Welcome to my site!
I am an associate professor at the University of Oregon in the
Department of Physics and a member of the
Institute for Fundamental Science. My research is in particle physics phenomenology and I am interested in understanding the nature of dark matter. Dark matter comprises nearly 85% of the known matter content of the Universe, but its identity remains a mystery. Specifically, I focus on methods and techniques of detecting various candidates of dark matter. I am a co-founder of the
SENSEI experiment, which uses silicon CCDs to look for dark matter candidates that are less massive than a proton. In addition, I investigate the potential of astrophysical and cosmological probes to detect models of ultralight dark matter. You can find a list of my publications at
INSPIRE-HEP. I am a member of the
2023 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5), which was charged with creating a roadmap for the next two decades of particle physics in the US.
Since arriving at UO, I created -- in collaboration with
Prof. Kate Kelp-Stebbins and the
UO Comics Studies program -- the
UO Science and Comics Initiative. You can read more about the initiative
here!
