Oscar Javier Hernandez
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Curriculum Vitae

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Education


     Summer 2006      Deep River Science Academy, Pinawa, Manitoba                     
                       2007 
     Highschool Diploma, St. Boniface Diocesan Highschool, Honor student
                       2013      Bsc. Joint Honours in Mathematics and Physics, Minor in Comp. Sci. The University of Manitoba
                       2015      Masters in Physics,  The University of Manitoba, MSc. Thesis Link
(Expected)  2019      PhD. in Physics,  The University of British Columbia 

Research Experience

​Fall 2017 - Present        Graduate Research Assistant,  Supervisor: Dr. Sonia Bacca,  PRISMA/JG-University/The University of British Columbia

Fall 2015 - Fall 2017
     Graduate Research Assistant,  Supervisor: Dr. Sonia Bacca,  TRIUMF

Fall 2013 - Fall 2015    Graduate Research Assistant,  Supervisor: Dr. Sonia Bacca,  TRIUMF/The University of Manitoba
                                              Nuclear Structure Corrections to Lamb Shift in Muonic Deuterium

           Summer 2013     Research Student,  Supervisor: Dr. Sonia Bacca, TRIUMF
                                              Nuclear Structure Corrections to Lamb Shift in Muonic Deuterium

           Summer 2012     Research Student,  Supervisor: Dr. Eric Schippers, The University of Manitoba 
                                              Properties of Holomorphic functions on Riemann Surfaces.

​           Summer 2010     Research Student,  Supervisor: Dr. John Vail, The University of Manitoba 
                                              Theoretical study of Charge Density waves having the Graphene Structure​.

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           Summer 2009     Research Student,  Supervisor: Dr. Sean Cadogan, The University of Manitoba 
                                              Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of meteorites.

​           Summer 2007     Research Student,  Supervisor: Dr. John Vail, The University of Manitoba 
                                              Computational study of point defects in AlN.

Publications


O. J. Hernandez, S. Bacca, and K. Wendt, "Recent developments in nuclear structure theory: an outlook on the muonic atom program". To appear in POS, 2017. arXiv:1712.05187

O. J. Hernandez, A. Ekström, N. N. Dinur, C. Ji, S. Bacca, and N. Barnea,  "The deuteron-radius puzzle is alive: a new analysis of nuclear structure uncertainties", Phys. Lett. B 778, 377-383, (2018)     arXiv:1711.01199

J. M Vail, O. J. Hernandez, M. Si, and Z. Wang. “Graphene Electronic Structure in Charge Density Waves.” Journal of Materials Research, 32(18), 3494-3506, (2017)

O. J. Hernandez, N. N. Dinur, C. Ji, S. Bacca, and N. Barnea . Update on nuclear structure effects in light muonic atoms.  
Hyperfine Interact. 237: 158,  arXiv:1604.06496   (2016)


C. Ji, O.J. Hernandez, N. Nevo Dinur, S. Bacca, N. Barnea. Understanding the proton radius puzzle: Nuclear structure effects in light muonic atoms, EPJ Web of Conferences 113, 03006,  arXiv:1509.01430v1 (2015)

O.J. Hernandez, C. Ji, S. Bacca,N. Nevo Dinur, N. Barnea. Improved estimates of the nuclear structure corrections in μD,
Physics Letters B 736:344-349 (2014).


​J.M Vail, T. Haroon, J. Hernandez-Melgar, D.K Chevrier, and R. Pandey. Nitrogen Vancancy and Oxygen Impurity in AlN: Spintronic Quantum Dots. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids,164(10):585-591,(2009).

Talks and Poster Presentations


        Feb. 2017      Progress in Ab Initio Techniques in Nuclear Physics Conference, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC. Link
     

        Oct. 2016      ACOT,  Advisory committee on TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC. 
 
        
Oct. 2016 
     DNP Annual Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, BC. Link

        Feb. 2016      Progress in Ab Initio Techniques in Nuclear Physics Conference, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC. Link

        July 2015     TRIUMF Users Group Meeting, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC.

        June 2015    International Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics 2015, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC. Link

        Feb.  2015    Progress in Ab Initio Techniques in Nuclear Physics Conference, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC. Link

        July 2014     Nuclear Structure Conference, (Poster Competiton), Vancouver BC. Link

        May 2014     15th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the APS, Seattle, WA. Link

        Feb. 2014    Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference, Banff, AB.

Summer 2013    TRIUMF Student Symposium, Vancouver, BC.
Awards

Sept 2016-Sept 2020      UBC Four Year Graduate Fellowship, The University of British Columbia
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                   June 2015      
2nd Place for Best Poster Presentation, International Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics 2015

                     June 2014       Best Poster Presentation, 2014 Nuclear Structure Conference

            Summer 2013       TRIUMF Summer Research Award,  TRIUMF

                       Fall 2009        Kenneth Roulston Memorial Scholarship, The University of Manitoba

                    Fall 2007        Hogg Centennial Entrance Scholarship, The University of Manitoba
Professional Development

                          August 2017     Nuclear Astrophysics Summer School, TRIUMF Summer Institute. Vancouver BC.

                              July 2017      National Nuclear Physics Summer school, Boulder, Colorado. United States.

                          
June 2017      Research Computing Summer School, UBC, Vancouver BC.

July 2015- August 2015       Nuclear Physics summer school, TALENT: Few-body methods and nuclear reactions. Trento, Italy

                          July 2015       Nuclear Physics Summer School, TRIUMF Summer Institute. Vancouver BC.

                         June 2015       Summer School on Scientific writing and communication, ISOSIM Summer school, Vancouver BC.
Media Coverage

"Unravelling the Proton-Radius Puzzle."   Innovation 150, April. 2017. Web. Link.

"Unravelling the Proton-Radius Puzzle."   TRIUMF, 28 Nov. 2014. Web. Link.
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