Current Position: Research Scientist
Current Institution: IBM
Biographical Sketch:
Michael Jewell was an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University’s Wright Lab. He came to Yale in 2020 as a postdoctoral associate after earning his Ph.D. from Stanford.
Having grown up just outside of Philadelphia, he is an avid Philadelphia sports fan.
Research:
Michael Jewell’s research involved searching for dark matter axions with Professors Maruyama and Lamoreaux. His primary project was the HAYSTAC experiment, which searched for axions using a haloscope located here at Wright Lab, and was the first axion search to achieve sub-quantum limited noise. He was also working on the RAY experiment, which was looking to extend axion searches to higher mass/frequencies with the use of Rydberg atoms, as well as the ALPHA experiment, which was working to detect the axion and help explain the underlying structure of the universe. He was the ALPHA project’s technical coordinator.
Jewell was active in the Wright Lab and Yale Physics Department’s outreach activities, including celebrating Dark Matter Day through the Pathways program with local schools, giving WL tours through the Girls Advancing in STEM (GAINS) Conference program, providing activities for the Upward Bound Math Science Program (Waterbury Schools).
Education:
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2020
Selected Publications:
