Experience

Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Apr 2015 - Present

  Lead an experimental physics group developing cryogenic particle and photon detectors for dark matter and neutrino physics. We devise, prototype, and carry out experiments to search for physics beyond the standard model. Lead an experimental physics group developing cryogenic particle and photon detectors for dark matter and neutrino physics. We devise, prototype, and carry out experiments to search for physics beyond the standard model.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor

  • 2006 - Apr 2015

  Lead a reasearch group developing cryogenic particle and photon detectors for dark matter searches and X-ray astrophysics applications. Lead a reasearch group developing cryogenic particle and photon detectors for dark matter searches and X-ray astrophysics applications.



NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

• United States
• Defense & Space
• 700 & Above Employee

• Astrophysicist

  • 2001 - 2006

  Developed instrumentation for spacecraft, including the X-ray spectrometer on the Japanese Astro-E and Astro-E2 missions. Ran an active R&D program in X-ray spectrometers for future NASA / ESA / JAXA missions. Developed instrumentation for spacecraft, including the X-ray spectrometer on the Japanese Astro-E and Astro-E2 missions. Ran an active R&D program in X-ray spectrometers for future NASA / ESA / JAXA missions.