David A Martinez Caicedo

David A Martinez Caicedo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (Brazil) and a B.S. from Universidad de Nariño (Colombia). His academic career spans research and teaching roles in neutrino physics, with affiliations at Fermilab and Illinois Institute of Technology.

Education:

• B.S., Universidad de Nariño (Colombia)
• M.S., Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (Brazil)
• Ph.D., Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (Brazil)

His research focuses on neutrino physics, including reactor and accelerator experiments like MicroBooNE and DUNE. Key contributions include analyzing neutrino-induced kaon production on argon and developing light calibration systems for DUNE. He explores neutrino oscillations, mass mechanisms, and their role in cosmic matter-antimatter asymmetry.

Awards:

• Fermilab Neutrino Physics Center Fellowship (2017)

He has held appointments as Assistant Professor at South Dakota Mines (2018–present) and Research Associate at Illinois Institute of Technology (2014–2018). His synergistic activities include co-chairing the 20th International Workshop on Next Generation Nucleon Decay and Neutrino Detectors (NNN19) and serving on the Fermilab Users Executive Committee (2018–2020).