My area of expertise is in experimental high energy physics with experience in both hadron collider and neutrino oscillation physics. Most recently, I have been fascinated by the neutrino sector of particle physics. Although the existence of these particles has been known for many decades, much is still unknown about them. What is the ordering of the neutrinos? Is there CP-violation in the lepton sector? Are neutrinos responsible for leptogenesis? Can neutrinos lead to a discovery of physics beyond the standard model of particle physics? The answers to these questions could have a profound impact on our fundamental understanding of the physical universe.
Currently, I contribute to the NOvA and DUNE experimental collaborations. These experiments study neutrino oscillation phenomena and rely on distantly separated detectors to measure the composition of the neutrino flavors along a beamline produced at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
In the NOvA collaboration, I currently lead the Near Detector Physics Working group. This group measures the properties of neutrino interactions with matter. In the past, I led the muon neutrino disappearance working group, which studies how muon neutrinos oscillate into other types of neutrinos. I also led the cross-section tuning working group in the collaboration.
The DUNE experiment is expected to start taking data near the end of this decade. I currently lead the hardware database effort as we work towards the construction and installation of the DUNE detectors. My research team is developing machine learning techniques to study the properties of atmospheric neutrinos that will be recorded by the DUNE detectors when they come online.
Research Groups
Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS)
NuMI Off-axis ve Appearance (NOvA)
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)
