Curriculum Vitae

Full C.V. and letters of recommendation available upon request.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
  December 2019
  Advisor: Prof Vito Scarola
  Dissertation: Exact Diagonalization Studies of Strongly Correlated Systems
  
• Bachelor of Science Physics and Math, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
  May 2013
  Summa Cum Laude

Selected Publications

• Two-Particle Correlation Functions in Cluster Perturbation Theory: Hubbard Spin Susceptibilities
  P.T. Raum, G. Alvarez, Thomas Maier, and V. W. Scarola
  [arXiv]
• Particle-hole-symmetric model for a paired fractional quantum Hall state in a half-filled Landau level
  William Hutzel, John J. McCord, P.T. Raum, Ben Stern, Hao Wang, V.W. Scarola, and Michael R. Peterson
  [PRB] (January 2019)
  [arXiv]
• Thermometry for Laughlin States of Ultracold Atoms
  P.T. Raum, and V.W. Scarola
  [PRL] (March 2017)
  [arXiv]

Selected Presentations

• Cluster Perturbation Theory Applied to Two-Particle Correlation Functions
  Oral. APS March Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, March 2019.
• Spin Susceptibility with Cluster Perturbation Theory
  Poster. Autumn School on Correlated Electrons: DMFT: From Infinite Dimensions to Real Materials. Jülich, Germany, September 2018.
• Thermometry for Laughlin States of Ultracold Atoms
  Oral. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Mid-Atlantic Student Research Day. Arlington, Virginia, September 2017.
• Thermometry for Laughlin States of Ultracold Atoms
  Oral. APS March Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2017.
• Role of the continuum states in the thermodynamics of the ν = 1/3 fractional quantum Hall effect
  Oral. APS March Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, March 2015.

Teaching

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (2013-2018)
Responsibilities included recitation, lab, office hours, grading, and proctoring. Covered classes ranging from first year calculus based physics, to undergraduate physics major classes, to graduate courses.


• Undergraduate Mentoring
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (2013-2018)
I supervised undergraduate student, Ben Stern, and guided him through a publishable research project.


• Camp Counselor
  Winkler Botanical Preserve, Alexandria, VA. (2007-2012)
Summer camp for kids aged 6-11. As a camp counselor I designed and ran educational and physical programs (e.g. lesson plans and rock climbing). I also supervised and trained counselors-in-training aged 13-18.