Resume

Education

2019 PhD. in Physics, The University of British Columbia, PhD. Thesis Link

2015 Masters in Physics, The University of Manitoba, MSc. Thesis Link

2013 Bsc. Joint Honours in Mathematics and Physics, Minor in Comp. Sci. The University of Manitoba

Experience

Fall 2017 - Present Graduate Research Assistant, Supervisor: Dr. Sonia Bacca, JG-University/UBC

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

Fall 2013 - 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.

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

U. Friman-Gayer, C. Romig, T. Hüther, K. Albe, S. Bacca, T. Beck, M. Berger, J. Birkhan, K. Hebeler, O. J. Hernandez, S. König, N. Pietralla, P. C. Ries, J. Rohrer, R. Roth, D. Savran, M. Scheck, A. Schwenk, R. Seutin, and V. Werner, “Role of chiral two-body currents in 6Li magnetic properties in light of a new precision measurement with the relative self-absorption technique”, Submitted to PRL. 2020 arXiv:2005.07837

O. J. Hernandez, C. Ji, S. Bacca, N. Barnea, “Probing uncertainties of nuclear structure corrections in light muonic atoms”, Phys. Rev. C 100, 064315, 2019 arXiv:1909.05717

N. Nevo Dinur, O. J. Hernandez, S. Bacca, N Barnea, C. Ji, S. Pastore, M. Piarulli, R.B. Wiringa, “Zemach moments and radii of 2,3H and 3,4He”, Phys. Rev. C 99, 034004, 2019. arXiv:1812.10261

O. J. Hernandez, S. Bacca, N. Barnea, N. Nevo-Dinur, A. Ekström, C. Ji, “A statistical analysis of the nuclear structure uncertainties in muD”, Recent Progress in Few-Body Physics. FB22 2018, vol 238, 833-837, arXiv:1903.02451

C. Ji, S. Bacca, N. Barnea, O. J. Hernandez, N. Nevo-Dinur, “Ab initio calculation of nuclear structure corrections in muonic atoms”, Journal of Phys. G 45, 093002, 2018. arXiv:1806.03101

O. J. Hernandez, S. Bacca, and K. Wendt, “Recent developments in nuclear structure theory: an outlook on the muonic atom program”. PoS(BORMIO2017)041. 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, (2016). arXiv:1604.06496

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 2015., arXiv:1509.01430

O. J. Hernandez, C. Ji, S. Bacca,N. Nevo Dinur, N. Barnea. Improved estimates of the nuclear structure corrections in μD, Phys. Letters B 736:344-349 (2014). arXiv:1406.5230

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. 2019		Progress in Ab Initio Techniques in Nuclear Physics, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver, Canada. Slides
Oct. 2018		Uncertainty Quantification at the Extremes (ISNET-6) 2018, (Talk), Darmstadt Germany. Slides
Sept. 2018		SFB-School 2018, (Talk), Boppard Germany.
July 2018		Precision Measurements and Fundamental Physics: The Proton Radius Puzzle and Beyond, (Invited talk), Mainz Germany. Slides
July 2018		XXII International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, (Talk), Caen, France.
Feb 2017		Progress in Ab Initio Techniques in Nuclear Physics, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC. Slides
Oct. 2016		ACOT, Advisory committee on TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC.
Oct. 2016		DNP Annual Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, Talk, Vancouver, BC. Abstract
Feb. 2016		Progress in Ab Initio Techniques in Nuclear Physics, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC. Slides
July 2015		TRIUMF Users Group Meeting, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC.
June 2015		International Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics 2015, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC.
Feb. 2015		Progress in Ab Initio Techniques in Nuclear Physics, (Poster Presentation), Vancouver BC. Slides
July 2014		Nuclear Structure Conference, (Poster Competiton), Vancouver BC.
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.

Awards


Sept 2016		UBC Four Year Graduate Fellowship, The University of British Columbia.
June 2015		2nd Place for Best Poster Presentation, International Symp. on Symmetries in Sub. Physics 2015.
June 2014		Best Poster Presentation, 2014 Nuclear Structure Conference.
June 2013		TRIUMF Summer Research Award, TRIUMF.
Sept 2009		Kenneth Roulston Memorial Scholarship, The University of Manitoba.

Media Coverage

Unravelling the Proton-Radius Puzzle Innovation 150, April 2017. Web.
Unravelling the Proton-Radius Puzzle TRIUMF, 28 Nov. 2014. Web.

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