About us

A lab dedicated to the R&D of novel radiation detectors for astro-particle physics and civil applications

Members

Alumni

2025

• Nathan Bakker, undergraduate, Summer 2024 - Spring 2025, SiPM power supply and amplification electronics

2024

• Aditya Yadav, undergraduate, 2024, SiPM power supply, 3D Printing and amplification electronics

• Keyu Ding, Ph.D., Aug. 2019 - May 2024, Cryogenic scintillator R&D

• Laxman Sharma Paudel, Ph.D., Jan. 2023 - May. 2024, neutrinoless double beta decay

2023

• Wenzhao Wei, Postdoc, Aug. 2017 - Feb. 2023, Ph.D. student, Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2017, Thesis: HPGe detector R&D

• Perry Siehien, M.S. Jan. 2021 - May 2023, Thesis: Application of machine learning in particle physics

2022

• Hao Mei, Postdoc, May. 2019 - Nov. 2022, Ph.D. student, May. 2015 - May. 2019, Thesis: HPGe crystal purification and growth

• Conan Bock, M.S. Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2022, neutron background for COHERENT, GitHub

2021

• Jeffrey Charles Harstad, Summer 2021, HPGe detector electronics

2020

• Dmitry chernyak, Postdoc, Jun. 2019 - Jun. 2020, cryogenic scintillator R&D

2019

• Jianchen (Byron) Li, M.S. Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2019; B.S. May. 2015 - Dec. 2017,  Thesis: HPGe detector simulation

• Nathan Saunders, M.S. May 2016 - Aug. 2019, Thesis: cryogenic scintillator R&D, Facebook

• Yangyang Li, M.S. Aug. 2016 - Aug. 2019, Thesis: HPGe detector data analysis

2018

• Tupendra Oli, M.S. Aug. 2016 - Nov. 2018, Thesis: cryogenic scintillator R&D, ResearchGate

• Mitchell Wagner, B.S. 2015. M.S. Jan. 2016 – Jun. 2018, Thesis: HPGe detector R&D, Facebook

• Alex Kirkvold , Trevor Edwards, Xavier Loose, Spring 2018, Undergraduate Project: Development of a Portable Germanium Detector System

2017

• David Theiss-Aird, Spring 2017, Undergraduate Project: Construction and Testing of a Very Low Relative Humidity Chamber

• Kyler Kooi, Maziar Farahzad, Nathan Saunders, Joseph Mammo, Spring 2017, Undergraduate Project: Construction of a Cryostat for the Characterization of Germanium Detectors

2016

• Arun Kumar Soma, postdoc, Jan. 2016 - Nov. 2016, HPGe detector, cryogenic scintillating detector R&D

• Eric Roach, B.S., 2015 – 2016, Honors Thesis: Remote control of Rigol oscilloscopes

• Azck Schulte, Spring 2016, Undergraduate Project: Low-noise cryo-pumping system for radiation detectors

• Daniel Duncan, Byron Li, Brody Sundblad, & Riley Paulsen, Spring 2016, Undergraduate Project: PMT Test Facility

• Joseph Mammo, Spring 2016, Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Cross-platform temperature monitoring system

• Lara Boman & Nathan Saunders, Spring 2016, Undergraduate Project: Radon Detection in Vermillion, SD

2015

• Carly Wilson & Payton Donnell, Spring 2015, Undergraduate Project: Glovebox for handling hygroscopic scintillating crystals