Miriam Diamond

Miriam Diamond is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, specializing in Astroparticle Physics and Experimental Physics. She holds a cross/joint appointment at the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Institute under Queen's University.

• Primary research: Low-mass dark matter searches and novel detection methods
• Key experiments: SuperCDMS, ATLAS, and Heavy Photon Search

Her work spans data acquisition, quality management, and detector simulations, focusing on sub-GeV dark matter candidates like Dark Photons, Axion-Like Particles, and Strongly Interacting Massive Particles. She emphasizes complementarity between direct-detection and collider experiments.

Scientific achievements include contributions to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), which shared the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016). Her team operates at SNOLAB's CUTE facility, preparing for decades of data-taking.

Collaborations span CERN (ATLAS Control Room), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (postdoc), and SuperCDMS. Personal trivia: she owns two guinea pigs, Quark and Quasar, who squeak along to dark matter discussions.