Biographical Sketch:
Rohit Raut is a first-year Ph.D. student in Physics at Yale University working at Wright Laboratory on the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). His research focuses on charge-readout-plane production and detector performance studies for the ProtoDUNE-Vertical Drift (VD) detector.
Originally from Nepal, Rohit earned his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Arlington, where he received the Best Researcher Award from the UTA Honors College for his work on high-voltage systems for DUNE, MCP-PMT testing, and dark-matter searches with the ICARUS Experiment at Gran Sasso.
In summer 2024, Rohit participated in the CERN Summer Student Programme, working under the supervision of Filippo Resnati and Francesco Pietropaolo on the beam run of the ProtoDUNE Horizontal Drift experiment. He also contributed to the construction of the ProtoDUNE Vertical Drift detector high voltage system components and took part in the development and testing of a novel Bi-207–based noble-liquid purity-monitoring system intended for future DUNE instrumentation.
At Yale, Rohit works with Professor Karsten Heeger on heavy neutral lepton searches in the ProtoDUNE-VD experiment and on instrumentation development for liquid-argon detectors. His broader interests include large-scale TPC electronics, detector simulation, and integration of hardware and analysis software for precision neutrino measurements.
Outside research, Rohit enjoys hiking and watching football(soccer). One of his life goal is to one day summit at least one of the Nepal’s mountain.
Education:
B.S. in Physics & Mathematics (minor in Computer Science), University of Texas at Arlington
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