SNOLAB
Andrew Kubik is a research scientist at SNOLAB since November 2020, specializing in fundamental particle physics research with the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Prior experience includes a role as a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University from April 2015 to November 2020 and as a graduate research assistant at Northwestern University from September 2004 to April 2014. During the time at Northwestern, Andrew Kubik also served as a graduate teaching assistant, instructing undergraduate lab sessions. A significant tenure at CERN from July 2008 to January 2010 focused on the commissioning of the CMS experiment and the analysis of initial collision data from the Large Hadron Collider. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Physics from Northwestern University (2004-2011) and a B.S. in Physics and Math from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1999-2003).
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SNOLAB
SNOLAB is an underground science laboratory specializing in neutrino and dark matter physics. Located 2 km below the surface in the Vale Creighton Mine located near Sudbury Ontario Canada, SNOLAB is an expansion of the existing facilities constructed for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) solar neutrino experiment. SNOLAB follows on the important achievements in neutrino physics achieved by SNO and other underground physics measurements. The primary scientific emphasis at SNOLAB will be on astroparticle physics with the principal topics being: Low Energy Solar Neutrinos Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Cosmic Dark Matter Searches Supernova Neutrino Searches These are areas of research where the experiments require great depths to reduce cosmogenic backgrounds. They also require extreme levels of cleanliness to reduce environmental radiological backgrounds to the levels necessary for these very sensitive measurements. SNOLAB achieves these goals by being located 2 km underground and by having the entire laboratory constructed as a single large clean room (class 2000). While particle astrophysics is the principle focus for SNOLAB, there is a growing interest in other scientific fields to exploit deep underground laboratories. In particular, there has been interest expressed in the fields of Seismology and Geophysics interested in precision, long term measurements at depth and in the field of Biology where there is a growing interest in deep under ground life.