# Christopher Plumberg

Post-doctoral scholar at Lund University Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics

# Let me introduce myself.

I am a theoretical physicist whose research focuses on particle physics and high-energy nuclear physics. I am currently a post-doctoral scholar at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. In addition to physics, I am very interested in topics related to the philosophy of physics, the philosophy of science, and Christian theology.

### Profile

Here's a little more information about me. I live in Lund, Sweden, with my wife and two young children.

• Full Name: Christopher Joel Plumberg
• Birth Date: April 26, 1987
• Sex: Male
• Birth Place: Kansas City, MO, USA
• Citizenship: United States of America
• Marital Status: Married
• Job: Post-doctoral reseracher in theoretical physics
• Objectives: Placement in an academic faculty position, conducting research in theoretical particle and nuclear physics, and related topics
• Website: http://home.thep.lu.se/~plumberg
• Email: christopher.plumberg@gmail.com

### Research interests

The big idea: I explore the properties of this force at very high temperatures and densities by studying and modelling collisions between nuclei at the speed of light. I focus on advanced statistical techniques to analyse the large datasets of collected information, both from colliders and collision simulators, in order to confirm and predict aspects of the collisions' structures. My work relies heavily on both analytical and computational methods to describe and simulate various aspects of these nuclear collisions.
Some keywords: Relativistic heavy-ion collisions, hydrodynamic fluctuations, Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) interferometry, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the QCD phase diagram and the critical endpoint (CEP), event generators

### Technical skills

• 90%
C/C++ w/ OpenMP
• 65%
Python/Matplotlib
• 70%
UNIX/Linux systems
• 95%
Mathematica

# More of my credentials.

Here's some of my background and previous experience.

## Professional Experience

### Post-doctoral researcher

Sep 2018 - Present

#### Lund University

Location: Lund, Sweden
Focus: heavy-ion event generators, collectivity in small systems

### Post-doctoral researcher

Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

#### University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Supervisor: Prof. Joseph Kapusta
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Focus: relativistic hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic fluctuations, Hanbury-Brown--Twiss (HBT) interferometry, AdS/QCD, conserved-charge fluctuations and correlations

### Summer Researcher

May 2009 - August 2009

#### Montana State University - Bozeman

REU/NSF Summer Program
Topic: Developed tomographic software for analyzing STEREO and TRACE data of solar corona

### Summer Researcher

May 2008 - August 2008

#### Montana State University - Bozeman

REU/NSF Summer Program
Topic: Fluxon modeling of magnetohydrodynamic phenomena on solar corona and photosphere

## Teaching Experience

### Guest lecturer

Oct 2016

#### University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Sep 2009 - May 2013

#### Ohio State University

Topics: Introductory Physics, Freshman Engineering Honors, Intermediate Mechanics

## Education

### Doctoral Degree

Sep 2012 - Jul 2016

#### Ohio State University

Thesis Topic: Azimuthally sensitive and event-by-event Hanbury Brown-Twiss analyses
Area of Study: Relativistic heavy-ion collisions

### Masters Degree

Sep 2009 - Aug 2012

#### Ohio State University

Candidacy Topic: Constraints on Supersymmetry from $$B_s \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^-$$
Area of Study: Model building and collider phenomenology

### Bachelors Degree

Sep 2005 - May 2009

#### Eastern University

Major: Astronomy and Astrophysics (Magna Cum Laude)

# Check Out Some of My Work.

Here is a selection of some of my most recent papers. You can find a more complete list here.

# I'd Love To Hear From You.

Here are the best ways to get in touch with me.

##### Where to find me

Theoretical Particle Physics
Sölvegatan 14A
SE-223 62 Lund, SE

##### Email Me At

christopher.plumberg@gmail.com

##### Call Me At
Phone: by request only