Paul Karchin

Paul Karchin is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University, serving as Program Director for Undergraduate Physics. He holds affiliations with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and has been a key contributor to high-energy physics experiments at CERN, Fermilab, and DESY. His research focuses on muon detectors, quark/gluon substructure, and dark matter detection in high-energy collisions. Karchin has led teams on the HERA-B, CDF, and CMS experiments, contributing to the Higgs boson discovery. He chairs CMS muon group publications and serves on CMS governance boards. His work is funded by DOE, NSF, and Fermilab.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Physics, Cornell University
• M.S. in Physics, Cornell University
• B.S. with Distinction in Electrical Engineering, Cornell University

Research Interests: Experimental particle physics with emphasis on detector development for high-energy colliders. Current projects include the CMS muon detector upgrade using GEM technology and studies of dark photons and exotic Higgs particles. His work explores anomalies in muon/electron production to probe dark matter and substructure of quarks/gluons.

Awards:

• President, Academy of Scholars (2016-2017)
• Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award (2010)
• DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator (1989-1995)
• Horace Taft Endowed Chair at Yale (1988)

Advising & Grants: Mentored students through DOE and NSF grants. Serves as reviewer for Physical Review Letters and CERN proposals. Leads Snowmass 2021 dark photon studies. Active in CMS Collaboration Board and Muon Institution Board.

Labs/Teams: Principal contributor to CMS muon systems at CERN. Collaborates internationally on detector R&D for future colliders like the International Linear Collider.