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Marko Gacesa - Resume

Education

2009, expected - Ph.D. in Physics (theoretical AMO), University of Connecticut (GPA 3.8). Major Advisor: Robin Côté

2004 - Diploma in Physics from University of Zagreb (Croatia). Diploma thesis: "Photoassociation spectra of lithium homo and heteroisotopic molecules", advisor Dr. Robert Beuc (Institute of Physics)

Education - Other

Winter School of Microtechnology and Nanotechnology, MIC, Copenhagen (Denmark), January 2002

IAPS Summer exchange programme, JATE, Szeged (Hungary), summer 1999

Višnjan School of Astronomy, Višnjan (Croatia), summer 1998

Professional Experience (Physics)

Research Assistant for Dr. Robin Côté, Dept. of Physics, University of Connecticut, 2007 and spring semester 2008

Assistant System Administrator for Dr. Michael Rozman, Dept. of Physics, University of Connecticut, fall 2005 - present. Various projects that include assisting in system administration of the Physics department computer system, building workstations, construction of the new web site for the Physics department using Plone Content Management System (CMS) and writing web applications (html, css, php, mysql, javascript) required by the department.

Graduate Research Technician for Dr. George Gibson, Dept. of Physics, University of Connecticut, summer 2005. I was involved in the experimental investigation of wavepackets in the vibrational states of hydrogen and iodine molecules using homemade femtosecond laser.

Undergraduate Research Assistant for Dr. Željko Ivezić, Department of Astronomy, Princeton University, summer 2003. I worked on processing the data from SLOAN Digital Sky Survey and comparing it to the theoretical models of galaxy evolution.

Undergraduate Research Technician, volunteered in laboratory for laser spectroscopy at Institute of Physics in Zagreb (Dr. G. Pichler's group), fall 2000 - spring 2001. I was involved in measuring the photoassociative spectra of alkali molecules in sapphire cells using laser-induced flourescence, as well as in setting up an independent experiment to achieve sonoluminescence of air bubble in water.

Teaching

- Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Connecticut (by semester):

Intro Astronomy 152 Lab: Fall 2004, Spring & Fall 2006

Intro Astronomy 152 Observations: Fall 2006

PHYS 258WC Electricity, Magnetism and Mechanics Lab: Fall 2005

PHYS 152Q Physics for Engineers II Lab: Spring 2007

Fellowships

Summer fellowship, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, summer 2005 & 2006 ($1,800 total)

Charles A. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Connecticut, spring 2005 ($3,000)

Predoctoral Fellowship, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, fall 2004 ($4,327)

Grants

Travel support for AstroGPU 2007 conference, internal ($360)

DAMOP 2006 student travel support ($130)

MIC Winter School in Microtechnology and Nanotechnology support, 2002 (€1,200)

Honors and Awards

Elected to Sigma Pi Sigma (2005)

University of Zagreb Rector's Award (with A. Bedalov), for "Stability Analysis of Sonoluminescence" (2001). Advisor: G. Pichler, Institute of Physics, Zagreb.

Publications

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa, R. Côté, Feshbach Optimized Photoassociation near the unitarity regime, in preparation

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa, R. Côté, Giant formation rates of ultracold molecules via Feshbach Optimized Photoassociation, submitted for review to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2008)

M. Gacesa, P. Pellegrini, R. Côté, Feshbach resonances in ultracold ^6,7Li + ²³Na atomic mixtures, submitted for review to Phys. Rev. A (2007); preprint available: arXiv:0709.2924v2 [physics.atom-ph]

Smolčić, V.; Ivezić, Ž.; Gacesa, M.; Rakos, K.; Pavlovski, K.; Ilijić, S.; Obrić, M.; Lupton, R.H.; Schlegel, D.; Kauffmann, G.; Tremonti, C.; Brinchmann, J.; Charlot, S.; Heckman, T.M.; Knapp, G.R.; Gunn, J.E.; Brinkmann, J.; Csabai, I.; Fukugita, M.; Loveday, J. The rest-frame optical colours of 99 000 Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxies, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 371 (1), 121-137 (2006)

Obrić, Mirela; Ivezić, Željko; Best, P.N.; Lupton, R.H.; Tremonti, C.; Brinchmann, J.; Agueros, M.A.; Knapp, G.R.; Gunn, J.E.; Rockosi, C.M.; Schlegel, D.; Finkbeiner, D.; Gacesa, M.; Smolčić, Vernesa; Anderson, S.F.; Voges, W.; Jurić, Mario; Siverd, R.J.; Steinhardt, W.; Jagoda, A.S.; Blanton, M.R.; Schneider, D.P. Panchromatic properties of 99 000 galaxies detected by SDSS, and (some by) ROSAT, GALEX, 2MASS, IRAS, GB6, FIRST, NVSS and WENSS surveys, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 370 (4), 1677-1698 (2006)

Non-refereed Publications

M. Obric, Z. Ivezic, G. Kauffmann, R.H. Lupton, C. Tremonti, J. Brinchmann, S. Charlot, G.R. Knapp, J.E. Gunn, C.M. Rockosi, D. Schlegel, M.A. Strauss, M. Gacesa, V. Smolcic, S. Anderson, W. Voges, M.R. Blanton, D. Eisenstein, Multiwavelength View of SDSS Galaxies, arXiv:astro-ph/0404503

Z. Ivezic, R.J. Siverd, W. Steinhardt, A.S. Jagoda, G.R. Knapp, R.H. Lupton, D. Schlegel, P.B. Hall, G.T. Richards, J.E. Gunn, M.A. Strauss, M. Juric, P. Wiita, M. Gacesa, V. Smolcic, The Distribution of Quasars and Galaxies in Radio Color-Color and Morphology Diagrams, arXiv:astro-ph/0403314

Invited Presentations

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa and R. Côté, Giant Formation rates of stable ultracold diatomic molecules, Cambridge/Connecticut AMO Open House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2008).

M. Gacesa, P. Pellegrini and R. Côté, Scattering properties of heteronuclear systems and a new scheme for creating ultracold molecules, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Orsay (2008).

M. Gacesa, P. Pellegrini and R. Côté, A proposal of a new scheme for creating ultracold polar molecules, Institute of Physics, Zagreb (2008).

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa and R. Côté, Formation of ultracold molecules via photoassociation through a Feshbach resonance, Quantum Chemistry seminar, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (2007).

Contributed Presentations

M. Gacesa, P. Pellegrini and R. Côté, Collisional properties of ultracold Li+Na and Li+Rb in magnetic field, Cambridge/Connecticut AMO Open House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2008); poster presentation.

M. Gacesa, P. Pellegrini and R. Côté, Ultracold collisions of Li + Na atoms in variable magnetic field, Joint meeting of NES-APS/AAPT, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (2007); poster presentation.

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa and R. Côté, Production of ultracold molecules via photoassociation through a Feshbach resonance, Joint meeting of NES-APS/AAPT, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (2007); poster presentation.

M. Gacesa, P. Pellegrini and R. Côté, Feshbach resonances and photoassociation in heteronuclear systems, DAMOP 2007, Calgary (Canada); oral presentation (given by R. Côté).

P. Pellegrini, M. Gacesa and R. Côté, Theoretical investigation of photoassociation in heteronuclear systems, The 3^rd University of Connecticut and ITAMP Open House, Cambridge, MA (2006); oral presentation and poster.

M. Gacesa, Z. Pavlovic, P. Pellegrini and R. Côté, Li+Na collisions at ultracold temperatures, DAMOP 2006, Knoxville, TN (2006); poster presentation.

M. Gacesa and R. Beuc, Formation of ultracold lithium molecules via photoassociation, Brijuni conference: Matter under extreme conditions, Brijuni, Croatia (2004); poster presentation

M. Gacesa and T. Duric, Monte Carlo simulation in daylighting design, International Conference of Physics Students / EPS-12, Budapest, Hungary (2002); oral presentation.

M. Gacesa and A. Bedalov, 3rd Meeting of the Croatian Physical Society, Observation and Stability of Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence, Zagreb, Croatia (2001); poster presentation.

M. Gacesa and A. Bedalov, Stability Analysis of Sonoluminescence, International Conference of Physics Students, Dublin Ireland (2001); oral presentation and poster.