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Michael A. Fedderke
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physics
BioI'm a theoretical physicist interested in questions related to dark matter, high-energy particle phenomenology, and early-universe cosmology.
The broad focus of my current research is on developing novel or unconventional search techniques to explore a diversity of new physics ideas in a range of terrestrial, astrophysical, and cosmological systems. A large portion of my work has a nexus to the dark matter problem, or deals with other early-universe relics (e.g., CHAMPs). Much of my recent and ongoing research in this direction has involved the detection of axion-like particles and dark photons, or has involved my ongoing interest in extracting signals of new physics from existing physical systems or data sets. My less-recent past work has included examining a variety of phenomenological and theoretical aspects of Higgs physics, and particle physics aspects of early-universe cosmology. -
Benjamin Ezekiel Feldman
Assistant Professor of Physics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHow do material properties change as a result of interactions among electrons, and what is the nature of the new phases that result? What novel physical phenomena and functionality (e.g., symmetry breaking or topological excitations) can be realized by combining materials and device elements to produce emergent behavior? How can we leverage nontraditional measurement techniques to gain new insight into quantum materials? These are some of the overarching questions we seek to address in our research.
We are interested in a variety of quantum systems, especially those composed of two-dimensional flakes and heterostructures. This class of materials has been shown to exhibit an incredible variability in their properties, with the further benefit that they are highly tunable through gating and applied fields.
