Yannis K. Semertzidis
Yannis K. Semertzidis | |
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Ιωάννης Σεμερτζίδης | |
| Born | September 16, 1961 |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| Awards | Brookhaven National Laboratory Science and Technology Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Dark matter, cold dark matter, axions, magnetic dipole moment, electric dipole moment, particle physics, nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Institute for Basic Science, KAIST, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Rochester |
| Thesis | Coherent production of light pseudoscalars (axions) inside a magnetic field with a polarized laser beam (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Adrian C. Melissinos |
| Other academic advisors | Konstantin Zioutas |
| Website | IBS Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research |
Yannis K. Semertzidis is a physicist exploring axions as a dark matter candidate, precision physics in storage rings including muon g-2 and proton electric dipole moment (pEDM). The axion and the pEDM are intimately connected through the strong CP problem. Furthermore, if the pEDM is found to be non-zero, it can help resolve the matter anti-matter asymmetry mystery of our universe. During his research career, he held a number of positions in the Department of Physics in Brookhaven National Laboratory, including initiator and co-spokesperson of the Storage Ring Electric Dipole Moment Collaboration. He is the founding director of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, is a professor in the Physics Department of KAIST, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.