The main focus of my research is the neutrino. Despite the fact that neutrinos are one of the most abundant forms of matter in the universe, our understanding of the neutrino is far from complete. One of the fundamental questions is whether neutrinos have mass and how that mass is generated in the "Standard Model" of particle physics.
Neutrino masses are studied through a phenomena known as neutrino oscillations. I participate in several experiments searching for signatures of neutrino oscillations using naturally created neutrinos (the Soudan 2 experiment) as well as neutrinos coming from high energy particle accelerators (the MINOS and NOvA experiments).
Experiments that use beams of neutrinos to study the structrue of ordinary matter - protons, neutrons, and electrons - have already contribured greatly to our current theories. An additional focus of my work is on a new generation of experiments (Minerva) to further advance our understanding of the structure of matter and the fundamental forces of nature.
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