Academic Interests
I spend a lot of time contemplating the basic structures of our Universe.
I think about questions such as:
- Is there a connection between the fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, strong, and weak?
- What is the true nature of space and time, are there extra spatial dimensions?
- How can we detect the neutrinos that were released ~1 second after the Big Bang, or those from Supernovae?
I tackle these problems by designing and conducting experiments in collaboration with many scientists around the world.
Current work
I am currently most interested in experimental probes of fundamental symmetries and the very early Universe, with my research bridging the domains of experimental nuclear/particle/astro physics.
I maintain an informal portfolio of my research projects (work in progress) for the curious reader, and an up-to-date list of publications on my Google Scholar profile.
External links and media
- Check out my public talk on neutrino astrophysics!
- “ nEXO: Searching for Lepton Number Violation and Majorana Neutrinos with 136Xe” — slides from an invited talk @ CAP 2023.
- Ray-Tracing Cherenkov light with GPUs — 1st place poster prize @ CAP 2022.
- Mock Chandra X-ray telescope proposal on detecting supernova shock breakout.
- “ How to probe the nature of the Universe” by D. Watson, a beautiful comic on nEXO.