Jordan Hanson
Associate Professor
Whittier, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan Hanson is an associate professor and experimental astroparticle physicist with a decade of experience designing and deploying high-energy particle detectors and mentoring undergraduates at a Title V Hispanic-Serving Institution. He combines RF engineering, field expedition hardware, and data-intensive analysis—work that has contributed to IceCube Gen2 and Antarctic neutrino detection efforts—while serving as a Faculty Fellow with the Office of Naval Research. His career spans foundational roles from Los Alamos internships to a UC Irvine Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at Kansas and Ohio State, blending hands-on instrument development with grid computing and simulation. Known for publishing with student co-authors, he brings rare expertise translating extreme-environment fieldwork into teachable research experiences and practical detector systems.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics at Yale UniversityHigh School Diploma, SCIENCE, High School Diploma, SCIENCE at Holland Hall college preparatory schoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of California, Irvine
Spanish
Github Skills (5)
simulation8
monte-carlo8
spectrum8
neutrino8
detectors6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
918particle/LatinAmericanScience
Jan 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:69 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
918particle/ComputerLogicAndCircuitDesign
Jan 2018 - May 2024
Contributions:173 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 5 months
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