Wright Laboratory
Department of Physics
Yale University
P.O. Box 208120
New Haven, CT 06520-8120
U.S.A.
Contact Us
Phone: +1 (203) 432-3090
Fax: +1 (203) 432-3522
Addresses
Yale Wright Laboratory
Bass Receiving
266 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
U.S.A.
272 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
U.S.A.
Wright Lab Organization
Wright Lab (WL) is a Yale University facility hosted by and part of the Yale Department of Physics. It serves the broader University STEM community while hosting world-leading nuclear, particle and astrophysics research. Its service to the University is both through the resident technical expertise it provides, and through its core Science Hill facilities, such as the machine shops that it hosts. The core facilities hosted within WL are overseen by the Provost’s Office.
Director
Karsten Heeger
karsten.heeger@yale.edu
+1 (203) 432-3378
The Wright Lab Director is responsible for providing the overall scientific and administrative leadership and vision of Wright Laboratory. The Director is assisted in this task by the following positions:
Director’s Office
Jenn Arnone
Wright Lab Director’s Assistant
jennifer.arnone@yale.edu
+1(203) 432-1542
Associate Director for Operations
Jeffery Ashenfelter
jeffery.ashenfelter@yale.edu
WL-220D
+1 (203) 432-5755
The Associate Director for Operations is responsible for overseeing the Wright Lab facilities, including shops and office and laboratory space, and technical personnel at Wright Laboratory. This position includes ensuring safety requirements as established by Yale Environmental Health and Safety are met.
Program Manager
Victoria Misenti
victoria.misenti@yale.edu
+1 (203) 432-7763
The Program Manager is responsible for partnering with the Director to conceive, develop and execute the strategic vision and programming for the Wright Laboratory. Areas of responsibility include: administration, development / fundraising, outreach, visibility and communications, and financial oversight for individual initiatives.
Shop Supervisors
J.W. Gibbs Professional Shop: Jack DiSciacca, AIDC Director
Wright Lab Research Shop & Advanced Prototyping Center: Craig Miller
Wright Lab Teaching Shop: David Johnson
Technical Support
Thomas Barker, Rosario Bernardo, Mark Haeckel, Tom Hurteau, Francisco Lopez, Michael Nuzzo, Brandon Ramirez
Computing Support
Wright Lab has computing support for researchers and staff through the Yale Department of Physics and in collaboration with the Yale Center for Research Computing through Seraphim McGann.
Administrative Support
Paula Farnsworth (OOO through Summer 2026), Dan McGurk, Timothy Sandrey (Floater), Kimberly Tighe
Committees
The Wright Faculty Committee assists with coordinating the activities of Wright Lab, including assisting with coordination of space, planning, best practices, and other logistics for ongoing and planned experimental work in Wright Lab’s shared facilities. If requested, the committee may also assist in reviewing plans for experiments in individual PI labs.
Members: Keith Baker, Charlie Baltay, Charles Brown, Helen Caines, Sarah Demers, Jack Harris, John Harris, Laura Havener, Karsten Heeger, Steve Lamoreaux, Konrad Lehnert, Reina Maruyama, David Moore, Ian Moult, Laura Newburgh, David Rabinowitz, Paul Tipton
Staff: Victoria Misenti, Jeff Ashenfelter
2024
- May 6, 10 a.m.
- April 8, 10 a.m.
- February 12, 10 a.m.
2023
- December 4, 10 a.m.
- October 2, 10 a.m.
Wright Lab hosts regular seminars and discussion groups. The current coordinators for each are listed below.
- NPA: Tyler Johnson, Zoltán Varga
- Early Career Seminar: Iris Ponce, Yu-Han Tseng
- YPPDO: Tony Liu, Xiaowei Ou, Molly Watts
- The Elusives Journal Club: Eleanor Graham, Jiaxiang Wang
- DMDG: Reina Maruyama, Priyamvada Natarajan
- Instrumentation Lunch: Karsten Heeger