Jane Nachtman received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997 followed by a postdoc at UCLA under Professor David Saltzberg. In 2002, she joined Fermilab as an associate scientist, ultimately becoming a Scientist I before joining the University of Iowa in 2007. Professor Nachtman's research involves CMS and DUNE R&D and commissioning, as well as CMS data analysis.

Research interests

• Experimental elementary particle physics

Research

• Searches for new phenomena, including Supersymmetry
• Recent projects at CERN's LHC (CMS experiment)
• On-campus facilities: hardware lab with VME-based electronics teststand
• Students perform projects at accelerators, living and working there for one year or longer
• Students learn to design and build mechanical and electronic components of detectors and to write code