CPF Seminar: Professor Jonathan Asaadi (UT Arlington)

Abstract: The frontier of particle physics is driven by new and novel particle detectors. These detectors hold the key to being able to provide glimpses into new and heretofore unobserved phenomena such as matter/antimatter asymmetry, dark matter, and quantum based phenomenon. In this talk, we will explore some of the new ideas in particle detectors being worked on which bring together the realms of condensed matter, advanced optics, quantum mechanics, and particle physics to tackle some of the most compelling questions in particle physics. Such innovations in instrumentation allow us to venture into the unknown in search of new physics which may be at the threshold of detection.

Bio: Jonathan Asaadi is currently an associate professor in the physics department at the University of Texas Arlington. Before this he was a postdoctoral researcher with Syracuse University from 2012 - 2015 working with Prof. Mitch Soderberg. He received his PhD in 2012 from Texas A&M University under Prof. David Toback and graduated from the University of Iowa in 2004 with a B.S. in physics. His current research interests focus on understanding the most abundant massive particle in the universe, the neutrino, and exploring new and novel ideas in instrumentation.