Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. student in Physics, Stanford University, Who Knows
• B.S. in Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 2020
• B.S. in Pure Mathematics, University of Nevada, Reno, 2020

Honors and Awards

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2020-2025)
• UC Berkeley Chancelor’s Fellowship (declined) (2020)
• UNR College of Science Senior Scholar Award (2020)
• David Westfall Scholar (2020)
• Barry Goldwater Scholar (2019)
• NSF EPSCoR Scholarship (2019)
• Leifson Physics Scholarship (2019)
• Mary Talbot Mathematics Scholarship (2019)
• Nevada Undergraduate Research Award (2018)
• Marye Williams Butler Mathematics Scholarship (2018)
• Ronald E. McNair Scholar (2017)
• Marion Young Scholarship (2017)

Research Experience

Graduate Research Fellow - Stanford University

• Advisor: Mark Kasevich, Ph.D. (Aug. 2020 - Present)
  Atom intefereometry, spin squeezing with Strontium.

Undergraduate Researcher - University of Nevada, Reno

• Advisor: Andrei Derevianko, Ph.D. (Dec. 2017 to Aug. 2020)
  Dark matter detection using the network of atomic clocks aboard GPS satellites.

• Advisor: Joshua Williams, Ph.D. (Aug. 2017 to Aug. 2020)
  Photodissociation and dissociative electron attachment experiments.

Independent Projects - University of Nevada, Reno

• Advisor: Vernon Davis, Ph.D. (Oct. 2018 to May 2019)
  Problems in the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics with emphasis on wave function ontology.

• Advisor: Melodi Rodrigue, Ph.D. (Nov. 2017 to Dec. 2018)
  Photometry of transiting planets with ground-based telescopes.

Publications

Investigating resonant low-energy electron attachment to formamide: dynamics of model peptide bond dissociation and other fragmentation channels

G. Panelli, B. Griffin, K. Swanson, A. Moradmand, T. Weber, T.N. Rescigno, C.W. McCurdy, D.S. Slaughter, & J.B. Williams. Investigating resonant low-energy electron attachment to formamide: Dynamics of model peptide bond dissociation and other fragmentation channels. Phys. Rev. Research 3, 013082 (2021). 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013082

Applying the matched-filter technique to the search for dark matter with networks of quantum sensors

G. Panelli, B.M. Roberts, & A. Derevianko. Applying the matched-filter technique to the search for dark matter transients with networks of quantum sensors. EPJ Quantum Technol. 7, 5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-020-00081-9

Exoplanet Detection Via Transit Photometry Using the Great Basin Observatory

G. Panelli. Exoplanet Detection Via Transit Photometry Using the Great Basin Observatory. Nevada State Undergraduate Research Journal.V5:I1 Spring-2019. (2019). doi:10.15629/6.7.8.7.5_5-1_S-2019_4..

Selected Presentations

• APS Far West Section Conference 2019 Nov. 1, 2019
  Applying the matched-filter technique to the search for dark matter transients with networks of quantum sensors, Stanford, CA
• Undergraduate Research Summer Symposium 2019 Aug. 8, 2019
  Dissociative Electron Attachment to Formamide, Reno, NV
• Physics Department Talk July 22, 2019
  The Ontological Status of the Wavefunction, Reno, NV
• APS April Meeting 2019 April 12, 2019
  Applying the matched-filter technique to search for dark matter with networks of precision measurement devices, Denver, CO
• Great Basin Observatory Starfest 1 Conference 2018 Oct. 14, 2018
  Detecting Exoplanets with the Great Basin Observatory, Reno, NV

Teaching

University of Nevada, Reno

• PHYS 181 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II
• MATH 295 - Introduction to Proofs
• PHYS 151 - General Physics I
• Various grader appointments

Professional Service

• Senior Editor: Nevada State Undergraduate Research Journal (2019-2020)

• Grant Proposal Reviewer: Nevada Undergraduate Research Award (2019-2020)

Personal

Current hobbies include learning Spanish and jazz trumpet.