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Paul Neves

Paul Neves is a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park. He plans to obtain a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics and become a professor. Besides classes at UMD and research at the NCNR, Paul enjoys making and listening to music, playing tabletop games, volunteering with STEM outreach, watching sci-fi, and tinkering. As a tinkerer, Paul tries anything from car repair to chainmail weaving and is the proud owner of a chainmail tie (though he has no idea where to wear it).

SURFing from Susceptometers to Skyrmions: The Making of a Neutron MANiAC

July 24, 2018

I was a freshly minted senior in high school when I first came to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)

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