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CURRICULUM VITA
Issam A. Qattan
Address
Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T)
P.O. Box 3030
Irbid, 22110, Jordan
e-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Professor of Physics, J.U.ST, Irbid, Jordan
(Joint Appointment with Nuclear Engineering Department)
September 2008–Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF), Bloomington, IN, U.S.A
Specialty: Experimental High Energy Nuclear Physics (Hadrons Scattering)
March 2006–March 2008
Education
Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, U.S.A
Specialty: Experimental Medium Energy Nuclear Physics (Leptons Scattering)
Thesis: Precision Rosenbluth Measurement of the Proton Elastic Electromagnetic Form Factors and
Their Ratio at Q2 = 2.64, 3.20, and 4.10 GeV2. Thesis advisor: Professor Ralph Segel.
December 2005
GPA: 3.5/4.0
M.S. in Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A
September 1999
Specialty: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (Mössbauer Spectroscopy and X-Ray Scattering)
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Thesis: Mössbauer, Resistivity, Magnetization, and Powder X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Colossal
Magnetoresistive La0.88Sr0.12Mn1-y57FeyO3 (y = 0.0, 0.02, and 0.04). Thesis advisor: Professor Clyde Kimble.
M.S. in Physics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, U.S.A
Specialty: Theoretical Calculation of Helium Atom Energy Levels and States.
B.S. in Physics, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
December 1995
GPA: 3.4/4.0
January 1991
Honors
 Department of Energy Fellowship – Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.A.
 Huang Fellowship – Northwestern University.
September 2001–December 2005
September 1999–September 2001
Research Skills
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Experimental high energy nuclear physics and polarized p-p scattering measurements.
Experimental medium energy nuclear physics and precision e-p scattering measurements.
Experimental condensed matter physics/Mössbauer and inelastic nuclear resonance scattering.
Effective presentation and communication skills.
Extensive programming in FORTRAN, C, C++, JAVA, and PERL for experimental control and data analysis.
Proficiency in Mathematica, Matlab, Physica, KaleidaGraph, ROOT, Paw, Paw++, and LaTeX.
Familiarity with Linux, Unix, Mac, Windows, and Sun operating systems.
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Research Experience
Indiana University (IUCF) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL):
 Postdoctoral Research Associate in experimental High Energy Nuclear Physics
March 2006–March 2008
o Developed an algorithm/module to identify beam background events in the barrel calorimeter of the STAR
detector. This module is being implemented by several analyses to subtract beam background.
o Played a leading rule in the online trigger analysis of the 2006 transverse polarized p-p data. (The first
measurements of the opening angle distribution between pairs of jets produced in high-energy polarized proton
collisions).
o Took full responsibility of the offline (full jet reconstruction) Sivers and single spin asymmetry analysis of the
2006 transverse polarized p-p data.
o Supervised several graduate students in the high energy nuclear physics group at Indiana University with their
Ph.D. data analyses in transverse physics (Sivers and Collins effects).
Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and Jefferson Lab (JLAB):
 Research assistant in experimental Medium Energy Physics:
September 2001–December 2005
o Participated in setting up experiment E01-001 (Ph.D. Thesis Experiment).
o Checked all hardware and software needed to run E01-001.
o Took responsibility for online analysis during running of E01-001.
o Analyzed data collected at JLAB for experiment E01-001. Analysis included detector calibration, particle
identification, efficiency determination, and extensive statistical and systematic errors estimation.
o Developed and implemented all algorithms needed for the data and error analysis of E01-001.
o Collaborated on other experiments at JLAB:
 E00-102: Testing the limits of the single-particle model in 16O(e,e´p).
 E01-020: (e,e´p) studies of the Deuteron at high Q2.
 E00-107: Proton polarization in Deuteron photodisintegration to Eγ > 3 GeV at θcm= 90o.
o Participated in the data collection and online analysis of the above experiments.
o Collaborated with scientists from ANL and Northwestern University to propose new experiments at JLAB:
 A measurement of two-photon effects in unpolarized elastic electron-proton scattering.
 Measurement of μpGEp/GMp using elastic polarized reaction p(e,e´p) up to Q2 = 5.6 (GeV/c)2.
o Served as shift leader on several JLAB experiments.
o Guided undergraduate students on data analysis during their 2003 summer research training at ANL.
o Operated LH2 and LD2 cryogenic targets during several experiments in Hall A of JLAB.
Northern Illinois University and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL):
 Research assistant in experimental Condensed Matter Physics:
June 1997–September 1999
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o Fabricated and designed Fe doped Colossal Magnetoresistive (CMR) compounds.
o Conducted Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements on these CMR compounds and analyzed data.
o Conducted X-Ray diffraction, X-Ray scattering, and phonon density of states measurements at the Advanced
Photon Source (APS) at ANL on these CMR compounds and analyzed data.
o Operated Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in several scanning modes on several magnetic thin films.
Northeastern Illinois University:
 Research assistant in theoretical Atomic Physics:
June 1993–December 1995
o Developed and wrote all software codes and algorithms needed to precisely solve numerically for the
Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues of the Helium atom quantum mechanical Schrödinger’s equation.
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Teaching Experience
Northwestern University: (Supervisor: Professor Arthur Schmidt)
 Introductory college physics laboratory and course instructor.
January 2003–December 2005
o Taught Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics and Waves introductory physics laboratories and courses
for adult professionals and learners returning to school at the School of Continuing Studies.
 Introductory college physics laboratory instructor.
September 2000–September 2001
o Taught Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics and Waves introductory physics laboratories and courses
for adult professionals and learners returning to school at the School of Continuing Studies.
 Teaching assistant and discussion sessions instructor.
September 2000–September 2001
o Taught Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics and Waves introductory physics in class discussion
sessions. Tasks included discussion and review of physics concepts covered in class, solving problems, giving
in class quizzes, and grading midterms and final exams.
 Introductory college physics laboratory instructor.
September 1999–September 2000
o Taught Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics and Waves introductory physics laboratories and courses
for undergraduate students in the colleges of Art and Sciences and Engineering.
Northern Illinois University: (Supervisor: Professor John Shaffer)
 Teaching assistant.
September 1997–August 1999
o Substituted for Professor Dennis Brown in teaching introductory Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanic classes.
o Substituted for Professor Clyde Kimball in teaching vibrations and waves classes.
 Teaching assistant and introductory college physics laboratory instructor.
September 1996–September1997
Northeastern Illinois University:
 Introductory college physics laboratory instructor.
June 1993–May 1995
o Taught Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics and Waves introductory physics laboratories for
undergraduate students in the colleges of Art and Sciences.
Research Interests
I am interested in probing the electromagnetic and the spin structure of the nucleon utilizing variety of hadronic
and leptonic probes. My thesis experiment established a discrepancy between the Rosenbluth separations and
polarization transfer results on the proton form factor ratio μpGEp/GMp, and I am interested in the resolution of this
discrepancy. I am also interested in understanding the impact of the two-photon exchange and Coulomb distortion
corrections on high-precision electron and neutrino scattering measurements. Such corrections can potentially
resolve the discrepancy between the Rosenbluth separations and polarization transfer results. Related topics of
research interest include proton and neutron form factors and spin structure functions. Although current data indicate
that quark spins contribute significantly to the nucleon spin, the origin of the remaining fraction of the spin is not yet
understood and is still an intriguing research problem. I took a leading rule in carrying out the analysis of the 2006
run of transversely polarized p-p data collected with the STAR detector at BNL. Such measurements provide direct
sensitivity to possible correlation, Sivers effect, between the transverse momentum direction of partons in the initial
state and the transverse spin orientation of the parent proton. The Sivers effect rises from the orbital angular
momentum contribution to spin of the proton. Thus, the gluon helicity distribution and the orbital angular momenta
are essential to the understanding of the proton spin.
Other measurements on the nucleon allow us to probe not just the nucleon structure, but learn more about the
Standard Model. Quark-Hadron duality probes the transition between quark and hadronic degrees of freedom, which
is related to the QCD properties of confinement and asymptotic freedom. Measurements of the neutron, electron,
and deuteron electric dipole moment provide an opportunity to look for physics beyond the Standard Model.
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Journal Publications
 "New and Improved Determination of the Proton Elastic Electromagnetic Form Factors", I. A. Qattan et al., in
preparation. To be submitted to Phys. Rev. C.
 "Measurement of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetry for Di-Jet Production in Proton-Proton Collisions At
s =200GeV", (Principle Author: I. A. Qattan et al., By the STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, Phys. Rev.
Lett. 99, 142003, (2007)).
 "Precision Rosenbluth Measurement of the Proton Elastic Form Factors", I. A. Qattan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94,
142301 (2005).
 "Centrality dependence of charged hadron and strange hadron elliptic flow from s =200 GeV Au + Au collisions.",
(By the STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, arXiv:0801.3466 [nucl-ex], (2008)).
 "Hadronic resonance production in d+Au collisions at S NN = 200 GeV at RHIC.", (By the STAR collaboration, B. I.
Abelev et al, arXiv:0801.0450 [nucl-ex], (2008)). Submitted to Phys. Rev. C.
 "rho0 Photoproduction in Ultra-Peripheral Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions with STAR.", (By the STAR
collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, arXiv:0712.3320 [nucl-ex], (2008)).
 "Spin alignment measurements of the K*0(892) and phi(1020) vector mesons at RHIC.", (By the STAR collaboration,
B. I. Abelev et al, arXiv:0801.1729 [nucl-ex], (2008)).
 "Forward Neutral Pion Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries in p+p Collisions at s =200 GeV.", (By the STAR
collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, arXiv:0801.2990 [hep-ex], (2008)).
 "Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry for Inclusive Jet Production in p+p Collisions At s =200GeV", (By the
STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, arXiv:0710.2048 [hep-ex], (2007)).
 "Strangelet search in Au+Au collisions at S NN = 200 GeV.", (By the STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, Phys.
Rev. C.76, 011901, (2007)).
 "Forward Lambda production and nuclear stopping power in d+Au collisions at S NN = 200 GeV.", (By the STAR
collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, Phys. Rev. C76, 064904, (2007)).
 "Enhanced strange baryon production in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p at S NN = 200-GeV.", (By the STAR
collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, arXiv:0705.2511 [nucl-ex], (2007)). Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.
 "Global polarization measurement in Au+Au collisions.", (By the STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, Phys. Rev.
C76, 024915, (2007)).
 "Mass, quark-number, and S NN dependence of the second and fourth flow harmonics in ultra-relativistic
nucleus-nucleus collisions.", (By the STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, Phys. Rev. C75, 054906, (2007)).
 "Energy dependence of π±, p and anti-p transverse momentum spectra for Au+Au collisions at S NN = 62.4 and
200 GeV.", (By the STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, Phys. Lett. B655, 104-113, (2007)).
 "Partonic flow and φ-meson production in Au+Au collisions at S NN = 200-GeV.", (By the STAR collaboration, B. I.
Abelev et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 112301, (2007)).
 "Charged particle distributions and nuclear modification at high rapidities in d+Au collisions at S NN = 200 GeV.",
(By the STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev et al, nucl-ex/0703016, (2007)). Submitted to Phys. Lett. B.
 "Recoil-Proton Polarization in High-Energy Deuteron Photodisintegration with Circularly Polarized Photons.", X.
Jiang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 182302, (2007).
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Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
 "Sivers Transverse Single Spin Asymmetry for Di-jet Production in S NN = 200 GeV Polarized Proton-Proton
Collisions at STAR ", I. A. Qattan, Session CB: Mini-Symposium on Studying the Orbital Structure of the Proton
With Di-Jets at RHIC, October 2007.
 "Testing the Limits of the Single Particle Model in 16O(e,e´p) ", L. B. Weinstein for the JLAB E00-102
Collaboration, in Electron Scattering From Atoms, Nuclei, Molecules and Bulk Matter, ed. C. T. Whelan and N. J.
Mason, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2005.
 "Constraints on the Two-Photon Exchange Effects from High-Precision Rosenbluth Measurements", I. A. Qattan,
Session BG, No 11, Mini Symposium: Two-Photon Physics in Electron Scattering, November 2004.
 "Results from the Super-Rosenbluth Separation Experiment", R. E. Segel for the JLAB E01-001 Collaboration,
to appear in the proceedings of Electron-Nucleus Scattering VIII, Marciana Marina, Elba, Italy, June 21-25, 2004.
 "New Measurement of GE/GM for the Proton", J. Arrington for the JLAB E01-001 Collaboration, to appear in the
proceedings of EEP03, International Workshop on Probing Nucleons and Nuclei via (e,e´p) Reaction, Grenoble,
France, October 14-17, 2003.
 "(e, e´p) Studies of the Deuteron at High Q2", W. Boeglin for the JLAB E01-020 Collaboration, to appear in the
proceedings of EEP03, International Workshop on Probing Nucleons and Nuclei via (e,e´p) Reaction, Grenoble,
France, October 14-17, 2003.
 "Mössbauer Effect Studies of Fe-Doping on the Charge Ordering Behavior of La0.88Sr0.12Mn1-y57FeyO3",
I. A. Qattan, C.W. Kimble, B. Dabrowski, Z. Bukowski, D.E. Brown, B.L. Pyle, and B.D. Dunlap. Session FC05,
No 9, Magnetoresistance III: Electronic and Magnetic Structure of CMR Materials, March 1999.
 "Measurements of the Phonon Density of States of Colossal Magnetoresistance Compounds Using Inelastic Nuclear
Resonance Scattering", D.E. Brown, B.L. Pyle, I. A. Qattan, R. Soliday, C.W. Kimble, B. Dabrowski, K. Rogacki,
M.Y. Hu, B.D. Dunlap, E.E. Alp, W. Sturhahn. Session YC05, No 11, Magnetoresistance XIV: Spin and Lattice
Dynamics in Manganites, March 1999.
Talks
 "Precision Rosenbluth Measurements of the Proton’s Elastic Electromagnetic Form Factors". Physics Seminar,
German-Jordanian University, Amman-Jordan, March 2008. (Invited Talk)
 "Precision Rosenbluth Measurements of the Proton Elastic Electromagnetic Form Factors and Their Ratio at
Q2=2.64, 3.20, and 4.10 GeV2". Physics Seminar, The University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan, November 2007.
(Invited Talk)
 "Precision Rosenbluth Measurements of the Proton Elastic Electromagnetic Form Factors and Their Ratio". Physics
Seminar, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Balqa-Jordan, October 2007. (Invited Talk)
 "Status of the Run 6 Offline Sivers/SSA Analysis", STAR analysis meeting, BNL, March 2007.
 "Precision Rosenbluth Measurements of the Proton’s Elastic Electromagnetic Form Factors". Nuclear Physics
Seminar, Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, September 2005. (Invited Talk)
 "Proton Form Factors from Rosenbluth Separations and Two-Photon Exchange Effects". Users Group Workshop and
Annual Meeting, Jefferson Lab, June 2005. (Invited Talk)
 "Precision Rosenbluth Measurements and Their Constraints on Two-Photon Exchange Effects". Physics Division
Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, November 2004. (Invited Talk)
 "Constraints on the Two-Photon Exchange Effects from High-Precision Rosenbluth Measurements". Division of
Nuclear Physics Fall Meeting (APS), October 2004.
 "New and Precise Measurements of the GE/GM for the Proton". Graduate Students Seminar, Argonne National
Laboratory, July 2004.
 "GE/GM with the Super-Rosenbluth". Users Group Workshop and Annual Meeting, Jefferson Lab, June 2004.
 "New Measurement of GE/GM For the Proton". E01-001 Collaboration Status Report Meeting, Jefferson Lab, May
2003.
 "New Measurement of GE/GM For the Proton". Graduate Students Seminar, Northwestern University, March 2003.
 "Mössbauer Effect Studies of Fe-Doping on the Charge Ordering Behavior of La0.88Sr0.12Mn1-y57FeyO3", APS
meeting, Session FC05, No 9, Magnetoresistance III: Electronic and Magnetic Structure of CMR Materials, March
1999.
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Memberships
(1) APS, American Physical Society
(3) Jefferson Lab Users Group
(2) Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society (4) RHIC/STAR Users Group
References
(1) Professor Ralph E. Segel (Ph.D. Thesis Advisor)
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Office # F-146 Tech
Phone: 847-491-5459
Fax: 847-491-9982
Email: [email protected]
(4) Dr. Jim Sowinski
Department of Physics
Indiana University/IUCF
2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, IN 47408
Office # 112A
Phone: 812-855-5472
Fax: 812-855-6645
Email:[email protected]
(2) Dr. John R. Arrington (Ph.D. Thesis Co-Advisor)
Physicist/Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Physics Division, Building 203
Office # B-265
Argonne, IL, 60439
Phone: 630-252-3619
Fax: 630-252-3903
Email: [email protected]
(5) Professor Arthur G. Schmidt
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Office # F-214 Tech
Phone: 847-491-8606
Fax: 847-491-9982
Email: [email protected]
(3) Dr. Roy J. Holt
Chief of Medium Energy Physics Group
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Physics Division, Building 203
Office # C-265
Argonne, IL, 60439
Phone: 630-252-4101
Fax: 630-252-3903
Email: [email protected]