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Soud Al Kharusi

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Soud Al Kharusi
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Soud Al Kharusi
Postdoctoral physicist at Stanford

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 extragalactic supernovae?

I tackle these problems by designing and conducting experiments in collaboration with many scientists around the world.

My doctoral research was in particle astrophysics, on developing the nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment’s muon veto system and assessing its potential as a neutrino observatory. Here is a copy of my PhD thesis.

More broadly, and less professionally, I am interested in big data analyses and visualizations, as well as sentiment gauging and natural language processing — areas where science intersects with human behaviour and communication. I am particularly curious about how our species will adapt to a increasingly connected digital world, and how we can collectively shape that world to our benefit as a whole.

Current work

My research bridges the domains of experimental nuclear, particle, and astrophysics.

I am currently working on a neutron scattering experiment to search for new forces and extra spatial dimensions at the 1-100 nm length scale. More details to come!

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.

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