Quackademics: A Ducks Guide to Dark Matter
Discover the mysteries of the universe through dark matter.
Dark matter shapes the universe on a grand scale—guiding the formation of stars, influencing galaxies, and playing a vital role in the cosmic structures we observe today. Join the UO Alumni Association for our spring Quackademics lecture with Associate Professor of Physics Tien-Tien Yu, as she unlocks the mysteries of the universe through the lens of particles.
In addition to her physics research, Professor Yu will share stories of her creative collaborations on campus, including a partnership with the UO’s Comics and Cartoon Studies Program through the Science and Comics Initiative.
As always, participants in our virtual lectures will have the opportunity to submit questions at the time of registration. Take advantage of this chance to have your most pressing questions answered by the UO’s leading dark matter expert.
Registration
This free, virtual event is open to all. Register here to receive your attendee link.
Questions?
For questions or to request accommodations, please email Shannon Rose-Peterson or call 541-346-5656.
Meet the expert
Tien-Tien Yu
Tien-Tien Yu is an academic expert in dark matter and cosmology. Yu is a theoretical particle physicist working at the interface of theory and experiment. She is particularly interested in understanding the nature of dark matter, whose existence is known through its gravitational effects
on ordinary matter.
Professor Yu has studied the nature of dark matter through a variety of different methods, ranging from using collider and accelerator probes at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), home of the Large Hadron Collider, to produce dark matter, to observing signatures of dark matter in astrophysical and cosmological observations. Most recently, she co-founded the SENSEI collaboration, which is an experiment utilizing silicon chips, much like those found in digital cameras, to search for dark matter passing through the Eerth.
Prior to arriving in Eugene, she was a fellow in the theoretical physics group at
CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and a post-doctoral associate at the Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University in New York.
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