Headshot Tom Langford.

Thomas Langford

Postdoctoral Associate
Yale Physics Department

Current Position: Senior Computational Research Support Analyst

Current Institution: Yale Center for Research Computing

Postdoctoral position dates: 

PI: Karsten Heeger

Summary of research at Yale:

Education:

Ph. D., Experimental Nuclear Physics, University of Maryland, 2013

Bachelor’s of Science, Physics, University of Maryland, 2007

Selected Publications: 

Information updated 08/04/2025

Research Areas: Neutrinos & Fundamental Symmetries

Research Type: Experimentalist

Experiments

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Experiments

Daya Bay

Heeger

Science goal: Search for and measure the yet unknown neutrino mixing angle theta13.

WL involvement: Yale had overall responsibility in the U.S. for the design and construction of the antineutrino detectors and was involved in data analysis and measurements.

Inside view of Daya Bay detector.

DUNE

Heeger

Science goal: Enable the study of parameters that determine the matter-antimatter imbalance in the Universe and the ordering of neutrino mass states.

WL involvement: Yale is responsible for the assembly of Charge Readout Planes at Wright Lab and studying the detector response.

DUNE Charge Readout Plane Assembly at Wright Lab.

PROSPECT

Heeger

Science goal: Precision measurements of antineutrinos, search for sterile neutrinos, & develop technology for monitoring nuclear reactors for safeguard and non-proliferation.

WL involvement: PROSPECT was designed and built at Wright Lab in collaboration with national labs and other universities.

Four people working on PROSPECT experiment in Wright Lab clean room.