Noah Braeger

Ph.D. student & National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. My research interests primarily lie in high energy physics. More secifically, I study quantum field theory using the extra dimensions of string theory.

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Contact Information

Email: braeger@sas.upenn.edu

Phone: (435) 757-8706

Education

University of Pennsylvania

PhD in Physics
August 2021 - May 2026

Utah State University

Bachelor of Science
Mathematics

GPA: 4.0

Bachelor of Science
Physics

GPA: 3.98

August 2016 - May 2021

Publications

Braeger, N., Malmendier, A., Sung, Y., (2020). "Kummer Sandwiches and Greene-Plesser Construction." J. Geom. Phys., 154:103718, doi:10.1016/j.geomphys.2020.103718

Braeger, N., Clingher, A., Malmendier, A., Spatig, S., (2021). "Isogenies of Certain K3 Surfaces of Rank 18." Res. Math. Sci., 8:57, doi:10.1007/s40687-021-00293-0.

Talks & Workshops

  1. MSRI Summer Graduate School in Tropical Geometry, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, 2022.

  2. Braeger, N. "An Isogeny Between Certain K3 Surfaces of Picard Rank 18." Slides. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC, January 2021.

  3. Braeger, N. "An Explicit Isogeny Between Certain K3 Surfaces." Utah State Fall Student Research Symposium, Logan, UT, December 2020

  4. Braeger, N. "Clifford Algebras." Notes. Learning Seminar on K-Theory, Logan, UT, October 2020.

  5. Braeger, N and Malmendier, A. "Counting Rational Points on Curves and Surfaces." Slides. University of Utah Undergraduate Colloquium, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2019.

  6. Braeger, N. and Malmendier, A. "Mirror Symmetry for Multi-Parameter K3 Surfaces." Slides. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section, Prescott, AZ, October 2019.

  7. Braeger, N. "What are Kummer Surfaces?" Slides. Explicit Methods for Abelian and K3 Varieties, Logan, UT, July 2019

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania
  • Fall 2022, Complex Analysis, AMCS 5100.
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    Recitation Leader, Utah State University
    Teaching Assistant, Utah State University
  • Summer 2018 - Summer 2019, Great Scientists, PHYS 3020.
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    Outreach

    University of Pennsylvania
    • Directed Reading Program Mentor, August 2022 - December 2022.
    • Graduate Student Seminar Co-organizer, August 2022 - May 2023.
    Utah State University
    • College of Science Senator, May 2020 - May 2021.
    • Science Council President, May 2019 - May 2020.
    • College of Science Ambassador, August 2019 - May 2021.
    TEDxUSU Unity Head Organizer

    Interests