In this other page are puzzles in physics I worry about, whether or not I formally research them.
The past four decades have been bittersweet to fundamental physics. The Standard Model was repeatedly verified, but that meant its profound shortcomings grew more mysterious. The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson, the Standard Model's final vindication, is therefore both a triumph and a crisis point. We are yet to fathom the nature of dark matter, the asymmetry of matter vs antimatter in the world, the origin of the electroweak scale, and the triplication of matter in "flavors". New principles of fundamental physics are needed to confront these puzzles. My research aims at the discovery of these principles in astrophysical probes and particle colliders.
Below are links to specific themes I have worked on.
Dead stars & dark matter
Dark matters underground
Bending starlight
Dark neutrons: history & fate
Collider microscopy
Making dark matter
Bridges between theory and experiment are the key to exposing the secrets of Nature. To build them alongside my colleagues is a most exciting, rewarding, and daily adventure!
Right: Folder names of my research projects.
Below: My collaborators' home countries
