Research Group Members

Our group develops new theoretical and observational tools to uncover relics from the early universe — including dark matter, dark radiation, and primordial gravitational waves. We work at the intersection of particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, bringing together postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Mia West
Postdoctoral researcher working on cosmological probes of dark matter and gravitational waves.
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Graduate Students

Soobeom (“Leo”) Chung
Research focuses on the prospects for direct detection of dark radiation and searches for dark matter using pulsar timing arrays.
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Qiushi Wei
Studies pulsar timing signatures of ultralight dark matter and explores laboratory detection strategies for axions.
📄 Recent publication

Carlos Ramon
Investigates gravitational microlensing as a probe of dark matter.

Former Group Members

Sarunas Verner (now postdoc at KICP)
A postdoc who worked on astrometric detection of ultralight dark matter, phenomenology of inflation, and gravitational production of dark matter
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Fengwei Yang (now postdoc at University of Notre Dame)
A postdoc who worked on developing an indirect detection program for hot dark matter and the theory behind interactions of topological defects.
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Austin Lam (now graduate student at UF)
An undergraduate who worked on pulsar timing detection of ultralight dark matter.
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