Alex Wright

Alex Wright is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy at Queen's University, and a Continuing Research Scientist with the Institute of Particle Physics. He leads research in experimental particle astrophysics, focusing on neutrino properties, dark matter detection, and low-background techniques. His primary affiliation is with Queen’s University’s Arts & Science faculty.

Wright holds a PhD from Queen's University (2009) and previously worked as a Dicke Fellow at Princeton University. His work involves large-scale experiments such as SNO+, DarkSide, and Borexino, which study solar neutrinos, neutrino oscillations, and potential particle dark matter candidates. These experiments operate in ultra-low background environments, often deep underground, to minimize cosmic-ray interference.

His research interests include low-energy solar neutrinos, neutrinoless double beta decay, geoneutrinos, reactor antineutrinos, and supernova neutrinos. He contributes to detector development, including scintillating bubble chambers (SBC) and liquid argon time projection chambers (DarkSide program).

Wright’s publications (over 50 papers) focus on neutrino oscillation measurements, background reduction techniques, and experimental design. He actively mentors graduate students and oversees summer research programs in particle astrophysics at Queen’s University. His team collaborates with international groups at SNOLAB, Gran Sasso National Laboratory, and Fermilab.