Dr. Riley Crane

ETH Zürich
Dr. Riley Crane
Entrepreneurial Risks
KPL F 26
Kreuzplatz 5
8032 Zürich
Switzerland

Phone: +41 44 632 8398
Fax: +41 44 632 1914
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Education

Ph.D., Physics, U.C.L.A. 2006
M.S. , Physics, U.C.L.A . 2001
B.S. , Physics, University of Texas - Austin, 1995-2000
S.E.L.F. Diploma, Université de Lyon III, France, 1999

Dissertation: "Probing the Bose solid: A finite frequency study of the magnetic field-tuned superconductor-insulator transition in two-dimensions"

Academic experience

Researcher, University of Texas - Austin, 1997 - 1998
Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Independent Investigation of Turbulence in Fluid Dynamics

Researcher, Princeton University, Summer 1998
Nat'l Undergraduate Fellowship - Plasma Physics, Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas

Researcher, University of Texas, 1999- 2000
Helped design laser system for studying biological specimens

Research Assistant, UCLA Physics Department, 2001 - 2006
Condensed Matter Physics - 3 years researching Quantum Phase Transitions in low-dimensional disordered metals.
Nano/Bio- Physics - 1 year researching nanotube networks and developing biological detection sensors

Teaching/Organizational Experience

Teaching Assistant, UCLA Physics Department, 2000 - 2006
Advanced Electricity and Magnetism
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanic
Microwave Spectroscopic Techniques Lab: Complex Impedance Bridge, Resonant Cavities, Quasioptical Spectroscopy
Introduction to Modern Physics Lab
Physics for Life Science Students Lab
Physics for Engineering Students Lab

Graduate Student Association Representative, 2000 - 2004
Represented the Department of Physics on the Math & Physical Sciences Council, a division of GSA. Oversaw budget and organizational operations.

Graduate Student Training Coordinator, 2001 - 2006
Responsible for training and evaluating all new graduate students entering the Department of Physics and Astronomy -
organizing and running an extensive 10-week T.A. preparation course for incoming graduate students.

Honors

University Honors - University of Texas, Austin
2001-2002 Physics and Astronomy Teaching Award for Outstanding TA
2002-2003 Physics and Astronomy Teaching Award for Outstanding TA
Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society
Melvin J. Reiger Scholarship
M.Y. Colby Scholarship
American Physical Society

Selected Publications/Presentations

0 Fluctuations, dissipation, and nonuniversal superfluid jumps in two-dimensional superconductors, R. W. Crane, N.P. Armitage, et al.
1 Survival of superconducting correlations across the 2D superconductor-insulator transition: A finite frequency study, R. W. Crane, N.P. Armitage, et al.
2 The Donation-Payment Gift Card Concept: How to Give Twice With One Card, R. Crane, J. Escobar and D. Sornette, submitted to the The Economists' Voice, The Berkeley Electronic Press
3 Superconducting Fluctuations in 2D, Presententation at the American Physical Society Meeting - March 2005, Los Angeles, CA
4 From Order to Disorder - Quantum Phase Transitions in 2-Dimensions - Presentation, Condensed Matter Seminar - UCLA, March 2004
5 Helicity Conservation during Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma, Presentation at the American Physical Society Meeting - November 1999, New Orleans