Research theme
Opto-mechanical levitated quantum sensors as an emerging route to ultra-low-threshold dark-matter detection — spanning instrumentation, dark matter and gravitational-wave sensing.
Opto-mechanically levitated nanoparticles — trapped and read out with light or magnetic fields — are among the most sensitive force and acceleration sensors ever built. They open a route to detecting dark matter in mass ranges that conventional detectors cannot reach, and connect naturally to gravitational-wave sensing. This theme spans instrumentation, dark matter and gravitational waves.
This is early-stage, fast-moving work. We are developing the sensitivity projections, signal modelling and physics-case studies that motivate this new class of experiment, and building levitated-sensor expertise and prototypes within the group. Publications will follow — this page describes research that is actively underway rather than already in print.
Principal Investigator
Diverse interests across particle physics, software development and data analysis at colliders and in direct dark matter detection, high-frequency gravitational waves, neutrino physics, phenomenology, instrumentation, and the deployment of AI techniques.
Particle Astrophysics Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Instrumentation development for direct dark matter searches.
PhD student (2026–)
Development of opto-mechanical levitating quantum sensors for dark matter detection.
PhD student (2023–)
Advancing direct detection frontiers for dark matter, new neutrino physics and high-frequency gravitational waves through detector modelling, optimisation and novel sensor technologies.