Summary

Experimental particle physicist known for contributions to the LUX and LZ dark matter direct-detection experiments and creator of NEST (Noble Element Simulation Technique), widely used in particle astrophysics. Pivoted his instrumentation expertise toward UAP research as first author of the first peer-reviewed academic instrumented UAP field expedition paper, co-leading UAPx alongside Kevin Knuth.

Roles

• -Assistant Professor of Physics, University at Albany (SUNY)
• -First Author, UAPx Field Expedition Paper
• -Creator, NEST (Noble Element Simulation Technique)
• -Former Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis

Organizations

Education

• -PhD, Physics, University of Chicago (2011)
• -MS, Physics, University of Chicago (2006)
• -BA, University of Chicago (2005)

Early Career

• -Postdoctoral scholar, UC Davis (2010-2014) - contributed to LUX (Large Underground Xenon) dark matter direct-detection experiment
• -Created NEST (Noble Element Simulation Technique), open-source software for simulating noble element detector responses, now widely used across the particle physics community