Michael H. Wood                                                                             2202 Criston Dr.,                     
mikewood@jlab.org                                                                    Newport News, VA 23602	 
		                                                                                                 757-249-1913
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. in Physics, June 2000 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.S. in Physics, May 1997
The Catholic University of America, B.S. in Physics, May 1994; summa cum laude

EMPLOYMENT 
HISTORY      Adjunct Professor                  Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA           8/06-present
Taught and graded the intermediate physics course for non-physics majors.  The course was a non-calculus introduction to classical dynamics, wave motion, and thermodynamics. Prepared lectures and examinations.

Postdoctoral Fellow                      University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA                       7/04-present
Active in the Primex experiment, a high-precision determination of the ?0 lifetime by a measurement of the cross section of the Primakoff effect which was conducted in 2004 in Hall B at TJNAF.  Installed and maintained the veto detectors to discriminate between photons and charged particles incident on a calorimeter.  Developed and wrote software for veto hit reconstruction.  Moreover, I have developed the simulation software needed to calculate the detector acceptance and efficiencies.

Postdoctoral Fellow                      University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC                          8/00-7/04
My research focus has been a search for medium modifications of the ?-meson in heavy nuclei.  The data was taken in Hall B at TJNAF in the Fall of 2002 during the experiment E01-112. Before the experiment, I organized and conducted a one-day test with a high intensity photon beam was incident on a Pb target.  During the data-taking, I was Run Coordinator for three weeks.  Assisted in an investigation of ? meson production mechanisms with linearly polarized photon beams of experiment E98-109.  

Research Assistant                     University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC                         5/95-7/00
Obtained PhD thesis “Low Energy Proton-Deuteron Elastic Scattering and the Ay Puzzle” under the direction of Dr. E. J. Ludwig. Designed, organized, and lead experiments to study the three-nucleon system below the deuteron-breakup threshold with both polarized and unpolarized beams. Calibrated numerous polarimeters based on nuclear reactions for both polarized deuteron and proton beams in the energy range of 1.0 MeV to 14.0 MeV.

Teaching Assistant                     University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC                         8/94-5/95
Taught and graded the algebra-based introductory physics lab course.  A majority of the experiments were conducted with computer-interfaced equipment.  Covered topics on kinematics, thermodynamics, dynamics, and simple circuits.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
•	Designed and assembled experiments with the following detectors: solid-state, silicon microstrip, and plastic scintillators with photomultipliers.
•	Assembled the photon trigger electronics in Hall B at TJNAF for experiment E01-112.
•	Knowledge of NIM, CAMAC, Fastbus, and VME electronics.
•	Extensive experience programming in Fortran, C, C++, PAW, ROOT, Perl, MySQL, HTML, GEANT.
•	Contributed to software development in a multi-user version controlled environment.
•	Installed Linux OS on numerous personal computers.
•	Operated FN tandem, low-energy electrostatic accelerator, direct extraction negative ion source, and polarized ion source.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS
•	On-site adviser to University of Massachusetts, Amherst graduate student at TJNAF.
•	Member of CLAS collaboration review committee for 3 journal articles and 1 proposal.