Teaching Since 2009 Fall

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TA positions for general physics labs are available for 2011-Fall semester. Please contact physics secretary Mrs. Christal Krein at 605-394-2361 for details.

Research Interests:

My research interest is in astroparticle physics, with focus on dark matter search, muon and cosmogenic backgrounds, and high-energy cosmic rays. I am currently working on the direct dark matter search experiment Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment (to be deployed at 4850 ft level in Sanford Lab) and involved in the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE). I also have interests in the high-energy neutrino astronomy project IceCube at the South Pole.

The links to those projects are:
• LUX Dark Matter Search Experiment in Sanford Lab, Homestake Lead, SD (Member since July 2009)
• Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (Member since April 2010)
• IceCube: High Energy Neutrino Astronomy at the South Pole, Antarctica. (Member during August 2002 - December 2009. Associate member since January 2010.)