Conner Dailey Physics graduate student, hobby photographer

Curriculum Vitae


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Education


Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics

University of Waterloo, Perimeter Institute August 2020 - December 2024

Advisors: Dr. Niayesh Afshordi, Dr. Erik Schnetter

Master of Science in Physics

University of Nevada, Reno August 2017 - August 2019

Advisor: Dr. Andrei Derevianko GPA: 3.845/4.00

Bachelor of Science in Physics

University of Nevada, Reno August 2014 - May 2017

Advisor: Dr. Andrei Derevianko GPA: 3.827/4.00


Publications


  • C. Dailey, N. Afshordi, E. Schnetter, “Reflecting boundary conditions in numerical relativity as a model for black hole echoes.” Classical and Quantum Gravity, 40(19):195007 (2023). Full text.

  • C. Dailey, C. Bradley, D. F. Jackson Kimball, et al. “Quantum sensor networks as exotic field telescopes for multi-messenger astronomy.” Nature Astronomy, 5, 150–158 (2021). Full text.

  • C. Dailey. “Probing exotic fields with networks of atomic clocks”. Master’s thesis, University of Nevada, Reno. August 2019. Full text.

  • B. M. Roberts, G. Blewitt, C. Dailey, et. al. “Search for domain wall dark matter with atomic clocks on board global positioning system satellites”. Nature Communications, 8 (2017). Full text.

  • B. M. Roberts, G. Blewitt, C. Dailey, and A. Derevianko. “Search for transient ultralight dark matter signatures with networks of precision measurement devices using a Bayesian statistics method”. Physical Review D, 97:083009 (2018). Full text.

  • E. Savalle, B. M. Roberts, F. Frank, P. Pottie, et. al. “Novel approaches to dark-matter detection using space-time separated clocks”. (2019). Full text.

  • S. Heck, A. Gatton, K. A. Larsen, W. Iskandar, et. al. “Symmetry breaking in the body-fixed electron emission pattern due to electron-retroaction in the photodissociation of \(\mathrm{H}^{+2}\) and \(\mathrm{D}^{+2}\) close to threshold”. Physical Review Research, 1:033140 (2019). Full text.


Professional Research Experience


Graduate Research Assistant September 2020 - Present

University of Waterloo, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Advisor: Dr. Niayesh Afshordi, Dr. Erik Schnetter

PRISMA+ Intern January 2020 - March 2020

Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Advisor: Dr. Dmitry Budker

Graduate Research Assistant January 2018 - December 2019

University of Nevada, Reno
Advisor: Dr. Andrei Derevianko

Undergraduate Research Assistant January 2016 - May 2017

University of Nevada, Reno
Advisor: Dr. Andrei Derevianko


First-Author Conference Presentations


Testing Gravity 2023 January 2023

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Type: Poster Presentation

Title: “Reflecting boundary conditions in numerical relativity as a model for black hole echoes”

APS April Meeting 2019 Quarks 2 Cosmos April 2019

Denver, Colorado, USA
Session ID: L09.00006
Type: Invited Talk
Title: “Progress in dark matter search with the global positioning system”

APS Division of Atomic
and Molecular Physics Meeting 2018
June 2018

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Session ID: M01.00081
Type: Poster Presentation
Title: “Searching for Dark Matter and Exotic Physics with Atomic Clocks and the GPS Constellation”

PhysCon 2016 November 2016

San Francisco, California, USA
Session ID: S1 - 54
Type: Poster Presentation
Title: “Preliminary steps in detecting Dark Matter with the GPS Satellite Constellation”


Affiliated Collaborations


Strong Gravity Group, Perimeter Institute

The Global Positioning System as a Dark Matter observatory (GPS.DM)

The Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic physics (GNOME)


Honors and Awards


UNR College of Science Dean’s List 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Nevada Undergraduate Research Award 2016

2013 UNR Physics Exam Award 2013


Scholarships


Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

TMCC/UNR Thompson Scholarship 2014, 2015

ASUN Academic Scholarship 2015, 2016


Skills


Computer Languages: Mathematica, Julia, C++, Python, HTML

Software Tools: \(\mathrm{\LaTeX}\), Bash, Adobe Lightroom, MS Office, Visual Studio

Subject Proficiencies: Special and general relativity, fundamental interactions, Bayesian statistics.