Olivier Dadoun |
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Current Activity
Post-doctoral position at ILC/MDI Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire Orsay groupScientific Activities
Since January 2005: Post-doctoral fellow at the MDI group of LAL-Orsay
2000-2003: PhD thesis at APC-PCC laboratory (Collège de Fance) Nuclear reactors neutrinos measurement in Borexino experimen"
2002-2003: Marie Curie Training Site Fellowship at the INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Gran Sasso - Italy) for the electronic implantation of the Borexino experiment;
March - July 1999: DÉA training course at LPNHE (Paris VI&VII), directed by Professor François Vannucci. Realization and simulation of the detection efficiency by the Monte Carlo method on an experiment allowing to detect gamma as a result of solar neutrinos decay (nu-->nu'+ gamma);
June - July 1998: Maîtrise training course on the Hellaz experiment at the PCC (Collège de France), directed by Philippe Gorodetsky. Study on the electron drift in a Time Projection chamber (TPC);
Education
June 2003: PhD thesis in particle physics (with distinction);
1998 - 1999 : DÉA Physique et Technologie des Grands Instruments (grade B), Paris VII University;
1997 - 1998 : Maîtrise (~ Master of Arts) in fundamental physics (grade B), Paris VII University;
1996 - 1997 : Licence (~ BA) in fundamental physics (grade B), Paris VII University.
Skills
Languages
- English: good level
- Spanish, Italian: Good oral comprehension
Computer Science
- Operating sysrtems : Linux, Unix, Windows and Mac OS X;
Languages: Fortran, C (data acquisition, communication protocols, scientific calculations), C++, Perl, shell script;
- Data Bases SQL;
- Science software: Mathematica and specifics programs (Guinea-Pig, Geant IV, ROOT...);
- Web : xhtml, css, php, javascript, SPIP;
- Cluster machines and Grid (LCG-EGEE and Desktop Grid).
Employment:
January 2004-December2005: Adaptation of software (Sphère) to Mac OS X system developed in C++ for Windows. The purpose of Sphère technology is to create three dimensional interfaces. It uses object oriented languages and open GL technology;
2002-2004 : Support professor under contract to ARIS Association Régionale pour l'Intégration des sourds (Association for the deaf);
Juillet - décembre 2003 : Elaboration of a content for a Science museum: conception of the theme elementary structure of matter;
June -August 1997: Database administrator for Becker & Associates Chemistry Company.