Welcome Shenyang Shi postdoctoral Associate

Welcome to Shenyang Shi who comes  to us from Columbia University as a postdoctoral associate working with Reina  Maruyama in Wright Lab on Axion dark matter searches.

Regarding his research interests Shi comments, “I’m generally interested in rare event searches for physics beyond the Standard Model, especially dark matter direct detection. I am interested in developing machine learning methods and experimental techniques to identify weak signals in background-dominated large datasets.”

Shi received his BSc from Fudan University in 2020 and Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University in 2026. In July, he joined the Yale Physics Department as a Postdoctoral Associate in Prof. Reina Maruyama’s group, focusing on axion dark matter direct detection in the ALPHA project. His research interests include rare event search experiment , low-noise experimental techniques, and machine-learning-based data analysis. Outside of research, he enjoys gardening, camping, and surfing.