Research

My papers: Google Scholar | INSPIRE.

I develop novel detectors for dark matter and neutrino searches, and I am a member of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) and Quantum Invisible Particle Sensor (QuIPS) experiments. My work spans three connected threads: extracting the most physics from experiments already running, designing new experiments to probe physics beyond the Standard Model, and building the detectors that make those searches possible.

Brief professional history

• 2023 - present: Chamberlain Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab 

• 2018 - 2023: PhD The Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania 

  • PIs: Carmen Carmona and Luiz de Viveiros

  • Dissertation: Background Modeling and First Searches for Low Energy Signals in The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

• 2017 - 2018: Research Assistant, University of Massahcusetts, Amerst 

  • PI: Andrea Pocar

• 2013  - 2017: BS Physics Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania