This website was updated on November 10, 2022. Please visit google scholar for a more complete and up-to-date list of my publications.

I am a physics postdoc at Fermilab in the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Division (SQMS). My current focus is on using superconducting cavities and other Quantum Information Science (QIS) technologies to search for wavelike dark matter candidates such as axions and dark photons. I am also interested in using my expertise in RF electronics and microwave engineering to search for any interesting physics beyond the Standard Model.

I have recently published a paper about achieving the best sensitivity to wavelike dark photon dark matter using an SRF cavity. The paper currently under review and can be found in the arxiv (arXiv:2208.03183). The excluded parameter space is shown below and is an order of magnitude deeper than other microwave haloscope experiments. The figure is adapted from C. O’Hare 10.5281/zenodo.3932430.

I received my Ph.D. on November 2021 from the University of Washington where I focused on detecting axion dark matter with the ADMX collaboration. My thesis research was on developing ADMX-Orpheus: a dielectrically-loaded RF cavity to search for axions with masses higher than what is capable from current searches. This research was published in Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 201301) and Physical Review D (Phys. Rev. D 106, 102002). Orpheus was chosen to be on the cover of PRL for the week of November 11, 2022.

I am also casual guitarist and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu white belt. I spend much of my night hours learning other skills like Spanish or yoga.