CV
Academic Positions
- Associate Research Scholar (Dicke Fellow), Princeton University, 2022-Present
- Lecturer, Princeton University, 2022-2023
- EXO-200 Fitting Group Coordinator, EXO-200 Collaboration, 2020-2022
- Graduate Research Assistant, Yale University, 2017-2022
- Visiting Research Scholar, Stanford University, 2016-2017
- Graduate Research Assistant, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, 2014-2016
- Undergraduate Research Assistant, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, 2013-2014
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics, Yale University, 2022
- Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Physics, Yale University, 2020
- Master of Science (M.S.) in Physics, Yale University, 2018
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2017
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2014
Selected Publications
- Search for MeV Electron Recoils from Dark Matter in EXO-200
S. Al Kharusi et. al., Phys. Rev. D 107, 012007 - Kilotonne-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches
A. Avasthi et. al., Phys. Rev. D 104, 112007 (2021) - nEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond $\mathbf{10^{28}}$ year half-life sensitivity
G. Adhikari et. al., J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 49, 015104 (2022) - VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO
A. Jamil et al., IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci. 65 (2018) no.11 - Distributed imaging for liquid scintillation detectors
J. Dalmasson et al., Phys. Rev. D 97 (2018), 052006
A full list of my publications can be found on Google Scholar.
Presentations and Posters
- Search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ beyond $10^{28}$ years half-life sensitivity with nEXO
Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, May 2022 (Invited Talk) - Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with EXO-200
Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, May 2022 (Invited Talk) - Light and Charge Transport in Liquid Xenon Detectors for Rare Event Searches
Princeton Dicke Seminar, December 2021 (Invited Talk) - Search for MeV-scale Energy Deposits from Dark Matter in Liquid Xenon using EXO-200
Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, October 2021 (Contributed Talk) - Modeling the Effect of Impurities on the Electron Lifetime in Liquid Xenon for nEXO
LIght Detection In Noble Elements, September 2021 (Contributed Talk) - nEXO: Search for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay at the Tonne Scale
17th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, August 2021 (Contributed Talk) - Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of the nEXO Experiment to $0\nu\beta\beta$
The 28th International Workshop on Weak Interactions and Neutrinos, June 2021 (Contributed Poster) - Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of the nEXO Experiment
APS April Meeting, April 2021 (Contributed Talk) - Large Area SiPMs for Ton-scale 0vbb
CPAD Instrumentation Frontier Workshop, March 2021 (Invited Talk) - Development of an Impurity Model for Large Liquid Xenon Detectors
The XXIX International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, June 2020 (Contributed Poster) - Modeling the Effect of Impurities on the Electron Lifetime in Liquid Xenon for nEXO
APS April Meeting, April 2020 (Contributed Talk) - Light Detection with VUV-sensitive SiPMs in nEXO
APS April Meeting, April 2019 (Contributed Talk) - Development of Large Area Silicon Photomultipliers in Noble Liquids for the nEXO Experiment
DPG Spring Meetings, March 2017 (Contributed Talk) - Light Detection with SiPMs in the nEXO Experiment
CPAD Instrumentation Frontier Workshop, October 2016 (Invited Talk) - Silicon Photomultipliers for the detection of VUV scintillation light in LXe for the nEXO experiment
DPG Spring Meetings, February 2016 (Contributed Talk)
Teaching
- PHY 209 (Computational Physics Seminar), Instructor, Princeton University, Fall 2022
- PHYS 678 (Computing for Scientific Research), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Spring 2022
- PHYS 524 (Introduction to Nuclear Physics), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Fall 2021
- PHYS 206L (Modern Physical Measurement), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Spring 2021
- PHYS 524 (Introduction to Nuclear Physics), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Fall 2020
- PHYS 430 (Electromagnetic Fields and Optics), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Spring 2020
- PHYS 205L (Modern Physical Measurement), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Fall 2019
- PHYS 166 (General Physics Laboratory), Head Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Spring 2019
- PHYS 165 (General Physics Laboratory), Head Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Fall 2018
- PHYS 166 (General Physics Laboratory), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Spring 2018
- PHYS 165 (General Physics Laboratory), Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Fall 2017
- EP‐5 (Nuclear and Particle Physics), Teaching Assistant, FAU, Spring 2015
- EP‐2 (Electrodynamics and Thermodynamics), Teaching Assistant, FAU, Fall 2014
Honors and Awards
- Robert H. Dicke Fellowship, Princeton University, 2022
- Grainger Fellowship, The University of Chicago, 2022 (Declined)
- DOE Graduate Instrumentation Research Award, Honorable Mention, 2020
- BaCaTeC Project Grant, 7k$ Travel and Research Grant, 2016
- Studienstiftung (German Academic Scholarship Foundation), Fellowship, 2015-2017
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), PROMOS Fellowship, 2015 (Declined)
Outreach and Service
- nEXO DEI Committee, nEXO Collaboration, 2021-2022
- Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Physics Department, Yale University, 2020-2021
- Pathways to Science, Physics Department, Yale University, 2020
- Weak Interaction Discussion Group, Seminar Coordinator, Wright Lab, Yale University, 2019-2021
- CT Students Exploring Engineering Day, Volunteer, 2018
- Yale Physics Olympics, Volunteer, 2018-2020
- Physics for Refugees, Volunteer, 2016
- Workers’ Welfare Organization (AWO), Refugee Program Volunteer, 2015-2016
- Engineers Without Borders, Volunteer, 2015-2016
Languages
- Kurdish (mother tongue)
- German (mother tongue)
- English