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David Moore is an Associate Professor of Physics at Yale University, affiliated with the Department of Physics. His research focuses on experimental nuclear and particle physics, including neutrinos, dark matter, and gravity studies. He earned his BS from Yale (2006) and PhD from Caltech (2012), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford before joining Yale in 2016. He leads the nEXO experiment to detect neutrinoless double-beta decay and develops optically levitated microsphere sensors for precision measurements. His work bridges quantum mechanics and high-energy physics, with applications in dark matter detection and gravitational physics.
Education: BS in Physics and Mathematics (Yale, 2006), PhD in Physics (Caltech, 2012).
Research Interests: Experimental nuclear/particle physics, neutrino properties, dark matter detection, precision force measurements, and quantum sensing. Current projects include the nEXO experiment and the SIMPLE (Search for new Interactions in Microsphere Levitation) initiative. His group explores optomechanical systems for detecting sub-attoNewton forces and quantum-limited measurements in nanoscale mechanics.
Key Projects:
- nEXO: Seeks to detect neutrinoless double-beta decay with a sensitivity of 10²⁸ years.
- SIMPLE: Uses levitated microspheres to search for new fundamental interactions.
- Optomechanical sensors: Develops tools for dark matter detection and quantum measurement.
Awards:
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2018)
- NSF Early Career Award (2017)
- Lee Grodzins Postdoctoral Award (2015)
- Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award (2013)
Grants & Advising: Recipient of the NSF Career Award supporting optomechanical research. His lab hosts graduate students and postdocs in experimental physics, though specific student names are not listed. Collaborates on large-scale detector projects like the EXO-200 and future kiloton-scale xenon detectors.
Labs & Teams: Housed at Wright Laboratory and affiliated with the Yale Quantum Institute (YQI), fostering interdisciplinary research in quantum technologies and precision measurement.
