Education

Research

Theoretical high energy nuclear physics and phenomenology of higher twist effects in heavy quark production, University of California, Davis and Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1995-present)
Experimental infrared tunable diode laser spectroscopy and computational physics, San Jose State University and NASA Ames Research Center (1989-1994)

Awards and Honors

Ryan Couch Memorial Fund, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis (1998)
Nominated for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of California, Davis (1995 and 1997)
Nominated for Outstanding Thesis, San Jose State University (1995)
Computational Physics Award, Department of Physics, San Jose State University (1994)
Outstanding Student Award, Department of Physics, San Jose State University (1993)
Frederik N. Fitting Award, School of Science, San Jose State University (1993)
San Jose State University Finalist, California State Univeristy Student Research Competition (1993)
Outstanding Student Award, Department of Physics, San Jose State University (1992)
Multicultural Awareness Award, School of Science, San Jose State University (1992)
Graduate Student Researchers Grant recipient, NASA (1991)
Research Experience for Undergraduates grant recipient, San Jose State University, National Science Foundation (1989)

Publications

Young/Freedman University Physics Instructors Solutions Manuel Vol. 2, Addison Wesley Longman (1999).
``Leading Charm in Hadron-Nucleus Interactions in the Intrinsic Charm Model,'' T. Gutierrez and R. Vogt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Davis, hep-ph/9808213, Nucl.Phys.B539:189-214 (1999)
The Measurement and Modeling of Carbon Isotope Fractionation During Thermal Degassing of Magnesium Oxide, Master's Thesis (1994)
``An Overview of Isotopic Analysis Using Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometry,'' T. B. Sauke, J. F. Becker, M. Loewenstein, T. D. Gutierrez, C. G. Bratton Spectroscopy, 9, 34-40 (1994)
``Improved Stable Isotope Laser Spectrometer and its Application to Soil Analysis,'' J. F. Becker, T. B. Sauke, T. D. Gutierrez, C. G. Bratton, in Novel Laser Sources and Applications, (J. Becker, J. Gruber, and L. Lam, eds. SPIE Publ., Bellingham, 1994).

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Physics for Engineers and Scientists, University of California at Davis (1994-present)

Computer Skills