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Richard Gran is an Associate Professor of Physics in the Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth, specializing in experimental neutrino physics with active roles in the MINERvA and DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) collaborations.
His educational background includes:
- Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minnesota (2002)
- B.A. in Physics and Music from Carleton College (1994)
Gran's research centers on neutrino oscillations, neutrino-nucleus interactions, and precision measurements of neutrino properties like mass. He develops neutrino interaction models to enhance oscillation experiment sensitivity—particularly for CP violation studies—and investigates nuclear effects in carbon and lead targets. His work bridges MINERvA data analysis with future DUNE applications, emphasizing cross-section measurements critical for reducing systematic uncertainties in long-baseline experiments.
As an advisor, Gran mentors undergraduate and master's students through projects involving neutrino interaction uncertainty quantification, Markov Chain data fitting techniques, and searches for short-range nucleon correlations. He explicitly connects particle physics research to broader career skill development, highlighting problem-solving, algorithm creation, technical writing, and collaborative leadership as transferable assets for technology, finance, and policy sectors.
Gran co-leads the MINERvA analysis group and contributes to DUNE's simulation framework development. His laboratory work integrates Fermilab-based detector operations with computational analysis pipelines, focusing on near-detector neutrino interaction modeling.
