Biography
Steven W. Barwick is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986, after earning a B.S. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. Barwick has been a faculty member at UC Irvine since 1990, following his tenure as a Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Berkeley from 1986 to 1990.
Barwick’s research is centered on high-energy neutrino astrophysics, with an emphasis on developing innovative instrumentation for detecting neutrino-induced radio pulses. His work involves creating advanced trigger systems based on artificial intelligence to enhance the performance of remote detectors. Barwick has contributed significantly to over 500 peer-reviewed articles, including studies published in leading journals like Nature Physics and Physical Review Letters. His research projects have received funding from the National Science Foundation and other institutions, focusing on neutrino detection and radio-based observation techniques. Barwick was honored as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2002 and served on the Executive Board of its Division of Astrophysics in 2008.
At UC Irvine, Barwick is involved in teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in physics and astronomy. He has been recognized for his teaching contributions with the UCI Teaching Excellence Award from the School of Physical Sciences in 2009. Barwick actively participates in university committees, having served as Vice-Chair of Undergraduate Studies and chaired various committees related to admissions and faculty evaluations. Additionally, he contributes to the scientific community by serving on committees such as the IUPAP Neutrino Panel and as an editor for journals like the Journal of Astroparticle Physics.
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- Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1986
- B.S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1981
Distinctions
- Fellow of American Physical Society, 2002
- Elected to Executive Board of Division of Astrophysics in the American Physical Society, 2008
- UCI Teaching Excellence Award, School of Physical Sciences, 2009
Areas of Expertise
- High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics
- Neutrino-induced Radio Pulses
- Artificial Intelligence Trigger Systems
- IceCube Neutrino Observatory
- High Energy Particle Physics
- Cosmic Ray Detection
- Astrophysical Neutrino Emission
- Novel Instrumentation
- Experimental Particle Physics
- Neutrino Astronomy
Recent Publications
- IceCube Collaboration, “Acceptance Tests of more than 10 000 Photomultiplier Tubes for the multi- PMT Digital Optical Modules of the IceCube Upgrade”, JINST, vol. 19, no. 07, pp. P07038, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Search for decoherence from quantum gravity with atmospheric neutrinos”, Nature Phys., vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 913-920, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Observation of Seven Astrophysical Tau Neutrino Candidates with IceCube”, Phys.Rev.Lett., vol. 132, no. 15, pp. 15, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Improved modeling of in-ice particle showers for IceCube event reconstruction”, JINST, vol. 19, no. 06, pp. P06026, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Characterization of the astrophysical diffuse neutrino flux using starting track events in IceCube”, Phys.Rev.D, vol. 110, no. 2, pp. 022001, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Citizen science for IceCube: Name that Neutrino”, Eur.Phys.J.Plus, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 533, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “In situ estimation ice crystal properties at the South Pole using LED calibration data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory”, The Cryosphere, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 75-102, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Search for 10–1000 GeV Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts with IceCube”, Astrophys.J., vol. 971, no. 2, pp. 193, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “All-sky Search for Transient Astrophysical Neutrino Emission with 10 Years of IceCube Cascade Events”, Astrophys.J., vol. 967, no. 1, pp. 48, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Search for Continuous and Transient Neutrino Emission Associated with IceCube’s Highest-energy Tracks: An 11 yr Analysis”, Astrophys.J., vol. 964, no. 1, pp. 40, 2024.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Search for Galactic Core-collapse Supernovae in a Decade of Data Taken with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory”, Astrophys.J., vol. 961, no. 1, pp. 84, 2024.
- ARIANNA Collaboration, “Developing New Analysis Tools for Near Surface Radio-based Neutrino Detectors”, JCAP, vol. 10, pp. 060, 2023.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Search for Extended Sources of Neutrino Emission in the Galactic Plane with IceCube”, Astrophys. J., vol. 956, pp. 20, 2023.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Observation of high-energy neutrinos from the Galactic plane”, Science, vol. 380, no. 6652, 2023.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Search for Correlations of High-energy Neutrinos Detected in IceCube with Radio-bright AGN and Gamma-Ray Emission from Blazars”, Astrophys.J., vol. 954, no. 1, pp. 75, 2023.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Measurement of atmospheric neutrino mixing with improved IceCube DeepCore calibration and data processing”, Phys.Rev.D, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 012014, 2023.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Observation of seasonal variations of the flux of high-energy atmospheric neutrinos with IceCube”, Eur.Phys.J.C, vol. 83, no. 9, pp. 777, 2023.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Constraining High-energy Neutrino Emission from Supernovae with IceCube”, Astrophys.J.Lett., vol. 949, no. 1, pp. L12, 2023.
- “Triboelectric backgrounds to radio-based polar ultra-high energy neutrino (UHEN) experiments”, Astropart.Phys., vol. 145, pp. 102790, 2023.
- IceCube Collaboration, “Limits on Neutrino Emission from GRB 221009A from MeV to PeV Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory”, Astrophys.J.Lett., vol. 946, no. 1, pp. L26, 2023.
Contact Information
Website: https://www.physics.uci.edu/people/steven-w-barwick
Email: sbarwick@uci.edu
Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2129 Frederick Reines Hall, UC Irvine, CA 92697-4575
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