Research Interests: 

Experimental elementary particle physics.

Research: 

• Physics immediately following the Big Bang
• Physics projects at LHC (ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider); Work on Silicon Pixel detector and its upgrade; Upgrade of Liquid Argon Electromagnetic Calorimeter
• R&D on the Future Electron Positron Linear Collider (at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and CERN)
• Students start with courses and initial research at Iowa, then move to a major lab to complete their thesis research
• Students develop skills in fast electronics, real-time data processing, and software
• Employment opportunities in academia, major labs, industry