The following is a list Wright Lab graduate alumni, with their thesis titles and advisors, from 1965 to the present. More information about each of our graduate alumni is available on the Yale Department of Physics alumni webpage. Please also see our list of undergraduate research projects.
Year |
Graduate |
Advisor |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kelly Backes | S. Lamoreaux | A quantum-enhanced search for dark matter axions |
| 2021 | Mariel Pettee | S. Demers | Interdisciplinary Machine Learning Methods for Particle Physics |
| 2021 | Christian Weber | K. Baker | New Search for H→ZZ_d→4l using pp collision data at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector |
| 2021 | Yuqi Zhu | D. DeMille | Experiments with 87Rb: Towards Co-trapping 88Sr19F and 87Rb |
| 2020 | Supraja Balasubramanian | B. Fleming | A Differential Cross-Section Measurement of Muon Neutrino-Induced Charged Current Neutral Pion Production in MicroBooNE |
| 2020 | Estella Barbosa de Souza | R. Maruyama | A Model-Independent Search for Dark Matter-Induced Annual Modulation Signal with the COSINE-100 Experiment |
| 2020 | Christopher Davis | R. Maruyama | Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with Majoron Emission in CUORE |
| 2020 | Luyao Jiang | J. Harris | Nonreciprocal dynamics in a cryogenic optomechanical system |
| 2020 | Raymond Ehlers | H. Caines | Jet-Hadron Correlations Measured in Pb–Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}} = 5.02$ TeV with ALICE |
| 2020 | Brooke Russell | B. Fleming | An Electron Neutrino Appearance Search in MicroBooNE with 5$\times$10$^{19}$ POT |
| 2020 | Shilo Xia | D. Moore | Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and Detector Physics Measurements with the Final EXO-200 Dataset |
| 2019 | Salvatore Aiola | J.W. Harris | Jet and heavy-flavor measurements in pp and Pb–Pb collisions with ALICE |
| 2019 | Charles Brown | J. Harris | Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum |
| 2019 | Danielle Norcini | K. Heeger | A search for eV-scale sterile neutrinos and precision measurement of the U-235 antineutrino spectrum with the PROSPECT experiment |
| 2019 | Savannah Thais | S. Demers | Utilizing Electrons in the Search for Associated Higgs Production with the ATLAS Detector: Higgs decaying to a tau pair and vector boson decaying leptonically |
| 2019 | James Mulligan | J.W. Harris | Inclusive jet measurements in Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE |
| 2018 | Elena Gramellini | B. Fleming | Measurement of the negative pion and positive kaon total hadronic cross sections on argon at the LArIAT experiment |
| 2018 | Hackenburg, Ariana | B. Fleming | Measurement of a Neutrino-Induced Charged Current Single Neutral Pion Cross Section at MicroBooNE |
| 2018 | Cushman, Jeremy | K. Heeger | A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in tellurium-130 with CUORE |
| 2018 | Lollo, Anthony | J. Harris | Phase slips in isolated mesoscopic superconducting rings |
| 2017 | Brubaker, Benjamin | S. Lamoreaux | First Results from the HAYSTAC axion search |
| 2017 | Horvat, Stephen | H. Caines | Measurement of the collision energy dependence of jet-quenching signatures of de-confinement at STAR |
| 2017 | Kashkanova, Anna | J. Harris | Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium |
| 2017 | Mason, David | J. Harris | Dynamical Behavior near Exceptional Points in an Optomechanical System |
| 2017 | Shkarin, Alexey | J. Harris | Quantum Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium |
| 2017 | Oh, Saehanseul | J. Harris | Correlations in particle production in proton-lead and lead-lead collisions at the LHC |
| 2017 | Adams, Corey | B. Fleming | First Detection of Low Energy Electron Neutrinos in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers |
| 2016 | Underwood, Mitchell | J. Harris |
Cryogenic Optomechanics with a Silicon Nitride Membrane
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| 2016 | Pierpoint, Zachary | R. Maruyama | |
| 2015 | Hubbard, Antonia | R. Maruyama | Muon Induced Backgrounds in the DM-Ice17 NaI(Tl) Dark Matter Detector |
| 2015 | Pettus, Walter |
K. Heeger, |
Cosmogenic Activation in NaI Detectors for Dark Matter Searches |
| 2015 | Cooper, Nathan | V. Werner | Structure of A=76 Nuclei and Fast-Timing Studies of the Rare-Earth Region |
| 2014 | Malagon, Ana | O. K. Baker | Search for 140 microeV Pseudoscalar and Vector Dark Matter Using Microwave Cavities |
| 2010 | Casperson, Robert | V. Werner | Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Mixed-Symmetry States and Large Boson Systems |
| 2009 | Qian, Jing | A. Heinz | |
| 2009 | Williams, Elizabeth | V. Werner | A Study of Transitional Collective Behavior in Heavy Nuclei |
| 2009 | Winkler, Ryan | A. Heinz | Spectroscopy of 215Ac and (p,t) Studies of the Stable Palladium Isotopes |
| 2008 | Deibel, Catherine | P.D. Parker | The 26mAl(p,gamma)27Si Reaction Rate in ONe Novae |
| 2008 | Wrede, Christopher | P.D. Parker | Nuclear Energy Levels of 31S and Astrophysical Implications |
| 2006 | Meyer, Deseree | R.F. Casten & C.W. Beausang | Nuclear Structure Studies in the Rare Earth and Trans-lead Regions |
| 2006 | Parikh, Anuj | P.D. Parker | Production of 26Al in Oxygen-Neon-Magnesium Novae |
| 2006 | Ricard (McCutchan), E.A. | R.F. Casten | Critical Phase/Shape Transitions in Heavy Nuclei |
| 2005 | Lewis, Rachel | P.D. Parker | 26mAl + p Resonances in 27Si |
| 2004 | Hecht, Adam | C.W. Beausang | Nuclear Chiral Symmetry in the Mass A ~ 130 Region |
| 2003 | Caprio, Mark | R.F. Casten | Structure of Collective Modes in Transitional and Deformed Nuclei |
| 2003 | Visser, Dale | P.D. Parker | Particle Decay Branching Ratios for States of Astrophysical Importance in 19Ne |
| 2002 | Cooper, Jeffery | R. Krücken | Measurement of B(M1) Values in the Crossing Region of Shears Band 1 in 197Pb and Interpretation in the Semi-classical Model |
| 2001 | Novak, John R. | C.W. Beausang | Nuclear Structure of the Odd-Neutron Radon Isotopes 203,205,207Rn |
| 1999 | Bardayan, Daniel | P.D. Parker | Explosive 17F(p,γ)18Ne Burning Through the 3+ State in 18Ne |
| 1999 | Chen, Alan | P.D. Parker | The Structure of 22Mg and its Implications for Explosive Nucleosythesis |
| 1999 | Schwartz, Jazmin | C. Lister | Coulomb Excitation of a Radioactive Beam of 78Rb |
| 1998 | Butt, Yousaf M. | P.D. Parker | The Observation of the 3/2+ State of 19F at Ex=7101 keV and its Relation to Explosive Stellar Hydrogen Burning |
| 1998 | Pope, Joseph K. | S. Kumar | Light-Isotope Production in Relativistic Au-induced Nucleus-Nucleus Reactions |
| 1998 | Yildiz, Kazim O. | P.D. Parker | The Production of 26Al in the Early Solar System by the 16O(16O,x)26Algs and 14N(16O,x)26Algs Reactions |
| 1997 | Coe, Scott D. | S. Kumar | The Search for Strangelets in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1997 | France III, Ralph | M. Gai | Stellar Helium Burning: A Further Measurement of the Beta-Delayed Alpha-Particle Emission of 16N |
| 1997 | Nagle, James L. | S. Kumar | Antiproton Production and Search for Antideuterons and Negatively Charged Strange Quark Matter in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1996 | Bateman, Nicholas P. | P.D. Parker | The Production of 26Al in the Early Solar System by the 12C(16O,x)26Al0 Reaction |
| 1996 | Lund, Brian J. | P.D. Parker | Isospin Character of Transitions to the 2+1 and 3-1 states of 90,92,94,96Zr |
| 1995 | Bennett, Michael | S. Kumar | Antiproton Production in High Energy Au + Nucleus Collisions |
| 1995 | Chan, Kin Chi | C. Lister | The Search for Correlated Positron-Electron Emission in U+Ta Collisions near the Coulomb Barrier |
| 1994 | Blumenthal, Daniel | C. Lister | A Study of Cooling Following Compound Nuclear Reactions |
| 1994 | Kaloskamis, Nicholas | C. Lister | APEX: An Experiment to Study Correlated Positron-Electron Production in Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1994 | Utku, Sinan | P.D. Parker | The Connection of the Hot CNO Cycle and the rp-Process at 18F |
| 1993 | Crowell, Benjamin | P. Chowdhury | High-K Isomers and Mechanisms of K-Violation |
| 1993 | Germani, Joseph | S. Kumar | Production of Light Nuclei in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1993 | Hahn, Kevin | P.D. Parker | The 17F (p,γ) 18Ne and 14O (α,p)17F reaction rates and the structure of 18Ne |
| 1993 | Levin,Craig | J. Markey | Sensitivity of a Highly Compressed Xenon Gas Ionization Chamber to the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 136Xe |
| 1993 | Phlips, Bernard | J.S. Greenberg | Search for Low-Mass Short-Lived States Coupling to e+e- |
| 1993 | Zhao, Zhiping | M. Gai | The Astrophysical S-Factor of 12C (α,γ)16O from the Beta-Delayed Alpha-Particle Emission of 16N |
| 1992 | Ennis, Patrick J. | C. Lister | The Structure of the Exotic N = Z Nucleus 64Ge |
| 1992 | Greene, Senta | S. Kumar | Antiproton Production in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1992 | Mitchell, Jeffery | S. Kumar | Forward Baryon Distributions in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1992 | Rugari,Steven | M. Gai | Broken Reglection Symmetry (And Isospin Dependence Enhanced E1 Transition) in 114Xe |
| 1991 | Henderson, Stuart D. | J.S. Greenberg | A Search for Low-Mass Long-Lived States Coupling to e+e- |
| 1990 | Smith, Michael S. | P.D. Parker | The Onset and Breakout of the Stellar Hot CNO Cycle |
| 1989 | Hubbard, Kevin M. | R. Weller | Sputtering from a Liquid-Phase Ga-In Eutectic Alloy |
| 1989 | Kaurin, Michael G. | R. Weller | Emission of Positive Oxygen Ions from Bombardment of Adsorbate-Covered Metal Surfaces |
| 1988 | Baumel, Laurie M. | R. Weller | Isotopic Composition of Boron Secondary Ions as a Function of Ion-beam Fluence |
| 1988 | Cowan, Thomas E. | J.S. Greenberg | Monoenergetic Positrons and Correlated Electrons from Superheavy Nuclear Collisions |
| 1988 | Dellagiacoma, Fabio | F. Iachello | Beta Decay of Odd Mass Nuclei in the Interacting Boson-Fermion Model |
| 1988 | Magnus, Paul V. | P.D. Parker | The 15O(α,γ)19Ne Reaction Rate and the rp Process |
| 1987 | Blauner, Patricia G. | R. Weller | Secondary Ion Emission from Aluminum and Uanodium Under Energetic Ion Bombordment |
| 1987 | Manoyan, John M. | Y. Alhassid | Shape Transitions in Hot Nuclei |
| 1987 | Sterbenz, Stephen M. | D.A. Bromley | Elastic Scattering of 14C+12C, 14C+16O, and 14C+18O |
| 1986 | Cottle, Paul D. | D.A. Bromley | Evidence for Intrinsic Reflection Asymmetric Nuclear Shapes |
| 1986 | Engle, Jonathan H. | F. Iachello | Octupole Degrees of Freedom in the Interacting Boson Model |
| 1986 | Gulmez, Erhan | J. Cizewski | High Angular Momentum Structure In A~140 Nuclei: 140Nd, 141Pm |
| 1986 | Hayes, Anna C. | D.A. Bromley | Microscopic Study of Enhanced E1 Transitions in 18O |
| 1986 | Lee, Suk-Joon | M. Strayer | Relativistic Mean Field Methods and Application to Axially Deformed Nuclei |
| 1986 | O’Connor, John P. | R. Weller | An Investigation of Sputtering and Secondary Ion Emission from Polycrystalline Metal Foils under MeV Heavy Ion Bombardment |
| 1986 | Shivakumar, Balasubramanian | D.A. Bromley | Equilibrium in Orbiting Heavy Ion Reactions |
| 1986 | Wang, Tzu-Fang | P.D. Parker | Proton Threshold States in 14O and 27Si |
| 1985 | Dichter, Bronislaw K. | S.J. Sanders | Search for Shape Isomers in 56Ni |
| 1985 | Schweppe, John E. | J.S. Greenberg | A Search for Spontaneous Positron Production in Heavy Ion - Atom Collisions |
| 1985 | Umar, Sait | F. Iachello | The Microscopic Study of Nuclear Molecular Phenomena |
| 1985 | Wu, Jianshi | F. Iachello | Group Theory Approach to Scattering |
| 1985 | Zingman, Jonathan A. | Y. Alhassid | Thermodynamics of Heated Rotating Nuclei |
| 1984 | Drigert, Mark W. | J. Cizewski | The Structure of 215, 219Ac |
| 1984 | Ennis, John F. | D.A. Bromley | Dipole Collectivity in 218Ra |
| 1984 | Ruscev, Mario | D.A. Bromley | Dipole Molecular Degrees of Freedom in 28Si and 18O and their Description within a U(4) Symmetry |
| 1983 | Schloemer, Edward C. | D.A. Bromley | Characterization of Molecular Phenomena and U(4) Symmetry in the 12C + 16O System |
| 1983 | Zouros, Theodoros J.M. | J.S. Greenberg | The Emission Anisotropy of X-Rays from Selected Transitions in Electronic Quasimolecules |
| 1982 | Champagne, Arthur E. | P.D. Parker | On the Existence of Threshold States in 26Al and Their Contribution to Its Production at Low Stellar Temperature |
| 1982 | Cunningham. Mark A. | F. Iachello | Multilevel Calculations in Odd-Mass Nuclei |
| 1982 | Kuyucak, Serdar | F. Iachello | Study of Spinor Symmetries in Nuclear Structure |
| 1982 | Rosenthal, Marc S. | P.D. Parker | High Spin States in 163Lu and 165Lu and Backbending in Rare Earth Nuclei |
| 1982 | Thomas, James H. | P.D. Parker | Ultra-Sensitive Mass Spectroscopy using a Tandem van de Graaff Accelerator to Detect 10Be and 26Al |
| 1981 | Anthony, John M. | W.A. Lanford | Charge Dependence of the Energy Loss of Heavy Ions in Matter |
| 1981 | LaMarche, Paul H. | W.A. Lanford | Hydrogen Surface Contamination in the Storage of Ultra-Cold Neutrons |
| 1981 | Willett, Stephen J. | D.A. Bromley | Spin Alignment in 12C+12C Inelastic Scattering |
| 1980 | DiCenzo, Stephanie B. | D.A. Bromley | Search for Resonance Phenomena in 28Si+28Si Reactions |
| 1980 | Groleau, Rejean | D.A. Bromley | Some Properties of the Two-Body Effective Interaction in the 208Pb Region |
| 1980 | Hindi, Munther M. | P.D. Parker | Cluster Structure of 8p-4h States in 20Ne |
| 1980 | Korotky, Steven K. | K.A. Erb |
Nuclear Molecular Orbital Effects and the 13C+13C→12C+14C Rearrangement Reaction |
| 1980 | Watson, Charles | P.K. Haff | Topics in Classical Kinetic Transport Theory with Applications to the Sputtering and Sputter-Induced Mass Fractionation of Solid Surfaces and Planetary Atmospheres |
| 1979 | Liarokapis, Efthymios | J.S. Greenberg | X-Rays from Selected Quasimolecular Transitions |
| 1979 | Tang, Henry Hong Ki | D.A. Bromley | Microscopic and Macroscopic Theories of Nuclear Dynamics |
| 1978 | Long, Jeffery M. | D.A. Bromley | A Measurement of the Total Isovector M1 Radiative Width of the 16.6-16.9 MeV Doublet IN 8Be |
| 1978 | Martz, Louis M. | P.D. Parker | Three-Nucleon Transfer Reactions and Cluster Structure in the A=15 to A=19 Nuclei |
| 1978 | Mortensen, Mark H. | C.K. Bockelman | The Collective Structure of Tungsten Nuclei |
| 1978 | Sherwood, George B. | D.A. Bromley | Sequential Transfers and Inelastic Transitions in Heavy-Ion Induced Transfer Reaction |
| 1977 | Sanders, Stephen J. | P.D. Parker | Spectroscopy of High Spin States in 16O and 20Ne using the X(12C, 8Be)Y*(α)X Reaction |
| 1977 | Tung, Peggy Pin | D.A. Bromley | Structural and Dynamic Sensitivity of Two-Proton Transfer Reactions in Mass 90 (N=50) Region |
| 1977 | Vincent, Paul J. | J.S. Greenberg | The X-Ray Spectroscopy of Electronic Quasimolecules |
| 1975 | Hadsell, Richard W. | D.A. Bromley | Search for High Spin States in Light Rigid Nuclei |
| 1975 | Hanson, David L. | K.A. Erb | Exotic Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms: Multistep Processes in Heavy-Ion Induced Transfer Reactions and Complex Particle Emission in the 12C + 14N Interaction |
| 1975 | Olmer, Catherine | K.A. Erb | Heavy-Ion Induced Multinucleon Transfer Reactions in the 2s-1d Shell |
| 1975 | Peschel, Richard E. | D.A. Bromley | The Radiative Capture Reactions 40Ca (α,γ) 44Ti and 48Ca(α,γ)52Ti in the Region of the Giant Dipole Resonance |
| 1974 | Ayik, Sakir | J.N. Ginocchio | Operator Averages and Applications in Light Nuclei |
| 1974 | Chua, Lowry T. | D.A. Bromley | Neutron Transfer between Identical Cores |
| 1974 | Cobern, Martin E. | P.D. Parker | A Study of (7Li,t) Reactions on Light Nuclei |
| 1974 | Maguire, Charles M. | C.K. Bockelman | The Spectrum of 205Pb as Excited by the (d,p) Reaction |
| 1974 | Shaw, Alan H. | J.S. Greenberg | Measurement of Transition Quadrupole and Hexadecapole Moments in Even-Even Rare Earth Nuclei |
| 1974 | Shapira, Daniel | D.A. Bromley | Statistical Effects in the Interactions of Complex Nuclei |
| 1974 | Yen, Ming-Ming King | J.N. Ginocchio | The Angular Momentum Dependence of the Distribution of Shell Model Eigenenergies |
| 1973 | Ayoub, Edward E. | D.A. Bromley | Compound Particle-Core Coupled States and Direct Nuclear Processes |
| 1973 | Cleary, Terrance P. | D.A. Bromley, Nelson Stein | The Nuclear Structure of Bismuth-209: Macroscopic and Microscopic |
| 1973 | King Jr., Charles E. | D.A. Bromley | Multistep Processes in Nuclear Transfer Reactions |
| 1973 | McVay, Lance J. | C.K. Bockelman | Single-Neutron Transfer Reactions in the p + 172Yb System: Observation of Multi-step Nuclear Processes |
| 1973 | Pisano Jr., Daniel J. | P.D. Parker | A Study of the (3He, 7Be) Reaction: A Coupled-Channels Finite-Range Analysis |
| 1973 | Wieland, Richard M. | D.A. Bromley | Nuclear Structure in the Continuum - Magnesium-24 |
| 1972 | Fritts, Martin | P.D. Parker | A Study of Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions in a Four-Body Final State |
| 1972 | Metz, William D. | C.K. Bockelman | Evidence for Particle-Vibration Coupling in 49Ca |
| 1972 | Reilly, Wilfred J. | D.A. Bromley | The Elastic Scattering of Identical Bosons |
| 1972 | Rickertsen, Larry | R. Ascuitto | Inelastic Heavy Ion Scattering |
| 1972 | Shay, Henry D. | D.A. Bromley | Radiative Helion Capture in 12C and 16O |
| 1972 | Skwiersky, Bruce M. | P.D. Parker | Study of T=3/2 States in 17F |
| 1972 | Thompson, William B. | P.D. Parker | A Study of the Charged Particle Emissions of 12C Following Proton Capture by 11B |
| 1971 | Kovar, Dennis G. | C.K. Bockelman | A Study of Two Particle-One Hole States in Pb209 by Means of the (d,p) Reaction |
| 1971 | Sie, Soey H. | J.S. Greenberg | Magnetic Moments of Excited States in Os188 and Os192 |
| 1970 | Aponick Jr., Anthony | D.A.Bromley | The Shapes of Rare Earth Nuclei |
| 1970 | Brassard, Claude | D.A. Bromley | Microscopic Structure of the C12 Giant Resonances |
| 1970 | Craig, George D. | D.A. Bromley | A Deformed Nuclear Shell Model with Application to Neon, Magnesium, and Silicon Isotopes |
| 1970 | Freidman, Marvin I. | I. Kelson & D.A. Bromley | Microscopic Bases of Collectivity in Light Nuclei |
| 1970 | Holland Jr., George E. | D.A. Bromley | Two Neutron Transfer from Nuclei Near Single and Double Closed Shells |
| 1970 | Vary, James P. | J.N. Ginocchio | Approximate Treatment of Correlations in Nuclear Spectroscopy: Applications to the Lead Region |
| 1970 | Wasielewski, Paul | D.A. Bromley | Application of Coriolis-Coupling Model to Odd-Odd Nuclei in the 2s-1d and 1f-2p Shells |
| 1969 | Hirko, Richard G. | D.A. Bromley | Structure of the SD Shell Nuclei |
| 1969 | Lindgren, Richard A. | D.A. Bromley | A Study of Light Rigid Rotor Nuclei |
| 1969 | Maher Jr., James V. | D.A. Bromley | The Nuclear Interaction of Oxygen with Oxygen |
| 1968 | Comfort, Joseph R. | C.K. Bockelman | Nuclear Structure of Manganese-56 |
| 1968 | LeVine, Michael J. | P.D. Parker | Study of T=3/2 States in N13 |
| 1967 | Casten, Richard F. | J.S. Greenberg | Collective Nuclear Structure Studies in the Osmium Nuclei |
| 1966 | Bishop, Edwin | J.S. Greenberg | Coulomb Excitation in Odd-A Rare-Earth Nuclei |
| 1966 | Poth, James E. | D.A. Bromley | Boron Induced Transfer Reactions |
| 1965 | Allen, Joseph P. | D.A. Bromley | Studies of Odd-A Nuclei in the 2s-1d Shell |
| 1965 | Birnbaum, Joel | D.A.Bromley | Studies of Nuclear Transfer Reactions at High Energy |
| 1965 | Nagatani, Kunio | D.A. Bromley | Study of the Deuteron Plus Alpha Particle Breakup Reactions |
| 1965 | Seaman, Gregory, G. | D.A. Bromley, J.S. Greenberg | Multiple Coulomb Excitation Studies in Even-Even Samarium Nuclei |