STEPHEN E. SCHRENK Ecole Polytechnique Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet Route de Saclay F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France [email protected] Office Phone: 33-1-6933-3112 EDUCATION

Ph.D., Experimental High Energy Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. July 1994. M.S., Material Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984. B.A., Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1982.

POSITIONS

Chercheur Associe, IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique. January 2003-current. BaBar: Responsible for DIRC (ring imaging Cherenkov detector) EPICS control. Studied B decays to the recently discovered DsJ meson. Studying CP violation through B → D (∗) K (∗) decays. Visiting Research Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati. December 2002.

December 2000-

BELLE: Coordinated B → charmonium group. Responsible for event selection for most modes used in sin 2φ1 (sin 2β) CP measurement. Discovered inclusive B → χc2 X decay. Teaching: Taught physics to engineering students utilizing the University of Washington’s “Tutorials in Introductory Physics” group learning workbooks. Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (JSPS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK). September 1997 - September 1999. Research Associate (BELLE and CLEO), Virginia Tech. February 1995 - November 2000. BELLE: Contributed to design of Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) modules for KL /Muon detection. Supervised testing and installation on site at KEK. Wrote DAQ software for testing modules. Coordinated subgroup C++ software effort. Lead B decay to charmonium reconstruction group. CLEO: Supervised beginning graduate students. Studied tracking systematics. Studied angular correlations of B decays to J/ψ K∗ . Research Assistant with Prof. R. A. Poling, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota. September 1989 - December 1994. Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University. August 1990 - August 1994. CLEO: Participated in writing the CLEO-II Geant-based Monte Carlo program. Verified and improved muon simulation. Maintained calibration constants data base. Thesis: “Inclusive and Exclusive Decays of B Mesons to Charmonium States at the Υ(4S) Resonance.” Research Assistant with Prof. K. Heller, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota. July 1989 - September 1989. Fermilab: Tested and modified prototype of muon trigger subsystem for D0 experiment. Teaching Assistant, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota. January 1989 - December 1989.

Assisted in developing and teaching labs using group learning techniques. Research Aid, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, St. Paul, Minnesota. February 1988 - December 1988. Redesigned and rebuilt high pressure apparatus for the study of super-fluid carbon-dioxide as a solvent of polymers. Teacher of physics, Government High School, Kumbo/Nso, Cameroon. June 1984 - July 1986. Increased participation of senior O-level students in physics from one-third to two-thirds of the class. Research Assistant with Prof. H. Guckel, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison. August 1983 - May 1984. Designed and fabricated ultra-sensitive bipolar transistors. Undergraduate research with Prof. D. Dorfan. University of California, Santa Cruz. 1980-1982. Wrote Monte Carlo simulation of drift chamber pulses (senior thesis). Tested photomultiplier tubes in large magnetic fields. Studied “time-walk” in scintillator pulses.

HONORS

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1997-1999. Aneesur Rahman Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Accomplishments, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, 1993. University of Minnesota Dissertation Fellowship, 1992-1993. School of Physics and Astronomy Excellence in Teaching Award, 1989. General Motors Fellowship, Material Science Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982-1983. Sigma Pi Sigma (University of California, Santa Cruz)

ORGANIZATIONS American Physical Society, Mfu Kai