Biographical Sketch:
Michael Jewell is 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 involves searching for dark matter axions with Professors Maruyama and Lamoreaux. His primary project is the HAYSTAC experiment, which searches for axions using a haloscope located here at Wright Lab, and is the first axion search to achieve sub-quantum limited noise. He is also working on the RAY experiment, which is looking to extend axion searches to higher mass/frequencies with the use of Rydberg atoms, as well as the ALPHA experiment, which is working to detect the axion and help explain the underlying structure of the universe. He is the ALPHA project’s technical coordinator.
Jewell has been 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
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