Mr. Chris Bird, B.Sc., M.Sc.

PhD Candidate in Theoretical Physics

Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Victoria



Education


2002 - Present            Ph.D Program in Theoretical Physics,  University of Victoria
1999 - 2002               M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, University of Victoria & TRIUMF National Laboratory
1995 - 1999               B.Sc. in Honours Mathematics & Physics with Distinction, University of Victoria

1990 - 1995               Esquimalt High School, 4C (Challenge) Program
1982 - 1990               Tillicum Elementary School



Publications

"Primordial Lithium Abundance in Catalyzed Big Bang Nucleosynthesis."
    -Chris Bird, Kristen Koopmans, Maxim Pospelov . UVIC-TH-07-03,
        Mar 2007. 20pp.,  hep-ph/0703096

"Dark matter pair-production in b -> s transitions" 
    -C. Bird, R. Kowalewski, M. Pospelov. UVIC-TH-06-01,
       Jan 2006. 23pp. , hep-ph/0601090, 
Mod.Phys.Lett.A21:457-478,2006

Physics Beyond the Standard Model in the Early Universe
     -PhD Candidacy, June 2004

"
Search for dark matter in b $\to$ s transitions with missing energy
    - Chris Bird, Paul Jackson, Robert Kowalewski, Maxim Pospelov ,  UVIC-TH-04-02,
       Jan 2004. 4pp.,  
Phys.Rev.Lett.93:201803,2004 , hep-ph/0401195,

Cosmological Bounds on Large Extra Dimensions from Non-Thermal Production of Kaluza-Klein Modes” 
    -R.Allahverdi, C. Bird, S. Groot-Nibbelink, M. Pospelov,
  TRI-PP-03-07, UVIC-TH-05-03,
      May 2003. 17pp. ,  Phys.Rev.D69:045004,2004 , hep-ph/0305010

Infrared Regularization in Chiral Perturbation Theory”  -M.Sc Thesis, September 2001



Presentations

Physics Beyond the Standard Model in the Early Universe ”  -June 2004 (UVic)


Constraints on Large Extra Dimensions”  -November 2003 (UVic)

Large Extra Dimensions and the Hierarchy Problem”  -November 2002 (UVic)

Infrared Regularization in Chiral Perturbation Theory”  - September 2001 (UVic) & November 2001 (TRIUMF)



Employment

2003-Present           Research Assistant, University of Victoria
2005-Present            Teaching Assistant, University of Victoria
2000-2002
             Research  Assistant,  TRIUMF  National Laboratory
1999-2000              Laboratory Instructor, University of Victoria
1997-1998              Physics Tutor
1993-1996              Self-Employed Computer Repair

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