Bárbara Cruvinel Santiago
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EDUCATION

Columbia University
Ph.D. in Physics (2023)
M.Phil. in Physics (2021)
M.A. in Physics (2020)
Yale University
B.S. in Physics, Intensive Track (2017)


RESEARCH

2023 - Pres. Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow/Postdoc at Stanford University (Center for International Security and Cooperation)
2018 - 2023 Graduate Researcher at Columbia University (Schiminovich Group)
2017 - 2018 Post-Baccalaureate Researcher at MIT-LIGO (Mavalvala Group)
2015 - 2017 Undergraduate Researcher at Yale (DeMille Group)
Summer 2014 Undergraduate Researcher at CERN (Demers Group)
More detailed research information on my research and policy pages, and in my full CV.

LEADERSHIP, TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP

Spring 2023 Science Policy for Scientists Lecture Series Co-Organizer
2020 - 2021 SU(5) Graduate Peer Mentoring Board
2019 - 2021 Columbia Physics Graduate Council Board
2018 - 2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant at Columbia
2018 - 2020 Columbia Spectra Board
Spring 2017 New Haven Science Fair Mentor
2016 - 2017 Yale STARS Program Peer Mentor
2015 - 2017 Yale Physics Climate and Diversity Committee
2015 - 2017 Yale Center for Language Study Portuguese Tutor
2015 - 2016 Yale OISS Peer Liaison
2014 - 2016 Yale Women in Physics Board
2014 - 2016 Yale Brazil Club Board
Spring 2015 Splash Teacher: "The Physics of Interstellar"
Complete list of leadership and mentoring roles as well as more detailed description available in my full CV and on my pages dedicated to teaching and mentoring, diversity in STEM and public policy.

SELECTED AWARDS

2021 APS Government Affairs Five Sigma Physicist Award
2020 Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction Next-Generation Fellowship
2019 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology Fellowship
2016 Michele Dufault Memorial Scholarship for Yale Women in STEM
2016 and 2015 Yale College Dean’s Research Fellowship in the Sciences
2016 and 2015 Pierson College Richter Summer Fellowship
2014 Tetelman Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences
2013 Fundação Estudar Scholarship
2012 Bronze Medal at the 25th International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT)
Complete list of 20+ awards available in my full CV.

SKILLS

Programming: MATLAB, Python, C, HTML
Languages: Potuguese (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate), Spanish (reading)