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Sarah Demers is the Horace D. Taft Associate Professor of Physics and Chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University. She is an experimental particle physicist working with the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and the Mu2e Experiment at Fermilab.
Her research focuses on:
- Using tau leptons to probe for and characterize physics beyond the Standard Model
- Higgs boson studies, particularly in tau decay channels
- Searches for new physics through exotic particles like the Z' boson
- Development of particle detector systems and trigger algorithms
Demers' work with the ATLAS detector has led to significant contributions including the first measurement of tau polarization at a hadron collider. Her research group is currently analyzing Run 2 data (2015-2018) with 147 fb-1 at 13 TeV center of mass energy. Current projects include searches for Higgs decays to tau leptons produced in association with vector bosons, searches for exotic Z' bosons, and precision measurements of tau polarization in Z boson decays.
She has received recognition for her work including an Early Career Award from the Department of Energy and the William Clyde DeVane Award from the Yale Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (2025).
Demers is actively involved in mentoring the next generation of physicists, with several graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduates working in her research group. She also co-teaches "The Physics of Dance" with Professor Emily Coates and has been a lifelong advocate for women in physics and minority groups in STEM.
