Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
(June 2023)
I hold the endowed Carl T. Bush Professorship of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oklahoma, where I am also a (tenured) Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
August 2022 - Present
Dr. Xu's expertise lies in primordial black holes, astroparticle searches for dark matter, and direct detection of light dark matter using condensed matter systems.
April 2023 - Present
Dr. Hajkarim's expertise lies in early Universe cosmology, matter dominated eras, and gravitational waves.
2021 - Present
Badal is mostly interested in astroparticle physics pertaining to axions and primordial black holes. Badal's recent research on primordial black holes was featured in New Scientist.
Badal's Inspire research profile is available here.
2021 - Present
TJ is mostly interested in astroparticle searches for dark matter.
TJ's Inspire research profile is available here.
2023 - Present
Teddy is an astronomer who is interested in searches for dark matter.
Postdoctoral Researcher
2018 - 2021
Dr. Guo's expertise lies in gravitational waves from phase transitions in the early Universe. Dr. Guo subsequently joined the University of Utah in August 2021 as a postdoctoral researcher, followed by a faculty position at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2023.
Graduate Student
2017 - 2021
Daniel successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis in December 2021 and moved on to a position in industry.
Undergraduate REU Student
2024
Brown University
Undergraduate REU Student
2023
Bowdoin College
Undergraduate REU Student
2021
Samantha's work centered on direct detection of dark matter.
Undergraduate REU Student
2020
Elijah went on to the Ph.D. program at Cornell.
Undergraduate REU Student
2019
Joshua went on to join the Ph.D. program at the University of Connecticut.
Senior Capstone Student
2020 - 2021
Katherine worked on light dark matter and gravitational waves from exotic compact objects. She went on to the physics Ph.D. program at Ohio State.
Senior Capstone Student
2019
Oskar worked on string theory and holography. His first subsequent position after leaving my group was the physics Ph.D. program at Dartmouth.
Senior Capstone Student
2018 - 2019
Jeremiah worked on gauge theories. He went on to the Ph.D. program in the mathematics department at the University of Kansas.
