Profile
Dr Kimberly Palladino
Profile
I attended Princeton University, and then took a year before graduate school with AmeriCorps and the Red Cross in Anchorage, Alaska. I completed my PhD in Physics from the Ohio State University working on the neutrino detector ANITA. I was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and SNOLab in Canada on the MiniCLEAN dark matter detector, then at SLAC on the LUX and LZ dark matter experiments, before becoming a faculty member of the University of Wisconsin. I am a mother of two.
College teaching
I am excited to begin college teaching in Michaelmas term 2020. Particle physics and astrophysics align with my research interests.
- Research
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My research interests are on the border of particle physics and astrophysics, primarily studying dark matter and neutrinos. Both share difficulties in detection and technology needs.
Dark Matter plays a huge role in the gravitational evolution of our universe, but we don't know what it is. I work on the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, in South Dakota, USA.
Neutrinos have provided hints of physics beyond standard models, and can also let us learn about distant, dense objects in the universe.
- Select publications
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Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment, Phys.Rev.D (101 5), 2020. 052002.
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A (953). 2020. 163047.
Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section obtained from the complete LUX exposure, Phys.Rev.Lett .(118 25), 2017. 251302.
Results from a search for dark matter in the complete LUX exposure, Phys.Rev.Lett. (118 2), 2017. 021303.
Observational Constraints on the Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Neutrino Flux from the Second Flight of the ANITA Experiment, Phys.Rev.D (82), 2010. 022004, erratum (85), 2012. 049901.
Positions
- Tutorial Fellow in Physics
- Anti-Racism Advocate