Publications

Sparse sampling in multidimensional NMR

Half of my PhD work concerned finding ways to speed up time-consuming NMR experiments via clever usage of sparse sampling and signal reconstruction algorithms.

• “Reaching the sparse-sampling limit for reconstructing a single peak in a 2D NMR spectrum using iterated maps.” Robert L. Blum, Jared Rovny, J. Patrick Loria, and Sean E. Barrett, J. Biomol. NMR 73, 545 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10858-019-00262-4

• “Accelerating 2D NMR relaxation dispersion experiments using iterated maps.” Jared Rovny, Robert L. Blum, J. Patrick Loria, and Sean E. Barrett, J. Biomol. NMR 73, 561 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10858-019-00263-3

Discrete time crystals

The other half of my PhD work concerned investigating discrete time-crystalline signatures in an ordered crystal using NMR techniques.

• “Observation of Discrete-Time-Crystal Signatures in an Ordered Dipolar Many-Body System.” Jared Rovny, Robert L. Blum, and Sean E. Barrett, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 180603 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.180603

• “31P NMR study of discrete time-crystalline signatures in an ordered crystal of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate.” Jared Rovny, Robert L. Blum, and Sean E. Barrett, Phys. Rev. B 97, 184301 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.97.184301

Blaseball analysis

In my spare time I’ve enjoyed studying the online video game Blaseball as part of the Society for Internet Blaseball Research, a group devoted to analyzing our favorite fictional online sport as seriously one would an actual real-life sport. In particular, I have been involved in two efforts that culminated in publishing a research paper on our findings.

• Effect of the “Double Jumps” decree on playoff seeding (2020)

• A sinking feeling: Investigating the relationship between team eDensity and Level (2021)