Staff

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James deBoer

James deBoer

Associate Research Professor

University of Notre Dame

Richard deBoer earned his Ph.D. from Notre Dame in 2011 and conducts research on nuclear reaction rates of light nuclei important for understanding energy production and element creation in stars. He specializes in connecting nuclear reaction theory with experimental measurements and serves as a consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Richard.J.deBoer.12@nd.edu

Amy Roberts

Amy Roberts

Assistant Professor

University of Colorado Denver

Dr. Roberts investigates energy deposition in low-threshold detectors and develops software solutions for nuclear physics communities. She is a member of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search collaboration, which uses highly-sensitive phonon detectors to search for dark matter particles hypothesized to comprise 80% of the universe's mass.

amy.roberts@ucdenver.edu

Anthony Villano

Anthony Villano

Assistant Professor

University of Colorado Denver

Dr. Villano is a first-generation physicist focused on detector development for fundamental physics, particularly dark matter research. His work with the SuperCDMS collaboration emphasizes low-energy recoils in cryogenic semiconductor detectors and data analysis for experiments with minimal background signals.

anthony.villano@ucdenver.edu

Felicite Noubissi Kamdem

Felicite Noubissi Kamdem

Assistant Professor

Jackson State University

Dr. Noubissi Kamdem holds dual Ph.D.s in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (India) and Biochemistry from the University of Yaounde-I (Cameroon). Her research focuses on mechanisms by which the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway promotes tumorigenesis and the cross-talk between Wnt and Hedgehog signaling pathways in cancer development and metastasis.

j00793930@jsums.edu