Dr. WIll Flanagan, fascinated by the connection between cosmology and particle physics, began their physics career with phenomenology
applied to the Large
Hadron Collider
during its
construction for an
internship. Dr.
Flanagan then
studied at the
Compact Muon
Solenoid detector in
Colorado. Their
interest then shifted
to the Compact Muon
Solenoid.
After graduating, Dr. Flanagan received their PhD from Texas A&M, searching for supersymmetric dark matter particles produced by weak boson fusion. In their postdoctoral work, Dr. Flanagan moved to neutrino physics, having a passion for particle detectors.
Currently, Dr. Flanagan teaches as an assistant professor of physics at the University of Dallas. In their laboratory, a massive array of monitors display particle collisions detected by the CMS in Colorado, with this data being manipulatable by Dr. Flanagan remotely. This intimacy with applied physics provides a wealth of insights, immeasurably valuable to my ISM career.
