Jessie F Shelton

Jessie F Shelton is an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Her research bridges particle physics and cosmology, focusing on phenomena beyond the Standard Model.

• PhD in Physics from MIT (2006)
• Bachelor's degree from Princeton University

Research interests: Cosmology of particle dark matter, physics at the Large Hadron Collider, and theoretical models addressing the Hubble tension. Her work spans axion baryogenesis, stochastic gravitational waves, and exotic Higgs decays.

Recent publications (2023-2024) analyze dark matter signatures at colliders, early universe structure formation, Hubble tension solutions, and feebly-interacting particles. These studies link particle physics to cosmological observations.

• Scientific awards:
  • 2017 DOE Early Career Award
  • Award from MIT
  • Award from LHC Theory Initiative

Grants and affiliations support research at the intersection of particle physics and cosmology, with collaborations across CMS and LHCb experiments.