2000-September 2004: Lecturer in Particle Physics at the University of Glasgow (joint appointment with CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory holding post of LHCb Group Leader).

April 1998-April 2000: Marie Curie Fellow based at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland).

Feb 1994-April 1998: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sydney.

Feb 1992-Nov 1993: Associate Lecturer (Half Time) at the School of Physics, University of Sydney.

DISTINCTIONS:

2001: Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics.

1998-2000: Marie Curie Fellowship to carry out research at CERN, awarded by the European Commission in competition with many other European researchers (only top 5-10% applications are approved).

1988-1992: Australian Postgraduate Research Award from the Commonwealth Government of Australia for PhD studies at the University of Sydney.

MEMBERSHIP OF EXTERNAL COMMITTEES.

1. Organising Committee Eighth Position Sensitive Detector Coneference, PSD8, Glasgow (September 2008).
2. Scientific Programme Committee, 10th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Superbeams and Beta Beams, NUFACT08, Valencia June 2008.
3. Organising Committee, NUFACT08 Neutrino Summer School, June 2008, Benasque, Spain.
4. Coordinator Detector Work Package for the European Neutrino Facility Design Study (EuroNu), 2008-2012.
5. Neutrino Factory International Design Study Steering Board Member (Coordinator for Detectors and Instrumentation), 2007-…
6. Organising Committee, First International Workshop on the Golden Channel at a Neutrino Factory (Golden 07), Valencia, June 2007.
7. Neutrino Factory International Scoping Study (Member Detector Council and Near Detector Coordinator), 2005-2007.
8. Organising Committee 61st Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics (SUSSP61) and Co-editor of Proceedings. Held August 2006, St. Andrews, Scotland (2005-…).
9. Deputy Spokesperson, LHCb-UK (2004-2008)
10. Organising Committee 57th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics (SUSSP57) and Co-editor of Proceedings. Held August 2003, St. Andrews, Scotland (2002-2004).
11. Secretary, LHCb-UK Management Committee (2001-2004).
12. Secretary, LHCb Collaboration Board, CERN (2001-2005).
13. Organising Committee 55th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics (SUSSP55), August 2001, St. Andrews, Scotland (2000-2001).
14. CERN Non-member State Representative at the Advisory Committee for CERN Users (1998-2000).

TEACHING

Undergraduate

2006-2007: 3rd year Laboratory Group Projects (“Compton Camera”), University of Glasgow.

2006-2007: 3rd and 4th Year (Physics 3H/4H) Electromagnetism I: Part 2 (10 lectures), University of Glasgow.

2006-2007: 3rd Year (Physics 3H) Quantum Mechanics: Part 2 (10 lectures), University of Glasgow.

2005-2006: 4th Year (Physics 4M) Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Systems: Part 1 (10 lectures), University of Glasgow.

2005-2007: Exploring the Cosmos 1X (EXCOS 1X): Solar System: Part 1 (10 lectures), University of Glasgow.

2000-2007: 1st Year Physics laboratories, University of Glasgow.

2003-2007: Postgraduate course on "Neutrino Physics" (4 lectures), University of Glasgow.

2000-2007: Tutorials and supervisions (1st, 2nd, 3rd Year Physics), University of Glasgow.

2000-2002: Postgraduate course on “CP Violation” (4 lectures), University of Glasgow.

2000-2004: 3rd Year (Physics 3H) Circuits and Systems (304) Part 1 (10 lectures), University of Glasgow.

2000-2005: 1st Year (Physics 1X) Optics, Waves and Lasers Part 2 (10 lectures), University of Glasgow.

1997: 1st Year Quantum Physics (University of Sydney): 27 lectures.

1987-1993: Demonstrator 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year Physics laboratories (University of Sydney).

Postgraduate

2007-2008: Supervision PhD student Mr David Forrest working on “Analysis of Muon Ionization Cooling in the MICE experiment”.

2003-2008: Associate supervisor to: Mr David Petrie (2003-2007), Mr Marco Gersabeck (2006-2008), Mr Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana (2006-2008).

2006-2008: Supervision PhD student Mr Andrew Laing working on “Near Detector for a Neutrino Factory”.

2005-2008: Supervision PhD student Mr Laurence Carson working on “HPD Testing and Bàhh decays in LHCb”.

2003-2007: Supervision PhD student Mr Kenny Walaron working on “Neutrino Factory Target and MICE Beamline Design” (final version thesis December 2007).

2003-2006: Supervision of PhD thesis by Dr Stuart Paterson: “LHCb Data Analysis on the Computing Grid” (final version thesis October 2006).

2002-2005: Associate supervisor to: Dr Alison Bates (2002-2005).

2001-2006: Supervision of PhD thesis by Dr Andrew Macgregor: “Alignment of the LHCb Ring Imaging Cherenkov Systems” (final version thesis May 2006).

1997-2001: Supervision of PhD thesis by Dr Malcolm Ellis: “A Study of Charm Production by Neutrinos in the NOMAD-STAR Detector”, University of Sydney, March 2001.

1997-2000: Assistant supervisor Dr Andrew Godley thesis: “A Search for nm to ne Oscillations in the NOMAD Experiment”, University of Sydney, September 2000.

1995-1998: Assistant supervisor Dr Steven Boyd thesis: “Neutrino Production of Opposite Sign Dimuons in the NOMAD Experiment”, University of Sydney, September 1998.

PhD and MSc examinations:

July 2008: PhD thesis at the Univeristat de Valencia by Pau Novella I Garijo (“Experimental Studies of Neutrino Nature: from K2K to Super-NEMO”)

June 2008: PhD thesis at the Univeristat de Valencia by Ana Maria Tornero Lopez (“Measurement of Neutral Pion Porduction via Neutrino Induced Charged Current Interactions in the K2K SciBar Detector”).

May 2006: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by B McKinnon (“Search for the q+ Pentaquark in the Reaction gdàpK+K-n with CLAS”).

March 2006: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by C Nicholson (“File Management for HEP Data Grids”).

Nov 2005: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by D Cameron (“Replica Management and Optimisation for Data Grids”).

Sept 2005: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by L.Y. Nicolas (“Radiation Environment Simulations at the Tevatron, Studies of the Beam Profile and Measurement of the Bc Meson Mass”).

Oct 2004: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by S. Farrington (“A Measurement of the Bs lifetime at CDF Run II”).

April 2004: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by S. Hanlon (“Measurement of Event Shapes in Deep Inelastic Scattering at HERA”).

June 2003: PhD thesis at the University of Valencia by G. Vidal Sitjes (“The HARP Time Projection Chamber”).

June 2003: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by G. Ruggiero (“Signal Generation in Highly Irradiated Silicon Microstrip Detectors for the ATLAS Experiment”).

June 2002: PhD thesis at the University of Valencia by A. Cervera Villanueva (“Diffractive production of a1+ mesons by neutrinos in NOMAD”).

June 2001: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by K. Mathieson (“Modelling Semiconductor Pixel Detectors”).

April 2001: PhD thesis at the University of Glasgow by M.S. Passmore (“Pixel Detectors”).

March 2001: MSc thesis (by research) at the University of Melbourne by N.J.M. Kent (“Investigation of the Interaction ”).

ADMINISTRATION

·  Examination Officer Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow (2005-2008).

·  Deputy Coordinator of the Physics 4th Year Projects (2000-2004). Coordinator Physics 4th Year Projects (2005-2008), University of Glasgow.

·  Adviser of Studies (2005-2006) and Undergraduate Admissions (2005-2007).

·  Member of the Hunter and Thomson Prize Committee in the Department of Physics and Astronomy for best 1st and 2nd year PhD progress reports (2000-2004).

·  LHCb Group Leader at CCLRC (9 physicists and 4 engineers), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Member of the Particle Physics Department Senior Staff Committee. Line Manager for four CCLRC staff and senior line manager for one CCLRC staff.

·  Project Manager for the LHCb Project in CCLRC (2000-2005).

CURRENT RESEARCH

My main area of activity is involvement in the LHCb project, which will search for CP violations from B meson decays at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. I lead a team of physicists at RAL and the University of Glasgow with responsibilities for the mechanics of the downstream Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector (RICH-2), its alignment and monitoring, and the testing and characterisation of the hybrid photodiode (HPD) detectors to be installed.

I also carry out research in the field of neutrino physics. I was a member of the NOMAD neutrino oscillation experiment and experiments associated to NOMAD, such as the Silicon Target (NOMAD-STAR) installed in NOMAD and the SPY particle yields experiment needed to calculate the flux of neutrinos from the CERN neutrino beam. I currently work on R&D needed to be able to build neutrino factories from the decay of muons. I am a member of the HARP experiment to measure the pion yields needed to predict the neutrino fluxes at neutrino factories and a member of the MICE experiment that aims to demonstrate muon ionization cooling, needed to improve the luminosity of neutrino factories. I lead efforts in defining detectors for neutrino factories as part of the International Scoping Stduy and International Design Studies for a Neutrino Factory, as well as the Detector Work Package Leader for the EU funded project: EuroNu.

OTHER RESEARCH

(a) SUNLAB:

During my PhD candidature (1988-1993) I was involved in a program to measure the background radiation in a mine in Broken Hill (Australia) at a depth of 1230 m, as a feasibility study for a solar neutrino detector.

(b) NOMAD:

I worked on the neutrino oscillation experiment NOMAD (1993-2000) at CERN for the University of Sydney. I was involved in the building of the veto, trigger and front calorimeter of NOMAD, I was appointed NOMAD run coordinator (Aug 1995-Sept 1995; Aug 199-Sept 1996) and neutrino beam studies coordinator (1998-2000).

My main physics interests have been in the production of charm, neutrino beam simulation and flux estimations needed for the nm-ne, nm-nt and ne-nt neutrino oscillation analyses.

(c) SPY:

I worked on the SPY (Secondary Particle Yields) experiment, which ran in 1996, to measure pion and kaon production from 450 GeV/c protons impinging upon a beryllium target. The measurement was crucial in order to determine accurately the flux of neutrinos at NOMAD and CHORUS.

(d) Future Neutrino Experiments R&D:

I have worked on R&D experiments for the design of new generation neutrino detectors. NOMAD-STAR was a silicon tracking detector with long (72 cm) ladders built as a prototype for a nt appearance experiment. I also participated in the analysis of testbeam data, where hybrid silicon-emulsion detectors were put in place to form a compact emulsion spectrometer.

(f) HARP:

HARP was a hadron production experiment to measure the yields of pions and kaons in a large acceptance window, from low energy (2-15 GeV) protons impinging upon a target, with the purpose of designing the optimum energy for a neutrino factory and for estimating the atmospheric neutrino flux. I wrote the GEANT simulations for the proposal that was accepted by the CERN SPS committee on 1 December 1999.

(g) MICE:

MICE is an experiment that will demonstrate the concept of Muon Ionization Cooling needed for the design and construction of a neutrino factory. I am participating in MICE beamline simulation activities, the instrumentation for the MICE beamline and alignment studies in MICE.

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

(a)  Books

1. “Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology”, M Kramer and F.J.P. Soler (eds.), Proceedings 57th Scottish

Universities Summer School, Institute of Physics Publishing, ISBN 0750309865, September 2004.

2. “Neutrinos in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology”, C. Froggatt, F. Muheim and F.J.P. Soler

(eds.), Proceedings 61st Scottish Universities Summer School, Taylor and Francis CRC Press,

ISBN-13 9781420082395, 2008.

(b)  Refereed journals

1. A.M.Bakich, R.C.Cederblad, P.R.Gerhardy, J.Malos, M.Omori, L.S.Peak, C.J.Sheerman and P.Soler, “The Sydney Underground Solar Neutrino Detector”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 273, 853-857, (1988). ISSN 0168-9002.

2. L.S. Peak and P. Soler, “Assessment of the Photoelectron Number for Photomultipliers under Conditions of Low Light Intensities”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 301, 341-349, (1991). ISSN 0168-9002.

3. P. Soler and Z.H.Wang, “Optical Properties of Wavelength Shifting Panels”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 324, 482-490, (1993). ISSN 0168-9002.

4. F.J.P. Soler, "Multiple Reflections in an Approximately Parallel Plate", Optics Communications 139, 165-169, (1997). ISSN: 0030-4018.

5. G.Braoudakis, L.S.Peak, F.J.P. Soler, "Use of Lead for the Reduction of Background Gamma Rays in Underground Experiments", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 403, 499-512, (1998). ISSN 0168-9002.

6. F.J.P. Soler in J. Altegoer et al., The NOMAD Collaboration (159 authors), "The NOMAD Experiment at the CERN SPS", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 404, 96-128, (1998). ISSN 0168-9002.

7. F.J.P. Soler in G. Ambrosini et al., The SPY Collaboration (41 authors), "K/p Production Ratios from 450 GeV Protons on Beryllium", Physics Letters B 420, 225-232, (1998). ISSN: 0370-2693.

8. F.J.P. Soler in J. Altegoer et al., The NOMAD Collaboration (157 authors), "Search for a New Gauge Boson in p0 Decays", Physics Letters B 428, 197-205, (1998). ISSN: 0370-2693.

9. F.J.P. Soler in G. Ambrosini et al., The SPY Collaboration (41 authors), "Pion Yield from 450 GeV Protons on Beryllium", Physics Letters B 425, 208-214, (1998). ISSN: 0370-2693.

10. F.J.P. Soler in G. Barichello et al. (21 authors), "Performance of Long Modules of Silicon Microstrip Detectors", Nuclear Instruments and Methods Physics Research A 413, 17-30, (1998). ISSN 0168-9002.
11. F.J.P. Soler in G. Barichello et al. (26 authors), "A B4 C-Silicon Target for the Detection of Neutrino Interactions”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods Physics Research A 419, 1-15, (1998). ISSN 0168-9002.
12. F.J.P. Soler in J. Altegoer et al., The NOMAD Collaboration (163 authors), "A search for nm to nt oscillations using the NOMAD detector", Physics Letters B 431, 219-236, (1998). ISSN: 0370-2693.
13. F.J.P. Soler in J. Altegoer et al., The NOMAD Collaboration (160 authors), "Precision Measurement of Scaled Momentum, Charge Multiplicity and Thrust in N and N Interactions”, Physics Letters B 445, 439-448, (1998). ISSN: 0370-2693.

14. F.J.P. Soler in J. Altegoer et al. (25 authors), "The Trigger System of the NOMAD Experiment", Nuclear Instruments and Methods Physics Research A 428, 299-316, (1999). ISSN 0168-9002.