Andrew Puckett
Associate Professor Of Physics
Mansfield, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Puckett is an experimental nuclear and particle physicist and Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Connecticut, where he leads research on the internal structure of strongly interacting matter. Based in Mansfield, Connecticut, his work employs medium-energy fixed-target electron scattering experiments at Jefferson Lab, leveraging the 12 GeV upgrade to pursue three-dimensional imaging of quark distributions in protons, neutrons, and nuclei. He has advanced CLAS12 detector technologies and HTCC design as a JLab Staff Scientist and previously held a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow position at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He earned a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from MIT and a B.S. in Physics summa cum laude from the University of Virginia, with a career spanning LANL, JLab, and UConn since 2009. Since 2019 he has guided UConn's physics program as Associate Professor, contributing to a world-leading program in Quantum Chromodynamics.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, with highest distinction (summa cum laude), Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics, with highest distinction (summa cum laude) at University of Virginia
Github Skills (9)
simulation10
digitization10
code-analysis10
macros6
configuration-file6
plots6
python4
replay2
database1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JeffersonLab/g4sbs
Feb 2014 - Dec 2022
Super Bigbite Simulation
Contributions:1 release, 402 commits, 44 PRs in 8 years 11 months
simulation
JeffersonLab/SBS-replay
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 112 PRs in 3 years 7 months
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