ED VAN BRUGGEN

Physics PhD student at UMass Amherst, currently working in the nEXO collaboration searching for neutrinoless double beta decay. Detecting this decay for the first time would allow us to directly measure the mass of neutrinos, and help explain the origins of matter. In our lab, we characterize Silicon PhotoMultipliers through detection of single photons. We then use this calibrated detector to measure and model vacuum ultraviolet reflectance in liquid xenon.

Previously, I studied Dark Higgs models to explore direct dark matter production at the Large Hadron Collider and developed a project to automate truth-level reinterpretations of particle physics analyses. I also simulated protein folding for chemically induced dimerization of nanobodies, allowing for the creation of single small molecule biosensors.

Lead web developer for Mental Health for Every Adolescent.

Developing the eevo scripting language as an experiemnt to see how simple a practical programming language can be.